Ever may England in it those retaine,
Duly regarding, that a most Stout vaine,
Warding the poore from wrong and violence,
Admiredly possest with Innocence,
Rightly indeed may a Stout ward befriend him,
Duly his countrey it at all times sending.

Stout ward are you Sir, therewith all indu'd,
Vertuously by manly fortitude:
Tend then for ever, as a most Stout ward ,
That nation which hath nourisht you, it guard.
O let your Stoutnesse it so bravely tend,
None may exceed your Nation to befriend.