And where the skirmish was propos’d most hot,
Their valiant Drake did breake into the fight,
And though his ship were pierc’d with wounding shot
Twice twentie times; yet with vndaunted might
He horriblie did plie their sudden fright,
And with wide wounds the hollow keeles did batter
Of three tall ships betwixt the winde and water.
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Then in despaire with hands and weeping eies,
To heau’n the wretches prai’d for their escape,