57 19 3 82 93 among Among certain grizzled sea-gossips
of the ^ gun-decks and forecastle went a rumor perdue 105
that ^ the this gentlemanly master-at-arms
was a chevalier who had volunteered
into His Magesty's service the King's navy ^ by way
of compounding for some sort of
a mysterious polite swindle whereof
not long previous ^ he had been ^ arraigned convicted in London.
at the King's Bench. The fact Though That that ^nobody, King's Bench
of course, could substantiate this , report
57 19 3 82 93 among Among certain grizzled sea-gossips
of the ^ gun-decks and forecastle went a rumor perdue 105
that ^ the this gentlemanly master-at-arms
was a chevalier who had volunteered
into His Magesty's service the King's navy ^ by way
of compounding for some sort of
a mysterious polite swindle whereof
not long previous ^ he had been ^ arraigned convicted in London.
at the King's Bench. The fact Though That that ^nobody, King's Bench
of course, could substantiate this , report

Transcribed by: John Bryant