The
Answer
.
I
Marvell
good
Sir
,
to
see
a
man
of
so
noble
a
linage
,
and
no
lesse
indued
with
the
gifts
of
nature
than
others
,
should
have
your
eares
so
opened
to
heare
the
rumors
and
lies
,
which
the
scoffing
&
gibing
flatterers
do
write
you
:
and
I
woonder
not
so
much
in
that
you
credit
them
,
as
at
the
speede
wherewith
your
Honor
doth
write
them
.
Truly
I
am
sorie
for
it
.
Looke
into
your selfe
,
and
you
shall
see
,
that
they
who
write
you
such
novelties
,
do
but
fill
your
sides
with
sharp
darts
.
Your
Honor
writeth
to
Spaine
,
that
it
is
a
matter
most
true
,
that
the
Lord
high
Admirall
of
England
,
was
come
,
running
away
with
25.
or
26.
ships
unto
London
,
and
that
he
had
lost
his
ship
that
was
Admirall
,
and
that
this
was
written
for
a
matter
most
certaine
,
by
persons
of
credit
from
London
.
I
knowe
not
what
men
of
credit
they
should
be
,
that
wrote
a
matter
of
so
great
discredit
.
But
at
leastwise
this
I
know
,
that
if
your
Honor
were
in
London
,
we
might
sing
unto
you
the
song
of
Don
Pedro
:
More
enimies
than
friends
have
compassed
his
person
.
For
in
truth
I
know
not
so
much
as
one
in
that
citie
,
that
is
your
friend
.
You
saie
farther
in
your
letter
,
that
the
Admirall
was
lost
;
hardly
may
a
ship
be
lost
that
had
for
hir
governor
so
noble
a
captain
,
as
is
,
that
noble
gentleman
my
L.
Charles
Howard
;
who
,
when
fortune
should
haue
bin
so
wholy
his
enimie
would
rather
have
chosen
to
dy
than
flie
.
But
both
the
Admiral
and
his
ship
that
was
Admirall
,
entred
both
togither
(
as
togither
they
erst
went
forth
)
into
the
river
of
London
,
triumphing
in
the
victorie
,
that
the
Lord
vouchsafed
to
give
them
,
unto
whom
they
yeeld
all
praise
and
thanks
.
Your
Honor
saith
farther
,
that
Drake
is
prisoner
:
I
demand
by
whom
?
Know
you
not
that
from
the
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*
The
word
,
Drago
which
signifieth
a
Dragon
,
made
the
Author
thus
to
run
upon
Draque
,
whom
the
Spaniards
doo
not
let
to
call
also
Drago
.
Dragon
the
Lion
flies
,
the
Beare
feares
,
the
Oliphant
hides
himselfe
,
the
Lybard
trembles
,
the
Tygre
retires
,
the
Ounce
dismaieth
,
and
the
rest
of
the
beasts
tremble
?
If
then
this
be
so
,
who
should
he
be
,
that
should
take
Drake
,
that
the
venome
and
poison
of
his
sword
,
bereft
him
not
of
his
life
?
It
was
then
an
unbridled
boldnes
in
him
that
wrote
your
Honor
this
matter
.
Concerning
which
,
read
a
short
letter
,
which
I
make
in
answer
of
that
of
Diego
Perez
postmaster
of
Logronio
,
and
therin
(
although
I
deale
softly
with
him
)
you
may
see
,
who
Drake
is
,
and
what
he
hath
done
in
the
Indies
and
in
Spaine
,
and
chawing
it
in
the
cud
,
you
shall
know
some
part
of
his
valor
.
Your
honor
saith
,
that
if
he
be
not
prisoner
he
is
slaine
,
in
these
words
.
Drake
is
either
taken
or
dead
.
The
Ginets
in
Spaine
deliver
themselves
flieng
and
hurt
the
more
,
so
that
they
do
more
harme
flieng
then
assaulting
,
but
on
the
sea
it
is
contrary
.
For
if
his
enimie
fled
from
him
,
who
tooke
him
or
slue
him
?
If
your
Honor
in
saieng
Drake
is
prisoner
or
dead
,
had
added
,
he
is
prisoner
to
hir
Majestie
;
then
would
I
be
silent
,
for
that
he
is
so
loyall
a
subiect
unto
hir
,
that
,
though
free
,
yet
alwaies
in
hir
prison
,
and
sacrificed
day
and
night
to
do
hir
service
,
and
for
and
in
all
to
accomplish
hir
will
.
And
in
saieng
dead
,
had
your
Honor
named
the
disease
whereof
he
died
,
we
would
saie
that
the
howre
were
come
,
wherein
the
Lord
almighty
had
called
him
unto
himselfe
:
but
finally
he
is
both
free
and
alive
,
and
as
loyall
a
vassall
to
hir
Majestie
as
ever
.
Farther
your
Honor
saith
,
that
,
the
Queene
commanded
that
there
should
be
no
talke
of
hir
Navie
:
giving
thereby
to
understand
,
that
it
was
in
regard
of
the
great
dammage
hir
said
Navie
had
received
.
She
commanded
no
such
matter
;
but
had
she
so
commanded
,
it
had
bin
a
thing
both
holie
and
iust
,
for
as
she
is
an
enimie
to
all
vaine-glorie
,
even
so
the
spoiles
of
hir
victorie
and
triumph
,
she
offered
it
all
to
God
,
from
whom
it
came
.
And
if
,
for
not
receiving
these
letters
so
plentie
as
at
other
times
,
you
gathered
,
that
it
was
ordained
by
hir
Majestie
,
that
they
should
not
write
,
you
gathered
amisse
,
for
the
cause
was
no
other
,
but
that
for
the
generall
repairing
of
all
people
to
give
thanks
to
God
(
at
the
Churches
)
from
whom
all
their
good
proceeded
,
they
became
unmindful
of
all
worldly
affaires
.
Great
ods
between
this
celebration
of
victorie
and
that
which
was
used
in
Spaine
,
where
in
steed
of
singing
Psalmes
and
praises
unto
God
,
they
made
fire
and
sports
,
and
blinde
men
in
open
places
,
pirkt
up
,
upon
fishmongers
stals
,
soong
songs
,
making
the
people
beleeve
that
they
were
victors
:
the
contrarie
where
of
is
true
.
Your
letter
relates
farther
,
that
hir
Majestie
had
30000.
men
betweene
Dover
and
Margate
,
rawe
soldiers
,
heer
to
I
answere
;
that
this
ballance
runneth
too
fast
:
for
that
hir
Majesties
campe
was
hard
by
Tylberrie
,
in
the
province
of
Essex
,
a
far
different
place
from
Dover
&
Margate
.
And
that
hir
Majestie
was
with
them
,
it
was
so
;
and
marke
your
Honor
what
I
saie
,
that
the
sight
of
Iulius
Caesar
in
his
hoast
,
wrought
not
so
great
effect
,
as
did
the
sight
of
hir
Majestie
amongst
hirs
;
for
she
being
a
valiant
Mars
,
and
shewing
hir selfe
a
most
expert
warrior
,
clad
hir
soldiers
with
the
webs
and
fels
of
Hercules
,
where
there
was
not
any
that
esteemed
himselfe
in
lesse
than
a
Hanniball
or
a
Cevola
:
whereunto
they
were
invited
,
by
the
sight
of
a
tender
woman
,
being
the
first
that
put
hirselfe
to
such
a
travell
,
for
Christendome
,
the
peace
of
hir
countrie
,
and
for
the
quietnes
of
hir
subiects
.
And
who
so
had
seene
hir
Majestie
,
I
say
not
,
that
he
should
have
seene
an
angrie
Mars
,
a
Iulius
Caesar
,
or
Charlemaine
,
for
all
this
is
winde
in
comparison
of
hir
:
But
he
should
have
seene
a
Debora
,
a
Hester
,
a
Ruth
,
and
a
Iudith
,
and
finally
he
should
have
seene
a
Valour
second
to
none
.
You
said
farther
in
your
letter
,
that
hir
Majestie
went
to
and
from
the
Campe
,
bicause
the
Catholikes
had
made
a
mutinie
.
Your
Honor
knowes
that
it
is
an
old
Proverbe
,
that
when
you
see
your
neighbours
beard
a
shaving
,
prepare
yours
to
the
washing
basen
.
And
in
this
countrie
they
remember
what
the
Gospell
saith
,
Everie
kingdome
divided
against
it selfe
,
shall
be
desolate
.
And
the
experience
heereof
,
they
finde
in
their
neighbors
the
french
men
,
that
for
not
having
peace
amongst
themselves
,
their
poore
kingdome
is
destroyed
.
Concerning
this
matter
I
have
heard
it
questioned
in
this
countrie
,
by
some
persons
of
no
base
calling
,
who
say
plainly
that
while
your
Honor
was
heer
,
they
never
had
any
perfect
quietnes
amongst
them
,
and
since
your
departure
they
have
had
no
broyles
nor
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*
Save
such
as
he
left
kindled
before
his
going
.
strife
:
and
it
may
be
,
that
the
going
of
matters
in
such
sort
in
the
kingdome
of
Fraunce
,
so
troubled
and
kindled
as
they
are
,
that
it
is
by
reason
your
Honor
is
there
,
and
that
your
absence
might
quench
so
great
a
fire
.
You
saie
farther
in
your
letter
,
that
there
was
none
other
ship
brought
hither
but
that
of
Don
Pedro
de
Valdes
.
Heerin
is
the
publishing
of
victorie
gainsaid
,
and
losse
,
evident
;
the
which
ship
,
had
your
Armada
bin
victors
,
they
had
not
permitted
to
be
brought
hither
,
neither
was
Don
Pedro
de
Valdes
,
so
ill
a
soldier
,
nor
for
so
little
,
as
to
suffer
himselfe
to
be
taken
by
a
people
alreadie
overcome
,
and
running
awaie
;
neither
the
soldiers
which
he
had
with
him
(
which
were
fower
hundreth
at
least
)
of
lesse
valor
then
the
rest
of
those
of
the
Armada
,
they
were
rather
everie
man
to
conquere
a
kingdome
,
and
to
give
a
thousand
victories
.
But
the
thrise
noble
Lord
,
high
Admirall
,
not
flieng
,
but
assaulting
,
and
he
the
captive
or
slaine
Drake
,
his
fetters
broken
,
and
risen
from
death
;
fettered
the
conquerers
,
and
bereaved
their
life
,
who
lived
a
little
before
.
In
conclusion
there
were
no
more
ships
brought
into
England
but
that
of
Don
Pedro
,
as
for
the
rest
(
for
a
better
demonstration
of
the
truth
)
they
were
contented
that
their
friends
and
neighbors
should
participate
with
them
;
and
so
they
left
a
Galleasse
at
Callis
,
wherein
amongst
others
,
was
slaine
Don
Hugo
de
Moncada
,
and
Don
Georje
Manrique
,
(
being
Veedor
Generall
)
escaped
to
carrie
the
true
relation
thereof
unto
Spaine
.
And
the
Saint
Matthew
,
and
S.
Philip
,
being
two
most
strong
Gallions
,
were
carried
to
Flushing
,
out
of
one
of
the
which
escaped
Don
Francisco
de
Toledo
,
with
sixe
and
thirtie
soldiers
,
which
were
the
remainder
of
fower
or
five
hundreth
,
which
he
had
with
him
:
and
in
the
other
was
taken
Don
Diego
Pimentel
,
with
all
his
men
save
those
that
were
slaine
,
and
many
other
ships
(
by
divine
providence
)
by
force
of
wind
and
sea
,
were
destroied
upon
the
coast
of
Ireland
.
If
I
have
bin
large
in
answering
your
Honor
,
the
occasion
excuseth
me
;
and
the
matter
which
is
wider
then
the
sea
,
makes
me
thinke
to
be
woorthy
reprehension
for
being
so
short
.
Yet
notwithstanding
,
time
,
which
gave
an
end
to
these
my
wearisome
reasonings
,
seemed
to
call
upon
me
to
passe
on
farther
.
And
having
cast
about
,
I
fell
into
consideration
with
my selfe
,
what
occasion
I
might
have
to
enlarge
farther
,
sith
(
though
briefely
)
I
had
answered
to
the
letter
:
and
I
perceived
that
the
lawe
of
love
,
and
Christianitie
in
the
Lord
,
did
binde
me
to
admonish
you
like
a
true
neighbor
.
The
lawe
of
love
in
Christ
saith
,
Love
your
enimies
.
And
this
Yee
have
heard
,
that
it
hath
bin
said
,
thou
shalt
love
thy
friend
and
hate
thy
enimie
;
and
he
passeth
on
saieng
,
and
do
good
to
them
that
hate
you
.
There
is
another
lawe
which
saith
:
Yee
shall
not
render
ill
for
ill
,
but
good
for
evill
.
These
and
such
other
,
sacred
words
do
binde
me
to
love
your
Honor
:
but
not
your
condition
&
proceedings
,
for
if
I
should
have
respect
thereunto
,
I
should
followe
the
lawe
of
old
,
Thou
shalt
love
thy
friend
,
and
hate
thy
enimie
;
and
I
should
be
more
bound
to
hate
then
love
you
.
But
for
that
the
Gospel
commandeth
me
,
To
do
good
to
those
that
hurt
me
,
and
to
render
good
for
evill
,
and
to
love
my
enimies
:
I
will
do
both
the
one
and
the
other
,
so
that
I
will
both
love
,
and
do
you
good
.
I
meane
not
to
do
you
good
,
by
bestowing
treasures
upon
you
,
bicause
I
have
them
not
,
but
I
wil
give
you
of
that
,
which
bookes
have
given
me
,
which
are
certaine
counsailes
,
by
meane
whereof
,
it
may
be
,
you
shall
live
lesse
troublesome
,
and
not
so
much
abhord
:
whersoever
I
come
I
heare
,
that
your
Honor
is
an
enimie
to
peace
,
&
unquiet
.
To
the
first
I
answere
,
that
Et
ex
consequenti
,
you
are
an
enimie
to
God
.
When
Christ
our
Redeemer
departed
from
his
disciples
,
amongst
other
gifts
which
he
gave
them
,
and
free
mercies
bestowed
upon
them
,
he
gave
them
his
peace
,
and
it
was
neither
the
peace
of
the
world
,
nor
that
of
Iudas
,
for
these
are
peaces
of
death
and
damnation
,
unwoorthily
called
peace
,
but
such
a
peace
as
was
a
pledge
of
blessednes
.
Blessed
are
the
peace-makers
,
saith
the
Gospell
.
I
might
alleage
manie
places
to
shew
,
how
gratefull
that
peace
is
Aristotle
)
one
sence
cannot
judge
directly
Paul
,
who
saith
,
that
Charitie
wel
ordred
,
must
begin
in
himselfe
.
If
then
this
be
so
,
who
would
you
have
to
be
such
a
friend
to
your
Honor
,
that
he
should
cease
to
bee
a
friend
to
himselfe
,
his
wife
,
children
,
and
substance
.
May
you
bee
persuaded
that
your
friendes
heere
,
shoulde
open
their
doores
to
their
enimies
,
to
the
end
to
rob
them
of
their
goodes
?
for
in
very
truth
,
not
one
in
this
kingdome
(
though
he
had
a
safe
conduct
from
your
Honor
)
should
have
escaped
from
being
robbed
,
slaine
,
or
dishonored
.
If
this
then
be
true
,
how
can
you
hope
for
any
friends
heer
?
Rather
,
in
truth
,
if
you
would
consider
and
open
your
eies
,
you
shall
see
that
all
are
your
mortall
enimies
.
If
it
be
the
dutie
of
a
friend
to
deale
trulie
,
and
he
that
writes
you
most
newes
,
doth
notso
,
then
have
you
heere
no
friend
.
As
also
,
he
is
no
friend
,
that
requireth
of
his
friend
,
what
is
unjust
and
unlawfull
,
and
this
the
verie
Gentiles
understood
,
for
so
Marcus
Tullius
teacheth
,
even
as
I
speake
it
,
in
his
booke
of
Plutarch
,
Aulus
Gellius
,
and
Bruson
:
Pericles
ment
,
that
friendship
was
good
,
and
woorthie
to
be
conserved
,
with
gifts
given
and
received
,
but
that
it
should
be
in
such
sort
that
it
should
not
be
against
the
good
liking
of
God
.
