English poem
Judas Machabeus
by Stephen Hawes (1474–1523)
Also the noble and hardy feates of warre Of Judas Machabeus I about have cast, In every nacion for to reygne aferre; Thoughe that his life out of this worlde be past, His fame shal prospere and shall never wast; Thus, wyth my power, of every worthy I spred his dedes in tonges of memory.