Whan at Hampton he made the great dromons,
Which passed other great ships of the Commons;
The Trinitie, the Grace de Dieu, the Holy Ghost,
And other moe, which as nowe be lost.
What hope ye was the king’s great intente
Of thoo shippes, and what in mind be meant:
It is not ellis, but that he cast to bee
Lord round about environ of the see.
And if he had to this time lived here,
He had been Prince named withouten pere: