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(5) The 30th of November

They both to ſea did go

The evening being calm and clear,

our anchors we did weigh,

Our men being ſtout and healthy,

leaving Lochſwilly bay.

Our courſe we ſteered to the north,

our enemies to ſpy,

But little did we think or know,

the ſeas would us annoy.

The firſt day of December,

the wind began to blow,

It being at due eaſt,

with heavy falls of ſnow:

The wind it ſtill continued,

the Talbot bore to ſea,

While the Saldana and her men

they for Lochfwilly bay.

The wind ſhifted to the north-eaſt,

and diſmal was the night:

It was from Fanet ſignal poſt

we did obſerve a light.

About the hour of eight o'clock,

our light was ſeen no more,

And about the third watch of the night,

we came wreck'd to Stocker ſhore.

Sad was our ſituation,

no mercy from the waves,