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Defoe on Sheppard and Wild: The True and Genuine Account of the Life and Actions of the Late

Jonathan Wild by Daniel Defoe (Lives That Never Grow ld!

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#aptain Avery

'obert Drury

John Gow

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Title: f #aptain &ission

Author: Daniel Defoe

dition: )*

Lan+ua+e: n+lish

DAN%L D,

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Defoe has been reco+ni.ed as the author of /A General 0istory of the 'obberies and &urders of the

&ost Notorious $yrates/ since )123 when John 'obert &oore su++ested that the supposed author4

#aptain #harles Johnson4 li5e Andrew &oreton4 6ara Sely7 or #aptain 'oberts4 was 7erely another

7as5 for the creator of /'obinson #rusoe/8 Althou+h 7ost of the first volu7e is of 7inor literary

i7portance4 the second section which appeared in )93 as /The 0istory of the $yrates/ co77enced

with a life ;f #aptain &isson and 0is #rew4; one of Defoe<s 7ost re7ar5able and ne+lected wor5s of

fiction8 %n 7uch the sa7e 7anner and at the sa7e ti7e that John Gay was satiri.in+ Walpole<s

+overn7ent in /The =e++ar<s pera/4 Defoe be+an to use his pirates as a co77entary on the in>ustice

and hypocrisy of conte7porary n+lish society8 A7on+ Defoe<s +allery of pirates are #aptain White4

who refused to rob fro7 wo7en and children? #aptain =ella7y4 the proletarian revolutionist? and

captain North4 whose sense of >ustice and honesty was a rebu5e to the corruption of +overn7ent under

Walpole8 =ut the fictional #aptain &isson4 the founder of a co77unist utopia4 is by far the 7ost ori+inal

of these creations8

%f we were to accept the view of nineteenth"century critics4 that Defoe was one of the earliest e@ponents

of /laisse. faire/4 his creation of a co77unist utopia would see7 re7ar5able indeed8 =ut parado@es

fascinated Defoe4 and his ideas can seldo7 be reduced to una7bi+uous platitudes8 0e was especially

fascinated by the co7parison between business7en and thieves8 %n )9*9 he ur+ed the +overn7ent to pardon the &ada+ascar pirates if they a+reed to stop their cri7es4 pay a lar+e su7 of 7oney and

;beco7e honest ,reeholders4 as others of our /West"%ndia/ $yrates4 /&erchants % should have said/4

have done before the78; And he noted that ;it would 7a5e a sad #has7 on the /@chan+e of London/4

if all the $yrates should be ta5en away fro7 the &erchants there8;)B Twelve years later >ust before the

start of the South Sea =ubble4 Defoe attac5ed stoc5">obbin+ as ;a =ranch of 0i+hway 'obbin+8;3B

Althou+h these attac5s were directed 7ainly at ;trade thieves; and corruptions in business practices4

they reflect Defoe<s +rowin+ concern with proble7s of poverty and wealth in n+land8 %n his preface to

the first volu7e of the /General 0istory of the $yrates/4 Defoe ar+ued that the une7ployed sea7an had

no choice but to ;/steal or starve/8; When the pirate4 #aptain =ella7y4 boards a 7erchant ship fro7

=oston4 he attac5s the ineCuality of capitalist society4 the ship owners4 and 7ost of all4 the #aptain:

/da7n ye4 you are a snea5in+ $uppy4 and so are all those who will sub7it to be +overned by Lawswhich rich &en have 7ade for their own Security4 for the cowardly Whelps have not the #oura+e

otherwise to defend what they +et by their 6navery? but da7n ye alto+ether: Da7n the7 for a $ac5 of

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crafty 'ascals4 and you4 who serve the74 for a $arcel of hen"hearted Nu7s5uls8 They villify us4 the

Scoundrels do4 when there is only this Difference4 they rob the $oor under the #over of Law4 forsooth4

and we plunder the 'ich under the $rotection of our own #oura+e8/2B

=ella7y as5s the crew of the captured ship to abandon the slavery of wor5in+ for low wa+es under

severe captains for the co7plete econo7ic and political eCuality of life on a pirate ship8

Govern7ent on #aptain &isson<s ship4 the /ictoire/4 and in the colony of Libertalia is partially an

ideali.ation of the pirate<s creed8 =ut two other ele7ents which 7ust be considered are4 first4 the conceptof +overn7ent in the state of nature4 and secondly4 the ideal of the socialist utopia8 &ost political

theorists of Defoe<s ti7e postulated a state of nature in which 7an lived either entirely free fro7

+overn7ent or under loose patriarchal control4 fro7 which he was re7oved either by the invention of

7oney4 the discovery of a+riculture or by so7e cri7e8 To a certain e@tent4 &isson<s pirate +overn7ent

7ay be re+arded as a sta+e in the evolution of +overn7ent8 %n /The ,arther Adventures of 'obinson

#rusoe/4 Defoe showed how +overn7ent evolved fro7 the anarchy of the state of nature8 =oth #rusoe<s

colony and Libertalia are eventually forced to establish +overn7ent4 private property and cri7inal laws4

but Libertalia4 which retains its e+alitarian and de7ocratic character4 is overthrown by its failure to

account for hu7an evil and cri7e8

A second influence on #aptain &isson<s ideolo+y is $lutarch<s description of the laws of Sparta and

'o7e8 ven durin+ the ;Anti" #o77unist $eriod; which followed the Glorious 'evolution4 the well"re+ulated state of the Lacede7onians re7ained the nor7 for -topias8 The influence of $lutarch pervades

the bio+raphies in the /General 0istory of the $yrates8/ Lycur+us< laws echo throu+hout &isson<s

attac5s on lu@ury and the uneCual distribution of wealth4 while $lutarch<s study of Spartacus4 which is

7entioned in Defoe<s preface4 7ay well have been the 7odel for his hero8

=ut neither the desire to re+ain the purity of the state of nature nor an ad7iration for Spartan si7plicity

entirely e@plain &isson<s vi+orous de7and for freedo7 and his attac5s on the corruption of the rulin+

class8 =y refusin+ to fly the pirate fla+4 &isson dra7ati.es the +rowin+ revolt of the poor a+ainst a

useless nobility8 The crew of the /ictoire/ are4 prophetically enou+h4 ,rench8 Their aspiration is for a

society followin+ the precepts of /la carriere ouverte au@ talents/? their revolt is that of a few

coura+eous 7en unafraid to en+a+e in the pirate<s ;war a+ainst 7an5ind; while those of lesser coura+e

;dance to the &usic5 of their #hains8;

Defoe<s study of &isson is different fro7 the -topias of &ore4 =acon or #a7panella in so far as there is

no discovery of an ideal civili.ation8 Libertalia is a -topia which reflects a direct reaction to the abuses

of the ti7e""abuses of econo7ic4 political and reli+ious freedo78 Anticipatin+ =eccaria<s criticis7 of the

death penalty by al7ost forty years4 #arracioli ar+ues that since 7an<s ri+ht to life is inalienable4 no

+overn7ent can have the power of capital punish7ent8EB &isson<s belief in eCuality is e@tended to

include the ne+ro slaves the /ictoire/ ta5es at sea as well as the natives of &ada+ascar8 After as5in+

the ne+roes to >oin his crew4 &isson tells his 7en that

the Tradin+ for those of our own Species4 could never be a+reeable to the yes of divine Justice: That no

&an had $ower of the Liberty of another? and while those who profess<d a 7ore enli+htened 6nowled+e

of the Deity4 sold 7en li5e =easts? they prov<d that their 'eli+ion was no 7ore than #ri7ace888: ,or his$art he hop<d4 he spo5e the Senti7ents of all his brave #o7panions4 he had not e@e7pted his Nec5 fro7

the +allin+ Foa5 of Slavery4 and asserted his own Liberty to enslave others8

Slavery is banished fro7 &isson<s ship4 and the ne+roes are schooled in the principles of freedo78

$erhaps the 7ost difficult proble7 in discussin+ the principles of &isson and #arracioli is to atte7pt an

e@planation of why Defoe4 a $resbyterian4 should have 7ade his prota+onists into deists8 Defoe attac5s

#arracioli<s deistic ar+u7ents throu+h his narrator4 #aptain Johnson4 who re7ar5s that such ideas are

pernicious only to ;wea5 &en who cannot discover their ,allacy8; =ut since si7ilar ideas appear in

'obert /Drury<s Journal/ published a year later4 it 7ay be assu7ed that the ar+u7ents of the deists held

a certain fascination for Defoe at this ti7e8 #arracioli<s deis7 also has a dra7atic function in the story8

That on a voya+e to 'o7e a youn+ 7an li5e &isson should be converted to deis7 by a disillusioned

;lewd; priest was in har7ony with the traditional n+lish belief in the dan+ers of %taly8B That#arracioli should co7bine the rebellion a+ainst or+ani.ed reli+ion with the revolt a+ainst 7onarchy is

indicative of Defoe<s 5een apprehension of the future course of history8

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#onsidered as a short novel4 the history ;f #aptain &isson and his #rew; reveals 7any of the sa7e

techniCues which Defoe used in his lon+er wor5s8 To +ain a sense of verisi7ilitude the narrator pretends

to be wor5in+ fro7 a 7anuscript4 a device which Defoe also e7ployed in his /&e7oirs of a #avalier/8

