The Golden Voyage;
OR,
The Prosperous Arrival of the James and Mary .
Who having searched the Ocean for Treasure, finding the value of Two
Hundred Thousand Pounds in Gold and Silver, was joyfully received at
the City of London .
Tune of, Ladies of London. This may be printed, R.P
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L Isten a while, and I here will unfold
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what seemeth to promise promotion:
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There is great plenty of Silver and Gold
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now newly took out of the Ocean:
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Forty three years this Treasure has lain,
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since the Galion was stav'd asunder
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Among the Sholes and Rocks in the Main
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yet this may be now the Worlds wonder.
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It being seventeen Leagues from the Shore,
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'tis wonderful if you do mind it;
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Many has search'd for this Treasure before,
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but none had the Fortune to find it,
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Till the brave James and Mary of Fame,
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whom Fortune hath highly befriended;
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She most successfully sail'd on the Main,
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and was from all dangers defended.
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S He was inform'd where this Treasure did lye
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by some that had gi'en information;
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Therefore some Nobles did freely comply
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without any more disputation,
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To fit her forth, this favour they show,
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it being their free will and pleasure;
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With a fair gale to the Ocean they go,
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where they find great plenty of Treasure.
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'Twas in the midst of September they went
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forth in the brave James and the Mary ;
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All the Ships Crew with a Loyal consent
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they being both cheerful and airy;
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And in short time they there did arrive,
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where they was with Rocks so surrounded,
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That they did hardly know how to contrive
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to keep themselves from being drowned.
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There they was forced some time for to lose,
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and lye at an Anchor together;
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As for their Engine they then could not use,
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because of the turbulent weather:
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Yet at the last to diving they went,
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where Silver and Gold they received;
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When in the water their breath was near spent
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they were by their Engine relieved.
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Six weeks together they work'd in the cold,
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still diving in Nine Fathom water,
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Loading their Mary with Silver and Gold,
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then up to fair London they brought her;
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Where they received her with delight,
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as you may observe by the Ditty,
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And they unloaded her Cargo in sight
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of many brave men of the City.
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Carts heavy loaden came thorough the Town,
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on which the whole multitude gazed;
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This to the Seamen hath purchac'd Renown,
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no question but they may be praised:
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Still far and near their Fame let it ring,
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and let them be highly commended,
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Since they did venture so hard in this thing,
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and was with a Blessing attended.
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But here is one thing we must not forget,
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while they were the Treasure possessing,
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On the great Rocks they might soon have been split,
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had not Heaven yielded a Blessing:
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Or while they search'd the depth of the Main,
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to hazards they could be no strangers;
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Yet men and boys came all safe home again,
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tho' they had gone through such dangers.
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