For
friends
ought
not
to
impugne
religion
,
nor
passe
the
limits
of
conscience
:
friends
are
bound
to
do
one
for
another
,
so
that
their
good
works
passe
not
the
bounds
of
reason
,
nor
the
limits
of
vertue
.
Publius
Rutilius
denied
a
certaine
friend
a
matter
,
bicause
it
was
unjust
,
which
made
his
friend
to
Valerius
Maximus
in
his
sixt
booke
,
and
Brusonius
in
his
first
.
Sith
therefore
your
Honor
demandeth
unjust
things
of
English
men
,
as
are
,
to
admit
entrance
to
their
enimies
,
and
to
suffer
themselves
to
be
robbed
,
dishonored
,
massacred
,
and
to
be
traitors
to
their
Soveraigne
:
how
can
you
challenge
them
for
your
friends
?
True
friends
ought
to
be
just
,
and
to
love
the
soules
of
their
friends
better
than
their
bodies
;
to
be
more
affectionate
to
their
soules
than
to
their
substance
,
and
more
to
their
consciences
than
to
their
lives
.
To
do
any
good
deede
to
a
friend
,
is
also
the
office
of
a
friend
;
even
as
at
the
play
of
tennise
,
it
is
not
ynough
to
reach
the
ball
in
the
aire
,
but
also
to
strike
him
,
and
send
it
from
whence
it
came
:
in
like
sort
in
friendship
,
it
is
not
for
one
friend
alwaies
to
expect
good
turns
of
the
other
,
but
also
to
indevor
to
requite
it
:
there
should
never
be
a
(
take
)
without
a
(
regive
:
)
and
good
deeds
must
result
from
both
parts
full
of
love
.
And
sith
your
Honor
will
take
and
not
give
(
except
it
be
death
and
dishonor
)
we
will
not
accept
you
for
a
friend
.
You
have
men
that
are
altogither
sand
without
lime
,
all
words
and
no
deeds
;
and
in
England
they
account
your
Honor
for
one
of
the
number
:
from
which
England
and
your
pretended
friends
therin
,
remoove
your
bloodie
hand
,
so
shall
you
live
more
in
quiet
and
rest
,
and
then
shall
you
have
friends
indeede
:
and
one
that
so
meaneth
to
be
your
friend
,
since
the
victorie
that
this
kingdom
atchived
against
the
Spanish
Armada
(
or
better
to
say
,
that
God
gave
them
)
made
this
Sonet
in
praise
of
the
noblenes
of
this
kingdome
,
wherein
are
many
Caesars
and
Pompeies
,
unto
which
valor
and
magnanimitie
,
they
are
stirred
up
by
the
love
of
hir
Majestie
their
Queene
:
a
matter
well
knowen
to
your
Honor
,
insomuch
that
by
none
of
your
practises
you
have
prevailed
to
pervert
them
.
A
Sonet
to
England
.
PRoud
Rome
hir
ensignes
,
bravely
displaies
In
cruell
sort
,
thy
famous
name
to
blot
If
that
she
could
,
but
all
to
weake
,
God
wot
,
Envieng
still
thy
Crowne
,
as
she
hath
done
alwaies
.
The
Spanish
arme
,
hir
instrument
to
do
the
feate
Did
furrow
up
the
sea
,
but
all
his
labor
lost
,
Yet
marvell
not
ther
at
,
though
they
were
beat
and
tost
:
For
so
had
Persia
been
,
and
Macedon
the
great
.
Assault
thou
maist
,
where
that
thou
please
and
when
,
Though
doubtfull
,
sharpe
,
and
strong
it
seeme
to
men
,
And
never
dread
the
conquest
at
the
length
,
For
from
thy
feates
heroicall
,
is
spred
both
far
and
neere
,
Of
famous
and
renowmed
deeds
,
a
river
great
and
cleere
.
Which
fils
the
earth
full
of
thy
praise
and
strength
.
The
copie
of
a
letter
sent
unto
Spaine
by
Iuan
de
Gamarra
,
a
Spanish
merchant
,
dated
the
31.
of
September
1588.
THat
the
English
have
lost
40.
ships
at
Luxaten
,
a
port
of
Scotland
,
unto
which
place
the
English
had
followed
the
Spanish
Armada
from
before
Callis
;
and
they
thinking
that
our
Armada
had
gone
to
take
this
port
,
got
before
ours
to
defend
it
:
but
ours
seeing
themselves
so
neere
the
English
,
(
and
that
they
could
notretire
,
as
they
had
often
done
before
,
running
for
succor
to
the
English
ports
)
had
them
now
as
they
would
;
and
set
upon
them
so
strongly
,
that
they
soonke
20.
ships
,
and
tooke
26.
safe
and
sound
.
And
the
rest
perceiving
their
destruction
,
fled
without
men
,
all
rent
and
torne
;
and
then
(
it
is
reported
)
that
our
Armada
tooke
the
said
port
,
where
they
are
in
very
good
harborow
,
as
all
affirme
.
Thus
is
the
newes
,
God
grant
them
such
successe
as
is
needfull
;
and
this
is
understood
by
a
Post
that
is
come
from
Callis
:
and
that
it
is
commanded
in
England
,
upon
paine
of
losse
of
life
and
goods
,
that
none
write
newes
to
any
place
,
which
is
a
confirmation
of
the
aforesaid
.
The
Answer
.
THree
or
fower
times
I
laid
aside
my
pen
,
at
such
time
(
Sennor
Gamarra
)
as
I
purposed
to
answer
your
blurs
:
for
I
thought
it
a
matter
very
improper
to
answer
to
a
thing
so
devoid
of
reason
and
truth
,
and
that
,
that
was
sufficient
,
which
time
it selfe
hath
long
since
answered
.
But
seeing
your
estate
deserves
no
lesse
,
I
could
not
excuse
my selfe
:
but
first
receive
from
me
this
counsell
for
another
time
;
and
is
,
that
you
shew
not
your selfe
so
very
a
marchant
;
for
if
it
be
lawfull
for
a
marchant
to
lie
in
his
prises
,
yet
is
it
not
,
to
lie
in
his
writings
;
and
you
would
be
so
wholy
a
marchant
,
that
you
have
plaied
bankrout
with
truth
.
It
seemeth
unto
me
,
that
you
being
a
marchant
of
cloth
,
will
become
a
marchant
of
wines
;
and
proclaiming
wine
,
you
sell
vineger
,
giving
very
cheape
,
that
which
hath
cost
you
so
deere
:
and
you
sell
victorie
,
being
no
victor
;
and
you
promisé
palme
,
yours
being
the
nettle
.
You
say
in
your
letter
,
that
the
Spanish
Armada
woon
46.
ships
,
20.
soonke
,
and
26.
taken
,
and
that
this
was
in
Luxaten
a
port
in
Scotland
.
You
take
an
ill
course
for
a
Chronicler
;
for
the
English
Navie
was
not
at
also
far
as
Scotland
,
neither
did
my
Lord
high
Admiral
break
the
order
which
he
had
of
hir
Majestie
,
which
was
,
not
to
leave
hir
owne
ports
ungarded
:
and
in
this
you
may
know
the
humilitie
of
the
Queenes
Majestie
,
in
that
she
would
not
put
hir selfe
so
much
to
offend
,
as
to
defend
hir
owne
;
and
therefore
that
befel
hir
,
which
Saint
Iames
mentioneth
in
his
fourth
chapter
;
God
resisteth
the
proud
,
and
giveth
his
grace
to
the
humble
:
and
so
as
God
saw
the
humilitie
of
his
servant
Elizabeth
,
he
raised
hir
up
,
and
gave
hir
the
victorie
over
hir
enimies
.
The
pride
of
a
Pharao
in
Egypt
,
God
confounded
Exodus
.
And
the
pride
of
your
hautie
Armada
hath
he
confounded
in
the
Ocean
sea
.
God
is
he
that
taketh
in
hand
the
cause
of
his
servants
.
This
then
being
true
,
you
have
small
reason
to
say
,
that
you
soonke
and
tooke
so
many
ships
.
Though
when
the
Egyptians
were
drowned
,
there
escaped
none
to
carrie
newes
therof
unto
Egypt
;
there
are
some
gone
from
hence
,
which
have
carried
the
newes
of
the
rest
unto
Spaine
,
wherby
yours
will
be
thought
of
small
moment
.
I
purpose
not
heere
to
give
you
a
particular
account
of
the
ships
,
which
the
English
Armada
tooke
and
soonke
,
nor
of
those
which
have
perished
in
Ireland
,
neither
the
number
of
prisoners
and
slaine
;
bicause
it
is
the
doings
of
the
Lord
&
his
works
,
and
from
him
commeth
all
goodnes
,
on
whose
divine
Majestie
this
whole
kingdome
hath
put
and
laid
his
trust
,
and
to
him
alone
do
they
give
the
glorie
of
this
victorie
,
singing
to
him
Psalmes
and
Hymnes
,
as
they
did
in
the
citie
of
Bethulia
,
after
the
beheading
of
Holofernes
.
So
,
to
conclude
,
Iohn
Gamarra
)
is
true
,
and
sith
you
knew
it
not
at
the
beginning
,
when
first
you
became
an
Historiographer
,
meddle
not
hence
forward
any
more
in
that
office
(
for
it
is
for
you
a
matter
too
high
)
that
it
befall
you
not
,
as
unto
Icarus
,
and
Phaeton
,
and
occupie
your selfe
in
waight
and
measures
,
Burse
affaires
,
and
Cash
bookes
;
and
if
you
be
wearie
of
this
,
then
were
it
best
for
you
to
become
a
crier
of
figs
about
the
streets
;
or
a
cobler
,
or
matmaker
,
for
this
shall
be
easier
for
you
,
than
to
becom
a
Chronicler
.
A
Chronicler
ought
to
consider
what
he
saith
,
and
of
whom
,
to
write
the
certaintie
,
and
to
follow
the
truest
authors
,
and
of
most
credit
:
You
(
Sennor
Gamarra
)
observe
none
of
all
these
.
If
thou
didst
consider
the
valor
of
the
Queenes
Majestie
,
hir
courage
and
greatnes
;
thou
wouldest
not
dare
to
publish
such
falshoods
.
And
knowe
that
it
is
such
and
so
much
,
that
,
for
not
being
able
to
utter
it
,
I
thinke
it
better
to
keepe
it
silent
,
than
to
come
short
therein
:
for
that
I
should
need
for
such
a
purpose
,
not
one
Angelicall
toong
,
but
a
thousand
.
To
compare
hir
with
Hester
for
humilitie
;
in
compassion
to
an
Abigail
;
in
prudencie
and
valor
to
a
Debora
;
and
in
courage
to
a
Iudith
.
Notwithstanding
,
of
that
little
light
,
which
I
have
gotten
of
hir
valor
,
I
will
make
you
partaker
,
and
so
accept
of
these
poore
verses
,
made
with
a
greater
love
and
good
will
,
than
with
knowledge
or
art
.
Praieng
you
(
that
sith
you
are
resident
in
Andwerpe
in
the
affaires
of
the
Malvendas
)
that
you
write
no
more
such
fained
letters
,
using
for
excuse
,
to
date
them
from
Roan
.
SONET
.
GReat
Elizabeth
,
whose
fame
at
this
day
From
th
one
,
to
thother
poale
,
is
spred
so
and
knowne
,
By
having
incountred
fierce
Mars
in
his
way
,
That
now
not
a
God
,
his
Godhead
is
flowen
.
The
glorious
deeds
,
which
the
world
had
raised
To
the
highest
roome
;
when
viewing
thy
acts
Start
backe
,
and
gave
place
,
as
things
all
amazed
,
Vndoing
the
done
,
and
hiding
their
facts
.
To
say
that
thou
doest
,
surpasse
and
excell
All
the
whole
world
;
thy
battels
and
deeds
Do
say
now
the
same
,
thy
standerds
it
tell
,
To
search
for
antiquities
,
which
proove
now
but
weeds
,
Is
for
to
go
warme
us
,
by
smoke
of
wet
strawe
:
Thou
winnest
more
glorie
,
than
yet
any
sawe
.
The
copie
of
a
letter
which
Pedro
de
Alva
(
a
Spanish
marchant
)
wrote
from
Roan
unto
Spaine
,
the
first
of
September
1588.
I
Write
no
newes
of
the
Spanish
Armada
,
for
that
they
be
varieng
,
and
I
desirous
to
write
nothing
but
truth
.
Nowe
by
newes
which
run
from
many
places
,
from
Callis
,
Deepe
,
Holland
,
&
by
some
presupposings
,
from
England
and
other
places
,
it
is
held
for
a
matter
most
certaine
,
that
they
have
fought
with
the
English
,
spoiled
&
suncke
many
of
them
,
and
taken
others
,
and
that
the
rest
,
(
reported
to
be
27.
ships
)
are
retourned
spoiled
,
to
the
river
of
London
being
al
that
could
escape
.
With
this
post
there
goeth
one
from
George
Seguin
of
Callis
,
who
saith
that
Masters
and
mariners
of
Zeland
,
have
affirmed
to
the
governor
of
Callis
,
Monseur
de
Gordan
:
that
the
Armada
is
in
a
port
or
river
of
Scotland
called
Triffla
,
where
they
saie
,
there
may
ride
two
thousand
ships
;
this
is
The
Answer
.
WE
would
have
highly
esteemed
you
(
Sennor
Pedro
de
Alva
)
and
I
would
say
the
dog
had
not
bitten
you
,
had
you
contented
your selfe
with
the
first
words
of
your
letter
,
(
where
you
said
,
I
write
no
newes
of
the
Spanish
Armada
,
for
that
they
be
varieng
,
and
I
desirous
to
write
nothing
but
truth
)
without
passing
any
farther
,
that
it
might
not
have
bin
seen
,
how
ful
of
blots
you
have
your
understanding
,
you
say
that
you
are
a
friend
to
soundnes
and
truth
,
and
an
enimie
to
varietie
,
and
immediately
you
shew
proofes
to
the
contrary
,
written
with
your
hand
and
firmed
with
your
name
.
Such
a
thing
is
called
in
good
Spanish
a
pressed
follie
;
pardon
me
heerein
bicause
the
love
I
beare
you
and
the
respect
due
to
your
graie
haires
,
urgeth
me
to
speake
so
plainelie
.
And
though
my
wordes
scald
you
,
yet
I
passe
not
,
for
if
you
remember
the
saieng
of
Salomon
,
Better
are
the
wounds
of
him
that
loveth
thee
,
then
the
false
kisses
of
him
that
abhorreth
thee
:
You
would
not
take
in
ill
part
my
maner
of
speech
.
But
for
that
I
know
you
to
be
sound
and
a
friend
of
truth
,
I
will
briefely
informe
you
of
the
certaintie
,
and
such
as
is
devoid
of
doubt
.
For
though
time
hath
sufficiently
shewed
thee
the
contrarie
,
of
that
whereunto
thou
firmedst
,
according
as
you
are
massie
,
sound
,
and
waightie
,
it
shall
be
well
to
recount
it
you
,
yea
and
with
hammer
and
naile
to
beate
it
into
your
head
.
The
truth
then
is
,
that
assoone
as
it
was
knowne
in
this
kingdome
of
the
comming
of
the
Spanish
Armada
,
the
noble
Lord
Charles
Howard
,
(
Lord
high
Admirall
,
)
went
foorth
with
his
navie
,
who
reparted
the
saide
into
sundry
squadrons
(
according
as
time
and
place
afforded
)
at
times
making
two
squadrons
,
and
then
three
,
and
more
or
lesse
,
as
was
fittest
for
the
purpose
,
to
fight
and
defend
themselves
,
without
cumbring
one
another
:
In
this
order
they
went
defending
their
ports
,
wherein
they
not
onely
observed
hir
Majesties
order
,
but
there
was
also
seen
the
valor
in
fight
,
of
the
L.
high
Admirall
,
who
is
a
man
not
onely
sufficient
to
rule
and
governe
such
a
Navie
as
this
of
England
is
,
but
if
all
the
Christian
princes
of
the
worlde
should
joine
,
&
make
by
a
loving
union
,
an
Armada
against
the
Infidels
,
they
might
well
trust
and
commit
the
same
to
his
Honors
government
,
and
I
doubt
that
there
shall
be
any
found
more
woorthy
.
