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 O who is the owner of this ſhip?

the Rain-bow then did cry:

O hear I am ſays Captain Ward,

let no man me deny.

What brought you here you robber?

you ugly wanton thief,

What makes you ly in danger,

and keep your king in grief?

You lie, you lie, ſays Captain Ward,

ſo well's I hear you lie,

I never robbed an Engliſhman,

an Engliſhman but three.

As for the worthy Scotſmen,

I love them as my own,

My chief delight is for to pull

the French and Spainards down:

Then ſay'ſt thou ſo bold robber,

we'll ſoon humble thy pride,

And then charged their great guns,

and gave Ward a full broad-ſide.

Fire on, fire on, ſays Captain Ward,

I value you not a pin,

If you be braſs in the outſide,

I am as good ſteel within.

They fought from eight in the morning,

till eight o'clock at night,

Till once the gallant Rain-bow,

began to take the flight: