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 But as Providence would have it,
 * it was not quite ſo bad;

For firſt we loſt our main-maſt,
 * and then we loſt our flag;

then we loſt our mizen-maſt,
 * two of our guns alſo;

and five of our man were drown'd
 * in the Bay of Biſcay O.

And when our main-maſt went away,
 * it gave a dreadful ſtroke;

And in our larboard quarter,
 * a great hole there was broke;

The ſea came beating in,
 * which made our gun-room ſlow,

And thus we boldly plow'd
 * in the Bay of Biſcay O.

being both dark and diſmal,
 * at twelve o'clock at night,

Our Captain in the fore-caſtle
 * was killed there out-right;

The rings upon his fingers
 * in pieces burſt in two;

There he lay till next day,
 * then we over-board him threw.

We lay in this condition
 * for ſeven or eight days,

Our fornace being broken down,
 * which put us in amaze;

No victuals then could we get dreſt,
 * as I an very ſure;