The Praise of sailors heere set forth, with their hard fortunes which doe befall them on the seas, when land-men sleepe safe in their beds : to a pleasant new tune. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A09923 of text S126294 in the English Short Title Catalog (STC 20186.3). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A09923 STC 20186.3 ESTC S126294 38160732 ocm 38160732 29311 2240937298

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A09923) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 29311) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1933:8) The Praise of sailors heere set forth, with their hard fortunes which doe befall them on the seas, when land-men sleepe safe in their beds : to a pleasant new tune. 2 leaves : ill. Printed for I. Wright, [London] : [ca. 1630] Date of publication from STC (2nd ed.). Contains 3 woodcut illustrations. Right half of sheet contains "The second part. To the same tune." and imprint. Imperfect: stained, cropped, cut in two parts; loss of print. Reproduction of original in: Pepys Library. eng Ballads, English -- 17th century. Sailors -- Poetry. Seafaring life -- Poetry. Broadsides -- London (England) -- 17th century. eebo The praise of sailors, heere set forth, with their hard fortunes which doe befall them on the seas, when land-men sleepe safe in their beds. To a plea [no entry] 1630 2 660 2 0 0 0 0 0 30.3 C The rate of 30.3 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2002-10 Assigned for keying and markup 2002-12 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2003-01 Sampled and proofread 2003-01 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2003-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
The praise of Sailors , heere set forth , with their hard fortunes which doe befall them on the Seas , when Land-men sleepe safe in their Beds . To a pleasant new tune .

AS I lay musing in my bed , full warme and well at ease , I thought vpon the lodging hard poore Sailors haue at Seas . They bide it out with hunger and cold , and many a bitter blast , And many a time constrain'd they are for to cut downe their Past , Their victuals and their Ordinance , and ought else that they haue , They throw it ouer-boord with spéed , and seeke their liues to saue . When as the raging Seas doe fome , and loftie winds doe blow , The Saylors they goe to the top , when Land-men stay below . Our Masters Mate takes Helme in hand , his Course he stéeres full well , When as the loftie winds doe blow , and raging Seas doe swell . Our Master to his Compasse goes , so well he plies his charge : He sends a Youth to the Top amaine , for to ●●●●ing the Yeards . The Boatson hée 's vnder the Deck , a man of courage bold ; To th' top toth'top , my liuely Lads , hold fast my hearts of gold . The Pilot he stands on the Claine , with Line and Lead to sound , To see how farre and neere they are from any dangerous ground . It is a testimoniall good , we are not farre from land , There sits a Mermaid on the Rocke , with Combe and Glasse in hand . Our Captaine he is on the Poope , a man of might and power , And lookes when raging Seas doe gape our bodies to deuoure . Our royall Ship is runne to racke , that was so stout and trim , And some are put vnto their ●ifts , either to sinke or swim .
The Second Part. To the same tune .

OUr Ship that was before so good , and eke likewise so trim , Is now with raging Seas growne leakt , and water fast comes in . The Quarter master is a man , so well his charge plies he , He calls them to the Pumpe amaine , to kéepe their leakeship free . And many dangers likewise they doe many times endure , When as they méet their enemies , that come with might and power ▪ And séeke likewise from them to take their liues and eke their goods : Thus Saylors they sometimes endure , vpon the surging floods . But when as they doe come to Land , and homewards safe returne , They are most kinde good fellowes all , and scorne euer to mourne . And likewise they will call for Wine , and score it on the post : For Sailors they are honest men , and will pay well their Oast .

For Saylors they be honest men , and they doe take great paines , When landed men and rufling lads , doe rob them of their gaines . Our Saylors they worke night and day , their manhood for to try , When landed men and ruffling Iacks , doe in their Cabines lye . Therefore let all good minded men , giue eare vnto my Song , And say also as well as I , Saylors deserue no wrong . This haue I done for Saylors sakes , in token of good will : If euer I can doe them good , I will be ready still . God blesse them eke by Sea and land , and also other men ; And as my Song beginning had , so must it haue an end .
FINIS .

Printed for I. Wright .