Note 114 — VICTORY, 110.
Reading edition
A recognised form of encouragement. In the court martial on the officers of the Ambuscade, captured by the French on the 14th December, 1798 (James, ii. 273 seq.), the boatswain was asked, ‘Did you hear Lieut. Briggs call to the people to encourage them to come aft and fight?’ and the answer was, ‘He called down to the waist to come up and assist. I believe it was “Damn your eyes, come up.”‘—Minutes of the Court Martial. Cf. Byron’s Don Juan, xi. 12.