The Captaynes counsaile was alarme [at once] to call, Before the _Græcians_ were prouided for defence,[640] And straight to scale with skill the mighty wall, Before the city knewe of our pretence: The souldiers stout abroad encamped thence, And sayd they must refreshe their weried limmes a space, Vnable else to scale, or meete their enmyes in the face.[641] 79. The _Græcians_ them commaunde that dwelt by hip In villages, to make[642] no spare of wine: The _Britayne_ souldiers fell thereon to sip, Forgate their feats of warre and playd the swine, Against their captaynes eke they gan repine: So that full long it was or wee could them perswade To flye from _Bacchus_ bouthes, and fall agayne to blade. 80. Of souldiers thousands sixty fiue I had, But of our enmies fourteene[643] thousand were The stately towne they see their harts to glad, I bad them not at all to stand in [doubt or] feare: Behold (quoth I) what doth in sight [aloft] appeare, Those charets glittering braue and statures stout in founded gold[644] Of sollid masse, more [weighty] riche then glorious to behold. 81. For on the Temple stoode a sort of golden[645] shapes, And in the walles thereof their pictures shone, Not one of these (quoth I) the _Britaynes_ scapes, Wee souldiers shall possesse them euery one, Let vs therefore not linger here vpon, But geue th’assaulte for here in hand wee haue for spoiles a peece,[646] In price of gold, [of perle] and gemmes surmounts the wealth of _Greece_.[647] 82. Wee haue or this the wealth of men possest (Yet worthy Princes all) of mortall men, But here the treasures of the Gods are prest To looke for vs, shall wee refuse them then? Wee shall not so bee profered ofte agen Within the walles hereof are greater [offerings] farre by odds, Th’attyre, crownes, scepters, statures, plate and garnish of the Gods. 83. Wee sound Alarme th’assaute the rockes assayes, Our souldiers brainesicke heedelesse vp ascend, The _Delphos_ men had fenste the easiest wayes, So that against the rockes our force wee bend: With stones the scaleing _Britaynes_ downe they hend, An earthquake eke by vowes [and cries] the sacrificers reare, Which on my souldiers downe [to fall] a mighty rocke did teare. 84.