Versos English Michael Drayton Stanza 23

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This speech of his, that powerfull Engine prou'd, Then e'r our Fathers got, which rais'd vs hier, The Clergies feare that quietly remou'd, And into France transferd our Hostile fier, It made the English through the world belou'd, That durst to those so mighty things aspire, And gaue so cleere a luster to our fame, That neighbouring Nations trembled at our name.