I was drawn to this image because of the split in the block used around the W. I suspect that it was conventional to saw apart blocks in this way, but I don't often see marks to that effect.
Due to the unclear EEBO scan, I want to make a quick description of the image depicted therein. The very top of the image is a cloudy nighttime sky, punctuated with stars. There's an English flag on a mast in between a smiling moon and a gusty wind, blowing sails. The sails drive a ship that has one giant inhabitant, bearded and nude. He steers the ship by holding the sails from behind. The ship is steering towards a cliff, and more immediately, Poseidon astride an octopus. Poseidon is looking away from the ship, in the direction that his cape is blowing. The octopus has one eye visible above the water.
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