For
though
it
be
true
that
there
are
some
to
be
found
in
Christendome
most
fit
for
such
a
charge
,
yet
none
so
much
nor
repleat
with
so
many
vertues
;
for
what
is
reparted
amongst
others
,
is
wholie
in
him
.
You
have
in
the
world
soldiers
ripe
in
giving
counsell
,
others
to
fight
and
others
to
governe
,
&c.
But
manie
of
these
are
gamestars
,
backbiters
,
blasphemers
,
&
ill
Christians
.
But
in
the
Lord
Admirall
,
is
the
feare
of
God
,
Christianitie
,
science
,
government
,
knowledge
,
practise
,
policie
,
justice
,
forecast
,
agilitie
,
assaulting
,
perseverance
,
courage
,
chollor
,
patience
and
suffering
,
with
many
other
graces
.
These
are
things
not
found
in
all
men
.
So
that
then
,
the
English
Armada
to
be
governed
as
is
said
,
was
by
the
order
of
hir
Majestie
,
and
the
performance
and
industrie
of
this
Lord
.
Observing
this
order
,
the
Duke
of
Medina
durst
not
assault
them
,
dreading
the
hurt
which
might
ensue
:
notwithstanding
his
Armada
was
more
puissant
,
greater
ships
,
stronger
,
and
more
in
number
&
men
,
though
(
I
beleeve
)
not
in
Artillery
.
The
Spanish
Armada
then
entred
the
mouth
of
the
chanel
,
and
the
English
followed
by
little
&
little
,
and
tarrieng
the
oportunity
to
worke
the
effect
:
and
what
befell
afterwards
,
I
wil
not
detaine
my selfe
in
recounting
it
,
aske
it
of
Don
Pedro
de
Valdes
(
when
you
see
him
there
)
who
lost
his
ship
with
400.
men
,
yeelding
to
Sir
Francis
Drake
,
having
so
fewe
men
that
for
the
honor
of
the
Spanish
nation
,
I
name
not
the
number
.
You
may
also
informe
your self
of
Don
Diego
Piementel
,
which
was
lost
with
500.
men
:
and
of
Don
Francisoode
Toledo
,
which
was
lost
with
so
many
more
within
the
sight
of
Newport
,
though
it
be
true
that
he
saved
himselfe
with
thirtie
soldiers
,
in
the
skiffe
,
the
ship
and
the
rest
perishing
,
where
none
would
succour
them
:
if
this
suffice
not
,
them
enquire
of
Don
Ieorge
Manrique
veedor
general
,
who
fled
out
of
the
Galliasse
,
which
was
lost
before
Callis
,
a
place
not
far
from
Roane
.
I
shew
you
not
particularly
the
matters
of
Ireland
,
for
it
would
be
long
,
and
greevous
to
your
hearing
.
The
losse
of
the
ship
called
La
Rata
,
and
the
Venician
,
and
the
ship
Santa
Maria
,
and
many
other
,
and
so
likewise
it
will
be
yerksome
for
you
to
heare
of
so
many
noblemen
which
there
are
perished
:
Don
Antonio
Manrique
,
Don
Beltran
de
Salto
,
Don
Garcia
Davila
,
Don
Gaspar
his
Brother
,
Don
Alonso
Luson
,
Don
Rodrigo
Laso
de
la
Vega
,
of
the
habite
of
Saint
Iames
,
and
innumerable
other
,
gentlemen
and
souldiers
,
some
slaine
by
the
Irish
,
others
drowned
in
the
sea
.
This
storie
being
so
lamentable
,
I
proceede
no
farther
therein
,
but
I
pray
you
that
this
may
be
a
warning
for
another
time
,
and
let
that
which
is
said
serve
you
for
a
rod
.
And
verily
if
thou
knewest
who
the
Admirall
is
,
(
under
whose
government
the
English
Navie
resteth
)
I
beleeve
;
that
though
he
had
beene
taken
or
lost
,
that
thou
wouldst
skant
credite
it
,
and
consequently
,
not
write
as
thou
didst
.
And
know
that
he
is
the
Lord
Howard
,
Knight
of
the
order
of
the
Garter
,
and
to
the
end
it
slip
not
out
of
thy
memorie
,
I
send
thee
heere
this
Sonet
,
lay
it
up
in
thy
breast
,
not
for
that
which
the
Sonet
containeth
,
nor
for
the
arts
sake
,
but
for
that
with
a
sound
intent
I
present
thee
therin
,
some
part
(
though
the
least
)
of
the
valor
of
this
excellent
Gentleman
,
the
Lord
high
Admirall
.
THE
SONET
.
THe
Lion
fierce
,
his
eies
against
the
sunne
Like
Eagle
bold
,
for
pray
prepard
to
flight
,
And
round
about
the
noble
garter
donne
With
sword
and
crowne
to
shew
the
more
his
might
.
From
end
to
end
he
throweth
downe
,
and
levels
all
,
Famous
is
his
ensigne
bright
on
earth
and
brackish
wave
,
And
Mars
the
jarring
God
,
resignes
his
right
and
all
,
Both
honor
,
arms
,
and
resteth
as
his
slave
.
Neptune
,
now
afraid
,
and
skared
in
his
flood
,
By
view
of
noble
Charles
,
and
his
famous
fleet
,
Resignes
his
name
of
God
,
his
rule
,
and
all
his
good
,
To
Howard
he
,
that
of
the
same
was
meet
,
With
everlasting
name
and
scepter
he
remaines
,
For
serving
so
his
Queene
,
in
hazard
great
and
paines
.
The
copie
of
a
letter
which
Diego
Perez
,
Post-master
of
Logronno
wrote
in
confirmation
of
the
victorie
against
England
in
the
Ocean
sea
,
dated
the
2.
Septemb.
1588.
THis
day
is
the
English
newes
confirmed
,
by
a
letter
from
the
governor
of
Roan
,
who
writeth
that
he
hath
in
his
power
the
chiefe
Pilot
of
captaine
Drake
,
and
that
he
knoweth
that
all
the
English
Navy
was
utterly
discomfited
,
25.
ships
sunke
,
and
about
40.
taken
,
and
Francis
Drake
prisoner
,
having
chased
them
as
far
as
Abspurg
,
and
put
manie
to
the
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*
Heerin
they
shew
their
pretence
,
if
they
had
had
their
will
.
sword
:
saieng
,
that
there
was
found
in
Drakes
ship
a
peece
of
25.
spans
,
of
one
kintall
of
munition
,
made
of
purpose
,
with
one
onely
shot
to
sinke
the
Admirall
of
Spaine
,
but
it
pleased
God
(
though
she
was
hurt
therwith
,
yet
she
was
repaired
againe
)
and
overcame
the
English
fleete
.
The
Answer
.
I
Would
never
have
thought
(
Sennor
Diego
Perez
)
that
so
wittingly
,
a
man
of
your
account
,
and
Postmaster
of
Logronno
,
shoulde
settle
himselfe
so
lightly
to
write
matters
so
voide
of
reason
.
But
I
marvell
not
;
for
that
your
post
horses
are
such
yerkers
,
whose
plungings
have
set
you
quite
besides
the
saddell
.
In
the
examining
of
Notaries
,
intreating
of
the
manner
how
to
examine
them
,
it
is
recorded
,
that
one
being
demanded
by
the
examinars
,
how
he
would
make
a
false
writing
,
that
yet
should
be
available
,
he
answered
;
By
bringing
for
witnes
the
dead
,
and
those
of
strange
countries
and
unknowen
:
of
such
an
occasion
,
me
thinks
you
would
advantage
your selfe
:
but
let
us
see
master
Post
,
how
you
shamed
not
to
bring
for
witnes
of
such
a
falshood
,
the
Governor
of
Roan
,
which
is
not
a
man
of
such
lightnes
,
as
you
paint
him
to
be
,
sith
you
lade
him
with
such
a
lie
;
for
he
is
rather
a
man
of
a
verie
ripe
understanding
,
a
sharpe
wit
,
considerat
,
and
very
warie
;
and
finally
,
accompanied
with
many
perfections
;
and
so
you
have
overseene
your selfe
,
in
bringing
such
a
witnes
for
the
making
your
false
writing
good
;
for
though
he
be
of
a
strange
countrie
,
yet
he
is
well
knowen
,
and
his
vertues
,
every
where
.
I
can
tell
thee
one
thing
,
that
when
the
English
Armada
should
have
been
lost
,
and
the
Governor
of
Roan
certainly
advised
thereof
,
yet
would
he
doubt
,
and
never
have
written
it
;
for
that
it
would
be
hard
for
him
either
to
write
or
beleeve
it
,
not
so
much
,
in
regard
that
the
English
Navie
should
simply
be
invincible
,
or
more
strong
than
the
Spanish
,
but
for
that
it
belongs
to
a
Catholike
Queene
,
and
so
justly
imploied
;
as
,
in
the
defence
of
Christian
religion
,
their
houses
,
people
and
subjects
,
and
in
defence
of
the
goods
of
the
poore
,
the
lives
of
the
afflicted
pilgrims
and
disinherited
strangers
.
If
in
many
places
of
the
sacred
scripture
,
God
commandeth
a
regard
to
be
had
of
the
widowe
,
the
poore
,
the
pupill
,
of
the
orphan
and
stranger
:
and
if
this
English
Armada
,
was
in
defence
of
all
these
,
and
for
the
propagation
of
the
Christian
religion
,
matters
,
wherof
the
Governor
of
Roan
was
not
ignorant
,
how
then
would
you
have
him
to
write
you
a
thing
,
which
in
his
opinion
is
contrarie
to
the
will
of
God
.
You
alledge
a
notable
reason
to
confirme
the
losse
of
the
English
Armada
,
as
to
say
that
Francis
Drake
is
prisoner
:
I
grieve
not
a
little
,
to
see
now
,
how
apparantly
Spaine
is
given
to
lie
.
For
,
what
Iulius
Caesar
,
what
Scipio
,
or
what
Alexander
,
assaulted
the
Admirall
(
under
whom
Drake
was
)
to
take
him
,
but
a
Duke
,
that
knew
no
better
than
to
flie
him
,
thereby
to
bereave
him
of
a
woonderfull
victorie
,
yea
one
of
the
greatest
that
had
ever
beene
atchieved
in
the
world
,
and
if
thou
knowest
it
not
,
it
is
good
that
thou
know
,
that
now
Iulius
Caesar
liveth
not
,
Pompeie
is
dead
,
Scipio
forgotten
,
Alexander
banished
,
Iudas
Machabeus
sleepeth
,
Hector
is
slaine
,
Achilles
is
no
more
.
Nor
none
of
those
whose
theaters
fame
so
adorned
,
live
now
in
remembrance
of
this
present
age
:
and
the
reason
is
;
for
as
the
stars
shine
not
by
reason
of
the
force
of
the
sunne
;
so
all
those
aforenamed
,
in
respect
of
the
valor
of
the
Lord
high
Admirall
,
and
Sir
Francis
Drake
,
are
of
no
account
.
For
more
than
Achilles
,
Charles
;
more
than
Hector
,
Drake
;
more
than
Machabee
,
Charles
;
more
than
Alexander
,
Drake
;
more
than
Scipio
,
Charles
;
more
than
Pompey
,
Drake
;
more
than
Caesar
,
Charles
;
and
finally
,
more
than
al
the
rest
:
and
for
that
thou
maist
comprehend
part
of
the
greatnes
and
valor
of
Drake
,
Read
this
Sonet
,
seeing
you
may
have
read
that
of
the
excellent
Lord
high
Admirall
.
SONET
.
SO
was
the
name
of
Salomon
,
disperst
and
spred
at
large
,
By
winged
fame
,
in
voice
and
stately
song
,
So
that
no
wight
alive
,
but
gladly
was
at
charge
And
tooke
the
paine
,
to
see
him
still
among
.
From
countries
far
the
Saba
Queene
did
passe
Of
purpose
for
to
see
,
that
prudent
youth
and
sage
,
Whose
sacred
breast
,
a
perfect
closet
was
Where
wisedome
sat
,
in
yoong
and
tender
age
.
A
temple
huge
both
faire
and
gilded
well
:
A
Iustice
great
that
in
the
child
did
dwell
,
Did
blaze
him
thus
with
everlasting
name
:
To
Francis
Drake
,
his
government
likewise
,
With
greater
praise
and
triumph
hath
lift
him
to
the
skies
,
And
by
the
raging
sea
augmented
is
his
fame
.
AND
if
this
suffice
not
to
make
thee
knowe
the
valour
of
Sir
Francis
,
fixe
then
your
eies
on
that
he
did
at
Cales
,
where
the
feare
of
him
remaineth
yet
to
this
daie
:
and
in
Sancto
Domingo
,
where
,
onely
with
1200.
men
which
he
landed
,
did
put
to
flight
two
squadrons
of
light
horse
,
&
two
of
footemen
,
and
no
other
horse
,
nor
foote
men
,
but
Spaniards
,
&
sackte
the
citie
,
&
the
same
he
did
in
Saint
Augustine
,
and
in
Santiago
and
in
Carthagena
:
And
I
intreat
no
farther
of
this
historie
,
bicause
there
be
others
that
have
written
and
intreated
thereof
at
large
.
And
if
to
this
you
answer
me
,
that
it
was
not
he
onely
that
did
it
,
but
also
the
valiant
gentleman
M.
Christofer
Carelile
,
campmaster
,
and
Powell
the
sargent
maior
,
and
sundrie
other
captaines
,
and
that
Drake
went
not
a
shore
.
To
this
I
answer
,
that
a
generall
doth
more
in
governing
and
conserving
then
in
fighting
,
and
I
do
not
onely
thus
answer
you
,
but
I
tell
thee
,
that
Drake
both
governeth
,
conserveth
and
fighteth
,
and
knoweth
how
to
prevent
.
You
say
farther
in
your
letter
,
that
the
Spanish
Armada
gave
chase
to
the
English
,
unto
Abspurge
.
To
this
I
answer
you
nothing
,
bicause
the
ambassador
in
France
doth
,
and
sets
downe
the
contrarie
,
calling
the
place
Trapena
Euxaten
:
and
Iuan
de
Gamarra
,
gaine-saith
the
ambassador
,
calling
it
Luxaten
:
and
Pedro
de
Alva
,
gainsaith
him
,
being
his
neighbor
of
Roane
,
no
great
distance
from
Andwarp
,
and
saith
that
the
port
is
called
Triffla
:
attone
me
these
measures
.
It
is
a
great
desperatenes
of
Spaine
,
to
consent
a
matter
to
be
imprinted
so
apparant
fabulous
.
But
Spaine
will
answer
me
and
saie
,
that
none
of
these
authors
disagree
in
calling
the
port
by
such
sundrie
names
(
as
are
Abspurge
,
Trapena
,
Euxaten
,
Luxaten
,
Triffla
)
and
that
though
there
be
a
difference
in
the
names
,
yet
that
there
is
none
in
the
place
,
and
signification
,
and
that
the
writers
are
of
sundrie
nations
and
so
speake
with
sundrie
toongs
,
&
everie
one
rather
useth
his
mother
toong
,
then
a
strange
language
,
for
some
are
Arabians
,
others
Hebrewes
,
others
Galileans
,
others
Parthians
,
and
Caldees
,
and
everie
one
named
the
port
in
his
owne
language
.
You
(
Sennor
postmaster
)
whose
speech
is
Arabian
,
call
it
Abspurge
;
the
ambassador
,
who
is
a
Galilean
,
Parthian
,
and
Meede
,
saith
Trapena
Euxaten
:
Gamarra
,
is
a
Caldean
(
though
he
be
indeed
a
Burgales
)
and
saith
Luxaten
;
Pedro
de
Alva
who
is
a
Iewe
,
saith
Triffla
.
