... of his I do remember well; Yet, when I saw it last, it was besmear'd As black as Vulcan in the smoke of war. A baubling vessel was he captain of, For shallow draught and bulk unprizable; With which such scathful grapple did he make With the most noble bottom of our fleet That very envy and the tongue of loss Cried fame and honour on him. ... — Twelfth Night; or, What You Will • William Shakespeare [Hudson edition]
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