In descending to martiall men, Arthur claimeth the first mention,
a Cornishman by birth, a King of Britaine by succession, & the second
of the three Christian worthies by desert: whom (if you so please)
that Captayne of Armes and Venery, Sir Tristram, shall accompany.
From them, I must make a great leap (which conuinceth me an vnworthy
associat of the antiquary Colledge) to Sir Iohn Naphant who (if I
mistake not) was by country a Cornish man, though by inhabitance a
Calisian, where H. 7. vsed his seruice in great trust; and Cardinal
Wolsey owned him for his first master. More assured I am, that
Sir Iohn Arundell of Trerne, vpon a long fight at sea, took prisoner
one Duncane Camel, a hardy Scottish Pirate, and presented him to
K. H. the 8: for our Chronicles report it. Towards the end of that
Kings raine, Sir Wil. Godolphin also demeaned himselfe very valiantly
in a charge which hee bare beyond the seas, as appeared by the
skarres hee brought home, no lesse to the beautifying of his fame,
then the disfiguring of his face: Whose Nephew, of the same name
and dignity, hath so inriched himselfe with sufficiency for matters
of policy, by his long trauell, & for martial affaires, by his present
valiant cariage in Ireland, that it is better knowne, how far he
outgoeth most others in both, then easily to be discerned for which
he deserueth principall commendation himselfe.
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