To
this
loose
answere
of
Spaine
,
I
will
answer
,
and
rid
them
of
doubt
,
giving
them
to
understand
,
that
as
well
in
the
place
,
as
the
signification
and
name
,
there
is
in
all
,
difference
and
error
.
For
why
Abspurge
,
which
Diego
Perez
writeth
should
be
called
Ausburgo
,
which
is
in
Almanie
,
and
not
in
Scotland
;
Luxaten
,
which
Gamarra
nameth
,
is
called
Newcastell
,
and
is
no
port
of
Scotland
,
but
of
England
:
Triffla
,
which
Pedro
de
Alva
nameth
,
is
called
Tasfill
,
and
is
hard
by
the
Brill
:
Trapena
,
or
Euxaten
,
which
the
ambassador
rehearseth
,
Trapena
is
called
Traport
,
a
little
port
of
France
hard
by
Deepe
,
(
if
he
will
not
have
it
to
be
Trapena
in
Levante
)
And
Euxaten
is
the
said
Newcastel
a
port
in
England
.
Let
us
see
then
whether
the
ships
were
Angelicall
spirits
,
to
be
at
one
instant
in
sundrie
and
divers
places
,
there
being
distance
off
many
leagues
one
from
another
;
so
heereby
I
proove
it
manifest
,
that
the
errour
is
both
in
the
name
and
place
:
If
it
so
be
not
,
then
the
purpose
of
the
Chroniclers
,
is
,
under
those
unknowne
and
disconsorted
names
,
to
give
to
understand
the
successe
of
their
Armada
,
interpreting
them
thus
,
Abspurge
,
an
Armada
,
disperst
;
Luxaten
,
an
Armada
of
weeping
:
Triffla
,
an
Armada
that
trembles
;
Trapena
,
an
Armada
which
bringeth
sorrow
:
and
Euxaten
,
an
Armada
of
sighes
:
and
so
the
consort
is
good
,
for
God
shewing
his
arme
of
power
and
wrath
against
them
,
he
scattered
them
,
he
gave
them
weepings
,
tremblings
,
sorow
and
sighes
,
such
as
Spaine
never
had
.
You
saie
farther
(
Sennor
postmaster
)
that
there
was
found
a
peece
of
25.
spans
in
the
ship
of
Drake
,
of
a
kintall
of
munition
:
In
the
ship
of
Sir
Francis
Drake
,
there
were
no
other
peeces
but
those
,
which
she
had
in
time
before
,
and
this
peece
that
you
speake
of
,
should
be
of
your
Armada
,
which
peradventure
you
threwe
overboord
,
to
make
you
more
light
to
flie
away
,
as
some
did
.
And
concerning
that
you
saie
,
that
your
Admirall
was
shot
with
this
peece
,
but
that
God
preserved
hir
:
In
good
sooth
she
preserved
hir selfe
by
flight
,
not
daring
abide
the
musket
and
caliver
shot
,
and
indeed
they
wished
for
the
wings
of
a
bird
to
flie
the
faster
,
and
I
thinke
all
the
whole
companie
fell
a
blowing
in
the
sailes
to
give
the
ship
more
waie
.
But
now
,
seeing
you
have
prooved
so
ill
,
leave
the
office
of
a
Chronicler
,
and
be
that
of
Marfodius
or
Pasquin
,
if
you
be
weary
of
being
a
post
,
but
if
you
be
not
,
follow
your
function
,
and
another
time
laie
not
the
fault
on
him
that
hath
it
not
,
neither
write
that
which
is
unlawfull
,
seeing
you
shal
get
nothing
else
therby
,
them
he
that
spits
against
Heaven
,
which
spittle
fals
againe
back
on
his
eies
.
By
a
letter
from
the
postmaster
of
Burdeaux
written
to
the
Ambassador
in
Fraunce
,
the
2.
of
December
1588.
SInce
the
writing
herof
,
heer
is
arrived
a
Scottishman
,
who
saith
,
that
all
the
Spanish
Armada
,
are
harbored
in
Scotland
,
and
that
the
Scots
have
taken
arms
against
England
.
The
Answer
.
THe
toong
of
the
slanderer
is
the
pensill
of
the
divell
,
and
as
the
Psalmist
saith
,
their
throte
is
an
open
sepulcher
,
they
flatter
with
their
toongs
.
These
be
they
of
whom
Saint
Paul
speaketh
,
that
evill
speakers
shall
not
inherit
the
kingdome
of
God
.
The
toong
of
a
wicked
person
hath
power
to
unburie
the
dead
,
and
to
burie
the
living
:
Death
and
life
are
in
the
hands
of
the
toong
,
saith
Wisdome
:
an
ill
toong
hath
power
to
altar
cities
and
townes
,
to
bring
hoasts
into
mutinie
,
to
moove
the
people
,
to
trouble
kings
and
disquiet
soules
.
Such
was
your
pretence
(
Sir
postmaster
of
Burdeaux
)
with
your
ill
toong
to
have
ingendred
hatred
and
sowed
dissention
betweene
us
and
our
brethren
the
Scottishmen
,
to
banish
us
out
of
the
world
(
whereunto
I
will
answer
farther
heereafter
.
)
Now
I
will
produce
certaine
humaine
histories
for
confirmation
heerof
.
Hermodorus
being
virtuous
,
and
that
beyond
all
those
of
Ephesus
(
whereof
he
was
naturall
)
he
was
so
persecuted
of
ill
toongs
,
and
so
much
,
that
they
banished
him
the
citie
,
their
venom
exceeding
his
virtue
.
The
like
did
the
Atheniens
to
Aristides
,
to
Cimon
and
Themistocles
;
and
the
Siracusans
to
Hermocrates
and
Dion
:
and
the
Romanes
to
Camillus
and
Rutilus
,
and
to
Metellus
.
And
Cato
Vticensis
,
being
nothing
covetous
,
nor
Hercules
at
any
time
a
coward
,
Plutarch
mentioneth
,
that
they
noted
Cato
for
covetous
,
and
Hercules
for
a
coward
:
Finally
,
all
men
of
great
and
heroicall
virtues
,
are
envied
and
wounded
by
the
evill
toong
:
for
even
as
the
shadow
accompanieth
the
bodie
,
so
doth
envie
pursue
vertue
,
and
from
hence
it
groweth
that
the
vertuous
are
so
murmured
at
and
persecuted
by
the
wicked
.
O
England
,
England
,
and
how
art
thou
bound
to
give
immortal
thanks
to
God
,
in
seeing
thy selfe
persecuted
and
murmured
at
by
so
many
,
an
evident
signe
and
probable
token
,
that
thou
art
the
citie
of
the
most
highest
.
To
those
whome
God
loveth
he
sendeth
troubles
,
prooving
them
as
Gold
in
the
fornace
:
And
to
his
beloved
people
in
Egypt
he
sent
many
and
sundry
scourges
,
and
this
bicause
he
loved
them
.
The
troubles
of
the
are
great
,
and
addeth
foorthwith
,
but
the
Lord
delivereth
him
out
of
them
all
.
Even
so
thee
(
O
England
)
hath
the
Lord
delivered
from
all
thy
troubles
:
from
so
mightie
an
Armada
,
from
so
much
death
,
from
so
many
and
sundrie
kinds
of
torments
,
as
having
bin
overcome
,
thou
must
of
necessitie
have
tasted
:
from
these
tribulations
hath
he
delivered
thee
by
his
strong
hand
,
giving
thee
such
valiant
captaines
:
If
he
gave
to
the
people
of
Israell
,
for
they
bringing
out
of
Egypt
,
a
Moyses
,
an
Aaron
,
and
a
Marie
;
To
thee
he
hath
given
,
a
most
Christian
and
puissant
Queene
,
adorned
with
sundrie
vertues
,
a
Charles
Howard
,
a
Francis
Drake
,
and
manie
others
,
whom
the
Lord
had
ordained
&
kept
long
before
,
for
the
defence
of
his
universal
church
&
this
particular
kingdome
,
which
all
he
yet
stil
preserveth
for
greater
matters
:
and
what
these
thy
woorthies
(
ô
England
)
made
not
an
end
of
,
in
performing
thy
totall
deliverance
,
the
rest
did
the
wind
,
the
sea
,
the
rocks
,
the
sand
,
the
heavens
,
the
fowle
,
and
the
fish
:
and
now
lastly
he
delivereth
thee
,
of
the
untruthes
wherein
thine
enimies
boasted
and
slandered
thee
;
putting
time
for
the
unfolding
of
deceit
,
fame
for
the
proclaimer
,
and
truth
,
for
the
certaine
proofe
;
and
so
their
slanders
and
false
publications
remaine
al
untwisted
.
But
returning
to
my
purpose
,
Saint
Anastasius
saith
,
that
even
as
he
who
taketh
up
a
viper
in
his
hands
to
throw
to
another
(
to
bite
him
)
is
first
bitten
of
the
viper
himselfe
;
so
the
malicious
and
murmurer
that
would
persecute
and
infame
the
just
,
doth
first
persecute
himselfe
,
and
remaines
infamed
,
and
desirous
to
bite
the
fame
of
another
,
slaieth
his
owne
soule
:
for
there
is
no
byting
of
Viper
or
Aspe
so
poisonsome
,
as
the
malice
of
the
perverse
;
But
this
cannot
sinke
into
their
understanding
,
which
murmur
at
vertue
,
&
charge
hir
with
vice
,
and
with
falshood
,
make
that
which
is
good
seeme
ill
,
and
of
stocks
make
stones
,
like
to
the
fountaine
in
Almaine
whereof
Albertus
Magnus
maketh
mention
.
Of
the
number
of
these
,
me
seemeth
,
that
the
Postmaster
is
,
seeing
,
of
the
peace
and
affinitie
,
which
is
betweene
the
English
and
the
Scots
,
he
wil
make
wars
,
saieng
,
that
the
Scottishmen
had
taken
weapon
against
the
English
:
a
most
inconvenient
thing
,
and
utterly
unwoorthie
to
be
beleeved
;
for
it
were
the
very
instrument
for
the
Scots
to
strike
off
their
owne
heads
withall
,
to
favor
their
enimies
in
arms
and
religion
,
whereby
to
make
them
Lords
of
their
houses
and
possessions
.
And
without
all
doubt
,
had
the
Spaniards
taken
sure
footing
in
this
land
,
they
would
never
have
staid
till
they
had
beene
Lords
also
of
Scotland
;
and
who
can
doubt
it
,
for
the
onely
blazon
,
now
adaies
amongst
Spaniards
,
is
nothing
els
but
NON
SVFFICIT
ORBIS
,
as
if
they
should
say
,
All
the
world
is
too
little
,
and
they
cannot
see
,
that
their
grave
sufficeth
them
.
But
such
was
the
malice
of
him
that
wrote
this
letter
,
that
therwith
he
meant
to
stir
up
the
minds
of
English
men
,
that
there
might
be
wars
betweene
two
kingdoms
,
borne
of
one
bellie
,
brethren
in
religion
,
confederate
in
perfect
peace
,
and
of
one
language
(
in
a
maner
:
)
and
the
health
of
the
one
,
depending
in
not
damaging
the
other
.
And
this
the
Scottishmen
knowing
well
,
when
the
Spanish
ships
passed
by
their
coasts
,
the
King
commanded
to
take
weapon
against
them
,
forbidding
to
permit
any
Spaniard
to
land
:
this
is
the
truth
;
go
not
then
about
to
make
of
stocks
,
stones
;
neither
to
give
us
to
understand
things
so
contrarie
to
reason
.
In
this
prevention
,
the
King
of
Scots
shewed
plainly
,
that
he
knew
the
kindled
and
loftie
minds
of
the
Spaniards
,
who
,
if
they
had
landed
,
(
imitating
the
Goads
,
of
whom
they
descend
)
though
it
had
been
under
the
title
of
peace
,
they
would
soone
have
reacht
the
crowne
,
not
so
much
to
depose
the
King
,
as
to
become
Lords
of
the
whole
world
,
and
to
shew
their
greatnes
and
courage
.
Now
in
fine
,
he
that
will
see
cleerly
,
who
these
glosers
are
,
let
him
behold
what
they
say
,
and
be
attentive
to
their
speeches
,
and
he
shall
see
their
putrified
harts
laid
open
.
Saint
Ambrose
saith
,
that
most
commonly
the
looking-glasse
of
the
soule
shineth
in
the
words
.
Saint
Hierom
saith
,
that
the
words
which
issue
foorth
,
are
the
signes
of
that
which
remaineth
within
:
this
is
also
asentence
of
Aristotle
.
Saint
Bernard
saith
,
that
the
mouth
is
a
gate
and
servant
of
the
hart
.
Socrates
saith
,
that
such
as
the
man
is
,
such
is
his
talke
.
Themistocles
compareth
men
that
be
silent
,
unto
pictures
rold
up
and
inclosed
;
and
those
who
talke
and
use
speech
,
to
pictures
spred
abroad
and
laid
open
.
If
thou
wilt
know
what
pictures
there
are
in
a
linnen
cloth
painted
in
Flaunders
,
spread
it
abroad
:
would
you
know
whereof
the
hart
of
a
man
is
painted
,
be
conversant
with
him
.
What
need
we
more
?
Christ
our
Saviour
saith
,
that
Of
the
abundance
of
the
hart
the
mouth
speaketh
,
and
that
by
our
words
we
shall
be
justified
or
condemned
.
Well
knowen
and
You
have
the
Divell
for
your
father
.
This
seemeth
unto
me
,
like
that
which
we
reading
the
sacred
Scripture
,
where
the
incontinent
mistresse
of
chaste
Ioseph
condemned
him
of
incontinencie
:
and
the
proud
Hebrewes
Hezechiah
,
George
Seguin
of
Callis
.
To
all
this
I
say
,
that
it
is
better
to
be
slandered
by
the
wicked
,
for
being
vertuous
,
than
by
being
evill
,
to
be
hated
of
the
good
.
I
will
put
an
end
to
the
answering
of
these
five
Letters
;
for
that
I
have
sufficiently
done
it
(
and
for
that
I
may
have
some
time
to
answer
the
blinde
man
,
the
toong
and
publisher
of
them
)
onely
putting
Spaine
in
mind
of
a
marvellous
policie
observed
by
the
Lacedemonians
,
who
,
the
better
to
conserve
themselves
,
established
a
lawe
,
that
none
should
be
so
bold
to
invent
any
noveltie
in
the
Common
weale
.
And
as
this
law
was
upon
a
time
broken
,
by
a
famous
musicion
(
called
Tependarus
)
whose
transgression
was
,
that
his
instrument
whereon
he
used
to
play
,
being
of
five
orders
,
he
added
a
string
,
and
made
it
of
sixe
:
a
noveltie
offending
none
,
neither
did
it
good
or
harme
to
the
Commonweale
,
neither
altered
it
the
minds
of
the
citizens
,
for
all
this
,
him
they
banished
the
Common-weale
,
and
brake
the
instrument
in
pieces
.
With
how
much
more
reason
then
(
deere
Spaine
)
maist
thou
bereave
the
lives
of
these
inventors
of
false
novelties
,
written
so
much
in
thy
prejudice
,
and
the
pen
,
inkhorne
and
paper
,
which
served
to
that
use
,
to
burne
them
in
the
market
place
.
Receive
this
,
ô
Spaine
,
from
him
that
bewailes
thy
weepings
,
widowes
,
moorning
attire
,
and
thy
scattered
small
orphans
remaining
without
their
fathers
aide
;
and
consider
how
far
better
it
had
been
for
thee
,
to
have
imploied
such
a
puissant
Armada
against
infidels
,
than
against
Christians
,
baptized
in
the
name
of
the
Father
,
the
Sonne
,
and
the
holie
Ghost
,
&
redeemed
by
the
blood
of
Christ
,
from
whom
commeth
all
our
weale
,
and
to
whom
we
yeeld
infinite
thanks
and
praise
for
ever
and
ever
,
Amen
.
An
end
to
the
answer
of
the
Letters
,
with
a
briefe
,
true
,
and
Christian
relation
of
that
which
was
done
in
England
after
the
departure
of
the
Armada
.
