At last the noble prince did aske my name,
My birth, my calling, and my fortunes past;
With admiration he did heare the same,
And so a bagge of crownes to me he cast;
And when he went away, he saide to mee,
‘Sevenoake, be prowd, the Dolphyne fought with thee.’”
Fourth, Thomas White, who founded schools and almshouses (p. 449):—
“I cannot sing of armes and blood-red warres,
Nor was my collur mixt with Mars his hew;
I honour those that ended countrey jarres,