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 For he has been a rank robber,
 * and a robber on the ſea

O then ſays Captain Ward my boys,
 * lets out to ſea again.

And ſee what prizes we can find
 * on the coaſt of France and Spain.

Then we eſpied a lofty ſhip,
 * a ſailing from the weſt,

She was loaded with ſilks and ſattins,
 * and cambrics of the beſt.

Then we bore up to to her ſtraightway,
 * they thinking no ſuch thing;

We robb'd them of their merchandiſe,
 * and bad them tell their king.

Now when our king did he hear of this,
 * his heart was griev'd full ſore.

To think his ſhips could not get pass'd,
 * as they had done before.

Then he caus'd build a worthy ſhip,
 * and a worthy ſhip of fame.

And the Rainbow was ſhe called,
 * and the Rainbow was her name.

He rigged her and freighted her,
 * and ſent her to the ſea,

With two hundred and fifty mariners,
 * to bear her company.