For in prouerbiall words her answere was,
“Ist hæc ad Græceas fient mandata Kalendas.”
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An answere worthie, for the grace it bore,
The virgin spring of old Plantagenet,
Who from the foes to shield her natiue shore,
Her subiects hearts for fight on fire did set,
And their bold stomackes did with courage whet,
Who fir’d with loue of their Elizae’s good,
In her defence did thirst to spend their blood.