18 20 8 45 1 137 147 certain innocent frolics of the ^ good natured good natured sailor Foretopman ,
besides inventing for his mouth him sundry
contumelious epithets he claimed
to have overheard . ^ him let fall. from his mouth.
The Master-at-arms never suspected
the veracity of these reports, more
especially as to the epithets, for he well
knew how ^ secretly from the nature of his office unpopular for sxxxxx
, and for no special
may become a master-at-arms ^ at least a master-at-arms of those days zealous
in his function, and how the blue-jackets
shoot at him in private their raillery and
wit; the nickname by which he goes
among them ( Jimmy Legs ) implying
under the form of merriment their
^ cherished disrespect and dislike./ Besides,
did not Squeak's tales secretly
18 20 8 45 1 137 147 certain innocent frolics of the ^ good natured good natured sailor Foretopman ,
besides inventing for his mouth him sundry
contumelious epithets he claimed
to have overheard . ^ him let fall. from his mouth.
The Master-at-arms never suspected
the veracity of these reports, more
especially as to the epithets, for he well
knew how ^ secretly from the nature of his office unpopular for sxxxxx
, and for no special
may become a master-at-arms ^ at least a master-at-arms of those days zealous
in his function, and how the blue-jackets
shoot at him in private their raillery and
wit; the nickname by which he goes
among them ( Jimmy Legs ) implying
under the form of merriment their
^ cherished disrespect and dislike./ Besides,
did not Squeak's tales secretly

Transcribed by: John Bryant