And as fierce fire wrapt vp in dampish cloud,
With violent force the sides thereof doth rend,
And with pale lightning thunder downe doth send;
So England’s warlike fleet wing’d with swift gale,
Broke through the waues th’Iberians to assaile.
218.
The first fight before Plimmouth.
The drums did beat, the trumpets shrill did sound,
Each aduerse force began the furious fight;
Then in the aire the fierce claps did redound