Though words come hindmost, holds his rank before.

然而我的真爱却早已领头先行。

Some sailors being aloft in the main-topsail rigging, the captain had ordered them to race down, threatening the hindmost with the cat-of-nine-tails.

手在主中帆索具的高处，船长命令他们向下冲，用九尾猫威胁最后面的手。