To such vastnesse as, if unmanacled
From Greece, Morea were, and that by some
305Earthquake unrooted, loose Morea swome,
Or seas from Africks body had severed
And torne the hopefull Promontories head,
This fish would seeme these, and, when all hopes faile,
A great ship overset, or without faile
310Hulling, might (when this was a whelp) be like this whale.
XXXII.
At every stroake his brazen finnes do take,