d with Cyprus rare,
Resembles much our _Southwark_ Fair:
But Stranger here will scarcely meet
With Market-place, Exchange, or Street;
And if the Truth I may report,
'Tis not so large as _Tottenham Court_.
St _Mary's_ once was in repute,
Now here the Judges try the Suit
And Lawyers twice a year dispute.
As oft the Bench most gravely meet,
Some to get Drunk, and some to eat
A swinging share of Country Treat.
But as for Justice right or wrong,
Not one amongst the numerous throng,
Knows what they mean, or has the Heart,
To give his Verdict on a Stranger's part:
Now Court being call'd by beat of Drum,
The Judges left their Punch and Rum,
When Pettifogger Docter draws,
His Paper forth, and opens Cause;
And least I shou'd the better get,
Brib'd _Quack_ supprest his knavish Wit.
So Maid upon the Downy Field
Pretends a Force, and Fights to yield:
The Byast Court without delay,
Adjudg'd my Debt in Country Pay;
In (mm) Pipe staves, Corn or Flesh of Boar,
Rare Cargo for the _English_ Shoar;
Raging with Grief, full speed I ran
To joyn the Fleet at (nn) _Kicketan_;
Embarqu'd and waiting for a Wind
I left this dreadful Curse behind.

May Canniballs transported o'er the Sea
Prey on these Slaves, as they have done on me;
May never Merchant's trading Sails explore
This Cruel, this inhospitable Shoar;
But left abandon'd by the World to starve,
May they sustain the Fate they well deserve;
May they turn Savage, or as _Indians_ Wild,
From Trade, Converse and Happiness exil'd;
Recreant to Heaven, may they adore the Sun,
And into Pagan Superstitions run
For Vengence ripe---------------
May Wrath Divine then lay those Regions wast
Where no Man's (oo) Faithful, nor a Woman Chast.

[Footnote a: By the Cape is meant the _Capes of Virginea_[_sic._], the
first Land on the Coast of _Virginia_ and _Mary-Land_.]

[Footnote b: To _Cove_ is to lie at Anchor safe in Harbour.]

[Footnote c: The Bay of _Piscato-way_, the usual place where our Ships
come to an Anchor in _Mary-Land_.]

[Footnote d: The Planters generally wear _Blue Linnen_.]

[Footnote e: A _Canoo_ is an _Indian_ Boat, cut out of the body of a
Popular-Tree [_sic._, Poplar-Tree].]

[Footnote f: Wolves are very numerous in _Mary-Land_.]

[Footnote g: 'Tis supposed by the Planters that all unknown Persons run
away from some Master.]

[Footnote h: Syder-pap is a