But _Sosthenes_, a worthy _Macedonian_ stoute, When as the _Britaynes_ bathed in theyr blisse, Gate vnto him a warlike worthy route And set agayne on _Beline_ there; and his Put him to foyle, for all his worthynes Wheron when as the souldiers would haue made him all theyr roye: By captaynes name hee tooke theyr oth theyr enmies to distroye.[619] 67. When this in _Greece_ I herde, and theyr successe, First of the feelde they wonne, and folly then Enrichte with spoyles, giuen all to idlenes Which were before approued valiaunt men: I sounde retracte and backwardes gate agen, With seuen score and ten thousand footemen for the fight, And fifteene thousand horsemen good of manhoode and of might.[620] 68. With these apoynted well my frends to ayde The _Britaynes_ good, and _Beline_ in that case, To _Macedone_ I marcht, with souldiers well apayde, Both for my brother’s sake and riches of the place: Whereto when as wee came, in litle space We wan the feelde, we tooke the spoyles of all the land at will,[621] In pleasures plungde we had of wealth, [renowne,] and fame, our fill.[622] 69. So I that had all _Macedoyne_ in awe, With spoyle of mortall men was not content, I past not of these conquests all a strawe, The temples of the gods to spoile I ment, And towards _Delphos_ with mine army went: Whereas on hyghe the temple[623] stoode most glorious to beholde, And god _Apollo’s_ shrine enrichte with mighty masse of gold.[624] 70. The riche and welthy gods (quoth I) may lende To mortall men some of theyr treasures great, They haue no neede thereof for to dispende For clothing, vitayles, armour, drinke or meate:[625] But yet wee must therefore theyr priests intreate, There is enough for them, [and vs,] and many moe beside, Of offerings greate from Princes brought of all the world so wide.[626] 71. This _Delphos_ is on mount _Parnasus_ fayre, In _Greece_, wel fenst with rising rockes about, By nature plaest aloft in pleasaunt ayre, So high to scale they neede no enmies doubt,[627] No watch, no warde they keepe the walles about: So strong steepe pendent are the rockes whereon it [stately] stands, As not the like could euer yet be made[628] With mortall hands. 72.