Then leaned on its muzzle a bit to pray

And waited to hear what the skipper would say.

For Orasmus Nute,

Orasmus Nute

Had stepped below for to change his suit.

He asked as he came on deck again,

“Does thee really think those are pirate men?”

“Yea, verily,” answered the Quaker mate,

“And they come at a most unseemly gait.”

Orasmus Nute looked over the rail