Gold doth men’s thoughts to high attempts prepare,
And ouergilds the danger of the warre.
40.
Hearken how fame vpon the Norman coast
With her shrill trumpe from kingdomes far away,
Summons vnto an head my warlike host,
Behold the sackfull troopes in braue array,
Beneath my ensignes for this bold assay,
Who martiall’d by my hand, with ample traine,
Do crowne the vtmost bankes of Belgike Seine.