 | The Dawn in Britain |  |
When field's wide bosom clothed again is seen,
With the new blade; and full of budded green
The woods; and ere more leisure have blue Britons,
To gather, with new frenzy in their hearts,
Ostorius draws forth, from their Winter-camps,
The armies of Rome's Province, twenty cohorts.
With the new blade; and full of budded green
The woods; and ere more leisure have blue Britons,
To gather, with new frenzy in their hearts,
Ostorius draws forth, from their Winter-camps,
The armies of Rome's Province, twenty cohorts.
Nathless, in secret of thick woods, to place
Called the Three Oaks, assemble East-men Britons:
And they there choose, in room of Hiradoc,
(Who, sick, lies at East cliffs,) and Madron hurt;
Young Cathigern, to be duke of blue caterfs.
Called the Three Oaks, assemble East-men Britons:
And they there choose, in room of Hiradoc,
(Who, sick, lies at East cliffs,) and Madron hurt;
Young Cathigern, to be duke of blue caterfs.
Mongst those glast-stained, is Cathigern as a Roman;
Prudent and stedfast, to observe his season.
But when his war-youth, offered sacrifice,
Of sheep and oxen, eat their evening meat;
(Wherein, of druids, were happy omens seen,
Of victory;) and would they straight hurl forth on Romans;
Them Cathigern promiseth, on the morrow, fight.
Prudent and stedfast, to observe his season.
But when his war-youth, offered sacrifice,
Of sheep and oxen, eat their evening meat;
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Of victory;) and would they straight hurl forth on Romans;
Them Cathigern promiseth, on the morrow, fight.
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