14 ‘All hail, all hail, you lusty gallants, Of whence is your fair ship, and whither is she bound?’ 15 ‘O we are merchant-men, and bound for Safee;’ ‘And we are Frenchmen, roving upon the sea. 16 ‘Amain, amain, you English dogs!’ ‘Come aboard, you French rogues, and strike your sails!’ 17 The first good shot the George Aloe shot, It made the Frenchmen’s hearts sore afraid. 18 The second shot the George Aloe did afford, He struck the main-mast over the board. 19 ‘Have mercy, have mercy, you brave English[men].’ ‘O what have you done with our brethren on [shore]?’ As they sail[ed]. 20 ‘We laid them aboard on the starboard side, And we threw them into the sea so wide.’ 21 ‘Such mercy as you have shewed unto them, Even the like mercy shall you have again.’ 22 We laid them aboard on the larboard side, And we threw them into the sea so wide. 23 Lord, how it grieved our hearts full sore To see the drowned Frenchmen float along the shore! 24 Now, gallant seamen all, adieu, With hey, with ho, for and a nony no This is the last news that I can write to you. To England’s coast from Barbary * * * * * =a.= The Seamans only Delight: Shewing the brave fight between the George Aloe, the Sweepstakes, and certain French Men at sea. Tune, The Sailor’s Joy, etc. (_No printers given in the transcript._) =b.= The Saylors only Delight: Shewing the brave fight between the George-Aloe, the Sweepstake, and certain Frenchmen at sea. To the tune of The Saylors Joy. London, Printed for F. Coles, T. Vere and J. [Wright] (_torn_). 1655-80, Chappell. =c.= The Sailors onely Delight: Shewing the brave fight between George-Aloe, the Sweep-stakes, and certain French-men at sea. To the tune of The Saylor’s Joy. Printed for F. Coles, J. Wright, Tho. Vere, and W. Gilbertson. The earliest known ballad by the four together is dated 1655, Chappell. (See No 273, Appendix, III, =b=.) =a.= 1, 24. _Burden^1._ anony. 1. _Burden^2._ course _should probably be_ coast. 2. _Wanting; supplied from_ =b=, =c=. 4^1. O hail, oh. 5^1, 6^1, 15^1. Oh. 10^2. Frenchman of war. 13^2. French Men of War. 17^2. French Mens. 19. _Ends torn away. Percy gives, after_ english, =A=, _which may be the first half of an_ =M=; _after_ on, fl, _which may possibly be a wrong reading of_ sh. Shore _is not what we should expect. Defects supplied from_ =b=, =c=. 23^2. French Men. =b.= 1. _Burden^1._ a nony. _Burden^2._ alongst the cost. 1^1, 9^2. Sweepstake. 1^2. O they were marchant men and bound. 3^2. But they met with a Frenchman of war upon. 4^1. All hayl, all hayl. 4^2. Of whence is your fair ship, whether are you bound. 5^1. We are Englishmen and bound. 5^2. Of whence is your fair ship, or whether are you bound. 6. _Wanting._ 7^2. swads. 10^2. Frenchman.