Howe victorious Iulius Cesar brent the vessels of Tholome: slough achillas that wolde haue mur¦dryd him: and after greate victoryes him silfe was murdryd with bo••dekens by brutus Cassius
AFter the wofull compleynt lamentable
Of pompeis deth pytous for to here
Werres remembred with tresons importable
Compassed fraudes fraced with faire chere
Conspired murdre reherced the manere
Howe kinge tholome fraudolent of corage
The deth conspyred of pompeie fall in age
The processe tolde I holde it were but veyn
Therof to write a newe tragedye
Thinge onys seyde it to reherce ageyne
It were but idle as for that partye
But howe cesar went out of thessalie
Cam to alisaundre to lodge him in that place
I wyll remembre with support of your grace
He lodgyd was in the paleis royall
Where he was besy by dyligent laboure
Through that region in temples royall
To spoyle goddys and haue all their tresoure
Where he was mockyd fonde there no fauoure
For achillas which that slough pompeie
Cast him with cesar proudly to werreye
His purpos was to fall vpon cesar
As of nature was his condicion
Falsly to murdre men or they were war
By some sleight to fynde occasion
To destroye Iulius by treson
And to accomplissh his purpos in partye
Had twenty thousande in his cumpany
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