'"Here you may see the portrait of his face, Who for his country's honor oft did trace Along the deep; and made a noble way Unto the growing fame, Virginia. The picture of his mind, if ye do crave it, Look upon Virtue's picture, and ye have it."' The 'golden anchor' was a jewel which the Queen had given him as a special mark of favour, for she looked on him very graciously, in spite of the fact that his efforts did not then seem as if they would be crowned with success. A song was made about the year 1581, in which he and Sir Francis Drake divide the honours. '_Sir Francis, Sir Francis, Sir Francis_ is come, _Sir William_, and eke _Sir Robert_, his son, And eke the good Earl of _Southampton_ Marcht on his way most gallantly on; Then came my Lord Chamberlain, with his white staff, And all the people begun for to laugh. And then the Queen begun to speak, "You're welcome home, Sir Francis Drake!" 'THE QUEEN'S SPEECH. '"Gallants all of British blood, Why do ye not sail in th' ocean flood? I protest ye are not all worth a Philberd Compared with Sir Humphrey _Gilberd_." 'THE QUEEN'S REASON. [_Probably added in 1584-85._] 'For he walkt forth a rainy day, To the _Now-Found-land_ he took his way, With many a gallant fresh and green. He never came home again, God bless the Queen!' Notes to this song explain: 'We understand as the three-fold holders of the name, "Sir Francis," three persons; Sir Francis Drake, Knighted by the Queen after his return from circumnavigating the world in 1580: Sir Francis Walsingham, and Sir Francis Vere. Sir William Cecil, Lord Burleigh, and his son, Sir Robert.... The Lord Chamberlain probably meant the despicable Sir James Crofts, who hated and calumniated Drake.' The song probably reflects the temper of the time. 'They never came back agen. God bless the Queen.' The lines are very characteristic of the spirit of the age that was bound to conquer. There was sorrow for those who were gone, but no complaint, no grudging those who had perished where the fame or power of the Queen could be furthered. Gloriana's subjects found no price too great, no sacrifice worth counting; a leader might fall, but the great scheme must go on, her rule spread farther and wider, and the hazards and failures overstepped.