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( 4 ) For the flower of both nations we ſunk in the deed,

Then on the 22nd the gale increaſed faſt,

Our prizes were not able to rigg out jury maſts,

Beſides they were ſo leaky we could not keep them free,

ſo our Admiral made a ſignal to ſink them in the ſea,

Then the priſoners we took out, and five fall we ſunk that day,

The reſt we kept in town for to bring them away,

But after all our trouble, it griev'd our hearts full fore,

Three of our captur'd ſhips lying on the Spaniſh ſhore,

Then on the 23rd about three in the afternoon,

We ſaw the remainder of our enemy, and on there we bore down,

To bring them to action, but they ſeem'd to ſay from afar,

We think we juſt got enough while of Trafalgar,

Then the wind being fair, they soon put into port

Or our tars ſoon again would have ſhown them Britith ſport.

They run under batteries, and there they brought to

Loudly crying, Britiſh devils, we're clear of you now,

Then we ſtood off all light and part of the next day

When moſt of cur captured to leeward of us lay

Then ſeven of our ſhipping upon them bore down

Says our Captain, my brave boys, we'll make ſure of our own.

Then we brought them to an anchor, and our own likewiſe.

We after bore up to the northward, each had charge of a prize,

But the weather had continued, it was our Admiral's desire,

The priſoners to ſave and their ſhips to ſet on fire,

Then three we burnt, and ſix more ſunk, which juſt

made up eighteen,