THis
victorie
thus
obtained
,
the
whole
kingdom
of
England
(
by
the
commandement
of
hir
Majestie
)
was
imploied
in
spirituall
plaies
,
wherein
was
nothing
els
represented
than
thanks-giving
to
God
,
singing
of
Psalms
,
and
preaching
the
Gospell
,
and
to
this
spirituall
exercise
repaired
all
,
both
small
and
great
,
poore
and
rich
,
and
this
endured
for
certaine
daies
,
and
at
the
length
the
Queenes
sacred
Majestie
,
accompanied
with
the
Nobles
,
as
Earles
,
Lords
,
Barons
,
Knights
,
and
Gentlemen
of
the
land
,
came
unto
the
church
of
Saint
Paule
,
where
she
was
received
of
the
Bishops
and
other
Ministers
;
in
whose
presence
,
with
great
reverence
,
solemnitie
,
and
devotion
,
there
was
giving
of
thanks
to
God
,
preaching
the
divine
word
,
&
singing
sundry
Psalms
,
of
which
I
will
onely
name
this
himne
.
The
Himne
.
Te
Deum
laudamus
,
and
so
foorth
.
WE
praise
thee
O
God
:
we
knowledge
thee
to
be
the
Lord
.
All
the
earth
doth
worship
thee
:
the
father
everlasting
.
To
thee
all
Angels
crie
aloud
:
the
heaven
and
all
the
powers
therein
.
To
thee
Cherubin
and
Seraphin
:
continually
doe
crie
.
Holy
,
holy
,
holy
,
Lord
God
of
Sabaoth
.
Heaven
and
earth
are
full
of
the
majestie
:
of
thy
glorie
.
The
glorious
companie
of
the
Apostles
:
praise
thee
.
The
goodly
fellowship
of
the
Prophets
:
praise
thee
.
The
noble
armie
of
Martyrs
:
praise
thee
.
The
holy
Church
throughout
all
the
world
:
doth
knowledge
thee
.
The
father
of
an
infinite
majestie
.
Thy
honorable
,
true
,
and
onely
sonne
.
Also
the
holy
Ghost
:
the
comforter
.
Thou
art
the
King
of
glorie
:
O
Christ
.
Thou
art
the
everlasting
son
of
the
father
.
When
thou
tookest
upon
thee
to
deliver
man
:
thou
diddest
not
abhor
the
virgins
wombe
.
When
thou
hadst
overcome
the
sharpnes
of
death
:
thou
didst
open
the
kingdome
of
heaven
to
all
beleevers
.
Thou
sittest
on
the
right
hand
of
God
:
in
the
glorie
of
the
father
.
We
beleeve
that
thou
shalt
come
to
be
our
judge
.
We
therefore
pray
thee
helpe
thy
servants
:
whom
thou
hast
redeemed
with
thy
precious
blood
,
Make
them
to
be
numbred
with
thy
saints
in
glorie
everlasting
.
O
Lord
save
thy
people
:
and
blesse
thine
heritage
.
Governe
them
:
and
lift
them
up
for
ever
.
Day
by
day
we
magnifie
thee
.
And
we
worship
thy
name
:
ever
world
without
end
.
Vouchsafe
,
O
Lord
,
to
keepe
us
this
day
without
sinne
.
O
Lord
have
mercie
upon
us
:
have
mercie
upon
us
.
O
Lord
let
thy
mercie
lighten
upon
us
:
as
our
trust
is
in
thee
.
O
Lord
in
thee
have
I
trusted
:
let
me
never
be
confounded
.
THere
were
also
said
sundrie
praiers
,
some
of
thankesgiving
for
so
great
benefits
received
from
the
Lord
;
others
for
the
life
and
prosperitie
of
the
Queenes
Majestie
,
and
for
peace
,
others
for
the
increasing
of
our
zeale
,
and
the
holding
of
his
holie
hand
over
us
,
and
for
his
church
universall
.
To
him
be
all
praise
,
honor
and
glorie
for
ever
and
ever
,
Amen
.
FAr
otherwise
,
ô
,
Spaine
,
they
celebrate
heer
such
victories
,
then
they
do
in
thy
kindomes
and
provinces
;
for
there
they
passe
all
in
worldly
sports
,
as
maskings
,
dauncings
with
bels
,
hurling
of
canes
,
launcing
of
buls
,
Iusts
and
torneies
,
and
with
these
feastes
,
ô
,
Spaine
,
thou
givest
the
glorie
of
thy
victories
to
the
world
,
as
though
the
world
had
given
them
unto
thee
;
but
from
hence
foorth
take
my
counsell
and
give
them
to
God
,
and
turne
to
him
.
But
if
thou
wilt
be
obstinate
and
still
give
them
to
the
world
,
heere
I
present
thee
a
Himne
,
which
thou
maist
sing
to
the
head
of
this
world
.
The
Himne
.
TE
Papam
damnamus
.
Te
confusum
confitemur
.
Te
confusionis
Patrem
,
omnis
terra
arbitratur
.
Tibi
Ecclesiastici
&
seculares
incessabili
voce
proclamant
.
The
same
in
English
.
WE
condemn
thee
ô
pope
.
An
answer
to
the
songs
of
Christovall
Bravo
,
of
Cordova
,
blinde
of
bodie
and
soule
,
in
praise
of
the
victorie
,
which
the
Spanish
Armada
had
against
the
English
the
yeere
of
our
Lord
God
,
1588
The
first
song
.
O
Emperour
most
high
,
Iesus
Christ
consecrate
,
Sonne
of
the
virgine
pure
,
without
[
a
](A06678-e5230-b)
a
The
virgin
in
hir
song
calling
God
hir
Savior
,
confesseth
to
be
a
sinner
.
sin
begat
:
Which
wouldest
for
our
sin
,
suffer
and
die
vpon
the
crosse
,
whipt
,
crowned
,
and
hung
on
hie
,
Give
me
thy
grace
,
thou
crowned
king
of
kings
to
sing
and
recount
,
these
memorable
things
,
Which
in
England
[
b
](A06678-e5290-b)
b
There
passed
no
such
thing
in
England
,
it
was
at
sea
.
past
,
as
told
[
c
](A06678-e5300-b)
c
False
witnes
,
is
no
proofe
.
I
have
beene
,
and
thou
blessed
virgine
,
divine-garden
and
Queene
Of
Christ
[
d
](A06678-e5330-b)
d
An
error
to
call
on
anie
saving
Christ
,
of
whom
Saint
Paul
saith
we
have
an
advocate
with
the
father
Christ
Iesus
.
get
me
favor
,
sith
he
is
thy
son
,
that
my
toong
may
well
end
,
what
I
have
begon
:
Since
our
Armada
went
foorth
,
as
is
prooved
at
last
from
the
citie
of
Lishborne
in
May
that
is
past
:
Sailing
with
diligence
,
care
,
and
all
speede
passing
by
the
Groine
,
a
good
harborough
at
need
.
Heere
begin
the
plagues
of
Egypt
.
And
after
fewe
daies
,
great
[
e
](A06678-e5420-b)
e
Bicause
they
came
not
in
the
service
of
God
but
to
distroy
his
Church
.
stormes
there
arose
that
unto
the
Groine
the
fleete
againe
gose
.
Pharao
his
hart
is
hardned
.
And
the
three
and
twentie
of
Iulie
,
this
yeere
yet
in
hand
,
they
purpose
to
prosecute
,
their
voiage
began
.
Now
begin
the
lies
.
The
second
of
August
,
the
Armada
of
[
f
](A06678-e5510-b)
f
The
Armie
was
not
vnder
the
government
of
Sir
Francis
Drake
,
but
under
the
Lord
high
Admirall
.
Drake
that
pestilent
man
,
towards
ours
did
make
.
A
lie
.
On
whom
ours
set
,
with
courage
not
thought
,
and
straight
seven
&
twenty
,
to
the
bottom
were
brought
:
And
fower
more
,
without
yards
there
were
staid
when
all
the
rest
fled
,
they
were
so
afraid
,
Towards
Dover
in
haste
,
as
written
I
found
,
to
enter
the
Thames
,
(
their
fortune
so
fround
)
to
live
in
their
harbrough
,
more
safe
and
more
sound
.
The
Answer
to
the
first
Song
.
BLinde
foole
,
lier
,
unbaptized
and
scald
why
thus
devoid
of
feare
,
on
Christ
hast
thou
cald
,
To
give
and
repart
,
of
his
bountifull
glorie
,
to
thee
the
treasure
,
of
his
grace
(
thou
unhollie
)
Saieng
,
thou
wilt
sing
,
a
matter
strange
and
true
,
which
was
a
loud
lie
,
as
everie
man
knew
:
Proclaiming
(
dog
)
truths
,
yet
sellest
thou
lies
,
giving
victorie
to
the
vanquisht
,
and
the
victors
despies
,
Abasing
the
victor
,
and
exalting
the
slaine
,
And
the
glorie
of
England
thou
givest
to
Spaine
.
Monster
of
nature
,
borne
in
some
lake
,
mongst
flags
,
the
sonne
of
a
toade
or
a
snake
,
Lucifer
thy
father
,
and
Sathan
thy
brother
,
a
vassall
of
hell
,
Leasings
thy
mother
,
Thou
wantest
thy
three
powers
,
and
in
steed
thou
hast
got
lieng
and
blindnes
,
and
of
asses
braines
a
pot
,
I
call
thee
Lope
,
the
Vylde
,
blinde
asse
,
and
dolt
,
Ram
,
ape
,
parret
,
munckie
and
colt
:
Oystridge
,
and
ape
,
clad
in
a
coate
,
of
greene
and
sundry
colours
,
thy
lightnes
to
note
.
Mutinous
,
perverse
,
shamelesse
in
all
things
,
enemie
to
see
peace
,
amongst
Christian
kings
:
Saie
,
how
durst
thou
sing
,
the
king
of
Spaine
had
destroide
the
English
Navie
,
(
and
yet
he
the
annoid
.
)
Thou
infamest
thy
woorthy
king
,
and
dispisest
his
decree
,
thou
overthrowest
his
crowne
,
scepter
and
degree
:
And
tell
me
bold
bayard
,
more
fowle
then
horse
gall
,
why
such
words
thou
usest
,
gainst
a
soldier
so
tall
,
As
is
Sir
Francis
Drake
,
of
Gods
temple
a
prop
,
a
defender
of
faith
,
and
to
Britaine
a
hoape
:
Of
whom
,
the
universall
,
trembles
at
his
name
,
the
Indies
for
witnes
,
can
speake
of
his
fame
:
Galicia
,
Cales
,
San.
Domingo
,
Cartagena
,
fear
him
at
this
day
,
San.
Augustine
,
Santiago
,
and
the
fierce
Ocean
sea
:
The
duke
of
Medina
,
feard
,
and
durst
not
abide
him
,
Valdes
that
fled
not
,
may
saie
how
he
tride
him
:
He
lost
his
strong
ship
,
and
his
soldiers
stout
,
but
he
lost
not
his
honor
,
by
fighting
it
out
:
They
(
blind
)
who
blindfold
fled
,
are
of
thy
side
,
whose
ships
are
lost
,
displanckt
,
and
opened
wide
.
Who
came
out
of
the
Groine
,
in
month
of
Iulie
last
,
of
munition
full
,
of
men
,
powder
shot
,
and
good
repast
:
These
are
the
lost
,
the
English
have
the
best
,
for
God
was
on
their
side
,
who
now
doth
give
them
rest
.
The
end
of
the
answer
to
the
first
song
.
The
blinde
mans
second
song
,
wherein
he
prosecuteth
his
untruthes
and
injuries
.
AFter
the
great
battell
,
was
ended
(
as
before
)
the
second
of
August
,
a
fight
most
fierce
and
sore
,
Our
Armada
retired
,
to
place
most
apt
and
meet
,
to
know
if
any
hurt
,
had
chanced
to
our
fleet
:
One
ship
alone
was
mist
,
which
burned
was
at
sea
,
by
slight
regard
,
hard
mishap
,
and
lucklesse
daie
:
But
all
the
men
were
saved
,
and
not
a
man
was
lost
,
and
other
harme
was
none
,
for
that
was
all
and
most
.
And
on
the
sixt
daie
,
of
month
I
named
last
our
Armada
going
on
,
thorow
narrow
chanell
past
:
And
so
did
the
contrarie
,
proceed
the
selfe
same
way
:
as
neere
unto
England
,
as
either
of
them
may
,
And
the
English
thought
,
the
wind
of
us
to
get
,
but
God
would
it
not
so
,
their
purpose
he
did
let
:
And
when
the
darkesome
night
,
was
come
upon
the
skie
,
the
adverse
part
prepard
,
at
anker
where
they
lie
,
Eight
ships
all
burning
bright
,
which
seemed
to
the
view
,
ech
ship
of
them
a
hell
,
all
what
I
sing
is
true
:
Of
powder
full
and
stones
,
with
timber
huge
and
great
,
with
engens
many
more
,
which
I
can
not
repeat
,
That
they
on
our
Armada
,
at
unawares
might
drive
to
burne
our
ships
and
men
,
not
leaving
one
alive
:
But
he
the
king
of
Heaven
,
which
rules
the
world
wide
,
permitted
not
th
effect
,
their
treazons
put
a
side
.
For
he
inspirde
our
Duke
,
of
that
his
foe
had
wrought
,
and
then
the
prudent
Duke
,
to
prevent
the
treason
sought
,
Or
else
they
burnt
must
be
,
wherefore
the
Duke
doth
send
,
and
wils
each
man
his
cable
cut
,
and
all
away
to
wend
Vnto
the
sea
,
where
larger
scoape
they
had
.
his
grace
did
so
command
,
which
made
them
also
glad
,
Every
one
did
goe
,
the
way
that
he
thought
best
,
and
then
the
flaming
ships
came
burning
from
the
rest
,
They
came
with
loftie
pride
,
with
fire
which
they
brought
,
but
our
Armada
gone
,
behind
they
leaving
nought
.
And
their
pretended
ill
,
on
us
tooke
no
effect
,
for
all
their
hidden
harme
,
in
vaine
flew
up
direct
.
Now
all
this
past
and
donne
,
and
that
the
night
was
spent
,
and
the
resplendent
Pheb
,
his
beames
abroad
had
sent
:
There
blew
a
pleasant
gale
,
great
joie
unto
all
,
but
chiefely
our
[
a
](A06678-e6590-b)
a
To
flie
.
Armada
,
did
need
it
most
of
all
.
So
[
b
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b
Assaulting
the
Spanish
.
came
the
adverse
ships
,
that
were
not
far
behind
,
and
at
this
very
time
,
as
fortune
had
assignd
,
Both
Armadas
went
,
with
power
and
courage
braue
,
by
a
chanell
straight
,
made
by
the
brackish
wave
:
And
in
the
sight
of
Dunkerck
,
appeerd
another
fleet
,
and
the
gallion
S.
Martine
,
for
the
duke
a
ship
so
meet
,
Knew
that
they
were
of
England
,
the
fleet
which
all
descrie
,
and
all
the
rest
do
know
them
to
,
by
flag
that
stands
on
hie
:
And
in
this
sort
,
they
sailed
on
their
waie
,
untill
the
twelfth
of
August
,
after
which
said
daie
Befell
,
as
heerafter
,
my
pen
shall
you
declare
,
that
day
into
Callis
,
a
ship
arrived
there
,
Which
said
,
they
sawe
togither
,
the
two
Armadas
fierce
,
and
after
hir
another
ship
,
which
did
the
same
rehearse
,
And
that
he
sawe
much
stuffe
,
and
riches
cast
in
sea
,
and
that
in
boates
[
c
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c
They
of
the
Galliasse
threw
themselves
into
the
sea
,
without
boats
to
escape
ashoare
.
to
shore
,
the
English
ran
away
To
save
themselves
from
harme
,
which
came
on
them
so
fast
.
and
then
the
thirteenth
day
,
more
newes
there
came
in
haste
From
the
kingdome
of
England
,
most
certaine
and
most
sure
,
by
our
spies
and
toongs
,
which
there
for
us
endure
,
That
fifteene
of
their
ships
,
were
sent
unto
the
ground
,
and
that
the
Gallion
,
wherein
our
duke
was
found
,
Called
the
Sant
Martine
,
which
is
hir
proper
name
,
had
grappled
with
the
ship
,
wherein
the
great
theefe
came
,
Cald
Francis
Drake
,
who
brought
in
his
consort
,
of
all
the
men
of
England
,
those
of
the
highest
sort
,
Marqueses
,
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d
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d
There
are
no
Dukes
in
England
.
