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39. Francis Drake. 1581.
Drake hath embrac'd the Word; and did espy,Both Polar Tenter-hooks, which hold the sky.
If men be silent, Stars will blaze thy Fame:
And Sol will Trumpet, his Dear Comrades Name.
Drake did but bait at Calpe; and may cry,
Great was Alcides; true, but Greater I.
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