As in /#olonel Jac5/ real historical fi+ures and events fro7 the War of the Spanish Succession are

woven into the adventures of the /ictoire/8 #aptain &isson and his crew sin5 the Winchelsea4 an

n+lish ship lost in the West %ndies at the end of Au+ust4 )9*94 and they barely escape fro7 Ad7iral

Wa+er<s fleet which fou+ht a fa7ous battle there in )9*8 ven the na7e of &isson<s ship4 the /ictoire/? was undoubtedly fa7iliar to Defoe as the vessel co77anded by the fa7ous ,rench corsair4

#ornil Saus8HB So convincin+ is Defoe that althou+h his hero is shown 7eetin+ a real freebooter4

#aptain Tew4 ten years after Tew<s death4 &isson is still included in the histories of piracy89B

Also typical of Defoe<s fiction is the relationship between #aptain &isson4 the leader4 and his intellectual

7entor4 #arracioli8 #olonel Jac5 and his tutor4 &oll ,landers and her Governess and particularly4

#aptain Sin+leton and Willia7 Walters for7 si7ilar +roups8 Just as Willia7 Walters4 a Iua5er4 re7inds

#aptain Sin+leton and the crew that their business is not fi+htin+ but 7a5in+ 7oney4 so #arracioli

addresses len+thy speeches to the crew4 convertin+ everyone on the /ictoire/ to de7ocracy and deis78

&isson<s Libertalia ta5es root in &ada+ascar4 where Sin+leton wanted to establish a colony4 while both

#arracioli and Walters adapt the secular aspects of their reli+ion to piracy8 =ut whereas Walters

eventually converts Sin+leton into an honest #hristian4 #arracioli leads &isson into piracy8%n the history ;f #aptain &isson and his #rew4; Defoe decided to pursue the sa7e 7ethod of third

person narrative as in his brief bio+raphies of real pirates8 The result is that he 7erely provides a s5etch

of political theories rather than a study of hu7an bein+s8 f course there are +ood reasons for this8 Defoe

was 7ore interested in dra7ati.in+ proletarian utopian ideals than in developin+ the inner wor5in+s of

&isson<s 7ind8 The novelette is unified by its epic the7e4 not by its study of character or its episodic

plot8

Althou+h Defoe toyed with radical notions throu+hout /The 0istory of the $yrates/4 he had little faith in

their practicality8 Libertalia 7ust be understood as Defoe<s best e@pression of political and social ideals

which he ad7ired but considered unwor5able8 The continuation of &isson<s career in the section ;f

#aptain Tew; depicts the decline and fall of the utopia and the hero<s tra+ic death as a disillusioned

idealist8 This4 however4 is another story4 a story which su++ested that private property was necessary4

eCuality i7possible and slavery a useful e@pedient for coloni.ation8 %t was a far 7ore co7fortin+

7essa+e for the Au+ustan A+e4 but it could not silence the tocsins of the ,rench 'evolution which sound

throu+hout the speeches of &isson and #arracioli8

&a@i7illian 8 Nova5 -niversity of &ichi+an

=iblio+raphical Note

The te@t of ;f #aptain &isson and 0is #rew; has been reproduced fro7 the 0enry 8 0untin+ton

Library<s first edition copy of the second volu7e of /A General 0istory of the 'obberies and &urders of

the &ost Notorious $yrates/ which appeared under the title /The 0istory of the $yrates/8

Notes to the %ntroduction

,ootnote ): Daniel Defoe4 /A 'eview of the Affairs of ,rance/4 ed8 A8 W8 Secord (New For54 )12!4

%4 E3Ea8B

,ootnote 3: /The Anato7y of @chan+e""Alley/ (London4 )9)1!4 p8 8B

,ootnote 2: /A General 0istory of the 'obberies and &urders of the &ost Notorious $yrates/ (London4

)93!4 %%4 33*8B

,ootnote E: See #esare =eccaria4 /An ssay on #ri7es and $unish7ents/ (Stanford4 )12!4 pp8 19"118B

,ootnote : %n the previous year Defoe had written that ;it was the 7ost dan+erous thin+ in the World

for a youn+ Gentle7an4 sober and virtuous4 to venture into /%taly/4 till he was thorou+hly +rounded in

$rinciple4 888 for that nothin+ was 7ore ordinary4 than for such either to be seduc<d4 by the Subtlety of the#ler+y4 to e7brace a false 'eli+ion4 or by the Artifice of a worse ne7y4 to +ive up all 'eli+ion4 and

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sin5 into /Scepticis7/ and /Deis7/4 or4 perhaps4 /Atheis7/8; /A New ,a7ily %nstructor/ (London4

)939!4 p8 )98B

,ootnote H: See 'uth =ourne4 /Iueen Anne<s Navy in the West %ndies/ (New 0aven4 )121!4 pp8 H24

)H1")93? and /&anuscripts of the 0ouse of Lords/4 New Series (London4 )13)!4 %%4 ))9"))18B

,ootnote 9: See $hilip Gosse4 /The 0istory of $iracy/ (New For54 )12E!4 p8 )1E? and $atric5 $rin+le4

/Jolly 'o+er/ (London4 )12!4 pp8 )2H")28B

/7ne tulit punctu74 Cui 7iscuit utile dulci/8 0or8

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We can be so7ewhat particular in the Life of this Gentle7an4 because4 by very +reat Accident4 we have

+ot into our 0ands a /,rench/ &anuscript4 in which he hi7self +ives a Detail of his Actions8 0e was

born in /$rovence/4 of an ancient ,a7ily? his ,ather4 whose true Na7e he conceals4 was &aster of a

plentiful ,ortune? but havin+ a +reat Nu7ber of #hildren4 our 'over had but little 0opes of other

,ortune than what he could carve out for hi7self with his Sword8 0is $arents too5 #are to +ive hi7 an

ducation eCual to his =irth8 After he had passed his 0u7anity and Lo+ic54 and was a tolerable

&athe7atician4 at the A+e of ,ifteen he was sent to /An+iers/4 where he was a Fear learnin+ 0is@ercises8 0is ,ather4 at his 'eturn ho7e4 would have put hi7 into the &us5eteers? but as he was of a

rovin+ Te7per4 and 7uch affected with the Accounts he had read in =oo5s of Travels4 he chose the Sea

as a Life which abounds with 7ore ariety4 and would afford hi7 an pportunity to +ratify his

#uriosity4 by the #han+e of #ountries 0avin+ 7ade this #hoice4 his ,ather4 with Letters of

'eco77endation4 and every Thin+ fittin+ for hi74 sent hi7 oluntier on board the /ictoire/4

co77anded by &onsieur /,ourbin/4 his 'elation8 0e was received on =oard with all possible 'e+ard

by the #aptain4 whose Ship was at /&arseilles/4 and was order<d to cruise soon after /&isson<s/ Arrival8

Nothin+ could be 7ore a+reeable to the %nclinations of our oluntier than this #rui.e4 which 7ade hi7

acCuainted with the 7ost noted $orts of the /&editerranean/4 and +ave hi7 a +reat %nsi+ht into the

practical $art of Navi+ation8 0e +rew fond of this Life4 and was resolved to be a co7pleat Sailor4 which

7ade hi7 always one of the first on a Fard Ar74 either to 0and or 'eef4 and very inCuisitive in the

different &ethods of wor5in+ a Ship: 0is Discourse was turn<d on no other Sub>ect4 and he would often

+et the =oatswain and #arpenter to teach hi7 in their #abbins the constituent $arts of a Ship<s 0ull4 and

how to ri++ her4 which he +enerously paid <e7 for? and tho< he spent a +reat $art of his Ti7e with these

two fficers4 yet he behaved hi7self with such $rudence that they never atte7pted at a ,a7iliarity4 and

always paid the 'espect due to his ,a7ily8 The Ship bein+ at /Naples/4 he obtained Leave of his

#aptain to +o to /'o7e/4 which he had a +reat Desire to visit8 0ence we 7ay date his &isfortunes? for4

re7ar5in+ the licentious Lives of the #ler+y (so different fro7 the 'e+ularity observ<d a7on+ the

/,rench/ cclesiastic5s4! the Lu@ury of the $apal #ourt4 and that nothin+ but 0ulls of 'eli+ion was to

be found in the &etropolis of the #hristian #hurch4 he be+an to fi+ure to hi7self that all 'eli+ion was

no 7ore than a #urb upon the &inds of the Wea5er4 which the wiser Sort yielded to4 in Appearanceonly8 These Senti7ents4 so disadvanta+eous to 'eli+ion and hi7self4 were stron+ly riveted by

accidentally beco7in+ acCuainted with a lewd $riest4 who was4 at his Arrival (by 7eer #hance! his

#onfessor4 and after that his $rocurer and #o7panion4 for he 5ept hi7 #o7pany to his Death8 ne Day4

havin+ an pportunity4 he told /&isson/4 a 'eli+ious was a very +ood Life4 where a &an had a subtle

enterprisin+ Genius4 and so7e ,riends? for such a one wou<d4 in a short Ti7e4 rise to such Di+nities in

the #hurch4 the 0opes of which was the &otive of all the wiser Sort4 who voluntarily too5 upon the7

the sacerdotal 0abit8 That the ecclesiastical State was +overn<d with the sa7e $olicy as were secular

$rincipalities and 6in+do7s? that what was beneficial4 not what was 7eritorious and virtuous4 would be

alone re+arded8 That there were no 7ore 0opes for a &an of $iety and Learnin+ in the $atri7ony of St8