Dukes
,
Counts
,
and
men
of
honor
great
:
and
our
great
duke
him
tooke
,
and
did
him
ill
intreat
.
And
then
towards
Scotland
,
bicause
he
thought
it
well
,
he
went
,
with
winde
in
poupe
,
as
I
do
heare
tell
:
These
(
lordings
)
are
the
newes
,
which
hitherto
we
know
,
of
the
estate
of
war
,
that
this
our
church
doth
follow
,
Beseeche
we
Iesus
,
&
blessed
Marie
divine
,
to
give
us
victorie
,
for
she
can
do
it
fine
,
And
preserve
our
great
mornarch
,
Don
Phillip
of
Spaine
,
and
give
us
his
grace
and
glorie
,
for
that
must
be
our
gaine
.
The
end
of
the
second
song
.
The
Answer
.
BY
sayeng
the
furious
sea
,
and
Phebus
shining
bright
,
by
calling
policie
treason
,
(
which
is
not
so
in
fight
.
)
A
blind
dolt
and
foole
,
a
foole
in
highest
degree
,
doth
now
become
a
Poet
,
his
verse
that
we
may
see
:
A
perfect
Iewe
,
by
due
descent
,
borne
in
Cordova
,
which
is
a
Citie
in
the
kingdome
of
Andaluzia
.
And
to
give
us
to
understand
,
that
verse
he
could
devise
,
he
writs
in
ragged
rime
,
approoved
filthy
lies
:
And
singeth
them
in
streets
,
with
musicke
,
in
his
laies
,
the
people
clapping
hands
,
then
in
his
song
he
saies
.
After
the
great
battle
,
was
ended
(
as
before
,
)
the
second
of
August
,
a
fight
most
fierce
and
sore
.
How
much
better
mightest
thou
say
,
(
unprofitable
blind
,
)
(
sith
that
there
was
no
battaile
,
but
flying
with
the
wind
.
)
After
that
our
Armada
,
the
English
had
descride
,
they
began
themselves
to
lighten
,
and
fast
away
they
hied
,
Cables
cut
,
and
sailes
they
hoise
,
to
scape
awaie
with
vita
,
their
backs
they
turne
to
death
,
the
soldiers
of
Medina
,
While
Charles
and
his
many
,
to
death
do
turne
their
breast
,
like
valiant
&
stout
champions
,
brought
up
in
Mars
his
nest
.
And
there
like
men
couragious
,
esteeming
life
in
little
preferring
first
their
honor
,
before
a
thing
so
brittle
,
The
duke
flies
,
Drake
followes
,
by
order
that
he
had
of
Charles
the
great
Admirall
,
whose
sight
the
Drake
did
glad
,
With
whose
onely
presence
,
Drakes
valor
did
increase
,
doing
immortall
deeds
,
which
I
cannot
rehearse
,
And
so
the
woorthy
Drake
,
like
eagle
high
that
laie
,
closing
his
two
wings
,
fals
downe
upon
his
praie
,
In
this
same
maner
and
sort
,
on
Spainyard
he
laieth
load
,
he
closeth
up
his
wings
,
his
tallons
are
abroad
:
The
tallons
that
he
opens
,
are
courage
and
attempt
,
his
closed
wings
are
feare
,
from
which
he
is
exempt
.
His
wings
he
doth
resigne
,
his
tallons
serve
him
best
,
wherewith
he
takes
or
kils
,
all
them
that
do
resist
.
Let
Valdes
heerof
be
witnes
,
and
those
with
him
that
were
,
also
Don
George
Manrique
,
which
fled
away
for
feare
,
The
Sant
Phillip
,
and
S.
Mathew
,
ships
of
great
account
,
and
all
those
who
ruled
them
,
whose
fame
in
Spain
did
mount
:
If
such
be
Drakes
valor
,
why
then
,
(
thou
toong
of
snake
)
dost
thou
defame
for
theefe
,
and
of
no
account
him
make
:
But
he
that
is
base
,
can
never
defame
the
valorous
man
,
nor
yet
the
coward
,
the
bold
,
nor
king
,
the
rustick
swaine
.
If
thou
this
hadst
knowne
,
thou
wouldst
not
be
so
bold
,
so
openly
to
speake
,
and
such
foule
lies
have
told
.
The
good
tree
,
good
fruite
doth
yeeld
,
with
blossoms
faire
&
gaie
,
the
ill
yeelds
none
but
leaves
,
wormes
,
and
webs
alwaie
:
Thou
art
an
evill
tree
,
thy
roote
all
rotten
lies
,
the
fruits
that
come
from
thee
,
are
false
and
shameles
lies
.
The
English
Navie
to
be
overcome
,
I
saie
it
is
a
lie
,
thou
liest
in
saieng
in
boats
,
the
English
then
did
flie
,
Thou
liest
in
calling
theefe
,
him
that
deserves
so
much
,
and
him
that
by
his
courage
,
hath
gotten
honor
such
:
Thou
liest
in
saieng
you
tooke
prisoners
that
same
day
,
fourteene
English
ships
,
and
all
they
brought
to
sea
.
Thou
liest
both
loud
and
lowe
,
at
first
and
in
the
midst
,
thou
liest
all
in
all
,
thou
liest
in
all
thou
didst
:
Dogs
eate
thy
toong
,
the
ants
eate
thine
eares
,
hungrie
ravens
eate
thy
guts
,
as
hellish
griffen
teares
.
Thy
head
uppon
a
gibbet
,
in
heat
,
and
whorie
frost
,
let
stand
in
desert
place
,
like
one
forlorne
and
lost
.
Thy
hands
chopt
off
aliue
,
thy
feete
and
yeke
thy
knees
,
thy
shoulders
all
bewhipt
,
thy
belly
burnt
,
and
thies
.
The
rest
of
thy
members
,
consumde
to
dust
and
Ashe
,
the
eies
which
thou
dost
want
,
let
them
remaine
as
trash
.
The
end
of
the
Answer
to
the
second
song
.
The
Author
yelds
the
reasons
that
mooved
him
,
to
answere
matters
so
fabulous
and
base
.
LEast
anie
man
should
blame
me
for
imploieng
my
pen
in
answering
matters
so
base
(
as
are
these
five
letters
,
and
especially
the
blind
mans
songs
)
and
should
saie
that
it
had
bin
better
imploied
in
matters
of
greater
moment
.
Not
gainsaieng
him
that
shall
thus
correct
me
,
I
give
him
to
understand
,
that
the
good
tennis
plaier
,
labors
as
much
,
and
useth
as
great
diligence
,
to
reach
that
ball
which
commeth
aloft
in
the
aire
,
as
for
that
which
commeth
close
by
the
grounde
:
So
that
neither
for
the
height
,
it
passeth
from
his
sight
,
neither
for
the
lownes
it
escapeth
him
:
the
consideration
of
this
comparison
,
hath
lifted
up
my
minde
,
not
to
dismaie
in
great
matters
,
nor
to
be
ashamed
of
the
lesser
,
so
I
disdaine
not
to
answer
this
(
though
short
)
for
that
the
minde
wherewith
I
do
it
doth
greaten
the
same
.
And
that
Spaine
(
which
not
being
faulty
in
this
mischeefe
)
suffer
not
unpunished
the
blindman
and
his
auctors
,
the
disturbers
of
the
common
wealth
,
nor
to
consent
to
be
deceived
hencefoorth
with
such
light
vanities
,
chiefely
their
descent
being
from
Tubal
the
sonne
of
Noah
,
and
of
the
Goads
and
Vandals
,
nations
so
woorthy
that
at
this
day
the
memorie
of
their
noble
deeds
endures
,
and
shall
endure
for
ever
,
and
being
endued
with
so
good
and
marvellous
wits
,
&
having
so
good
a
king
as
they
have
,
of
whose
friendship
all
Christian
kings
are
glad
,
chieflie
in
respect
of
his
great
power
and
treasure
,
also
for
his
worthie
and
politicall
government
,
experience
,
learning
,
and
due
administring
of
Iustice
.
I
have
also
taken
this
labor
to
shewe
unto
Spaine
,
that
il
counsellers
&
flatterers
,
destroy
hir
:
and
so
that
it
is
convenient
to
avoide
them
,
or
better
,
to
punish
them
,
that
the
punishing
of
these
may
be
a
scaring
to
those
that
shall
come
heerafter
.
I
have
also
charged
my selfe
with
this
burthen
,
to
shew
in
short
reasons
,
how
contrarie
things
have
hapned
,
to
that
as
was
there
published
and
given
to
understand
.
It
was
divulgated
in
Spaine
,
that
they
were
victors
,
they
being
then
vanquished
,
as
well
is
seene
.
They
also
thought
in
Spaine
not
to
have
left
an
English
man
alive
.
O
blinde
imagination
,
and
,
ô
,
sorrowfull
Spaine
,
howe
farre
better
were
it
for
thee
to
emploie
this
imagination
(
that
it
might
take
effect
)
against
Infidels
,
(
setting
all
thy
rest
,
and
calling
all
Christian
kings
to
thy
aide
,
and
it
should
not
be
a
small
succor
which
thou
mightest
have
out
of
this
kingdome
of
England
)
rather
then
against
Christians
,
which
do
nothing
daie
nor
night
,
but
serve
God
and
give
him
thanks
.
There
,
there
,
ô
Spaine
,
shouldst
thou
shew
thy
power
to
the
enlarging
of
Christendome
,
and
not
heere
in
diminishing
thereof
.
Thou
persecutest
English
men
,
as
thine
enimies
,
to
maintaine
the
opinion
of
men
,
&
thou
persecutest
not
the
Turke
,
to
maintaine
and
defend
that
of
God
.
Thou
persecutest
Englishmen
,
poore
in
goods
&
rich
in
faith
,
&
thou
persecutest
not
the
Turke
rich
in
substance
,
and
altogither
without
faith
.
Thou
troublest
the
minds
both
of
us
and
thy
owne
common
weale
,
and
thou
causest
tranquilitie
amongst
the
Turks
,
enimies
to
us
all
:
thou
makest
wars
against
Christianisme
,
and
givest
peace
unto
Paganisme
.
Finally
that
which
results
heerof
is
,
that
Christianitie
weepeth
,
and
Gentilitie
laugheth
;
Christianitie
troubled
,
and
Gentilitie
at
quiet
;
Christianitie
in
wars
and
the
Gentils
in
peace
:
Christians
in
torments
,
Gentils
in
contentments
:
Christians
in
mourning
weeds
,
Gentils
in
feasts
;
and
Christians
in
burials
,
and
the
Gentils
in
sports
.
Behold
heer
,
Spaine
,
whereto
thou
hast
made
this
great
and
costly
Armada
,
to
discontent
thy
friends
,
and
pleasure
thy
enimies
:
and
the
better
to
pleasure
them
,
thou
wouldest
not
content
thee
with
lesse
than
the
bereaving
of
the
life
of
those
of
this
kingdome
.
And
put
case
it
had
fallen
out
according
to
thy
thoughts
,
dost
thou
not
consider
how
deere
it
would
haue
cost
thee
,
and
that
thou
shouldest
have
remained
onely
with
the
lordship
of
earth
and
stones
,
mountaines
and
brambles
,
and
not
of
men
?
And
if
it
seem
unto
thee
an
easie
matter
,
to
people
it
a
newe
:
thou
hast
not
people
to
do
it
,
unlesse
thou
wilt
leave
thy selfe
desert
.
For
if
thou
looke
well
into
it
,
thou
shalt
see
how
lost
,
thou
art
alreadie
,
which
losse
consisteth
not
in
sacks
of
wool
and
other
merchandise
,
and
money
,
but
of
thy
men
:
Now
for
Naples
,
nowe
Cicilia
,
for
Lumbardie
,
Flanders
(
which
is
thy
Sepulchre
)
for
the
Indies
,
Portingall
,
and
the
Terceras
,
for
thy
owne
coasts
,
for
Barbarie
,
for
the
Ilandes
of
Mayork
and
Menorcke
,
for
Sardenia
,
&
the
gallies
,
&
finally
for
the
frontiers
of
thy
owne
kingdome
.
And
if
thou
couldest
decerne
the
people
that
everie
hower
goeth
out
of
thee
,
thou
shouldest
see
how-soon
thou
art
like
to
lie
waste
,
for
though
thou
hast
much
ground
,
yet
is
it
not
all
peopled
,
and
that
which
is
inhabited
,
hath
want
both
of
men
and
women
,
but
specially
of
men
,
and
so
if
thou
shouldest
compasse
to
conquer
this
kingdome
,
thou
must
leave
thy
owne
to
the
Moores
;
who
if
the
knew
the
few
men
that
thou
hast
,
they
would
not
sleepe
so
long
,
neither
leave
thee
at
such
rest
;
though
peradventure
their
rest
,
is
for
our
unrest
;
as
one
should
saie
,
let
now
Christians
breake
one
anothers
heads
,
let
one
kill
another
,
and
after
we
will
enter
to
keepe
the
peace
,
and
so
remaine
lords
of
all
.
Who
doubteth
but
that
the
Turke
rejoiceth
at
the
troubles
in
Fraunce
.
And
no
lesse
would
he
rejoice
,
that
thou
,
ô
,
Spaine
stoodest
in
the
like
estate
;
yea
,
that
there
were
no
Christianitie
in
the
world
.
You
see
then
heereby
,
that
the
desire
which
you
had
,
to
bereave
Englishmen
of
their
life
,
was
to
consent
with
that
of
the
Turks
.
Against
this
thy
wicked
desire
,
did
the
mighty
arme
of
God
oppose
it selfe
,
that
thou
mightest
not
passe
on
therewith
,
hindring
thy
so
ill
a
thought
,
and
punishing
thy
(
so
great
a
)
follie
:
punishing
thee
,
as
thou
wouldest
have
punished
us
.
Content
thy selfe
Spaine
with
that
thou
hast
,
&
desire
not
to
embrace
more
within
thy
armes
,
then
thou
art
well
able
to
compasse
,
for
he
that
so
doth
cannot
hold
it
fast
:
and
he
that
murmures
at
many
is
hated
of
many
,
and
he
that
disquieteth
many
,
is
persecuted
of
many
.
O
deere
Spaine
,
and
if
thou
didst
but
knowe
and
consider
,
how
dangerous
a
thing
it
is
,
to
procure
kingdomes
and
Signiories
,
by
unlawfull
meanes
,
and
by
prejudicing
thy
neighbors
and
brethren
;
how
shouldest
thou
then
withdraw
thy
hands
from
so
many
wars
,
excuse
thee
of
so
many
hard
labors
,
and
persecutions
,
and
losse
of
men
and
money
:
how
much
more
,
I
know
thou
art
not
ignorant
of
that
old
proverbe
which
saith
;
That
which
is
well
gotten
is
lost
:
but
that
which
is
ill
,
both
it
,
and
the
getter
.
It
is
a
rule
of
right
,
That
of
goods
ill
gotten
,
the
third
heire
shall
never
enjoie
.
Open
thy
eies
,
ô
,
Spaine
,
and
see
what
best
complieth
thee
.
Example
heerof
we
have
in
the
sacred
Scripture
.
That
Herode
Ascolonita
,
which
tyrannically
and
against
reason
and
Pilate
.
The
tribes
which
Ieroboam
tyrannically
usurped
is
a
matter
Iehu
.
Neither
should
it
better
Achab
,
Ieroboam
,
and
Herode
;
for
hadst
thou
gotten
thy
pretence
,
yet
shouldest
thou
not
have
enjoied
it
,
for
being
il
gotten
.
