The Welch Sailors Mistake or Tars in Conversation A scene on the deck of a ship. An English sailor says to a group of Welsh sailors: "And so then do you see David we sprung a leak". Behind him sits another sailor drinking from a tankard. The Welsh sailors look at him in amazement, and one replies: "Cot pless us - and save us - did you! And a ferry coot fechitable it is - I shuld liked to have had a pit with you". [30 Jun 1808]