556 Both for your nearness to that Faery Queen, 557 And for your own high merit in like case,
like > [a] similar
558 Of which apparent proof was to be seen 559 When that tumultuous rage and fearful deen
deen > din, noise
560 Of northern rebels you did pacify,
northern rebels > (Who wished in 1569 to assert the right of Mary Stuart to succeed, or supplant, Elizabeth)
561 And their disloyal power defaced clean,
defaced clean > utterly destroyed
562 The record of enduring memory. 563 Live, lord, for ever in this lasting verse, 564 That all posterity your honour may rehearse.
That > [So that] rehearse > relate, give an account of