But
me
thinks
I
heare
thee
,
ô
,
Spaine
to
saie
,
that
if
the
heires
of
these
enjoied
not
the
goods
and
possessions
which
they
got
,
it
was
bicause
they
got
it
against
reason
,
justice
,
and
the
will
of
God
.
But
that
thou
camest
with
thy
mightie
Armada
,
by
the
ordinance
of
God
and
government
of
the
holie
Ghost
,
and
therefore
thou
camest
to
destroy
and
kill
,
and
that
thou
shouldst
have
enjoied
that
which
thou
hadst
gotten
.
If
,
of
so
vaine
a
presumption
,
thou
couldst
alleage
anie
place
of
the
sacred
Scripture
in
thy
defence
;
then
neither
would
I
call
thy
presumption
vaine
,
nor
gainsaie
thee
.
But
I
gainsay
thee
,
bicause
thou
hast
no
reason
,
&
I
cal
it
vain
,
bicause
they
are
smokes
of
thy
vainglories
,
like
those
of
them
(
of
whom
Moyses
speaketh
)
that
woulde
builde
a
tower
,
That
they
should
not
encline
to
the
Gods
of
the
Gentils
,
but
that
they
should
destroy
and
breake
their
altars
.
And
afterwards
the
Lord
saith
unto
Moyses
:
Take
heede
to
thy selfe
that
thou
make
no
compact
with
the
inhabitants
of
the
land
,
whether
thou
goest
,
least
they
be
the
cause
of
ruine
amongst
you
.
But
you
shall
overthrowe
their
altars
,
and
breake
their
images
in
peeces
,
and
cut
downe
their
groaves
.
God
commanded
Ioshua
to
destroy
the
citie
of
Iericho
,
Baal
,
and
he
did
it
.
So
then
these
,
(
and
others
which
I
might
alleage
:
)
If
they
conquered
kingdomes
,
slew
the
people
,
and
raced
cities
unto
the
grounde
,
it
was
by
the
commandement
of
God
.
For
such
kingdomes
,
people
,
and
provinces
lived
,
prejudiciall
to
the
honor
of
God
.
But
who
commanded
thee
,
ô
,
Spaine
,
to
come
to
make
war
upon
Englishmen
?
If
it
were
by
the
commandement
of
God
,
and
for
their
idolatrie
;
give
us
testimonie
and
shew
us
the
place
where
God
spake
,
and
shew
us
thy
Moyses
,
thy
Ioshua
,
or
thy
Gideon
:
and
if
it
were
by
ill
counsellers
,
punish
them
,
and
repent
thee
of
that
which
is
done
,
and
amend
from
hence
foorth
.
I
would
gladly
know
which
of
these
two
causes
stirred
up
this
war
,
whether
the
commandement
of
God
,
or
ill
counsell
.
To
the
first
I
saie
(
if
thou
saiest
it
was
by
the
commandement
of
God
)
that
thou
errest
in
so
saieng
,
sith
heaven
&
earth
shall
faile
,
but
the
word
of
God
shall
never
faile
:
and
so
,
had
his
divine
Majestie
commanded
thee
to
come
,
he
had
given
thee
victorie
:
he
gave
it
thee
not
;
then
he
was
not
pleased
with
thy
comming
.
He
promised
the
land
of
promise
to
the
children
of
Israel
,
and
though
the
countrie
was
strong
,
and
the
defenders
strong
and
many
,
and
they
weake
and
weary
;
yet
he
gave
it
them
:
and
to
thee
would
he
have
given
this
Iland
,
had
he
promised
it
thee
.
Besides
this
,
thy
comming
could
not
be
acceptable
to
God
,
neither
was
it
with
his
consent
:
For
God
now
,
is
not
a
blouddy
God
,
but
a
God
of
love
;
he
punisheth
not
nowe
in
a
strong
arme
,
(
as
he
was
woont
under
that
hard
lawe
)
but
with
a
hand
of
compassion
:
and
thy
comming
was
,
throwing
lightnings
,
thunders
,
and
thunder
bolts
,
and
saieng
;
let
them
die
,
let
them
die
,
let
not
a
man
remaine
alive
;
a
matter
most
abhominable
to
God
,
ergo
,
without
his
consent
.
That
God
commanded
the
captaines
of
his
people
,
to
destroy
the
gods
,
altars
,
wals
,
and
groves
of
their
enimies
,
and
to
put
them
to
the
sword
,
the
cause
was
(
as
I
saide
a
little
before
)
bicause
God
was
offended
and
dishonored
by
them
.
But
we
according
to
the
povertie
of
our
strength
,
blesse
,
&
give
God
thanks
,
and
the
honor
that
is
his
,
we
give
it
not
to
creatures
:
Then
it
is
likely
he
would
not
command
us
to
be
destroied
by
thy
wrathfull
hand
.
When
his
people
of
Israell
committed
idolatrie
,
he
put
them
into
his
enimies
hands
,
and
when
they
acknowledged
their
sin
,
he
delivered
them
:
But
God
delivered
not
his
people
of
England
into
the
hands
of
the
Spanyards
:
then
God
commanded
them
not
to
com
against
England
,
neither
is
this
kingdome
an
enimie
to
God
.
The
Gentiles
had
many
gods
,
but
Englishmen
,
onely
one
God
,
Father
,
Sonne
,
and
holie
Ghose
,
three
persons
,
and
one
onlie
true
God
,
omnipotent
,
and
creator
of
the
universall
.
And
in
such
sort
we
beleeve
in
this
God
,
that
we
confound
not
the
persons
:
for
one
person
is
of
the
Father
,
another
of
the
Sonne
;
another
of
the
holie
Ghost
;
and
so
we
beleeve
three
persons
,
that
yet
we
make
not
three
Gods
,
but
one
God
,
as
the
scripture
doth
teach
us
,
where
he
saith
;
Heare
,
ô
,
Israel
,
the
Lord
our
God
,
is
Lord
onely
.
He
nameth
God
is
Lord
onely
:
and
for
that
of
this
blessed
Trinitie
,
the
second
person
was
incarnate
,
and
clothed
himselfe
with
our
humanitie
(
for
our
salvation
)
therefore
he
saith
in
the
second
place
,
our
God
.
If
then
we
have
one
God
,
whose
pursons
we
confound
not
,
and
whose
substance
we
separate
not
;
and
say
that
this
God
,
cloathed
himselfe
with
our
miseries
for
our
salvation
,
and
reconciled
us
with
the
everlasting
father
,
whom
(
according
to
our
small
power
)
we
worship
,
and
serve
and
obeie
him
according
to
his
lawes
,
and
not
after
the
lawes
of
men
:
Then
we
have
not
manie
gods
,
with
the
Gentiles
,
neither
are
we
idolators
,
why
God
should
send
you
to
make
war
upon
us
:
and
hence
I
conclude
,
that
seeing
God
sent
you
not
,
that
it
is
the
second
cause
that
mooved
you
:
Which
is
ill
counsellers
;
who
mooved
by
some
secret
hatred
,
deceiving
their
king
,
and
destroie
his
kingdome
:
The
destroiers
of
kings
and
kingdomes
are
ill
counsellers
.
Three
hundred
yeeres
the
Romanes
made
wars
upon
thee
,
yet
never
werst
thou
overcome
of
them
,
but
alwaies
victor
,
till
such
time
as
ill
counsellers
deceived
thee
,
sowing
in
thee
hatred
and
division
.
The
ill
counsels
of
the
false
prophets
,
destroied
Iezabel
,
Achab
,
and
others
.
And
so
thee
,
ô
,
Spaine
,
have
thy
il
counsellers
,
and
false
prophets
,
washed
and
destroied
.
One
of
the
chiefest
causes
why
,
thou
hast
obtained
so
many
victories
against
Turkes
,
Moores
,
the
French
,
and
other
nations
,
hath
bin
bicause
of
thy
good
counsellers
:
the
conservation
of
the
prince
and
people
depends
upon
good
counsell
.
And
so
,
many
honorable
personages
,
have
exalted
manie
for
their
good
counsell
,
and
utterly
rejected
il
counsellers
and
flatterers
.
Octavius
Augustus
gave
the
dignity
of
Consulship
,
to
the
philosopher
Frontonius
,
with
sundry
other
dignities
,
for
giving
good
counsel
.
Marcus
Antonius
caused
a
Statua
to
be
erected
,
which
might
remaine
for
a
memorie
for
the
celebration
of
his
name
,
for
the
excellencie
of
his
learning
,
and
good
counsels
,
as
recordeth
Iulius
Capitolinus
.
The
Emperor
Domitian
made
Scillus
oftentimes
Consul
for
his
good
counsell
,
as
may
be
gathered
,
by
certaine
verses
of
Martial
.
Trajan
caried
with
him
in
his
chariot
triumphall
Dion
Prusio
,
as
affirmeth
Suidas
,
for
his
good
counsels
,
which
he
obeied
.
The
Emperor
Constantine
made
Ablabius
of
his
Royall
counsell
,
for
his
good
counsel
;
so
saith
Eutropius
,
and
Volatteran
.
Petrus
Crinit
.
saith
,
that
Theodosius
the
Emperor
gave
the
prefectship
&
charge
of
war
,
to
the
excellent
Poet
Aurelius
Prudentius
,
for
the
good
counsels
which
he
gave
him
.
And
Artaxerxes
king
of
Persia
,
bought
good
counsell
with
the
waight
of
money
,
(
for
in
good
counsell
consisteth
the
peace
and
conservation
,
of
the
king
&
kingdome
)
&
so
did
manie
other
most
honorable
men
:
the
which
for
not
to
be
tedious
,
I
repeate
not
,
contenting
my self
with
those
rehearsed
.
If
then
Spain
and
his
king
have
good
counsellers
,
let
them
take
viewe
of
the
successe
of
their
counsels
received
.
Good
counsels
pacifie
and
increase
,
and
ill
counsels
trouble
and
diminish
.
And
so
it
appeereth
plaine
that
poor
Spaine
and
his
king
for
having
ill
counsell
,
is
so
troubled
,
and
diminished
of
people
and
honor
.
Being
nowe
poore
of
people
,
and
rich
in
enemies
:
poore
of
money
and
rich
in
expence
:
emptie
of
peace
and
full
of
warre
,
and
heavilie
laden
with
offendors
,
and
well
lighted
of
defenders
.
O
poore
Spain
,
and
what
a
perfect
picture
is
everie
one
of
thy
counsellers
,
of
a
king
Herode
,
who
,
to
kill
Christ
and
triumph
over
him
,
slew
both
his
owne
and
the
children
of
his
subjects
,
diminishing
the
fruite
of
his
kingdome
:
even
so
hath
it
befallen
thee
,
who
to
destroie
the
English
and
triumph
over
them
,
hast
lost
both
thy
substance
and
subjects
:
And
as
Christ
remained
free
from
the
bloudie
handes
of
Herode
,
so
have
the
English
escaped
(
by
the
divine
favour
)
from
thine
.
Banish
(
sacred
king
)
thy
ill
counsellers
,
and
behold
how
they
are
deceivers
and
flatterers
which
destroie
thee
and
with
their
fained
words
deceive
thee
.
Ioab
came
Amasa
,
and
stabbed
him
thorowe
.
Thy
ill
counsellers
come
smoothly
to
thee
(
sacred
king
)
flattering
thee
with
their
adulations
,
and
destroy
thee
.
Sawsin
by
trusting
to
the
sweete
words
of
Dalila
,
was
put
into
his
enemies
hands
.
Thou
hast
trusted
(
sacred
king
)
in
Let
the
righteous
rather
smite
me
friendly
,
&
reproove
me
.
But
let
not
their
precious
balms
break
mine
head
.
There
he
calleth
the
flatterie
of
the
wicked
,
precious
balmes
:
My
people
,
(
saith
Isaiah
)
they
that
call
thee
blessed
,
even
they
deceave
thee
.
More
hurt
(
saith
S.
Hierome
)
doth
the
toong
of
the
flatterer
,
then
the
sword
of
the
enimie
.
By
admitting
(
most
woorthie
king
)
the
balme
of
thy
ill
counsellers
,
thou
hast
deceived
thy selfe
:
They
call
thee
most
mightie
,
and
the
onely
deserver
of
all
the
kingdomes
of
the
world
.
They
warrant
thee
,
that
thou
maist
raise
a
thousand
tributes
in
thy
countrie
,
wherewith
to
conquere
others
kingdomes
:
and
they
have
done
thee
more
harme
then
the
swords
of
thine
enimies
.
Flatterers
are
so
prejudiciall
,
that
Antistenes
saith
,
it
is
better
to
fal
into
the
power
of
Ravens
,
then
of
flatterers
,
for
the
Ravens
eate
the
eies
of
the
dead
,
but
the
flatterers
corrupt
the
minds
of
the
living
:
so
record
Laertius
and
Brusonius
,
though
others
attribute
this
saieng
to
Diogenes
.
And
the
same
Laertius
saith
,
that
Bias
,
the
philosopher
being
asked
,
what
beast
was
most
poisonsome
,
he
answered
,
of
wilde
beasts
the
tyrant
,
and
of
tame
beasts
the
flatterer
.
AEneus
Silvius
reporteth
,
that
the
Emperor
Sigismund
,
was
such
an
enimie
to
flatterers
,
that
on
a
time
not
being
able
to
suffer
the
flatterings
of
one
that
praised
him
overmuch
,
he
gave
him
a
blowe
,
who
saieng
,
why
dost
thou
strike
me
Emperor
?
He
answered
;
flatterer
,
why
doest
thou
bite
me
?
And
with
this
(
most
valorous
king
)
I
conclude
and
make
an
ende
of
this
particular
matter
:
That
men
of
high
spirits
,
give
not
their
eares
to
flatterers
,
neither
accept
ill
counsellers
.
Behold
it
heer
prooved
,
that
the
arming
of
Spaine
,
was
not
by
the
commandement
of
God
,
but
through
ill
counsell
,
and
therefore
it
perished
.
Besides
this
,
the
Spanyards
gave
out
(
the
more
to
pricke
their
people
forward
in
fury
)
that
if
the
English
should
take
any
of
them
,
that
they
would
kill
him
,
and
not
leave
anie
alive
that
should
fall
into
their
hands
.
Truely
,
though
the
English
had
bin
of
that
mind
,
yet
had
they
offred
no
injurie
to
the
Spaniards
:
for
if
they
came
proclaiming
death
;
had
it
bin
much
that
English
men
should
proclaime
death
?
The
Eccho
answereth
still
unto
the
voice
without
changing
the
words
.
If
you
saie
evill
;
it
answers
evill
;
if
good
,
good
;
if
pain
,
paine
;
if
glorie
,
glorie
;
the
Spanyards
come
then
,
saieng
,
fire
,
the
Eccho
answers
in
Englishmen
,
fire
;
Spanyards
say
bloud
,
Englishmen
saie
bloud
;
Spanyards
saie
death
,
Englishmen
saie
death
;
Spanyards
saie
war
,
Englishmen
saie
war
;
and
when
they
shall
saie
peace
,
then
Englishmen
will
answer
peace
:
But
now
if
Englishmen
should
kill
all
their
prisoners
,
they
should
do
them
no
injurie
,
nor
breake
jus
Gentium
,
neither
that
which
is
de
jure
belli
,
for
this
war
deserves
not
the
name
of
a
good
war
,
bicause
it
was
mooved
by
covetousnes
and
tyrannie
,
and
not
for
valour
and
increase
of
honor
.
There
were
wars
betweene
the
Emperor
Charles
the
fift
&
Francis
king
of
Fraunce
;
but
the
originall
was
neither
of
tyrannie
,
nor
covetousnes
:
and
this
was
seene
apparantly
;
for
Francis
being
prisoner
by
the
Emperor
,
neer
unto
Pavia
,
in
the
yeere
1525.
and
from
thence
carried
into
Spaine
:
the
Emperor
never
willed
him
to
resigne
his
crowne
,
neither
was
his
thought
such
,
or
ever
went
he
about
it
;
but
rather
set
both
him
and
his
free
,
for
in
fine
,
they
were
rather
wars
of
braverie
then
tyrannie
.
