622 And craves protection of her feebleness: 623 Which if you yield, perhaps you may her raise 624 In bigger tunes to sound your living praise. 625 _E. S._ 626 627 628 _To the right noble Lord and most valiaunt Captaine_, 629 Sir Iohn Norris knight, Lord president of Mounster. 630 631 WHo euer gaue more honourable prize 632 To the sweet Muse, then did the Martiall crew; 633 That their braue deeds she might immortalize 634 In her shril tromp, and sound their praises dew? 635 Who then ought more to fauour her, then you 636 Moste noble Lord, the honor of this age, 637 And Precedent of all that armes ensue? 638 Whose warlike prowesse and manly courage, 639 Tempred with reason and aduizement sage 640 Hath fild sad Belgicke with victorious spoile, 641 In _Fraunce_ and _Ireland_ left a famous gage, 642 And lately shakt the Lusitanian soile. 643 Sith then each where thou hast dispredd thy fame, 644 Loue him, that hath eternized your name. 645 E. S. 646 627 628 _To the Right Noble Lord and Most Valiant Captain, 629 Sir John Norris, Knight, Lord President of Munster_ John Norris > (1547?-1597, a commander of the land forces in the Netherlands during the Armada campaign) 630 631 Who ever gave more honourable prize prize > prize; plunder 632 To the sweet Muse, than did the martial crew; 633 That their brave deeds she might immortalize That > [In that] brave > brave; splendid 634 In her shrill trump, and sound their praises due? trump > trumpet-note 635 Who then ought more to favour her than you, 636 Most noble lord, the honour of this age, 637 And precedent of all that arms ensue? precedent > pattern, model arms ensue > seek after feats of arms; _hence:_ follow a military career 638 Whose warlike prowess and manly courage, 639 Tempered with reason and advisement sage advisement > advice; prudence, consideration 640 Have filled sad Belgium with victorious spoil, Belgium > {The Netherlands} 641 In France and Ireland left a famous gage, gage > prize, military spoil 642 And lately shaken the Lusitanian soil. Lusitanian > (A somewhat impolitic reference to the ill-fated Portugal expedition of 1589, in which Norris and Sir Francis Drake, with over 100 ships and some 20,000 soldiers, were sent to liberate Portugal from the Spanish) 643 Since then each where you have spread your fame, each where > everywhere