On the Shipping the Troops, for Cape-Breton

When all things thus made ready, & equipt, Battalions, in respective Transports Shipt, Under Command, in chief of PEPPERILL (As is already said,) their General. Who willingly did for his Country's Weal, Accept the Trust, with Courage mixt with Zeal. Then with all speed, not willing to delay, With wide spread Sails, from Massachusetts-Bay They steer their Course, in semblance of a Fleet, Of warlike Ships, strike dread on all they meet.

But now when floating on the wat'ry Main, In hopes with speed, th' enemies Shore to gain, Bor' as obstructs, by's waters still Congeal'd Into large bodies that were not dissolv'd: Ice in large Cakes, do on the waters glide, From Bays & Rivers, drove by winds & tyde. Northward (its said) there often does appear, Mountains of Ice congeal'd by frigid Air, Whose lofty Tops, directed to the Skies, Appear to move, on surface, of the Seas, Surprizing to behold, hence Sailors dread, By winds, or tydes, 'twixt these to be enclos'd.

To shun this fate, to Canso then they go, And with fair winds, do thro' the Ocean plow, There to remain, for a short space of time, That from Seasickness health they might reprime Those that disused were to cross the Seas, Many of them were seis'd with this disease, However common, gave them great surprize.

Escaping this dire, doleful dreaded Death, Courage renews, with their renewed Health, And what makes them more fearless of defeat. Behold! with Joy, they spie Warren, the great, Warren, the Com-'dore, in warlike feats expert. Who with wise Conduct, does himself exert, In this grand Cause, having at his Command, Squadron of Ships, by Sea, to guard the Land, Preventing succours, to the Enemy, From forein parts, or those that were more