/$eter/4 than in any other &onarchy4 nay4 rather less? for this bein+ 5nown to be real4 that &an<s

re>ected as a isionary4 no way fit for 7ploy7ent? as one whose Scruples 7i+ht prove pre>udicial? forits a &a@i74 that 'eli+ion and $olitic5s can never set up in one 0ouse8 As to our States7en4 don<t

i7a+ine that the $urple 7a5es <e7 less #ourtiers than are those of other Nations? they 5now and pursue

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the /'e++ione del Stato/ (a Ter7 of Art which 7eans Self"%nterest! with as 7uch #unnin+ and as little

#onscience as any Secular? and are as artful where Art is reCuired4 and as barefaced and i7pudent when

their $ower is +reat enou+h to support <e74 in the oppressin+ the $eople4 and a++randi.in+ their

,a7ilies8 What their &orals are4 you 7ay read in the $ractice of their Lives4 and their Senti7ents of

'eli+ion fro7 this Sayin+ of a certain #ardinal4 /Iuantu7 Lucru7 e@ ista fabula #hristi/ which 7any

of <e7 7ay say4 tho< they are not so foolish8 ,or 7y $art4 % a7 Cuite tir<d of the ,arce4 and will lay hold

on the first pportunity to throw off this 7asCueradin+ 0abit? for4 by 'eason of 7y A+e4 % 7ust act anunder $art 7any Fears? and before % can rise to share the Spoils of the $eople4 % shall4 % fear4 be too old

to en>oy the Sweets of Lu@ury? and4 as % a7 an ne7y to 'estraint4 % a7 apprehensive % shall never act

up to 7y #haracter4 and carry thro< the 0ypocrite with Art enou+h to rise to any considerable $ost in the

#hurch8 &y $arents did not consult 7y Genius4 or they would have +iven 7e a Sword instead of a $air

of =eads8

/&isson/ advised hi7 to +o with hi7 oluntier4 and offer<d hi7 &oney to cloath hi7? the $riest leap<d

at the $roposal4 and a Letter co7in+ to /&isson/ fro7 his #aptain4 that he was +oin+ to /Le+horn/4 and

left to hi7 either to co7e to /Naples/4 or +o by Land? he chose the latter4 and the /Do7inican/4 who7

he furnish<d with &oney4 clothin+ hi7self very #avalierly4 threw off his 0abit4 and preceeded hi7 two

Days4 stayin+ at /$isa/ for /&isson/? fro7 whence they went to+ether to /Le+horn/4 where they found

the /ictoire/4 and Si+nor /#araccioli/4 reco77ended by his ,riend4 was received on =oard8 Two Daysafter they wei+h<d fro7 hence4 and after a Wee5<s #rui.e fell in with two /Sally/ &en4 the one of

twenty4 the other of twenty four Guns? the /ictoire/ had but thirty 7ounted4 thou+h she had $orts for

forty8 The n+a+e7ent was lon+ and bloody4 for the /Sally/ &an hop<d to carry the /ictoire/? and4 on

the contrary4 #aptain /,ourbin/4 so far fro7 havin+ any Thou+hts of bein+ ta5en4 he was resolutely bent

to 7a5e $ri.e of his ne7ies4 or sin5 his Ship8 ne of the /Sally/ &en was co77anded by a /Spanish/

'ene+ade4 (thou+h he had only the Title of a Lieutenant! for the #aptain was a youn+ &an who 5new

little of &arine Affairs8

This Ship was called the /Lyon/? and he atte7pted4 7ore than once4 to board the /ictoire/4 but by a

Shot betwi@t Wind and Water4 he was obli+ed to sheer off4 and runnin+ his Guns4 Kc8 on one Side4 brin+

her on the careen to stop his Lea5? this bein+ done with too 7uch $recipitation4 she overset4 and every

Soul was lost: 0is #o7rade seein+ this Disaster4 threw out all his s7all sails4 and endeavour<d to +et off4

but the /ictoire/ wron+<d her4 and obli+<d her to renew the ,i+ht4 which she did with +reat bstinacy4

and 7ade &onsieur /,ourbin/ despair of carryin+ her if he did not board? he 7ade $reparations

accordin+ly8 Si+nior /#araccioli/ and /&isson/ were the two first on board when the #o77and was

+iven? but they and their ,ollowers were beat bac5 by the Despair of the /Sally/ &en? the for7er

received a Shot in his Thi+h4 and was carried down to the Sur+eon8 The /ictoire/ laid her on board the

second ti7e4 and the /Sally/ &en defended their Dec5s with such 'esolution4 that they were cover<d

with their own4 and the dead =odies of their ne7ies8 /&isson/ seein+ one of <e7 >u7p down the &ain"

0atch with a li+hted &atch4 suspectin+ his Desi+n4 resolutely leap<d after hi74 and reachin+ hi7 with his

Sabre4 laid hi7 dead the &o7ent he +oin+ to set ,ire to the $owder8 The /ictoire/ pourin+ in 7ore

&en4 the /&aho7etans/ Cuitted the Dec5s4 findin+ 'esistance vain4 and fled for Shelter to the #oo5'oo74 Steera+e and #abbins4 and so7e run between Dec5s8 The /,rench/ +ave <e7 Iuarters4 and put

the $risoners on board the /ictoire/4 the $ri.e yieldin+ nothin+ worth 7ention4 e@cept Liberty to about

fifteen #hristian Slaves? she was carried into and sold with the $risoners at /te@t unreadableB/8 The

Tur5s lost a +reat 7any &en4 the /,rench/ not less than 2 in boardin+4 for they lost very few by the

+reat Shot4 the /Sally/ &en firin+ 7ostly at the &asts and 'i++in+4 hopin+ by disablin+ to carry her8

The li7ited Ti7e of their #rui.e bein+ out4 the /ictoire/ returned to /&arseilles/4 fro7 whence

/&isson/4 ta5in+ his #o7panion4 went to visit his $arents4 to who7 the #aptain sent a very

advanta+eous #haracter4 both of his #oura+e and #onduct8 0e was about a &onth at ho7e when his

#aptain wrote to hi74 that his Ship was ordered to /'ochelle/4 fro7 whence he was to sail for the

/West"%ndies/ with so7e &erchant &en8 This was very a+reeable to /&isson/ and Si+nior

/#araccioli/4 who i77ediately set out for /&arseilles/8 This Town is well fortified4 has four $arish#hurches4 and the Nu7ber of %nhabitants is co7puted to be about )3*4****? the 0arbour is estee7ed the

safest in the /&editerranean/4 and is the co77on Station for the /,rench/ Gallies8



Leavin+ this $lace4 they steer<d for /'ochelle/4 where the /ictoire/ was doc5<d4 the &erchant Ships

not bein+ near ready8 /&isson/4 who did not #are to pass so lon+ a Ti7e in %dleness4 proposed to his

#o7rade the ta5in+ a #rui.e on board the /Triu7ph/4 who was +oin+ into the /n+lish #hannel/? the

/%talian/ readily contented to it8

=etween the %sle of /Guernsey/ and the /Start $oint/ they 7et with the /&ayflower/4 #aptain

/=alladine/ #o77anded4 a &erchant Ship of ) Guns4 richly laden4 and co7in+ fro7 /Ja7aica/8 The

#aptain of the /n+lish/ 7ade a +allant resistance4 and fou+ht his Ship so lon+4 that the /,rench/ couldnot carry her into 0arbour4 wherefore they too5 the &oney4 and what was 7ost valuable4 out of her? and

findin+ she 7ade 7ore Water than the $u7ps could free4 Cuitted4 and saw her +o down in less than four

0ours after8 &onsieur /le =lanc/4 the /,rench/ #aptain4 received #aptain /=alladine/ very civilly4 and

would not suffer either hi7 or his &en to be stripp<d4 sayin+4 /None but #owards ou+ht be treated after

that &anner? that brave &en ou+ht to treat such4 thou+h their ne7ies4 as =rothers? and that to use a

+allant &an (who does his Duty! ill4 spea5s a 'even+e which cannot proceed but fro7 a #oward Soul8/

0e order<d that the $risoners should leave their #hests? and when so7e of his &en see7<d to 7utter4 he

bid <e7 re7e7ber the Grandeur of the &onarch they serv<d? that they were neither $yrates nor

$rivateers? and4 as brave &en4 they ou+ht to shew their ne7ies an @a7ple they would willin+ly have

follow<d4 and use their $risoners as they wish<d to be us<d8

They runnin+ up the /n+lish/ #hannel as hi+h as /=eachy 0ead/4 and4 in returnin+4 fell in with threefifty Gun Ships4 which +ave #hace to the /Triu7ph/? but as she was an e@cellent Sailor4 she run <e7 out

of Si+ht in seven Glasses4 and 7ade the best of her Way for the /Lands"nd/ they here crui.ed ei+ht

Days4 then doublin+ #ape /#ornwall/4 ran up the /=ristol/ #hannel4 near as far as /Nash $oint/4 and

intercepted a s7all Ship fro7 /=arbadoes/4 and stretchin+ away to the Northward4 +ave #hase to a Ship

they saw in the venin+4 but lost her in the Ni+ht8 The /Triu7ph/ stood then towards /&ilford/ and

spyin+ a Sail4 endeavour<d to cut her off the Land4 but found it i7possible? for she +ot into the 0aven4

thou+h they ca7e up with her very fast4 and she had surely been ta5en4 had the #hase had been any thin+

lon+er8

#aptain /=alladine/4 who too5 the Glass4 said it was the /$ort 'oyal/4 a /=ristol/ Ship which left

