 | Blackbeard ; or, The Captive Princess |  |
SCENE IV.
Entrance into the Cabin, as before.Enter several Pirates bearing plunder, which they deposit in the cabin, after which Blackbeard with PART OF THE CREW ENTER, exultingly— Ismene (a Mogul Princess) is brought forward in chains by Cæsar—Blackbeard appears enamoured of, and releases her—THE Boatswain, &c. bring on Abdallah, who refuses to deliver his sword but to the Captain—kneels and delivers it to Blackbeard, who receives it with ferocious dignity, and gives it Cæsar—Ismene perceiving her lover, they embrace —are torn asunder by Blackbeard, who surrenders him to the care of William and Nancy to cast him into the hold—and hurries Ismene into his cabin.—William gazes on Abdallah, and, recollecting his features, is going to throw himself at his feet,
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Enter Boatswain, &c.
SOLO—BOATSWAIN.
[1.]
In the good ship Revenge how we've spank'd through the Ocean,She's flush to our purpose, you ne'er saw the like;
Balls and bullets whiz by, but ne'er cause an emotion,
Because, 'till we're bowl'd down, we never will strike.
Thus success and seaman's cheer glad the jolly Buccaneer.
2.
Fond of change, in all weathers and climates we're roving,Now a sort of hard tussle, and now a snug booze;
With the girls and a fiddle, sometimes kind and loving—
Then see pop'd off a messmate, and step in his shoes.
Still success, &c.
3.
Well stor'd now with plunder, at nine knots we're steering,To where copper fair ones will greet us on shore;
There we'll laugh, quaff, and sing, and with kissing and swearing,
Our cargo see out, then to sea boys for more.
Thus success, &c.
Exeunt.
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