"This is cold comfort," said my lord,

"To welcome a stranger thus to the sea:

Yet I'll bring him and his ship to the shore,

Or to Scotland he shall carry me."

"Then a noble gunner you must have,

And he must aim well with his ee, And sink his pinnace into the sea,

Or else he never overcome will be. And if you chance his ship to board, This counsell I must give withal, Let no man to his topcastle go

To strive to let his beams downfall.

"And seven pieces of ordinance,

I pray your honor lend to me, On each side of my ship along,

And I will lead you on the sea.
A glass I'll get, that may be seen,
Whether you sail by day or night,
And to-morrow, I swear, by nine of
the clock,

You shall meet with Sir Andrew
Barton, knight."

THE SECOND PART.

The merchant sette my lord a glass,
So well apparent in his sight,
And on the inorrow, by nine of the
clock,

He showed him Sir Andrew Bar-
ton, knight.

His hacheborde it was hached with gold,

So dearly dight it dazzled the ee; "Now, by my faith," Lord Howard said,

"This is a gallant sight to see.

And he let go his great gun's shott;

So well he settled it with his ee, The first sight that Sir Andrew saw, He saw his pinnace sunk in the sea.

And when he saw his pinnace sunk, Lord, how his heart with rage did swell!

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'Now, cut my ropes, it is time to be

gone;