The gallant sea-fight. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B23377 of text R229242 in the English Short Title Catalog. 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. 3KB 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 B23377 Wing G173A Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.121.g.9[94] ESTC R229242 ocm99888267

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 eng Orford, Edward Russell, -- Earl of, 1653-1727. -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800. Tourville, Anne-Hilarion de Cotentin, -- comte de, 1642-1701. -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800. Naval battles -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800. Grand Alliance, War of the, 1689-1797 -- Early works to 1800. Broadsides -- England -- 17th century. eebo The gallant sea-fight. . n/a 1692 2 492 1 0 0 0 0 0 20.33 C The rate of 20.33 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2014-03 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2014-09 Sampled and proofread 2014-09 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2015-03 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
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The Gallant Sea-Fight THursday in the morn ' , the ides of May , Recorded for ever the famous Ninety-two . Brave Russel did discern by break of day , The lofty sails of France advancing too . All hands aloft they cry ; let English courage shire ; Let fly a Culverine , the signal of the line ; Let every man supply his gun . Follow me , you shall see That the battle it will soon be won . Turville on the Main triumphant roul'd , The meet the gallant Russel in combat on the deep He led his noble troops of hereos bold , To sink the English Admiral at his feet . Now every gallant mind to victory doth aspire . The bloody fight 's begun , the sea is all on fire , And mighty sate stood looking on ; Whilst the flood , all on blood , Fills the Scuppers of the Rising-sun . Sulphur , smoak and fire disturb the air With thunder and wonder affright the Gallic shore . Their regulated bands stood trembling ●… ar , To see their lofty streamers now no more . At six o'clock the Red , the smiling victors led To give the second blow , the fatal overthrow . Now death and horror equal reigns ; Now they cry , Run or die , British colours ride the vanquish'd main . See! they fly amaz'd through rocks and sands ; One danger they grasp at , to shun a greater fate ; In vain they cry'd for aid to foreign lands . The nymphs and sea-gods mourn their lost estate . For evermore adieu , thou ever dazling Sun , From thy untimely end , thy master's fate begun ; Enough thou mighty God of War . Now we sing , bless the King , Let us drink to ev'ry English Tar . Come jolly seamen , now with Russel go , To sail on the main , proud Monsieur for to greet , And give our enemies a second blow , And fight Turville , if he dare us meet . Come brother tar what cheer , let each his gun supply , And thump them off this year , or make Monsieur to fly , Whilst we sail the ocean round . Day and night we will fight , Whilst our enemies are to be found . Never have it said that English boys Should stay behind , when their Admiral goes ; But let each honest lad cry with one voice , Brave Russel leads us on to fight our foes . We 'll give them gun for gun , some sink and others burn ; Besides , we 'll give them two , as Monsieur cries Morbleau , These English dogs will kill us all . Whilst they scour , we will pour , Thick as hail amongst them cannon ball .