Two officers watched the Downs; a Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, an Admiral of the Narrow Seas. For many years Northampton had been Lord Warden, and the kings of Spain had paid him for his treacheries a thousand pounds a-year.
The admiral replied, that he had struck it thrice, which he thought was a sufficient acknowledgment, and which was as much as former admirals of the narrow seas had exacted.