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The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester (1881 revised edition, Vol. I)

Bolton, Robert Jr. The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. I. New York: Charles F. Roper, 1881. Revised posthumous edition. 254 words

I was sick and nigh to death as I sail'd, And I was sick and nigh to death, and I vowed at every breath,

To walk in wisdom's ways as I sail'd.

I thought I was undone as I sail'd, as I sail'd,

I thought I was undone as I sail'd, I thought 1 was undone and my wicked glass had run,

But my health did soon return as I sail'd.

My preentance lasted not, as I sail'd, as I sail'd,

My repentance lasted not, as I sail'd, My repentance lasted not, my vows I soon forgot,

Damnation's my just lot, as I sail'd.

He steereth thro' Long Island and other Sounds.

I steer'd from sound to sound, as I sail'd, as I sail'd, I steer d from sound to sound, as I sail'd,

I steer'd from sound to sound, and many ships I found, And most of them I buru'd as I sail'd.

He chaseth three ships of France.

And, also, three ships of Spain.

I spy'd three ships from France, as I sail'd, as I sail'd, I spy'd three ships from France, as I sail'd,

I spy'd three ships from France, to them I did advance, And took them all by chance, as I sail'd.

I spy'd three ships of Spain, as I sail'd, as I sail'd,

I spy'd three ships of Spain as I sail'd, I spy'd three ships of Spain, I fired on them amain,

Till most of them were slain, as I sail'd.

H e boasteth of his treasure.