‘O we are some merchant-men, sailing for Safee:’
‘And we be French rebels, a roving on the sea.
6
‘O hail, O hail, you English dogs, [hail!]’
‘The[n] come aboard, you French dogs, and strike down your sail!’
7
‘Amain, amain, you gallant Englishmen!’
‘Come, you French swades, and strike down your sails!’
8
They laid us aboard on the starboard side,