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 [ 7 ] Then up beſpoke our Captain bold,

to Edward Hawke did ſay,

This is the fineſt news, Sir,

that's brought to us this day.

Then Hawke himſelf foon mounted

upon the lofty yard;

His wings was ſpread at large, my boys,

and after them we ſteer'd,

The fifteenth of September,

the morning being clear;

When twenty-two fail of the line,

to leeward did appear.

All hands, all hands did rattle,

a glorious ſight to ſee,

Unto the fight prepar'd my boys,

like lions bold and free.

We ſteer'd unto the French fleet,

as nigh as we could lay,

Till twelve of them engaged us,

and that moſt ſpeedily.

They made a bloody battle,

the like was never ſeen,

The firſt broadſide we gave them, boys,

we laid them on their c'reen.

Oh! that is a glorious broadſide,

our admiral replies,

Now give them ſuch another,

their ſhips will be a prize,