That live as if they had been run aground,

And, when they die, are cast away and drown’d;

That dwell in ships, like swarms of rats, and prey

Upon the goods all nations’ ships convey;

And when their merchants are blown up and crack

Whole towns are cast away in storms and wreck;

That feed like cannibals, on other fishes,

And serve their cousin germans up in dishes,

A land that rides at anchor, and is moor’d,

In which they do not live, but go aboard.”