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 :Our mainmast sprung by break of day, Which made our rigging all give way, And did our seamen sore aff ightaffright [sic], The terrors of that fatal night!


 * Up then spoke our foremast man,

As he did by the foreyard stand, fie cried, the Lord receive my soul! So to the bottom he did fall.


 * The sea did wash both fore and aft,

'Till scarce one sail aboard was left; Our yards were split and our ringing tore, The like you never saw before!


 * The boatswain then he did declare,

The captain was a murderer! Which so enrage the whole ship's crew. The captain overboard they threw!

Our treach'rous captain being gone, Immediately there was a calm; The winds did calm, and the raging sea, As we went to New Barbary.


 * Now when we came to the Spanish shore,

Our goodly ship far to repair, Tho people all were amaz'd to see Our dismal case and misery!