Now on our Knight, raines yron, sword, and fiers, Iron wrapt in smoke, sword bath'd in smoking blood, Fiers, furies king, in blood and smoke aspires The consumation of all liuing good, Yet _Grinuile_, with like Agents like expires His foemen's darts, and euermore withstood Th'assaults of death, and ruins of the warre, Hoping the splendour of some luckie starre. On eyther side him, still two _Gallions_ lay, Which with continuall boardings nurst the fight, Two great _Armados_, howrelie ploy'd their way, And by assaulte, made knowne repellesse might. Those which could not come neere vnto the fray, Aloose dicharg'd their volleys gainst our Knight. And when that one shrunk back, beat with disgrace, An other instantly supply'd the place. So that their resting, restlesse him containd, And theyr supplies, deny'd him to supply: The _Hydra_ of their mightines ordaind New spoile for death, when old did wounded lie: But hee, _Herculian_-like one state retaind, One to triumph, or one for all to die. Heauen had onelie lent him but one hart, That hart one thought, that thought no feare of smart. And now the night grew neere her middle line, Youthfully lustie in her strongest age, When one of _Spaynes_ great _Gallions_ did repine, That one should many vnto death ingage, And therefore with her force, halfe held diuine, At once euaporates her mortall rage, Till powerfull _Grinuille_, yeelding power a toombe Splyt her, & sunck her in the salt waves wombe. When _Cutino_, the Hulks great Admirall, Saw that huge Vessel drencht within the surge, Enuie and shame tyered vpon his gall, And for reuenge a thousand meanes doth vrge; But _Grinuile_, perfect in destructions fall, His mischiefes with like miseries doth scourge, And renting with a shot his wooden tower, Made _Neptunes_ liquid armes his all deuouer. These two ore-whelm'd, _Siuills Ascension_ came, A famous ship, well man'd and strongly drest, _Vindicta_ from her Cannons mouthes doth flame, And more then any, our dread Knight oppresst: Much hurt shee did, many shee wounded lame, And _Valurs_ selfe, her valiant acts confest. Yet in the end, (for warre of none takes keepe) _Grinuile_ sunck her within the watry deepe. An other great _Armado_, brusd and beat, Sunck neere _S. Michaels_ road, with thought to scape, And one that by her men more choicely set, Beeing craz'd and widow'd of her comly shape, Ran gainst the shore, to pay _Ill-chaunce_ her debt, Who desolate for desolations gape: Yet these confounded, were not mist at all. For new supplies made new the aged brall. This while on _Grinuile_ ceazed no amaze. No wonder, dread, nor base astonishment, But true resolue, and valurs sacred blaze, The crowne of heauen, and starrie ornament Deck't his diuine part, and from thence did raze Affects of earth, or earth's intendiment. And in this broyle, as cheerefull was his fight, As _Ioues_, embracing _Danae_ by night.