Might now at neede supply him euery way.
His bounty ample, as the windes that blewe,
Such Barkes for Portage out of eu’ry bay
In Holland, Zealand, and in Flanders, brings;
As spred the wide [sleeue] with their canuase wings.
The Sea betwixt France and England so called.
A Catalogue of the Ships in 12 Stanzas.
But first seauen Ships from Rochester are sent,
The narrow Seas, of all the French to sweepe:
All men of Warre with [scripts of Mart] that went,