Queen Liz was slightly perturbed at King Phil
And his Catholic expansionism
Unlike her clothes, she felt that a no frills
Approach was needed to stand up to them
In May the Armada made from Lisbon
To link with Parma's forces in Flanders
Kept at bay, or out of bay, by Drake's men
The tired Spanish fleet fled, but the soldiers
To be ferried to England in barges
Weren't all ready. In Gravelines, all was still
The Spanish vessels safe. Red horizon -
English fireships! Out of the port they burst
To safety but met English cannon's shrill
Blasts, and the wind's, as they fled round Britain
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