/Ja7aica/ in #o7pany with hi7 and the /#harles/8 They now return<d to their own #oast4 and sold

their $ri.e at /=rest/4 where4 at his Desire4 they left #aptain /=alladine/4 and &onsieur /le =lanc/

7ade hi7 a $resent of $urse with E* /Louis<s/ for his Support? his #rew were also left here8

At the ntrance into this 0arbour the /Triu7ph/ struc5 upon a 'oc54 but receiv<d no Da7a+e: This

ntrance4 called /Genlet/4 is very dan+erous on Account of the Nu7ber of 'oc5s which lie on each Side

under Water4 thou+h the 0arbour is certainly the best in /,rance/8 The &outh of the 0arbour is

defended by a stron+ #astle? the Town is well fortified4 and has a #itadel for its farther Defence4 which

is of considerable Stren+th8 %n )H1E the /n+lish/ atte7pted a Descent4 but did not find their &ar5et4 for

they were beat off with the Loss of their General4 and a +reat 7any &en8 ,ro7 hence the /Triu7ph/

return<d to /'ochel/4 and in a &onth after our oluntiers4 who went on board the /ictoire/4 too5 their

Departure for /&artineco/ and /Guadalupe/? they 7et with nothin+ in their oya+e thither worth

notin+8% shall only observe4 that Si+nior /#araccioli/4 who was as a7bitious as he was irreli+ious4 had4 by this

Ti7e4 7ade a perfect Deist of /&isson/4 and thereby convinc<d hi74 that all 'eli+ion was no other than

hu7an $olicy4 and shew<d hi7 that the Law of /&oses/ was no 7ore than what were necessary4 as well

for the $reservation as the Governin+ of the $eople? for %nstance4 said he4 the /African/ Ne+roes never

heard of the %nstitution of #ircu7cision4 which is said to be the Si+n of the #ovenant 7ade between God

and this $eople4 and yet they circu7cise their #hildren? doubtless for the sa7e 'eason the /Jews/ and

other Nations do4 who inhabit the Southern #li7es4 the $repuce consolidatin+ the perspired &atter4

which is of a fatal #onseCuence8 %n short4 he ran throu+h all the #ere7onies of the /Jewish/4 #hristian

and /&aho7etan/ 'eli+ion4 and convinced hi7 these were4 as 7i+ht be observed by the Absurdity of

7any4 far fro7 bein+ %ndications of &en inspired? and that /&oses/4 in his Account of the #reation4 was

+uilty of 5nown =lunders? and the &iracles4 both in the New and ld Testa7ent4 inconsistent with'eason8 That God had +iven us this =lessin+4 to 7a5e -se of for our present and future 0appiness4 and

whatever was contrary to it4 notwithstandin+ their School Distinctions of /contrary/ and /above/

H



'eason4 7ust be false8 This 'eason teaches us4 that there is a first #ause of all Thin+s4 an /ns ntiu7/4

which we call God4 and our 'eason will also su++est4 that he 7ust be eternal4 and4 as the Author of

every Thin+ perfect4 he 7ust be infinitely perfect8

%f so4 he can be sub>ect to no $assions4 and neither loves nor hates? he 7ust be ever the fa7e4 and cannot

rashly do to Day what he shall repent to &orrow8 0e 7ust be perfectly happy4 conseCuently nothin+ can

add to an eternal State of TranCuillity4 and thou+h it beco7es us to adore hi74 yet can our Adorations

neither au+7ent4 nor our Sins ta5e fro7 this 0appiness8=ut his Ar+u7ents on this 0ead are too lon+4 and too dan+erous to translate? and as they are wor5<d up

with +reat Subtlety4 they 7ay be pernicious to wea5 &en4 who cannot discover their ,allacy? or4 who

findin+ <e7 a+reeable to their %nclinations4 and would be +lad to sha5e off the Fo5e of the #hristian

'eli+ion4 which +alls and curbs their $assions4 would not +ive the7selves the Trouble to e@a7ine the7

to the =otto74 but +ive into what pleases4 +lad of findin+ so7e @cuse to their #onsciences8 Thou+h as

his pinion of a future State has nothin+ in it which i7pu+ns the #hristian 'eli+ion4 % shall set it down

in few Words8

That reasonin+ ,aculty4 says he4 which we perceive within us4 we call the Soul4 but what that Soul is4 is

un5nown to us8 %t 7ay die with the =ody4 or it 7ay survive8 % a7 of pinion its i77ortal? but to say that

this pinion is the Dictate of 'eason4 or only the $re>udice of ducation4 would4 % own4 pu..le 7e8 %f it

is i77ortal4 it 7ust be an 7anation fro7 the Divine =ein+4 and conseCuently at its bein+ separatedfro7 the =ody4 will return to its first $rinciple4 if not conta7inated8 Now4 7y 'eason tells 7e4 if it is

estran+ed fro7 its first $rinciple4 which is the Deity4 all the 0ells of &an<s %nvention can never yield

Tortures adeCuate to such a =anish7ent8

As he had privately held these Discourses a7on+ the #rew4 he had +ained a Nu7ber of $roselytes4 who

loo5<d upon hi7 as a new $rophet risen up to refor7 the Abuses in 'eli+ion? and a +reat Nu7ber bein+

/'ochellers/4 and4 as yet4 tainted with /#alvinis7/4 his Doctrine was the 7ore readily e7brac<d8 When

he had e@perienced the ffects of his reli+ious Ar+u7ents4 he fell upon Govern7ent4 and shew<d4 that

every &an was born free4 and had as 7uch 'i+ht to what would support hi74 as to the Air he respired8 A

contrary Way of ar+uin+ would be accusin+ the Deity with #ruelty and %n>ustice4 for he brou+ht into the

World no &an to pass a Life of $enury4 and to 7iserably want a necessary Support? that the vast

Difference between &an and &an4 the one wallowin+ in Lu@ury4 and the other in the 7ost pinchin+

Necessity4 was owin+ only to Avarice and A7bition on the one 0and4 and a pusillani7ous Sub>ection

on the other? that at first no other than a Natural was 5nown4 a paternal Govern7ent4 every ,ather was

the 0ead4 the $rince and &onarch of his ,a7ily4 and bedience to such was both >ust and easy4 for a

,ather had a co7passionate Tenderness for his #hildren? but A7bition creepin+ in by De+rees4 the

stron+er ,a7ily set upon and enslaved the Wea5er? and this additional Stren+th over"run a third4 by

every #onCuest +atherin+ ,orce to 7a5e others4 and this was the first ,oundation of &onarchy8 $ride

encreasin+ with $ower4 &an usurped the $rero+ative of God4 over his #reatures4 that of deprivin+ the7

of Life4 which was a $rivile+e no one had over his own? for as he did not co7e into the World by his

own lection4 he ou+ht to stay the deter7ined Ti7e of his #reator: That indeed4 Death +iven in War4

was by the Law of Nature allowable4 because it is for the $reservation of our own Lives? but no #ri7eou+ht to be thus punished4 nor indeed any War underta5en4 but in Defence of our natural 'i+ht4 which is

such a Share of arth as is necessary for our Support8

These Topic5s he often declai7ed on4 and very often advised with /&isson/ about the settin+ up for

the7selves? he was as a7bitious as the other4 and as resolute8 /#araccioli/ and /&isson/ were by this

e@pert &ariners4 and very capable of 7ana+in+ a Ship: /#araccioli/ had founded a +reat 7any of the

&en on this Sub>ect4 and found the7 very inclineable to listen to hi78 An Accident happen<d which +ave

/#araccioli/ a fair pportunity to put his Desi+ns in @ecution4 and he laid 0old of it? they went off

/&artinico/ on a #rui.e4 and 7et with the /Winchelsea/4 an /n+lish/ &an of War of E* Guns4

co77anded by #aptain /Jones/? they 7ade for each other4 and a very s7art n+a+e7ent followed4 the

first =roadside 5illed the #aptain4 second #aptain4 and the three Lieutenants4 on =oard the /ictoire/

and left only the &aster4 who would have struc54 but &isson too5 up the Sword4 order<d /#araccioli/ toact as Lieutenant4 and encoura+in+ the &en fou+ht the Ship si@ Glasses4 when by so7e Accident4 the

/Winchelsea/ blew up4 and not a &an was saved but Lieutenant /,ran5lin/4 who7 the /,rench/ =oats

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too5 up4 and he died in two Days8 None ever 5new before this &anuscript fell into 7y 0ands how the

/Winchelsea/ was lost? for her 0ead bein+ driven ashore at /Ante+oa/4 and a +reat Stor7 havin+

happend a few Days before her 0ead was found4 it was concluded4 that she founder<d in that Stor78

After this n+a+e7ent4 /#araccioli/ ca7e to &isson and saluted hi7 #aptain4 and desired to 5now if he

would chuse a 7o7entary or a lastin+ #o77and4 that he 7ust now deter7ine4 for at his 'eturn to

