The braying trumpets loud they cried,
To courage both all and some a.
The grappling hooks were brought at length,
The brown bill and the sword a;
John Dory at length, for all his strength,
Was clapt fast under board a.
This song is mentioned by Carew in his Survey of Cornwall; in it he says—“the prowesse of one Nicholas, sonne to a widdow neere Foy is deskanted upon.” (He was one of the “Fowey gallants.”)