And they that in the Days of Yore kill'd Men, and (fackt their Cities, In Honour of their Miftreffes, compofed amorous (Ditties; Let Flora gay, with Romans play, and be a Goddess (call'd; But Fane Shore, Fane Shore, King Edwardshe enthrall'd. Jane Shore he was for England, &c.

The jolly Tanner's Daughter, Harlot of Normandy, She only had the Happiness to please Duke Robert's (Eye;

And Roxalina, tho' a Slave, and born a Grecian, Could with a Nod, command and rule Grand Signior (Soliman ;

And Naples Foan would make them groan, that ar(dently did love 'r; But Fane Shore, Fane Shore, King Edward he did

Jane Shore he was for England, &c.

(fhove 'r.

Afpatia doth of the Perfian Brothers boast, Tho' Cynthia joy in the Lapthean Boy, Fane Shore

(fhall rule the roast ; Cleopatra lov'd Mark Anthony, and Brownal fhe did

(Feats;

But compar'd to our Virago, they were but merely (Cheats:

Brave Carpit-Knights in Cupid's Fights, their milk (white Rapiers drew; But Fane Shore, Fane Shore, King Edward did fubdue. Jane Shore he was for England, &c.

Hamlet's incestuous Mother, was Gathernard, Den(mark's Queen ;

And Circe, that inchanting Witch, the like was (scarcely feen; Warlike

Warlike Penthefilea was an Amazonian Whore To Hector and young Troilus, both which did her a(dore;

But brave King Edward, who before had gain'd nine

(Victories

Was like a Bond-slave fetter'd within Fane Shore's (All-conquering Thighs.

Jane Shore he was for England, &c, Queen Fredrick

(was for France;

Sing, Honi foit qui mal y pense.

A True

A True Relation of the Death of Sir Andrew Barton, a Pyrate and Rover on the Sea.

To the Tune of, Come follow my Love.

If we read the Accounts given us of this Sir Andrew Barton, by the English and Scotch Hiftorians, we shall fcarce be able to perfwade our felves that they are talking of the fame Man. The former reprefent him as a common Rover, who was justly punish'd for his Pyracy, the latter as one who by Permiffion of his King was out at Sea to make Reprifals on the Portuguese, who had injur'd him. Should I pretend to give any Account of him, and lean to the fide of either Hiftorian, I fhould probably be thought guilty of Prejudice and Partiality, and for this Reafon I fhall give a faithful Abstract of what they both fay.

In the third Year of Henry VIII's Reign, fay the English, one Andrew Barton, a Scotch Pyrate,infefted the Seas, and robb'd the Englih, as he did all other Nations but his own, upon which Sir Edward Howard, King Henry's Admiral, was fent out against him, who in Battle wounded him, of which hedy'd,

and

and taking two of his Ships, brought the Crew Prifoners to London; but King Henry, out of his great Clemency, tho' they deferved Death, pardon'd them all, and fent them Home again, notwithstanding which, the Scottish King, James IV. fent to demand Reftitution; but King Henry anfwer'd, That, far from expecting fuch a Meffage, he thought the Herald was come to return him Thanks for fparing the Lives of fo many Scotchmen, who had deferv'd Death. On the other hand, Buchanan fays, That he was a Merchant, whofe Father had been murder'd,and his Ships rifled by the Portuguefe; that the Murder being committed in Flanders, Andrew fued them there and got his Caufe, but the Portuguese refusing to pay what they were fined, and their King not compelling 'em, tho'a Herald had been fent from King James to demand Satisfaction, Barton obtain'd leave to armagainst 'em, and putout to Sea; that the Portuguese, who then were in ftrict Alliance with the English, perfwaded King Henry to destroy Barton, who in time might perhaps fallonhis Merchantsalfo, and that Thomas Howard,, the English Admiral, was fent out with two ftrong Ships against him, who took an Opportunity of falling upon Barton when he was on Board a very little Ship, and was follow'd by a lefs, and yet had much ado to overcome him; adding, that Barton was a Man of fuch Courage, that when his Cafe was defperate,

tho'

tho' he had feveral Wounds, and one of his Legs was broken by a Cannon Bullet, yet he took a Drum and beat an Alarm, or Charge, to his Men to encourage them to fight valiantly, and this he did till his Breath and Life fail'd him together. The Prifoners who were taken in the Ingagement, he fays, were brought to London, and being inftructed by the English, they humbly begg'd their Lives of the King, and he in a proud Oftentation of his great Clemency, difmifs'd and fent the poor innocent Souls away. Ambafadors, he adds, were fent to complain of this Violence, but King Henry justify'd what he had done, by afferting, that they were Py

rates.

I cannot forbear obferving one Thing, which is, That Buchanan himself acknowledges, that our Admiral took thefe Ships in the Downs; and fuppofing all that he has faid to be true, and that Barton fell only on the Portuguese, he could have no Bufnefs on the English Coast, unless to take 'em as they enter'd our Ports, by which he Spoiled our Commerce with Portugal, and might therefore be as justly look'd upon by our Merchants as a Pyrate, as if he had actually taken their Ships. However, this very Action bred fuch Heart burnings and Jealoufies between the two Kings, that it laid the Seeds of War between their Kingdoms, which fhortly after broke out.

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