Volume V

And he lettc goc his great gunnes shott,Soe well he settled iu with his ee,The first sight that Sir Andrew saw,Hce see his pinnace sunk in the sea.And when he sawe his pinnace sunke,Lord how his heart whh rage did swell :" Now cutt my ropes *, itt is time to be gon,He fetch yond pedlars backe mysell."When my Lord sawe Sir Andrew loose,Within his heart he was full faine :" Now spread your ancyents, strike up drummers,Sound allyour trumpetts out amaine."Fight on my men, Sir Andrew sais,Weale howsoever this gure will sway,Itt ismy Lord Admirall of England,Is come to seeke mee on the sea.Simon had a sonne who shott right well,That did Sir Andrew mickle scare,In att his decke he gave a shott,Killed threescore of his men of warre.Then Henry Hunt with rigour hott,Came bravely on the other side,Soone he drovedown his foremast tree,And killed fourscore men beside.Now, out alass ! Sir Andrew cryed,What may a man now thinke or say?Yonder merchant thejfe that pierceth mee,He was my prisoner yesterday.Come hither to me thou Gordon good,That aye wast ready atmy call ;I will give thee three hundred markes,If thou wilt letmy beams dovvne fall.Lord Howard hee then called in haste,'*Ho;sely see thou be true in stead }For thou shalt at the main-mast hang,If thou misse twelvescore one penny bread.Then Gordon swarved the main-mast tree,He swarved itt with might and maine ;But Horseley with a bearing arrowe,Stroke the Gordon through the braiue,Cables.