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In this scurvy condition | In this scurvy condition | ||
I humbly petition | I humbly petition | ||
To offer a Line to your Eye | |||
Merry Tom by such hash | |||
Once avoided the Lash | |||
And if Fate + you pleasd so may I | |||
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There is nothing you hate | |||
So much as a lash | |||
Why! your honour's aversion is mine | |||
Id then Puff with one fail | |||
Can make your stout heart fail [note: stout was added in after the rest of this line had been written] | |||
Oh! save me from one that has nine | |||
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Revision as of 23:10, 14 July 2017
[Jennifer J. Leong Cardwell, j_leongcardwell@yahoo.com, transcription 14 July 2017] Verses by a sailor who was led up at the gang way but had his sentence remitted in consequence of the following ex tempore [adore*?] to the Captain - - - -
By your Honour's Command An example I stand of your Justice & all the ship's crew I am hamperd and stripp'd [note: probably meant hamper'd, which is short for hampered] And if I am whipped Tis no more than I owe is my due [note: line to indicate end of stanza]
In this scurvy condition I humbly petition To offer a Line to your Eye Merry Tom by such hash Once avoided the Lash And if Fate + you pleasd so may I [note: line to indicate end of stanza]
There is nothing you hate So much as a lash Why! your honour's aversion is mine Id then Puff with one fail Can make your stout heart fail [note: stout was added in after the rest of this line had been written] Oh! save me from one that has nine [note: line to indicate end of stanza]