Cherish marchandise, keepe the admiraltie;
That we bee Masters of the narrowe sea.
“For Sigismond[623] the great Emperour
Wich yet reigneth, when he was in this land
With King Henry the Fift, Prince of Honour
Here much glory, as him thought, he found,
A mightie land which had take in hand
To werre in France, and make mortalitie,
And euer well kept round about the sea.
“And to the king thus hee sayd: My Brother,