/&artinico/ it would be too late? and he 7i+ht depend upon the Ship he fou+ht and saved bein+ +iven to

another4 and they would thin5 hi7 well rewarded if 7ade a Lieutenant4 which $iece of Justice hedoubted: That he had his ,ortune in his 0ands4 which he 7i+ht either 5eep or let +o? if he 7ade #hoice

of the latter4 he 7ust never a+ain e@pect she would court hi7 to accept her ,avours: That he ou+ht to let

before his yes his #ircu7stances4 as a youn+er =rother of a +ood ,a7ily4 but nothin+ to support his

#haracter? and the 7any Fears he 7ust serve at the @pence of his =lood before he could 7a5e any

,i+ure in the World? and consider the wide Difference between the co77andin+ and bein+ co77anded:

That he 7i+ht with the Ship he had under ,oot4 and the brave ,ellows under #o77and4 bid Defiance to

the $ower of /urope/4 en>oy every Thin+ he wish<d4 rei+n Soverei+n of the Southern Seas4 and lawfully

7a5e War on all the World4 since it would deprive hi7 of that Liberty to which he had a 'i+ht by the

Laws of Nature: That he 7i+ht in Ti7e4 beco7e as +reat as /Ale@ander/ was to the /$ersians/? and by

encreasin+ his ,orces by his #aptures4 he would every Day stren+then the Justice of his #ause4 for who

has $ower is always in the 'i+ht8 That /0arry/ the ,ourth and /0arry/ the Seventh4 atte7pted andsucceeded in their nterpri.es on the #rown of /n+land/4 yet their ,orces did not eCual his8

/&aho7et/ with a few #a7el Drivers4 founded the /tto7an/ 7pire and /Darius/4 with no 7ore than

si@ or seven #o7panions +ot $ossession on of that of /$ersia/8

%n a Word he said so 7uch that /&isson/ resolved to follow his Advice4 and callin+ up all 0ands4 he

told the74 <That a +reat Nu7ber of the7 had resolved with hi7 upon a Life of Liberty4 and had done

hi7 the 0onour to create hi7 #hief: That he desi+ned to force no &an4 and be +uilty of that %n>ustice he

bla7ed in others? therefore4 if any were averse to the followin+ his ,ortune4 which he pro7ised should

be the sa7e to all4 he desired they would declare the7selves4 and he would set the7 ashore4 whence they

7i+ht return with #onveniency?< havin+ 7ade an nd4 they one and all cryed4 /ive le #apitain/ &isson

/et son Lieutenant le Seavant/ #araccioli4 God bless #apt8 /&isson/ and his learned Lieutenant

/#araccioli/8 /&isson/ than5ed the7 for the 0onour they conferr<d upon hi74 and pro7ised he would

use the $ower they +ave for the public5 Good only4 and hoped4 as they had the =ravery to assert their

Liberty4 they would be as unani7ous in the preservin+ it4 and stand by hi7 in what should be found

e@pedient for the Good of all? that he was their ,riend and #o7panion4 and should never e@ert his

$ower4 or thin5 hi7self other than their #o7rade4 but when the Necessity of Affairs should obli+e hi78

They shouted a second Ti7e4 /vive le #apitain/? he4 after this4 desired they would chuse their subaltern

fficers4 and +ive the7 $ower to consult and conclude upon what 7i+ht be for the co77on %nterest4 and

bind the7selves down by an ath to a+ree to what such fficers and he should deter7ine: This they

readily +ave into8 The School"&aster they chose for second Lieutenant4 /Jean =esace/ they no7inated

for third4 and the =oatswain4 and a Iuarter"&aster4 na7ed /&atthieu le Tondu/4 with the Gunner4 they

desired 7i+ht be their 'epresentatives in #ouncil8The #hoice was approved4 and that every Thin+ 7i+ht pass 7ethodically4 and with +eneral Approbation4

they were called into the +reat #abbin4 and the Iuestion put4 what #ourse they should steer The

#aptain proposed the /Spanish/ #oast as the 7ost probable to afford the7 rich $ri.es: This was a+reed

upon by all8 The =oatswain then as5ed what #olours they should fi+ht under4 and advised =lac5 as 7ost

terrifyin+? but /#araccioli/ ob>ected4 that they were no $yrates4 but &en who were resolved to assert

that Liberty which God and Nature +ave the74 and own no Sub>ection to any4 farther than was for the

co77on Good of all: That indeed4 bedience to Governors was necessary4 when they 5new and acted

up to the Duty of their ,unction? were vi+ilant Guardians of the $eoples 'i+hts and Liberties? saw that

Justice was eCually distributed? were =arriers a+ainst the 'ich and $owerful4 when they atte7pted to

oppress the Wea5er? when they suffered none of the one 0and to +row i77ensely rich4 either by his

own or his Ancestors ncroach7ents? nor on the other4 any to be wretchedly 7iserable4 either by fallin+into the 0ands of illains4 un7erciful #reditors4 or other &isfortunes8 While he had yes i7partial4 and

allowed nothin+ but &erit to distin+uish between &an and &an? and instead of bein+ a =urthen to the



$eople by his lu@urious life4 he was by his #are for4 and $rotection of the74 a real ,ather4 and in every

Thin+ acted with the eCual and i7partial Justice of a $arent: =ut when a Governor4 who is the &inister

of the $eople4 thin5s hi7self rais<d to this Di+nity4 that he 7ay spend his Days in $o7p and Lu@ury4

loo5in+ upon his Sub>ects as so 7any Slaves4 created for his -se and $leasure4 and therefore leaves

the7 and their Affairs to the i77easurable Avarice and Tyranny of so7e one who7 he has chosen for

his ,avourite4 when nothin+ but ppression4 $overty4 and all the &iseries of Life flow fro7 such an

Ad7inistration? that he lavishes away the Lives and ,ortunes of the $eople4 either to +ratify hisA7bition4 or to support the #ause of so7e nei+hbourin+ $rince4 that he 7ay in 'eturn4 stren+then his

0ands should his $eople e@ert the7selves in Defence of their native 'i+hts? or should he run into

unnecessary Wars4 by the rash and thou+htless #ouncils of his ,avourite4 and not able to 7a5e 0ead

a+ainst the ne7y he has rashly or wantonly brou+ht upon his 0ands4 and buy a $eace (which is the

present #ase of /,rance/4 as every one 5nows4 by supportin+ 6in+ /Ja7es/4 and afterwards proclai7in+

his Son! and drain the Sub>ect? should the $eoples Trade be wilfully ne+lected4 for private %nterests4 and

while their Ships of War lie idle in their 0arbours4 suffer their essels to be ta5en? and the ne7y not

only intercepts all #o77erce4 but insults their #oasts: %t spea5s a +enerous and +reat Soul to sha5e off

the Foa5? and if we cannot redress our Wron+s4 withdraw fro7 sharin+ the &iseries which 7eaner

Spirits sub7it to4 and scorn to yield to the Tyranny8 Such &en are we4 and4 if the World4 as @perience

7ay convince us it will4 7a5es War upon us4 the Law of Nature e7powers us not only to be on thedefensive4 but also on the offensive $art8 As we then do not proceed upon the sa7e Ground with $yrates4

who are &en of dissolute Lives and no $rinciples4 let us scorn to ta5e their #olours: urs is a brave4 a

>ust4 an innocent4 and a noble #ause? the #ause of Liberty8 % therefore advise a white nsi+n4 with

Liberty painted in the ,ly4 and if you li5e the &otto4 /a Deo a Libertate/4 for God and Liberty4 as an

7ble7 of our -pri+htness and 'esolution8

The #abbin Door was left open4 and the =ul5 0ead which was of #anvas rowled up4 the Steera+e bein+

full of &en4 who lent an attentive ar4 they cried4 /Liberty4 Liberty? we are free &en/: ive /the brave

#aptain/ &isson /and the noble Lieutenant/ #araccioli8 This short #ouncil brea5in+ up4 every Thin+

belon+in+ to the deceased #aptain4 and the other fficers4 and &en lost in the n+a+e7ent4 was brou+ht

upon Dec5 and over"hawled? the &oney ordered to be put into a #hest4 and the #arpenter to clap on a

$adloc5 for4 and +ive a 6ey to4 every one of the #ouncil: &isson tellin+ the74 all should be in co77on4

and the particular Avarice of no one should defraud the $ublic58

When the $late &onsieur /,ourbin/ had4 was +oin+ to the #hest4 the &en unani7ously cried out avast4

5eep that out for the #aptain<s -se4 as a $resent fro7 his fficers and ,ore"7ast &en8 /&isson/

than5ed the74 the $late was returned to the +reat #abbin4 and the #hest secured accordin+ to rders:

&isson then ordered his Lieutenants and other fficers to e@a7ine who a7on+ the &en4 were in 7ost

Want of #loaths4 and to distribute those of the dead &en i7partially4 which was done with a +eneral

#ontent and Applause of the whole #rew: All but the wounded bein+ upon Dec58 /&isson/ fro7 the

=aracade4 spo5e to the followin+ $urpose4 <That since they had unani7ously resolved to sei.e upon and

defend their Liberty4 which a7bitious &en had usurped4 and that this could not be estee7ed by i7partial

