The noble daughter of _Corineus_ xviii Would not endure to be so vile disdaind, But gathering force, and courage valorous, Encountred him in battell well ordaind, In which him vanquisht she to fly constraind: But she so fast pursewd, that him she tooke, And threw in bands, where he till death remaind; Als his faire Leman, flying through a brooke, She ouerhent, nought moued with her piteous looke. But both her selfe, and eke her daughter deare, xix Begotten by her kingly Paramoure, The faire _Sabrina_ almost dead with feare, She there attached, farre from all succoure; The one she slew in that impatient stoure[771], But the sad virgin innocent of all, Adowne the rolling riuer she did poure, Which of her name now _Seuerne_ men do call: Such was the end, that to disloyall loue did fall. Then for her sonne, which she to _Locrin_ bore, xx _Madan_ was young, vnmeet the rule to sway[772], In her owne hand the crowne she kept in store, Till ryper yeares he raught, and stronger stay: During which time her powre she did display Through all this realme, the glorie of her sex, And first taught men a woman to obay: But when her sonne to mans estate did wex, She it surrendred, ne her selfe would lenger vex. Tho _Madan_ raignd, vnworthie of his race: xxi For with all shame that sacred throne he fild: Next _Memprise_, as vnworthy of that place, In which being consorted with _Manild_, For thirst of single kingdome him he kild. But _Ebranck_ salued both their infamies With noble deedes, and warreyd on _Brunchild_ In _Henault_, where yet of his victories Braue moniments remaine, which yet that land enuies. An happie man in his first dayes he was, xxii And happie father of faire progeny: For all so many weekes as the yeare has, So many children he did multiply; Of which were twentie sonnes, which did apply[773] Their minds to praise, and cheualrous desire: Those germans did subdew all Germany, Of whom it hight; but in the end their Sire With foule repulse from Fraunce was forced to retire. Which blot his sonne succeeding in his seat, xxiii The second _Brute_, the second both in name, And eke in semblance of his puissance great, Right well recur’d, and did away that blame With recompence of euerlasting fame. He with his victour sword first opened[774] The bowels of wide Fraunce, a forlorne Dame, And taught her first how to be conquered; Since which, with sundrie spoiles she hath beene ransacked.