Townes, towers, woods, groues with hungrie flames embrace,

Whose people did from farre behold the flame

With teare-torne eyes; yet could not helpe the same.

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Thus fam’d-grac’d Norrice crown’d with victorie,

Vnto the Groyne returned backe againe,

And with more worth his deed to amplifie,

King Philip’s standard with the armes of Spaine,

Which from his foes in fight he did constraine,

Before him in his march aduanced was,