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For he has been a rank robber,
and a robber on the ſea
O then ſays Captain Ward my boys,
lets out to ſea again.
And ſee what prizes we can find
on the coaſt of France and Spain.
Then we eſpied a lofty ſhip,
a ſailing from the weſt,
She was loaded with ſilks and ſattins,
and cambrics of the beſt.
Then we bore up to to her ſtraightway,
they thinking no ſuch thing;
We robb'd them of their merchandiſe,
and bad them tell their king.
Now when our king did he hear of this,
his heart was griev'd full ſore.
To think his ſhips could not get pass'd,
as they had done before.
Then he caus'd build a worthy ſhip,
and a worthy ſhip of fame.
And the Rainbow was ſhe called,
and the Rainbow was her name.
He rigged her and freighted her,
and ſent her to the ſea,
With two hundred and fifty mariners,
to bear her company.
