KING EDGAR a.6 



973- 

 And though sundry other valiant princes and kings of 

 this land I could recite, which in times past have either by 

 intent gone about, or by wise and valiant exploit, have 

 meetely well prospered towards this Islandish appropriate 

 supremacie attaining, yet never any other reasonable 

 meanes was used, or by humane wit, or industrie can be 

 contrived, to al purposes sufficient, but only by our sea 

 forces prevailing, and so by our invincible enjoying al 

 within the sea limites of our British royaltie contained. 



To which incredible political mysterie attaining, no 

 easier, readier, or perfecter plat and introduction, is (as yet) 

 come to my imagination, then is the present and continual! 

 service of threescore good and tall warlike ships, with 

 twentie smaller barkes, and those 80. ships (great and 

 smal) with 6660. apt men furnished, and all singularly 

 well appointed for service both on sea and land, faithfully 

 and diligently to be done in such circumspect and discreet 

 order, as partly I have in other places declared, and further 

 (upon good occasion offered) may declare. 



This grand navie of peaceable king Edgar, of so many 

 thousand ships, and they furnished with an hundred thou- 

 sand men at the least, with all the iinall intents of those sea 

 forces, so invincible, continually mainteined, the order of 

 the execution of their service, the godly and Imperial 

 successe thereof, are in a maner kingly lessons and pro- 

 phetical incouragements to us left, even now to bee as 

 provident for publique securitie as he was, to be as skilful 

 of our sea right and royal limits, and wisely to finde our 

 selves as able to recover and enjoy the same as he was, who 

 could not chuse, but with the passing and yeerely sayling 

 about this Brittish Albion, with all the lesser Isles next 

 adjacent round about it, he could not chuse I say, but by 

 such ful and peaceable possession, find himselte (according 

 to right, and his hearts desire) the true and soveraigne 

 Monarch of all the British Ocean, environing any way his 

 empire of Albion and Ireland, with the lesser Islands next 

 adjacent : with memorial whereof, as with one very 

 precious jewel Imperial, hee adorned the title and crowne 



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