The Killigrews are also lords of the land whereon the Castle of Pendennis stands, and receive yearly out of the Exchequer for the same 13l. 6s. 8d. Of all which premises take the following rhyme:
In the calm south great Falmouth’s Harbour stands,
Where Vale with Sea doth join its peaceful hands;
’Twixt whom to ships commodious port is shown,
That makes the riches of the world its own.
Falmouth, or Vale, the Britons’ chiefest pride,
Glory of them and all the world beside,
In sending round the treasures of her tide,
Killigrew’s the Lord both of the Fort and Town:
Speak these the rest, to make them better known.