For up to old England thy son he must go,
And stand before our queen’s high majesty.’
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‘’T is I have fifteen ships of the best,
And other fifteen distant on sea;
Since up to old England my son he must go,
Then we’ll all go together for good companie.’
A.
a.
Queen Elizabeth’s Champion, or, Great Britain’s Glory, Being a victory obtained by the young Earl of Essex over the old emperor of Germany by a fight at sea in which he took the emperor’s son and brought him a prisoner to Queen Elizabeth.