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