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Ne did it then deserue a name to haue,
2 Till that the venturous Mariner that way
Learning his ship from those white rocks to saue,
4 Which all along the Southerne sea-coast lay,
Threatning vnheedie wrecke and rash decay,
6 For +safeties sake+ that same his sea-marke made,
And namd it Albion. But later day
8 Finding in it fit ports for fishers trade,
Gan more the same frequent, and further to inuade.
6 safeties sake > safety 1590 (trisyllabic)
1 Nor did it then deserve a name to have, 2 Till the venturous mariner that way, 3 Learning his ship from those white rocks to save,
white rocks > (Chalk cliffs, esp. in Dorset, Sussex and Kent)
4 Which all along the southern sea-coast lay, 5 Threatening unheedy wreck and rash decay,
unheedy > incautious, heedless decay > downfall, death
6 For safety's sake that same his sea-mark made, 7 And named it Albion. But later day
Albion > (England. The origin of the name is obscure. The idea that it derives from the Latin albus, white, and was given to England by Julius Caesar in allusion to the cliffs, is refuted by mention of "Albion" in De Mundo, a Greek treatise formerly attributed to Aristotle, written three hundred years before Caesar's invasion. The name is certainly very old) day > age; hence: people
8 Finding in it fit ports for fishers' trade, 9 Gan more the same frequent, and further to invade.