to ripenesse of mans state they grew: / Then shewing forth signes of their fathers blood, / They loued armes, and knighthood did ensew, / Seeking aduentures .
If something ensues, it happens immediately after another event, usually as a result of it. If the Europeans did not reduce subsidies, a trade war would ensue A brief but embarrassing silence ensued. = follow. to happen after or as a result of something ensue from (ensuivre, from suivre )
To follow or come afterward; to follow as a consequence or in chronological succession; to result; as, an ensuing conclusion or effect; the year ensuing was a cold one