The Roxburghe ballads . US AN, I this Letter send thee, Let not sighs and tears attend thee,We are on the Coast of France ;Taking prizes from those JVizeys, [=jvote nay sweet Jewel to we London have forsaken, five rich Prizes have we taken, Two of them JYantz Brandy Wine ;Chests of money, my sweet Honey! with rich silks and sattin fine. The first Merchants-ship we Boarded,which great store of wealth afforded,[We fell] on most eagerly ;[Search and] plunder, burst in sunder, [making che]sts & cabins fly, VOL. VII. 2 K. 498 Love and Loyalty. Where the Trensure was enclosed : we want
The Roxburghe ballads . US AN, I this Letter send thee, Let not sighs and tears attend thee,We are on the Coast of France ;Taking prizes from those JVizeys, [=jvote nay sweet Jewel to we London have forsaken, five rich Prizes have we taken, Two of them JYantz Brandy Wine ;Chests of money, my sweet Honey! with rich silks and sattin fine. The first Merchants-ship we Boarded,which great store of wealth afforded,[We fell] on most eagerly ;[Search and] plunder, burst in sunder, [making che]sts & cabins fly, VOL. VII. 2 K. 498 Love and Loyalty. Where the Trensure was enclosed : we want in the least opposed ; Rich embroiderd silks we found ;Other Treasure out of measure, worth near seven thousand pound. Fortune she did still befriend us, and another Booty send us, Twice the worth of that we gaind it, and obtaind it, yet our Guns was forcd to we did both charge and fire, they endeavour[d] to retire, But the contest was not long;Eer we enterd, bravely venturd, yet receivd but little wrong. Love, well plunder French & Tory, for to raise great Britains glory, And to pull proud Lewis down;Each great spirit then will merit double honour and , when I first did leave thee, parting with thy love did But I vowd Id Letters send, [grieve thee, To improve thee; for I love thee, as a true intire Friend. Love, this Promise is not broken, here I have sent thee a token, A rich Chain and Diamond Ring:And ten times more I have in store, which I to thee in time will a La
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