Jud+es other than a >ust and brave 'esolution4 he was under an bli+ation to reco77end to the7 a brotherly Love to each other? the =anish7ent of all private $iCues and Grud+es4 and a swift A+ree7ent

and 0ar7ony a7on+ the7selves: That in throwin+ off the Foa5 of Tyranny of which the Action spo5e

an Abhorrence4 he hoped none would follow the @a7ple of Tyrants4 and turn his =ac5 upon Justice? for

when Cuity was trodden under ,oot4 &isery4 #onfusion4 and 7utual Distrust naturally followed8<""0e

also advised the7 to re7e7ber there was a Suprea7? the Adoration of which4 'eason and Gratitude

pro7pted us4 and our own %nterests would en+a+e us (as it is best to be of the surest Side4 and after"Life

was allowed possible! to conciliate8 ""That he was satisfied &en who were born and bred in Slavery4 by

which their Spirits were bro5e4 and were incapable of so +enerous a Way of thin5in+4 who4 i+norant of

their =irth"'i+ht4 and the Sweets of Liberty4 dance to the &usic5 of their #hains4 which was4 indeed4 the

+reater $art of the %nhabitants of the Globe4 would brand this +enerous #rew with the insidious Na7e of

$yrates4 and thin5 it 7eritorious4 to be instru7ental in their Destruction8""Self"$reservation therefore4and not a cruel Disposition4 obli+ed hi7 to declare War a+ainst all such as should refuse hi7 the ntry

of their $orts4 and a+ainst all4 who should not i77ediately surrender and +ive up what their Necessities

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reCuired? but in a 7ore particular &anner a+ainst all /uropean/ Ships and essels4 as concluded

i7placable ne7ies8 /And % do now4/ said he4 /declare such War4 and4 at the sa7e ti7e4 reco77end to

you 7y #o7rades a hu7ane and +enerous =ehaviour towards your $risoners? which will appear by so

7uch 7ore the ffects of a noble Soul4 as we are satisfied we should not 7eet the sa7e Treat7ent

should our ill ,ortune4 or 7ore properly our Disunion4 or want of #oura+e4 +ive us up to their &ercy8/

After this4 he reCuired a &uster should be 7ade4 and there were able 0ands two 0undred4 and thirty five

sic5 and wounded? as they were 7uster<d they were sworn8 After Affairs were thus settled4 they shapedtheir #ourse the /Spanish West"%ndies4/ but resolved4 in the Way4 to ta5e a Wee5 or ten Days #rui.e in

the Windward $assa+e fro7 /Ja7aica4/ because 7ost &erchant &en4 which were +ood Sailors and did

not slay for #onvoy4 too5 this as the shorter #ut for /n+land8/

ff St8 /#hristophers/ they too5 an /n+lish/ Sloop becal7ed4 with their =oats? they too5 out of her a

couple of $uncheons of 'u74 and half a do.en 0o+sheads of Su+ar (she was a /New n+land/ Sloop4

bound for /=oston/! and without offerin+ the least iolence to the &en4 or strippin+ the74 they let her

+o8 The &aster of the Sloop was /Tho7as =utler4/ who owned4 he never 7et with so candid an ne7y

as the /,rench/ &an of War4 which too5 hi7 the Day he left St8 /#hristophers?/ they 7et with no other

=ooty in their Way4 till they ca7e upon their Station4 when after three Days4 they saw a Sloop which had

the %7pudence to +ive the7 #hace? #aptain /&isson/ as5ed what could be the &eanin+ that the Sloop

stood for the7 ne of the &en4 who was acCuainted with the /West" %ndies4/ told hi74 it was a /Ja7aica/ $rivateer4 and he should not wonder4 if he clapp<d hi7 aboard8 % a74 said he4 no Stran+er to

their Way of wor5in+4 and this despicable ,ellow4 as those who don<t 5now a /Ja7aica/ $rivateer 7ay

thin5 hi74 it is ten to one will +ive you so7e Trouble8 %t now +rows towards venin+4 and you<ll find as

soon as he has discovered your ,orce4 he<ll 5eep out of the 'each of your Guns till the )3 a"#loc5 Watch

is chan+ed at Ni+ht4 and he<ll then atte7pt to clap you aboard4 with 0opes to carry you in the 0urry:

Wherefore #aptain4 if you will +ive 7e Leave to advise you4 let every &an have his s7all Ar7s? and at

twelve4 let the =ell rin+ as usual? and rather 7ore Noise than ordinary be 7ade4 as if the one Watch was

turnin+ in4 and the other out4 in a #onfusion and 0urry4 and %<ll en+a+e he will venture to enter his &en8

The ,ellow<s Advice was approved and resolved upon4 and the Sloop wor5<d4 as he said she would4 for

upon co7in+ near enou+h to 7a5e distinctly the ,orce of the /ictoire/4 on her throwin+ out /,rench/

#olours4 she4 the Sloop4 clapp<d upon a Wind4 the /ictoire/ +ave #hace4 but without 0opes of +ainin+

upon her? she went so well to Windward4 that she cou<d spare the Ship so7e $oints in her Sheet4 and yet

wron+ her: At Dus5 of the ven4 the /,rench/ had lost Si+ht of her4 but about leven at Ni+ht4 they saw

her han5erin+ up their Windward =ow4 which confir7ed the Sailors pinion4 that she would atte7pt to

board the74 as she did at the pretended #han+e of the Watch? there bein+ little or no Wind4 she lashed to

the =ow"Sprit of the /ictoire/ and enter<d her &en4 who were very Cuietly ta5en4 as they enter<d and

tu7bled down the ,orehatch4 where they were received by others4 and bound without Noise4 not one of

the $rivateers 5illed4 few hurt4 and only one /,rench7an/ wounded8 The /ictoire/ the better $art of

the Sloop<s &en secured4 they boarded in their Turn4 when the $rivateer<s suspectin+ so7e Strata+e74

were endeavourin+ to cut their Lashin+ and +et off:

Thus the n+lish7an cau+ht a Tartar8 The $risoners bein+ all secured4 the #aptain char+ed his &en notto discover4 thro< a Desire of au+7entin+ their Nu7ber4 the Account they were upon8

The ne@t &ornin+ &onsieur /&isson/ called for the #aptain of the $rivateer4 he told hi74 he could not

but allow hi7 a brave ,ellow4 to venture upon a Ship of his #ountenance4 and for that 'eason he should

7eet Treat7ent which &en of his $rofession seldo7 afforded the $risoners they 7ade8 0e as5ed hi7

how lon+ he had been out4 what was his Na7e4 and what he had on =oard 0e answered he was but >ust

co7e out4 that he was the first Sail he had 7et with4 and should have thou+ht hi7self alto+ether as luc5y

not to have spo5e with hi7< that his Na7e was /0arry 'a7sey/4 and what he had on =oard were 'a+s4

$owder4 =all4 and so7e few half Anchors of 'u78 /'a7sey/ was ordered into the Gun"'oo74 and a

#ouncil bein+ held in the public5 &anner aforesaid4 the =ul5 0ead of the +reat #abbin rowled up8 n

their #onclusion4 the #aptain of the $rivateer was called in a+ain4 when #aptain /&isson/ told hi74 he

would return hi7 his Sloop4 and restore hi7 and his &en to their Liberty4 without strippin+ or plunderin+ of any Thin+4 but what $rudence obli+ed hi7 to4 their A77unition and S7all"Ar7s4 if he

would +ive hi7 his Word and 0onour4 and his &en to ta5e an ath4 not to +o out on the $rivateer

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Account in si@ &onths after they left hi7: That he did not desi+n to continue that Station above a Wee5

lon+er4 at the @piration of which Ti7e he would let the7 +o8

/'a7sey/4 who had a new Sloop4 did not e@pect this ,avour4 which he than5ed hi7 for4 and pro7ised

punctually to co7ply with the %n>unction4 which his &en as readily swore to4 tho< they had no Desi+n to

5eep the ath8 The Ti7e bein+ e@pired4 he and his &en were put on =oard their own Sloop8 At +oin+

over the Ship<s Side /'a7sey/ be++<d &onsieur /&isson/ would allow hi7 $owder for a salute4 by way

of Than5s? but he answered hi74 the #ere7ony was needless4 and he e@pected no other 'eturn than thatof 5eepin+ his Word4 which indeed /'a7sey/ did8 So7e of his &en had found it 7ore to their

Advanta+e to have been as reli+ious8

At partin+ 'a7sey +ave the Ship three #hears4 and /&isson/ had the #o7plaisance to return one4 which

/'a7sey/ answerin+ with three 7ore4 7ade the best of his Way for /Ja7aica/4 and at the ast nd of

the %sland 7et with the /Diana/4 who4 upon Advice4 turn<d bac58

The /ictoire/ steer<d for /#artha+ene/4 off which $ort they cruised so7e Days4 but 7eetin+ with

nothin+ in the Seas4 they 7ade for /$orto =ello/? in their Way they 7et with two /Dutch/ Traders4 who

had Letters of &art4 and were >ust co7e upon the #oast4 the one had 3*4 the other 3E Guns? /&isson/

en+a+ed the74 and they defended the7selves with a +reat Deal of 'esolution and Gallantry? and as they

were 7ann<d a $ea54 he darst not venture to board either of the74 for fear of bein+ at the sa7e Ti7e

boarded by the other8 0is Wei+ht of &ettal +ave hi7 a +reat Advanta+e over the /Dutch/4 thou+h theywere two to one? besides4 their =usiness4 as they had #ar+oes4 was to +et off4 if possible4 wherefore they

