The routing of De-Ruyter, or, The Barbadoes bravery by the author of the Broad-side.

The routing of De-Ruyter, or, The Barbadoes bravery by the author of the Broad-side.

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THE ROUTING OF DE-RUYTER, OR THE BARBADOES BRAVERY. By the Author of the Broad-ſide.

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THE ROUTING OF DE-RUYTER, OR THE BARBADOES BRAVERY. By the Author of the Broad-ſide.

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LOng look't for, thou haſt hal'd many a Rope,

Fraught with thy Countries Poor diſtreſſed hope.

Thy Fleet is taking Caſtles in the Air,

Whilſt they at home are drown'd, drown'd in deſpair.

Your Admirals that look't like floating Towers,

More Water drew by thrice Ten Foot than Ours;

Our Mackrel Boats took their forſaken Rags,

What matter? Colours where the courage Flags.

Opdam, and Stillinſwerfe, and all the reſt,

Whoſe mouth-confounding Names can't be expreſt

(Or if they could, good faith I have forget 'em)

Are Crawling with the Crabs now in the bottom.

Trump had been crawling too, but that,

Though twice he ſunk, He plaid the Water-Rat;

O how they ſwam about! you might diſcern

Many a Poop, but ne're a Count'nance Stern.

There up and down they toſs'd Boar and mine Here,

Wiſhing the narrow Seas much narrower.

Some ſcap'd, yet had great reaſon to complain,

Who, beaten home, were beaten back again:

Fore-ſtroke, and back-ſtroke, this is for a need,

For they were beaten fore and off indeed.

The Trident-bearer Banquets now in State,

Their Admirals have furniſh't Him with Plate.

And leſt he want to try his Kitching ſtuffe,

Their Ships have Him ſupply'd with Fire enuffe.

De-Ruyter, thus I have before thee ſet,

Not a Diurnal, nor a Dutch Gazet;

But Truth it ſelf, which Truth while I impart,

May Boreas break thy Cables, this thy Heart;

Thou fledſt a loof, as ſomething did inform

Thy quicker Genius of a following Storm.

Juſt ſo, the Swallow and Prophetick Mouſe,

This ſhuns the Winter, that the falling Houſe.

Go Noahs Raven, rove about, and ſharck

For reſt, there's no returning to the Ark.

Thy flatter Hopes thou mayſt on Capers ground,

For, alas, there's no Olive to be found.

What doſt thou elſe, but like thy Trojans Sire,

Embrace the Water to eſcape the Fire?

Or rather, I may ſay Ʋlyſſes-like,

Thou now doſt Sail in Unknown Harbours ſtrike.

To which Opinion I muſt needs encline,

For thy Companions are already Swine,

Before Our Iſle thou cam'ſt with great Bravadoes;

But we had Boars enough in the Barbadoes.

And Men, that made it to thy Teeth appear,

There was no Planting for a Dutch-man there.

And therefore ſome of Your wild Blood we ſpill'd,

A Boar is never good till he be kill'd.

In a Plantation, do but let him forth,

He'l do more miſchief than his Neck is worth.

But to prevent Your Snouts of ſuch a chance,

We Rung them with a Peal of Ordinance.

Whence, by the way, though we Plant Sugar, You

May ſee that we can Plant Our Canons too.

Your Licoriſh Tooth, it ſeems for Sugar came,

'Tis well, but we have can'd You for the ſame.

May be for Indico You came, and truly

'Tis like enuffe, 'cauſe ye came off ſo blewly.

Of this attempt Your Boarſhips need not crack ho;

Barbadoes gave y' a baſe Pipe of Tobacco.

But ſtalk as many as you pleaſe, with which

You may ſet down and cure ye of the Itch.

Pray then that your Attempt may be forgoten,

For you and the Barbadoes cannot cotton.

Thou now haſt Alexanders Portion, hope

And if that fails, thy Ship affords a Rope.

But ſtay, hold faſt mine Here were't not a Ninny,

To hazard ſeven brave Provinces for Guynny.

Thus Aeſops Dog, and ſay was he not mad ho,

Loſt a ſubſtantial ſhoulder for a ſhadow.

Thus Dutch Don Quixot, rambles up and down,

To take more Countries in, and loſe his own.

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London Printed by R. Davenport. 1665.

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The routing of De-Ruyter, or, The Barbadoes bravery by the author of the Broad-side.

Author of the Broad-side.

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— The routing of De-Ruyter, or, The Barbadoes bravery by the author of the Broad-side., Author of the Broad-side..

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