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 ( 8 ) So the Monfieurs obtained poſſeſſion of Carrick, where they lay a ſnoring and drinking a while, The people they ſorely did ranſack and plunder, and hoiſted it all on board the Beleiſle. But brave Elliot met them, not away he would let them, but made them yield back their ill gotten ſtore ; ; So Monſieur laments in the deepeſt condition, for now they can brag of their Thurot no more. Let us praiſe brave Elliot who gained this action, and ſing to his praiſe in the joyfulien fong, That we of our foes have got ſatisfaction, and Thurot lies rotting near the Iſle of Man. Their general is wounded, their ſcheines are confounded, the bold Britiſh tars they can never withſtand, The fire of the fierce and bold Britiſh Lion, appeared to them under brave Captain Bland. So now for to bring my ſong to concluſion, let us drink a health to our officers all, To noble Col'nel Jennings, likewiſe Bland our captain, and never forgetting the brave Mr Hall. Let's be blithe and jolly, and drown melancholy, ſo merrily let us rejoice and ſing; Come fill up your bowls all ye loyal ſouls, and drink a health to great George our King. F I N I S.