The seaman's Song of Danse●ar the dutchman, his robberies done at Sea.  
To the same tune,  
 

SIng we (Seaman) now and than  
OfDansekar the dutchman,  
whose gallant mind hath won him great renown  
To live an land he counts it base  
But seeks to purchase greater grace,  
by Robing on the Ocean up and down,   

His heart is so aspiring  
That now his chief desiring  
Is for to win himself a worthy name  
The Land hath far too little ground,  
The Sea is of a larger bound,  
and of a greater dignity and fame.   

Now many a worthy Gallant  
Of courage now most valiant,  
with him hath put their fortunes to the Sea,  
All the worth about have heard  
Of Dansekar and English Ward,  
and of their proud adventures every day   

There is not a Kingdom  
In Turkey or in Christendom,  
but by these pirates have received loss  
Merchant men of every Land,  
Do daily in great danger stand  
and fear to much the Ocean main to cross,   

They make Children fatherless  
Woeful widows in distress  
in shedding blood they took too much delight.  
Fathers they bereave of sons,  
Regardin● neither cries nor moans,  
so much they joy to see a bloody fight.   

They count it gallant hearing  
To hear the Canons roaring,  
and Musket-shot to rattle in the sky.  
Their glories would so at the highest  
To fight against the foes of Christ  
and such as do our Christian faith deny.   

But their cursed villainies  
And their bloody piracies.  
are chiefly bent against our Christian friends  
Some Christians so delight in evils,  
That they become the sons of devils  
and for the same have many shameful ends   

England suffers danger  
As well as any stranger,  
Nations are alike unto his company,  
Many English merchant men,  
And of London now and then,  
have tasted of their vile extremity,   

London's Elizabeth  
Of late these Rovers taken have,  
a ship well laden with rich Merchandise  
The nimble Pearl and Charity  
All ships of gallant bravery,  
all these are made a lawful prize,   

The Trojan of London  
With other ships many a one,  
hath stooped sail and yielded out of hand,  
These pirates they have shed their bloods,  
And the Turks have bought their goods,  
being all too weak their power to withstand,   

Of Hull and Bonaventer  
Which was a great frequenter  
and passer of the Straits to Barbary,  
Both Ship and men late taken were,  
By pirates Ward and Dansekar,  
and brought by them into Captivity.   

English Ward and Dansekar  
Being greatly now to jar,  
about dividing of their gotten goods  
Both Ships and soldiers gather head  
Dacsekar from Ward is fled,  
so full of pride and malice are their blood's   

Ward doth only promise  
To keep about rich Tunis,  
and be Commander of those Turkish Seas  
But valiant Duchland Dansekar,  
Doth hover near unto Argier,  
and there his threatning colours now displays   

These pirates thus divided  
By God is sure provided  
in seceret sort to work each others' woe,  
Such wicked courses cannot stand,  
The devil thus puts in his hand,  
and God will soon give them an overthrow.   
FINIS.   

Printed for F. Coles, T. Vere, and William Gilbertson.