He had be beten thence Alas, alas, why did we this offence, Fully to Shend the old English fames; And the profits of England and their names: Why is this power called of couetise; With false colours cast beforn our eyes?
"The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation, v. 1, Northern Europe"
Richard Hakluyt
