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NYEP(D.747.066
28 Sep 1747:21 (147)
A sailor on board his Majesty's ship the Tartar having been
sentenced to the cat-of-nine tails, when he was tied ready
for punishment, spoke the following lines, to his commander.
[1] By your honour's command,
An example I stand,
Of your justice to all the ship's crew;
I am hamper'd and stripp'd;
And if I am whipp'd,
'Tis no more than I own is my due.
[2] In this scurvy condition,
I humbly petition,
To offer some lines to your eye:
Merry Tow, by such trash,
Once avoided the lash,
And if fate and you please, so may I.
It ought to be added, in justice to the officer, that this
sailor was pardoned, and is now boatswain in one of the
chief ships of the Navy.
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