John Derricke

“ Whose fame made rebells often flye, the presence of his face:
He he I say, he goeth forth, with Marsis noble trayne,
To justifie his Princes cause, but their demenures vayne:
Thus Queene he will have honoured, in middest of all her foes,
And knowne to be a royall Prince, even in despight of those.
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(B
) Which for to prove in every poynt, (to his eternall fame)
He standeth forth in open field, for tryall of the same,
Round compast with a worthy crewe, most comely to be seene,
(A) Of Captaines bolde, for to behold the honor of that Queene. ”

“ Because he sinde in that he moude our noble Queene to ire.
O lamentable thyng to see ambition clyme so high,
When superstitious pride shall fall in twynckling of an eye!
For such is every rebells state, and evermore hath bene,
And let them never better speede that ryse agaynst our Queene.
[Speech:
Ve mihi misero and
Ve atque dolor.]
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When flickering fame had fild the eared of marshall men of might,
With rare report of Sydneys prayse (that honrable Knight) ”