“The navy[10] know their trade,”
His clerk to Wanton wrote;
“In mere pretence and insolence[11]
You board the sovereign’s[12] boat.”
Wrote Wanton: “We shall ask
The throne[13] to judge your note;
And every time you hint of crime,[13]
Shall board the sovereign’s boat.
“The English crown should serve
The English people’s cause,