Magellan
"Storms & Mutiny"

Crossing the line of demarcationThey took a passage to the westDead reckoning they doubled backInto the north they anchored for bad weatherSan martin and magellan almost lost sight of the flagship
The santiago and victoria ledNo sign of land altered the courseWhy not return for winter? No violation of direct royal ordersThe men, the officers, all cried "return"No captains that had discipline-Rode the high seas in storms and mutiny (with the enemy)Desperately they sought a haven in an age of discovery...
Extra precautions, setting anchor as they didTerrified, the crews made pledges back to spain for pilgrimageLighting fires at night to signal shipmates-at last deliveranceFrom the fury of this godforsaken place they named the "bayOf travail"-
Ride the high seas in storms and mutiny (with the enemy)Desperately they sought a haven in an age of discovery...
Genius or madman? so elusive were the straitsBattered were the ships and menA stop for repairs in st. julianThe crew wanted to know the route they'd begunDespite stirring exhortations for loyalty from magellan
Onboard concepcion there was mutiny in demandAnd they moved to take the fleet at nightWith the knowledge there was blood on their handsBut the tables turned-the remaining crew blocked the exitTo the seaA sudden advantage for the general using ruthless strategy...

Target chosen shrewdly of three vessels controlled by theMutineersHigh numbers of neutral foreigners on victoria would notRise up against him.
Pulling hard against an ebbRebellion muted the message read:"no mistreatment, I'll do what's right"No heavy hand will rule the night
On the mainmast high, we'll raise his flagCourt martial pending on trinidadCondemned to death were forty moreMendoza "quartered" upon the shore
Poetic justice coming swift and severeBut how could he lose so many men? Commute the sentence for the sinConfined to quarters and distasteful laborConvicted conspirators fallen in his disfavor
Philosophers and scholars began to challengeThe true dimensions of the earth (new evidence uncovered)Finding the straits magellan died triumphantBut no vindication came in timeNo statesman, no royalty-
Rode the high seas in storms and mutiny (with the enemy)Desperately they sailed the globe in a voyage of treachery
Circumnavigation returning victoria with twenty-oneDetermined by storms and mutinyHe conquered the seaThough honor followed, a witness he would not be......