To the right honourable the Lord Charles Howard

nd ye, braue Lord, whose goodly personage, And noble deeds each other garnishing, Make you ensample to the present age, Of th'old Heroes, whose famous ofspring The antique Poets wont so much to sing, In this same Pageaunt haue a worthy place, Sith those huge castles of Castilian king, That vainly threatned kingdomes to displace, Like flying doues ye did before you chace; And that proud people woxen insolent Through many victories, didst first deface: Thy praises euerlasting monument Is in this verse engrauen semblably, That it may liue to all posterity.