 | William D'Avenant - 1874 - 454 pages
...Francis Drake, departed this life, his death being supposed to be much hastened by his unsuccessf ulness in this voyage; his greater spirit, always accustomed...short epitaph, written upon him many years since:— DRAMATIS PERSONJE. ACT 1. INTRODUCTORY. PLAYER. HOUSEKEEPER TO THE THEATRE. MONSIEUR. MUSICIAN. DANCING-MASTER.... | |
 | Edward E. Leslie - Biography & Autobiography - 1988 - 614 pages
...while "trumpets in doleful manner [echoed] out this lament for so great a loss, and all the cannons in the fleet were discharged according to the custom of all sea funeral obsequies." Given the extraordinary accomplishments and richness of his commander's later life, one wonders what... | |
 | Peter Brimacombe - History - 2004 - 104 pages
...Caribbean; Drake's body lies in a lead coffin in the warm waters off Panama: 'The trumpets sound in doleful manner echoing out their lamentation for so great a loss and all the cannon in the fleet discharged.' SEA MONSTER 'The same day, at a south-west sunne, there W3S 3 ITlOnstrOUS Whale aboard... | |
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the trumpets in doleful manner echoing out this lamentation for so great a loss, and all the cannons in the fleet were discharged according to the custom of all sea funeral obsequies. 