But
in
this
war
of
Spaine
against
England
,
Spaine
comming
with
armed
hand
,
to
deprive
hir
Majestie
of
Sceprer
and
crowne
,
what
injustice
should
she
do
,
in
causing
all
to
be
slaine
,
that
shall
come
to
hand
?
for
tyrants
deserve
no
lesse
then
death
:
And
sith
Spanyards
in
this
war
shew
themselves
tyrants
,
(
[
*
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*
My
author
is
a
Spanyard
and
therfore
whatsoever
you
thinke
or
know
to
the
contrary
,
yet
you
must
beare
with
his
parenthesis
in
this
point
.
though
naturally
they
be
not
so
)
they
should
have
no
wrong
done
them
,
had
they
all
bin
slaine
.
But
in
fine
,
such
as
the
fountaine
is
,
such
are
the
streames
,
if
the
fountaine
be
sweete
,
the
streames
are
sweete
,
and
if
the
fountaine
be
brackish
,
the
rivers
are
brackish
.
The
fountaine
of
England
,
which
is
the
sacred
Majestie
of
Queene
Elizabeth
(
whom
the
Lord
long
preserve
)
is
a
sweete
fountaine
,
full
of
love
,
compassion
,
clemencie
,
and
benignitie
,
and
so
are
hir
subjects
;
for
such
as
the
Lord
is
,
such
is
the
vassall
.
This
is
verefied
in
the
sacred
Scripture
.
Herademas
troubled
and
all
Ierusalem
with
him
.
And
Achab
and
Francis
,
so
have
they
bin
well
intreated
and
succoured
with
meate
,
with
apparell
,
hose
and
shooes
,
shirts
,
firing
and
other
necessaries
,
Englishmen
seeming
to
be
sorie
,
and
to
bewaile
the
poore
Spanyards
,
which
perished
in
Ireland
,
by
the
hands
of
the
savage
Irishmen
;
and
to
serve
for
meate
,
some
in
the
sea
for
the
fish
,
and
others
on
the
land
,
for
the
carrion
Crowes
;
so
that
they
sorrowe
the
losse
of
the
dead
,
and
succour
the
necessitie
of
the
prisoners
.
And
all
this
,
for
being
hir
Majestie
full
of
love
and
not
of
rigor
,
and
so
aboundant
in
clemencie
,
and
not
in
revenge
,
a
greater
friend
to
pardon
,
then
to
punish
:
and
using
more
of
mercie
then
justice
,
she
shewes
hir selfe
most
Christian
,
and
fearing
God
:
Vnto
whom
,
his
divine
Majestie
graunt
,
long
yeeres
of
life
,
augment
and
prosper
hir
estate
,
as
is
needfull
for
the
holie
church
sake
,
(
she
being
a
true
defender
thereof
)
and
as
hir
humble
and
loiall
subjects
desire
,
Amen
.
The
translator
.
I
Am
to
request
thee
,
(
courteous
Reader
)
to
beare
with
the
translations
of
the
blinde
mans
songs
and
their
answers
,
for
I
know
the
verse
will
seeme
somewhat
harshe
unto
thee
,
wherin
I
was
overshot
,
in
tieng
my selfe
so
much
to
the
Spanish
,
(
at
the
authors
request
)
as
you
may
see
,
the
English
to
answer
verse
for
verse
with
the
Spanish
:
to
avoide
which
inconvenience
,
receive
these
verses
following
(
I
humblie
beseech
thee
)
in
good
parte
,
(
with
the
rest
of
the
translation
)
which
verses
follow
(
almost
)
verballie
,
though
not
in
meeter
:
in
stead
whereof
,
I
pray
thee
also
,
accept
with
good
will
,
certaine
verses
of
my
owne
to
the
same
effect
,
wherein
thou
shalt
both
pleasure
and
incourage
me
,
fare
well
.
Thine
in
good
will
I.
L.
A
song
in
the
praise
of
the
English
Nobilitie
.
ARraied
,
in
sundrie
colours
,
white
,
red
,
and
incarnation
,
blew
,
green
,
yellow
,
and
murrie
colour
fine
:
Plumes
of
feathers
brave
,
displaieng
foorth
their
minds
,
streamers
fringd
with
gold
,
and
silver
round
about
,
Armor
shining
,
white
helmets
,
fine
and
graven
,
swords
broad
and
sharpe
,
daggers
strong
and
large
,
Launces
great
and
long
,
and
sharpned
steele
at
end
,
targets
faire
of
steele
,
iacks
of
proofe
,
of
male
,
Ensignes
brave
advaunst
,
with
red
crosse
in
field
white
,
and
a
rose
for
devise
,
set
out
in
colour
read
,
With
letters
which
do
saie
,
[
*
](A06678-e9060-b)
*
I
thinke
he
meaneth
the
posie
of
the
gatter
.
Let
him
be
punisht
and
correct
,
which
evill
thinks
,
&
doth
not
do
,
all
what
,
that
he
is
bound
For
to
defend
,
&
enlarge
his
cuntry
&
faith
unto
the
deth
.
From
great
Brytaine
,
issueout
,
gentlemen
of
fame
,
Youths
,
desirous
of
honor
,
and
vsde
the
same
to
win
,
do
take
their
leave
of
friends
,
with
many
a
brace
&
kisse
,
From
Father
,
from
mother
,
from
brothers
,
and
from
sisters
,
from
kindred
,
&
from
neighbors
,
&
from
their
houshold
chere
:
They
go
towards
the
sea
,
their
enimies
to
seeke
,
to
die
,
or
overcome
,
regarding
life
in
little
,
They
go
thinking
upon
war
,
and
upon
deeds
of
old
of
their
fathers
,
grandfathers
,
and
others
of
their
bloud
,
They
print
in
their
memorie
,
the
facts
of
their
forefathers
,
to
shew
themselves
no
cowards
,
but
bold
,
fierce
,
and
stout
,
And
they
,
who
thus
do
go
are
Gentles
passing
brave
,
the
Earles
of
Oxford
,
Northumberland
,
&
Cumberland
,
Of
valor
,
force
,
and
courage
,
they
beare
the
pricke
and
prise
,
three
famous
woorthy
Earles
,
wel
known
and
tried
at
armes
,
Lord
Dudley
,
Henry
Brook
,
Arthur
Gorge
and
Gerard
,
which
to
assault
&
win
,
are
fower
woorthy
soldiers
,
The
valorous
Cicill
,
which
Thomas
hath
to
name
,
who
in
affaires
of
wars
,
did
never
feare
his
foe
,
Charles
Blunt
,
William
Hatton
,
two
soldiers
noted
well
,
Walter
Rawleigh
,
not
the
least
,
nor
used
lesse
in
armes
,
Robert
Cicill
,
and
William
,
that
is
his
brothers
son
,
whose
valor
goes
beyond
,
that
of
the
wrathfull
Mars
,
Two
famous
Roberts
eeke
,
Carie
and
Harvie
cald
,
of
whome
Fame
proclaimes
,
affaires
strange
and
great
:
Of
Darcy
the
valiant
,
whose
name
is
called
Edward
,
Heaven
beareth
witnes
,
and
all
the
British
Ile
:
And
Horatio
Palavezino
,
a
gentleman
well
used
,
in
letters
,
counsell
,
and
armes
,
a
gallant
knight
of
strength
.
These
and
many
other
,
with
Charles
the
Lord
Admirall
,
accompanied
with
Drake
,
in
armes
are
all
as
brethren
,
One
bodie
,
one
resolute
minde
,
the
one
hath
care
of
thother
,
and
one
doth
courage
each
,
in
such
so
brave
a
case
,
Now
my
harts
,
go
to
,
they
saie
,
remember
we
are
bound
rather
to
die
then
flie
,
for
flight
belongs
to
base
:
Better
to
die
with
honor
,
then
live
long
dishonored
,
t
is
life
to
a
gentleman
,
to
die
in
such
a
quarrell
:
To
serve
God
and
his
prince
,
the
loyall
subject
fights
,
and
for
his
deere
countrie
,
the
citizen
yeelds
his
life
,
To
this
then
and
more
,
we
present
all
are
bound
,
sith
that
we
be
gentlemen
,
and
serve
so
brave
a
Queene
,
In
such
conversation
,
the
saile
,
and
passe
the
time
when
sodainely
with
sailes
,
they
see
the
sea
bespread
,
They
know
it
to
be
the
Armada
,
of
the
mightie
Spaniard
whose
ships
are
like
strong
castels
,
full
of
artillerie
,
Provided
well
with
men
,
and
loaded
with
munition
in
despite
of
raging
sea
,
they
part
in
two
the
waves
,
Reparted
into
squadrons
,
and
marching
in
good
order
,
and
with
their
pleasant
musicke
rejoicing
skie
and
sea
,
They
put
feare
and
dread
,
on
all
that
them
behold
,
such
a
number
of
ships
,
as
furrow
up
the
sea
,
Fraunce
feares
,
and
Almany
,
the
force
of
Spanish
king
,
so
doth
the
Turcke
and
all
the
world
,
save
England
faire
:
If
Fraunce
feare
,
it
is
for
civill
wars
,
and
Almany
hath
not
hir
Signiories
unite
:
And
the
Turcke
bicause
great
Canne
,
doth
make
him
wars
,
and
if
the
world
be
afraid
,
the
world
is
a
coward
:
But
famous
England
which
,
in
peace
hath
all
estates
and
full
of
martiall
men
,
hir
cities
and
hir
townes
,
Which
live
one
with
another
,
as
faithfull
loving
brothers
,
they
feare
at
all
no
force
,
nor
Spanish
mightie
arme
,
But
with
boldnes
,
valor
and
force
that
is
seldome
seene
,
regarding
them
in
nought
,
to
foe
they
set
their
breast
,
And
with
fewer
men
and
ships
to
sea
themselves
commit
,
determind
all
to
die
before
they
flie
a
foote
:
And
like
to
Tygres
fierce
,
and
Lions
fraught
with
ire
they
presse
unto
the
fight
,
armed
with
armor
brave
:
And
this
determination
,
perceived
by
the
foe
,
they
flie
like
little
conie
,
before
the
cruel
graiehound
,
And
better
for
to
flie
,
they
hoise
sailes
and
cut
cables
,
and
of
their
treasure
rich
,
yeeld
part
unto
the
sea
:
They
flie
without
all
order
,
like
soldiers
yoong
and
rawe
,
some
heere
,
some
there
,
as
best
may
serve
their
turne
,
And
the
nobles
of
England
,
do
follow
at
their
heeles
,
chasing
and
charging
,
glorie
and
honor
they
gaine
,
Winning
from
them
their
ships
,
and
captiving
their
men
,
returning
with
great
victorie
,
unto
their
English
I
le
,
Whereas
they
land
with
joie
,
their
banners
brave
advanst
and
with
heavenly
musicke
,
their
trumpets
sound
aloud
,
Crieng
with
voice
most
shrill
,
long
live
our
royall
Queene
,
live
,
live
,
and
God
preserve
,
hir
from
all
forraine
foes
,
That
all
hir
subjects
true
,
may
long
hir
grace
enjoie
,
and
that
almightie
God
,
augment
hir
lands
and
state
.
Then
all
the
spoile
which
in
the
war
,
they
gained
have
,
they
offer
it
unto
the
Lord
,
their
triumph
and
their
joie
,
And
in
the
church
they
yeeld
him
thanks
,
as
is
their
due
,
for
so
great
grace
on
them
bestowed
so
free
.
Sundrie
songs
they
sing
to
him
,
and
Davids
Psalmes
in
verse
,
which
lives
for
ever
and
ever
,
and
raignes
without
all
end
.
FINIS
.
The
translator
to
the
same
effect
.
WHen
from
the
Hesperian
bounds
,
with
warlike
bands
,
the
vowed
fo-men
of
this
happie
I
le
,
with
martiall
men
,
drawne
foorth
from
many
lands
:
gan
set
their
saile
,
on
whom
the
winds
did
smile
:
the
rumors
ran
of
conquest
,
war
,
and
spoile
,
and
haplesse
sacke
of
this
renowmed
soile
.
From
foorth
his
chanels
glide
:
the
Ocean
gasd
,
To
see
the
furrowing
keeles
,
beate
on
his
breast
:
And
[
*
](A06678-e10360-b)
*
The
Ladie
of
the
sea
.
Thetis
wept
,
hir
tides
as
one
amasde
,
To
see
hir
watrie
bosome
overprest
.
The
spreading
pendents
,
and
the
flags
from
far
,
With
braieng
trumps
,
so
threaten
balefull
war
.
[
*
](A06678-e10430-b)
*
The
goddesse
of
war
.
Dictimne
,
wakened
by
their
bitter
threats
:
Armd
with
hir
tooles
,
and
weapons
of
defence
:
Shaking
hir
launce
,
for
inward
passion
,
sweates
,
Driving
the
thought
of
woonted
peace
from
hence
.
And
gliding
through
the
circute
of
the
aire
,
Vnto
[
*
](A06678-e10500-b)
*
Vnder
the
name
of
Elisa
is
ment
,
our
gratious
Queene
Elizabeth
.
Elisas
pallace
did
repaire
.
As
when
the
flames
amidst
the
fields
of
corne
,
With
hidious
noise
,
awakes
the
sleepie
swaine
:
So
do
hir
threatnings
,
seldome
heard
beforne
,
Reviue
the
warlike
courtiers
harts
againe
:
So
foorth
they
presse
,
since
Pallas
was
their
guide
.
And
boldly
saile
upon
the
Ocean
glide
.
The
Admirall
with
Lion
on
his
creast
,
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*
God
of
Physicke
.
Aesculapius
with
his
cunning
charmes
,
Preserve
the
toward
Lord
,
from
future
harmes
.
Next
him
the
matchlesse
Clifford
shakes
his
sword
,
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*
Hercules
the
sonne
of
Iupiter
and
Alcmena
.
Alcides
,
faire
Alcmenas
sonne
)
His
lookes
are
sterne
,
his
locks
do
feare
affoord
,
Within
his
breast
doth
manly
courage
woone
,
Vpon
his
crest
the
dragon
list
to
frowne
,
Empald
and
compast
with
a
golden
crowne
.
On
sodaine
gan
haught
Howard
presse
in
place
:
His
argent
lion
couched
at
his
feete
:
Brooke
,
or
Gorges
praise
,
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*
Oxford
.
Sir
Charles
Blunt
.
Oxens
tract
,
to
courtly
state
,
I
see
the
treasure
of
all
Science
come
:
Whose
pen
of
yore
,
the
Muses
stile
did
mate
,
Whose
sword
is
now
unsheathd
to
follow
drumbe
,
Parnassus
knowes
my
Poet
by
his
looke
,
Charles
Blunt
,
the
pride
of
war
,
and
friend
of
booke
.
Moorne
not
thou
matchlesse
parragon
of
war
,
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*
Goddesse
of
discorde
.
Pandoras
boxe
of
scath
,
That
fild
the
seas
with
bloud
,
with
spoiles
and
wrath
.
At
last
the
heavens
gan
cleare
,
the
foes
gan
flie
,
Iehovahs
hand
assisted
Englands
right
:
Our
thankefull
peeres
lift
up
their
hands
on
hie
,
Avowing
still
in
countries
cause
to
fight
:
Blessing
our
God
that
on
his
people
spreads
His
grace
,
and
heapes
his
ire
on
envious
heads
.
And
home
returnd
(
the
dastard
Spaniards
gon
)
They
humbly
bend
at
faire
Elisas
feete
,
Whose
praiers
meane
while
,
had
piersd
the
heavenly
throne
,
Ech
one
with
dutie
do
their
Princes
meete
,
Whiles
midst
their
joie
true
peace
gan
soone
returne
,
Intending
with
Zabetha
to
sojorne
.
Long
maist
thou
rest
sweete
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*
Peace
.
Nymph
within
hir
bowre
,
Whilest
forraine
countries
woonder
at
hir
wit
,
That
swaies
hir
Scepter
with
a
matchlesse
power
,
Sweete
muse
now
cease
,
though
scarsely
wakened
yet
,
That
when
hir
fame
by
vertues
conquest
shines
,
Thou
maist
eternize
hir
,
within
thy
lines
.
FINIS
.