A.D. 



THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



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Dieu, the holy 

 Ghost. 



Liche to Edgar, and the saide Edward, 

 As much of both liche hem as in regard. 

 Where was on live a man more victorious, 

 And in so short time prince so marveilous ? 

 By land and sea, so well he him acquitte, 

 To speake of him I stony in my witte. 

 Thus here I leave the king with his noblesse, 

 Henry the fift, with whom all my processe 

 Of this true booke of pure policie 

 Of sea keeping, entending victorie 

 I leave endly : for about in the see 

 No Prince was of better strenuitee. 

 And if he had to this time lived here, 

 He had bene Prince named withouten pere : 

 The Trinitie, His great ships should have ben put in preefe, 

 the Grace de \j nto the ende that he ment of in cheefe, 



For doubt it not but that he would have bee 



Lord and master about the round see : 



And kept it sure to stoppe our enemies hence, 



And wonne us good, and wisely brought it thence : 



That no passage should be without danger, 



And his licence on see to move and sterre. 



Of unitie, shewing of our keeping of the see : 

 with an endly or finall processe of peace by 

 authoritie. Chap. 12. 



NOw than for love of Christ, and of his joy, 

 Bring it England out of trouble and noy : 

 Take heart and witte, and set a governance, 

 Set many wits withouten variance, 

 To one accord and unanimitee. 

 Put to good will for to keepe the see, 

 First for worship and proflte also, 

 And to rebuke of eche evill willed foe. 

 Thus shall worship and riches to us long. 

 Than to the Noble shall we doe no wrong, 

 To beare that coyne in figure and in deede, 

 To our courage, and to our enemies dreede : 



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Exhortatio 

 genera/is in 

 custodia?n 

 totius Anglia-y 

 per di/igen- 

 tiam custodian 

 circuities maris 

 circa litiora 

 ejusdem : qua 

 debet esse per 



