Northern Europe - The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques And Discoveries Of The English Nation - Volume 1 - Collected By Richard Hakluyt
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If The King Would It:
Ah What Worship Wold Fall To English Wit?
What Profite Also To Our Marchandie
Which Wold Of Nede Be Cherished Hertilie?
For I Would Witte, Why Now Our Nauie Fayleth, [Note Diligently]
When Manie A Foe Vs At Our Doore Assayleth.
[Sidenote: A woful complaint of lacke of nauie if need come.
A storie of
destruction of Denmarke for destruction of their marchants.]
Now in these dayes, that if there come a nede,
What nauie should we haue it is to drede.
In Denmarke were full noble conquerours
In time past, full worthy warriours:
Which when they had their marchants destroyed,
To pouerty they fell, thus were they noyed:
And so they stand at mischiefe at this day.
This learned I late well writon, this no nay.
Therefore beware, I can no better will,
If grace it woll, of other mennis perill.
For if marchants were cherished to her speede,
We were not likely to fayle in any neede.
If they be rich, then in prosperitee
Shalbe our londe, lords, and commontee,
And in worship. Now thinke I on the sonne
Of Marchandy Richard of Whitingdon;
[Sidenote: The prayse of Richard of Whittingdon marchant.]
That load sterre, and chiefe chosen floure:
What hath by him our England of honour,
And what profite hath bin of his riches,
And yet lasteth dayly in worthines?
That pen and paper may not me suffice
Him to describe: so high he was of price
Aboue marchants, that set him one of the best:
I can no more, but God haue him in rest.
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