‘My lord, you should work so far amiss:
God keep you out of that traitor’s hands!
For you wot full little what a man he is.
27.
‘He is brass within, and steel without,
And beams he bears in his top-castle strong;
His ship hath ordnance clean round about;
Besides, my lord, he is very well manned.
28.
28.1 ‘dearly dight,’ handsomely fitted out.