The honour’d peeres, great Essex, and his mate
Renowned Howard, Time’s swan-white hair’d sonne,
Sitting in counsell wisely did debate,
How by their fleete with best aduantage wonne,
Against the foes the fight might be begunne;
For both the castle, forts and towne in sight,
Did threaten danger in the nauall fight.
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But through the windowes of heauen’s crystall bowres,
Ioue seeing the foemen’s force so full of dread,