“That honourable day shall ne’er be seen.
Many a time hath banished Norfolk fought
For Jesu Christ; in glorious Christian field,
Streaming the ensign of the Christian cross
Against black Pagans, Turks and Saracens;
And, toil’d with works of war, retired himself
To Italy; and there at Venice gave
His body to that pleasant country’s earth,[8]
And his pure soul unto his Captain Christ,
Under whose colours he had fought so long.”