7ade a runnin+ ,i+ht4 thou+h they too5 #are to stic5 close to one another8

They 7aintained the ,i+ht for above si@ 0ours4 when /&isson/4 enra+ed at this bstinacy4 and fearin+4

if by Accident they should brin+ a &ast4 or Top"&ast4 by the board4 they would +et fro7 hi78 0e was

resolved to sin5 the lar+er Ship of the two4 and accordin+ly ordered his &en to brin+ all their Guns to

bear a &idship4 then runnin+ close alon+ Side of hi74 to raise their &ettal? his rders bein+ punctually

obey<d4 he pour<d in a =road Side4 which open<d such a Gap in the /Dutch/ Ship4 that she went directly

to the =otto74 and every &an perish<d8

0e then 7ann<d his =owsprit4 brou+ht his Sprit"sail Fard fore and aft4 and resolved to board the other4

which the /Dutch/ perceivin+4 and terrified with the unhappy ,ate of their #o7rade4 thou+ht a farther

'esistance vain4 and i77ediately struc58 /&isson/ +ave the7 +ood Iuarters4 thou+h he was enra+ed at

the Loss of )2 &en 5illed outri+ht4 beside 1 wounded4 of which H died8 They found on board a +reat

Iuantity of Gold and Silver Lace4 brocade Sil5s4 Sil5 Stoc5in+s4 =ails of =road" #loath4 ba.es of all

#olours4 and /snabru+hs/8

A #onsultation bein+ held4 it was resolved #aptain /&isson/ should ta5e the Na7e of /,ourbin/4 and

returnin+ to /#artha+ene/4 dispose of his $ri.e4 and set his $risoners ashoar8 Accordin+ly they ply<d to

the astward4 and ca7e to an Anchor between /=oca #hieca/ ,ort4 and the Town4 for they did not thin5

it e@pedient to enter the 0arbour8 The =ar+e was 7anned4 and /#araccioli/4 with the Na7e of

/D<Aubi+ny/4 the first lieutenant4 who was 5illed in the n+a+e7ent with the /Winchelsea/4 and his

#o77ission in his $oc5et4 went ashore with a Letter to the Governor4 si+n<d /,ourbin/4 whose

#haracter4 for fear of the worst4 was e@actly counterfeited8 The $urport of his Letter was4 that havin+discretionary rders to crui.e for three &onths4 and hearin+ the /n+lish/ infested his #oast4 he was

co7e in search of <e74 and had 7et two /Dutch/ &en4 one of which he had sun54 the other he 7ade

$ri.e of8 That his li7ited Ti7e bein+ near e@pired4 he should be obli+ed to his @cellency4 if he would

send on board hi7 such &erchants as were willin+ to ta5e the Ship and #ar+oe off his 0ands4 of which

he had lent the /Dutch/ %nvoice8 Don /Joseph de la Merda/4 the then Governor4 received the Lieutenant

(who sent bac5 the =ar+e at landin+! very civilly4 and a+reed to ta5e the $risoners ashoar4 and do every

Thin+ was reCuired of hi7? and orderin+ fresh $rovisions and Salladin+ to be +ot ready as a $resent for

the #aptain4 he sent for so7e &erchants who were very ready to +o on board4 and a+ree for the Ship and

Goods? which they did4 for two and fifty thousand $ieces of i+ht8 The ne@t Day the $risoners were set

ashoar? a rich $iece of =rocade which was reserv<d4 sent to the Governor for a $resent4 a Iuantity of

fresh $rovision bou+ht and brou+ht on board4 the &oney paid by the &erchants4 the Ship and Goodsdeliver<d4 and the /ictoire/4 at the Dawn of the followin+ Day4 +ot under Sail8 %t 7ay be wonder<d how

such Dispatch could be 7ade4 but the 'eader 7ust ta5e Notice4 these Goods were sold by the /Dutch/

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%nvoice4 which the &erchant of the $ri.e affir7ed was +enuine8 % shall observe4 by the by4 that the

/ictoire/ was the /,rench/ &an of War which Ad7iral /Wa+er/ sent the /6in+ston/ in search of4 and

bein+ afterwards falsly infor7<d4 that she was >oin<d by another of seventy Guns? and that they crui.<d

to+ether between the #apes4 order<d the /Severn/ up to Windward4 to assist the /6in+ston/4 which had

li5e to have prov<d very fatal? for these two /n+lish/ &en of War4 co77anded by #aptain /Trevor/

and #aptain /$adnor/4 7eetin+ in the Ni+ht4 had prepared to en+a+e4 each ta5in+ the other for the

ne7y8 The /6in+ston<s/ &en not havin+ a +ood Loo5"out4 which 7ust be attributed to the Ne+li+enceof the fficer of the Watch4 did not see the /Severn/ till she was >ust upon the7? but4 by +ood Luc54 to

Leeward4 and plyin+ up4 with all the Sail she could crowd4 and a clear Ship8 This put the /6in+ston/ in

such #onfusion4 that when the /Severn/ hal<d4 no answer was retun<d4 for none heard her8 She was +ot

under the /6in+ston<s/ Stern4 and #aptain /$adnor/ ordered to hale for the third and last Ti7e4 and if no

answer was return<d4 to +ive her a =roadside8 The Noise onboard the /6in+ston/ was now a little ceas<d4

and #aptain Trevor4 who was on the poop with a spea5in+ Tru7pet to hale the /Severn/4 by +ood Luc5

heard her hale hi74 answerin+ the /6in+ston/4 and as5in+ the Na7e of the other ship4 prevented the

Da7a+e8

They cruised to+ether so7e ti7e4 and 7eetin+ nothin+ which answer<d their %nfor7ation4 return<d to

/Ja7aica/4 as % shall to 7y Sub>ect4 be++in+ $ardon for this4 as % thou+ht4 necessary Di+ression8

Don /Juan de la Mevda/ told the #aptain in a Letter4 that the St8 /Joseph/4 a Gallion of seventy Guns4was then lyin+ at /$ort a =ello/4 and should be +lad he could 5eep her #o7pany till she was off the

#oast8 That she would sail in ei+ht or ten Days for the /0avana/? and that4 if his Ti7e would per7it

hi74 he would send an Advice"=oat8 That she had on board the alue of **4*** $ieces of i+ht in

Silver and =ar Gold8 /&isson/ return<d Answer4 that he believ<d he should be e@cus<d if he stretched his

rders4 for a few Days? and that he would crui.e off the %sle of /$earls/4 and #ape /Gratias a Dios/4 and

+ive for Si+nal to the Gallion4 his spreadin+ a white nsi+n in his ,ore"Top"&ast Shrouds4 the cluin+ up

his ,ore"sail4 and the firin+ one Gun to Windward4 and two to Leeward4 which he should answer by

lettin+ run and hoistin+ his ,ore" Top"Sail three ti7es4 and the firin+ as 7any Guns to Leeward8 Don

/Joseph/4 e@trea7ly pleased with this #o7plaisance4 sent a =oat e@press to advise the St8 /Joseph/4 but

she was already sailed two Days4 contrary to the Governor of /#artha+ene<s/ @pectation4 and4 this

Advice #aptain /&isson/ had fro7 the =oat4 which returnin+ with an Answer4 saw the /ictoire/ in the

ffin4 and spo5e to her8 %t was then resolved to follow the /St8 Joseph/4 and accordin+ly they steer<d for

the /0avanna/4 but by what Accident they did not overta5e her is un5nown8

% for+ot to tell 7y 'eader4 on =oard the /Dutch/ Ship were fourteen /,rench/ 0u+onots4 who7

/&isson/ thou+ht fit to detain4 when they were at Sea8 /&isson/ called <e7 up4 and proposed to <e7

their ta5in+ on? tellin+ the7 at the sa7e Ti7e4 he left it to their #hoice4 for he would have no forc<d

&en? and that if they all4 or any of the74 disapproved the $roposal4 he would either +ive <e7 the first

essel he 7et that was fit for <e74 or set <e7 ashoar on so7e inhabited #oast? and therefore bid <e7 ta5e

two Days for #onsideration before they returned an Answer? and4 to encoura+e <e74 he called all 0ands

up4 and declar<d4 that if any &an repented hi7 of the #ourse of Life he had chosen4 his >ust Dividend

should be counted to hi74 and he would set hi7 on Shoar4 either near the /0avanna/4 or so7e otherconvenient $lace? but not one accepted the ffer4 and the fourteen $risoners unani7ously resolved to

>oin in with <e7? to which 'esolution4 no doubt4 the 0opes of a +ood =ooty fro7 the /St8 Joseph/4 and

this ffer of Liberty +reatly contributed8

At the ntrance of the Gulph they spied and ca7e with a lar+e &erchant Ship bound for /London/ fro7

/Ja7aica/? she had 3* Guns4 but no 7ore than 23 0ands4 that its not to be wonder<d at she 7ade no

'esistance4 besides4 she was deep laden with Su+ars8 &onsieur /&isson/ too5 out of her what

A77unition she had4 about four thousand $ieces of i+ht4 so7e $uncheons of 'u74 and ten 0o+sheads

of Su+ar? and4 without doin+ her any further Da7a+e4 let her proceed her oya+e8 What he valued 7ost

in this $ri.e was the &en he +ot4 for she was carryin+ to /urope/ twelve /,rench/ $risoners4 two of

which were necessary 0ands4 bein+ a #arpenter and his &ate8 They were of /=ourdeau@/4 fro7 whence

they ca7e with the /$o7echatraine/4 which was ta5en by the /&are7aid/ off /$etit Guavers/4 after anobstinate 'esistance4 in which they lost forty &en? but they were of pinion the /&are7aid/ could not

have ta5en <e74 havin+ but four Guns less than she had4 which was 7ade a7ends for4 by their havin+

