And then the Queen began to speak,
Youre welcome home Sir Francis Drake.
Then came my Lord Chamberlain, and with his white staffe,
And all the people began for to laugh.
The Queen's Speech.—
Gallants all of British bloud,
Why do ye not saile on th' Ocean flood?
I protest ye'are not all worth a Philberd
Compared with Sir Humphrey Gilberd.
The Queen's Reason.