And for some gold quoits, which fortune must send;
But, alas! how their ears will tingle,

When finding, though still like Hectors we spend,
Yet still all our pockets shall jingle.
Then cry, one and all!

CHORUS.

Amain, &c.

3.

STEERS. But, oh! how the purser shortly will wonder,

When he sums in his book

All the wealth we have took,

And finds that we'll give him none of the plunder; He means to abate

The tythe for the State :

Then for our owners some part he'll discount :
But his fingers are pitched together;

Where so much will stick, that little will mount,
When he reckons the shares of either.

CHORUS. Then cry, one and all!

Amain, &c.

4.

STEERS. At sight of our gold, the boatswain will bristle,

But not finding his part,

He will break his proud heart,

And hang himself strait i'th' chain of his whistle. Abaft and afore!

Make way to the shore!

Softly as fishes which slip through the stream,

That we may catch their sentries napping.

Poor little Diegos, they now little dream

Of us the brave warriors of Wapping.

CHORUS. Then cry, one and all!

Amain, &c.

This song being sung, Enter the KING of the SYMERRONS, DRAKE senior, PEDRO, and PAGE.

KING. Great wand'rer of the sea,

Thy walks still pathless be!

The races thou dost run
Are known but to the Sun.
And as the walk above,
Where he does yearly move,
We only guess, though him we know,
By great effects below.

So, though thy courses traceless are,
As if conducted by a wand'ring star,

Yet by thy deeds all climes acknowledge thee;
And thou art known and felt as much as he.
DRA. sen. So narrow is my merit wrought,
That when such breadth you thus allow my fame,
I stand corrected and am taught
To hide my story, and to shew my shame.

KING. As tireless as thy body is thy mind:
No adverse current can thy progress stop.
Thy forward courage leaves all doubts behind,
And when thy anchor's lost, thou keep'st thy hope.
Welcome! and in my land be free,

And pow'rful as thou art at sea.

DRA. sen. Monarch of much! and still deserving

more

Than I have coasted on the western shore !
Slave to my Queen! to whom thy virtue shows
How low thou canst to virtue be;

And since declar'd a foe to all her foes,

Thou mak'st them lower bow to thee.
KING. Instruct me how my Symerons and I
May help thee to afflict the enemy.

DRA. sen. Afford me guides to lead my bold
Victorious sea-men to their gold :
For nothing can afflict them more,
Than to deprive them of that store

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With which from hence they furnisht are
T'afflict the peaceful world with war.
KING. Here, from my bosom Pedro take !

And him thy chief conductor make ;
Who once was an unhappy slave to them;
But now is free by my deserv'd esteem.
He is as watchful as the eye

Of age still wak'd with jealousy;
And like experienc'd lovers wisely true,
Who after long suspicion find

They had no cause to be unkind,

And then with second vows their love renew. DRA. sen. He is, since so deservingly exprest, Remov'd but from thy bosom to my breast.

KING. All other aids requir'd to thy design, Choose and receive, for all my strengths are thine. [Exeunt.

Enter four SYMERONS, who dance a MORISCO for joy
of the arrival of SIR FRANCIS DRAKE, and de-
part. Then this song is sung by a Chorus of
mariners within.

CHORUS of mariners within.
Winds now may whistle, and waves may dance to
'em,
Whilst merchants cry out, such sport will undo'em.
And the master aloud bids, lee the helm, lee!
But we now shall fear nor the rocks nor the sand,
Whilst calmly we follow our plunder at land,
When others in storms seek prizes at sea.
THE THIRD ENTRY.

The change of the Scene is prepared by a symphony,
consisting of a martial air, which, having con-
tinu'd a while, the Scene changes, and represents a
Peruvian town, pleasantly situated, with Palmetto-
trees, Guaras, and Cypresses, growing about il,

whilst English land-soldiers and seamen seem to be drawn up towards the west end; whilst the Peruvians are feasting their guests, and two of their boys bearing fruit towards the strangers.

This object having continu'd a while, Enter DRAKE senior, DRAKE junior, PEDRO, PAGE.

DRA., sen. March! March! wheel to the right hand still,

To shun loose footing on that hill.
From thy meridian run,

O, thou inflaming sun!

The air above us else to fire will turn,

And all this sand beneath like cinders burn.

Now give the word!

DRA., jun. Stand!

Within. 1. Stand! 2. Stand! 3. Stand!
DRA., sen. All firm and sudden to command!
Halt for our rear awhile, and then

West from that wood draw up our men.
Stand to your arms till we send out
Our trusty Symerons to scout.

PEDRO. Scouts I have chosen, who can trace
All the retreats, which, in the chase,

The hunted seek all shades to which they run, When strength leaves them, and they the hunters

shun.

DRA., sen. Are these Peruvians friends? or, by

surprize,

Must we secure them as our enemies? PEDRO. Great Chief, they rev'rence thy renown, And thou may'st quarter in their town. Yet so advance with care,

In all the shapes of war:
That when the Spaniards know
How well they treat their foe,

The entertainment may appear,
Not the effect of love, but fear.

DRA., sen. Their dwelling seems so fresh and flourishing,

As if it still the nurs'ry were

Of all the seeds that furnish out the spring
For every clime, and all the year.

DRA., sen. Here, nature to her summer court retires :

Our northern region is the shade,
Where she grows cold, and looks decay'd,
And seems to sit by artificial fires.

DRA., jun. Advance, advance!

And in the rear,

To make our number more appear,
Let all our trusty Sym'rons spread
Their ranks, and be by Pedro led.
CHORUS of all.

All order with such clemency preserve,
That such as to our pow'r submit
May take delight to cherish it,

And seem as free as those whom they shall serve.

[Exeunt.

Five Peruvians* enter, and dance to a rustic air, after which, this song is sung by a Peruvian, and the Chorus to it by his country-men, whilst they dance again in a Round.

1.

PERU. With boughs and with branches trim up our bow'rs,

And strew them with flow'rs;

To receive such a guest

As deserves for a feast

* The number of Peruvians who enter here, is not specified in

1st Edition.