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 Honour for the brave to ſhare,

is the nobleſt booty,

Guard your coaſts, protect the fair,

for that's a Briton's duty,

Charge the muſquet, &c.

What if Spain to take their parts,

form a baſe alliance,

All unite, and Britiſh hearts

may bid the world defiance.

Charge the muſquet, &c.

Beat the drum, the trumpet found,

manly and united

Danger face, maintain your ground,

and ſee your country righted.

Charge the muſquet, point the lance,

brave the worſt of dangers,

Tell the bluſt'ring ſons of France,

that we to fear are ſtrangers.

O U R charms to ruin led the way;

My ſenſe deprav'd,

My ſtrength enſlav'd;

As I did love, you did betray:

How great the curſe, how hard my fate,

To paſs life's ſea with ſuch a mate.