And they overthrew us into the sea so wide.
9
When tidings to the George Aloe came
That the jolly Sweepstakes by a Frenchman was tane,
10
‘To top, to top, thou little ship-boy,
And see if this French man-of-war thou canst descry.’
11
‘A sail, a sail, under your lee,
Yea, and another under her bough.’