ing, yet not any one
Would put himselfe this great exployt vpon.

[Stanza 264: _Woodhouse ieereth at the attempt._]

Which Woodhouse hearing meerily thus spake,
(One that right well knew, both his worth and wit)
A dangerous thing it is to vndertake
A Fort, where Souldiers be defending it,
Perhaps they sleepe, and if they should awake,
With stones, or with their shafts they may vs hitt,
And in our Conquest whilst so well we fare,
It were meere folly, but I see none dare.

[Stanza 265: _Braues passe between Gam and Woodhouse._]

Which Gam o'r hearing (being neere at hand)
Not dare quoth he, and angerly doth frowne,
I tell thee Woodhouse, some in presence stand,
Dare propp the Sunne if it were falling downe,
Dare graspe the bolt from Thunder in his hand,
And through a Cannon leape into a Towne;
I tell thee, a resolued man may doe
Things, that thy thoughts, yet neuer mounted to.

[Stanza 266]

I know that resolution may doe much,
Woodhouse replyes, but who could act my thought,
With his proud head the Pole might easely tuch,
And Gam quoth he, though brauely thou hast fought,
Yet not the fame thou hast attain'd too, such,
But that behind, as great is to be bought,
And yonder tis, then Gam come vp with me,
Where soone the King our Courages shall see.

[Stanza 267]

Agreed quoth Gam, and vp their Troopes they call,
Hand ouer head, and on the French they ran,
And to the fight couragiously they fall,
When on both sides the slaughter soone began;
Fortune awhile indifferent is to all,
These what they may, and those doe what they can.
Woodhouse and Gam, vpon each other vye,
By Armes their manhood desperatly to try.

[Stanza 268: _Captaine Gam slaine._]

[_For this seruice done by Woodhouse, there was an addition of honour
giuen him: which was a hand holding a Club: with the word _Frappe Fort_,
which is born by the Family of the Woodhouse of Norfolke, to this day._]

To clime the Fort the Light-Arm'd English striue,
And some by Trees there growing to ascend;
The French with Flints let at the English driue,
Themselues with Shields the Englishmen defend,
And faine the Fort downe with their hands would riue:
Thus either side their vtmost power extend,
Till valiant Gam sore wounded, drawne aside
By his owne Souldiers, shortly after dy'de.

[Stanza 269]

Then take they vp the bodies of the slaine,
Which