Or before my prince I will never come near."
The first of all my lord did call,
A noble gunner he was one,
This man was threescore years and ten;
And Peter Simon was his name.
"Peter," says he, "I must sail to the sea,
To seek out an enemy; God be my speed!
Before all others I have chosen thee,
Of a hundred gunners thou'st be my head."
"My lord," says he, "if you have chosen me