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about thirty 0ands8 n the contrary4 had not the /Guernsey/ co7e up4 they thou+ht of boardin+ and

carryin+ the /&are7aid/8 These &en very willin+ly ca7e into #aptain /&isson<s/ &easures8

These &en4 who had been stripp<d to the S5in4 be++<d Leave to 7a5e 'eprisals4 but the #aptain would

not suffer the74 thou+h he told the &aster of the $ri.e4 as he protected hi7 and his &en4 he thou+ht it

reasonable these /,rench/ should be cloathed: -pon this the &aster contributed of his own4 and every

&an brin+in+ up his #hest4 thou+ht the7selves very well off in sharin+ with the7 one half8

Thou+h /&isson<s/ Ship pass<d for a /,rench/ &an of War4 yet his Generosity in lettin+ the $ri.e +o4+ave the /n+lish/ Grounds to suspect the Truth4 neither the Ship nor #ar+oe bein+ of -se to such as

were upon the +rand Account8

When they had lost all 0opes of the St8 /Joseph/4 they coasted alon+ the North"Side of /#uba/4 and the

/ictoire/ +rowin+ now foul4 they ran into a Landloc5<d =ay on the ast North"ast $oint4 where they

hove her down by =oats and Guns4 thou+h they could not pretend to heave her 6eel out? however4 they

scraped and tallowed as far as they could +o? they4 for this 'eason4 7any of the7 repented they had let

the last $ri.e +o4 by which they 7i+ht have careened8

When they had ri+hted the Ship4 and put every Thin+ on =oard4 they consulted upon the #ourse they

should steer8 -pon this the #ouncil divided8 The #aptain and /#araccioli/ were for stretchin+ over to

the /African/4 and the others for the /New"n+land/ #oast4 alled+in+4 that the Ship had a foul =otto74

and was not fit for the oya+e? and that if they 7et with contrary Winds4 and bad Weather4 their Stoc5of $rovision 7i+ht fall short? and that as they were not far fro7 the /n+lish/ Settle7ent of /#arolina/4

they 7i+ht either on that or the #oast of /ir+inia4 &aryland4 $ensylvania4 New"For5/4 or /New"

n+land/4 intercept ships which traded to the %slands with $rovisions4 and by that &eans provide

the7selves with =read4 ,lower4 and other Necessaries8 An Account of the $rovisions were ta5en4 and

findin+ they had $rovisions for four &onths8 #aptain /&isson/ called all 0ands upon Dec54 and told

the74 as the #ouncil differed in the #ourse they should steer4 he thou+ht it reasonable to have it put to

the ote of the whole #o7pany8 That for his $art4 he was for +oin+ to the #oast of /Guiney/4 where

they 7i+ht reasonably e@pect to 7eet with valuable $ri.es? but should they fail in their @pectation one

Way4 they would be sure of havin+ it answered another? for they could then throw the7selves in that of

the /ast" %ndia/ Ships4 and he need not tell the74 that the outward bound dreined /urope/ of what

&oney they drew fro7 A7erica8 0e then +ave the Senti7ents of those who were a+ainst hi74 and their

'easons4 and be++<d that every one would +ive his pinion and ote accordin+ as he thou+ht 7ost

conducive to the Good of all8 That he should be far fro7 ta5in+ it ill if they should re>ect what he had

proposed4 since he had no private iews to serve8 The &a>ority of otes fell on the #aptain<s Side4 and

they accordin+ly shaped their #ourse for the #oast of Guiney4 in which oya+e nothin+ re7ar5able

happened8 n their Arrival on the Gold"#oast4 they fell in with the /Nieuwstadt/ of /A7sterda7/4 a

Ship of ) Guns4 co77anded by #apt8 /=lacs/4 who 7ade a runnin+ ,i+ht of five Glasses: This Ship

they 5ept with the74 puttin+ on =oard E* 0ands4 and brin+in+ all the $risoners on =oard the /ictoire/4

they were ,orty three in Nu7ber4 they left /A7sterda7/ with ,ifty si@4 seven were 5illed in the

n+a+e7ent4 and they had lost si@ by Sic5ness and Accidents4 one fallin+ overboard4 and one bein+

ta5en by a Shar5 +oin+ overboard in a #al78The /Nieuwstadt/ had so7e Gold"Dust on =oard4 to the alue of about 3*** l8 Sterlin+4 and a few

Slaves to the Nu7ber of Seventeen4 for she had but be+un to Trade? the Slaves were a stren+thenin+ of

their 0ands4 for the #aptain order<d the7 to be cloathed out of Dutch &ariners #hests4 and told his &en4

<That the Tradin+ for those of our own Species4 cou<d never be a+reeable to the yes of divine Justice:

That no &an had $ower or the Liberty of another? and while those who profess<d a 7ore enli+htened

6nowled+e of the Deity4 sold &en li5e =easts? they prov<d that their 'eli+ion was no 7ore than

Gri7ace4 and that they differ<d fro7 the /=arbarians/ in Na7e only4 since their $ractice was in nothin+

7ore hu7ane: ,or his $art4 and he hop<d4 he spo5e the Senti7ents of all his brave #o7panions4 he had

not e@e7pted his Nec5 fro7 the +allin+ Foa5 of Slavery4 and asserted his own Liberty4 to enslave

others8 That however4 these &en were distin+uish<d fro7 the /uropeans/ by their #olour4 #usto7s4 or

reli+ious 'ites4 they were the Wor5 of the sa7e o7nipotent =ein+4 and endued with eCual 'eason:Wherefore4 he desired they 7i+ht be treated li5e ,ree7en (for he wou<d banish even the Na7e of

Slavery fro7 a7on+ the7!< and divided into &esses a7on+ the74 to the nd they 7i+ht the sooner learn

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their Lan+ua+e4 be sensible of the bli+ation they had to the74 and 7ore capable and .ealous to defend

that Liberty they owed to their Justice and 0u7anity8

This Speech of /&isson/<s was received with +eneral Applause4 and the Ship ran+ with /vive le

#apitain/ &isson8 Lon+ live #apt8 /&isson/8""The Ne+roes were divided a7on+ the /,rench/4 one to a

&ess4 who4 by their Gesticulations4 shew<d they were +ratefully sensible of their bein+ delivered fro7

their #hains8 Their Ship +rowin+ very foul4 and +oin+ heavily throu+h the Water4 they run into the 'iver

of /La+oa/4 where they hove her down4 ta5in+ out such $lan5s as had suffer<d 7ost by the Wor7s4 andsubstitutin+ new in their 'oo78

After this they careened the $ri.e4 and so put out to Sea4 steerin+ to the Southward4 and 5eepin+ alon+

the #oast4 but 7et with Nothin+8 All this while4 the +reatest Decoru7 and 'e+ularity was observed on

=oard the /ictoire/? but the /Dutch/ $risoners @a7ple be+an to lead <e7 into Swearin+ and

Drun5enness4 which the #aptain re7ar5in+4 thou+ht it was best to nip these ices in the =ud? and

callin+ both the /,rench/ and /Dutch/ upon Dec54 he address<d hi7self to the for7er4 desirin+ their

#aptain4 who spo5e ,rench e@cellently well4 to interpret what he said to those who did not understand

hi78 0e told the74 <before he had the &isfortune of havin+ the7 on =oard4 his ars were never +rated

with hearin+ the Na7e of the +reat #reator prophaned4 tho< he4 to his Sorrow4 had often since heard his

own &en +uilty of that Sin4 which ad7inister<d neither $rofit nor $leasure4 and 7i+ht draw upon the7 a

severe $unish7ent: That if they had a >ust %dea of that +reat =ein+4 they wou<d never 7ention hi74 butthey wou<d i77ediately reflect on his $urity and their own ileness8 That we so easily too5 %7pression

fro7 our #o7pany4 that the /Spanish/ $roverb says4 /let a 0er7it and a Thief live to+ether4 the Thief

wou<d beco7e 0er7it4 or the 0er7it Thief/: That he saw this verified in his Ship4 for he cou<d attribute

the aths and #urses he had heard a7on+ his brave #o7panions4 to nothin+ but the odious @a7ple of

the /Dutch/: That this was not the only ice they had introduced4 for before they were on =oard4 his

&en were &en4 but he found by their beastly $attern they were de+enerated into =rutes4 by drownin+

that only ,aculty4 which distin+uishes between &an and =east4 /'eason/8 That as he had the 0onour to

co77and the74 he could not see the7 run into these odious ices without4 a sincere #oncern4 as he had

a paternal Affection for the7? and he should reproach hi7self as ne+lectful of the co77on Good4 if he

did not ad7onish the7? and as by the $ost which they had honour<d hi74 he was obli+ed to have a

watchful ye over their +eneral %nterest? he was obli+ed to tell the7 his Senti7ents were4 that the

/Dutch/ allured the7 to a dissolute Way of Life4 that they 7i+ht ta5e so7e Advanta+e over the7:

Wherefore4 as his brave #o7panions4 he was assured4 wou<d be +uided by 'eason4 he +ave the /Dutch/

Notice4 that the first who7 he catch<d either with an ath in his &outh or LiCuor in his 0ead4 should be

brou+ht to the Geers4 whipped and pic5led4 for an @a7ple to the rest of his Nation: As to his ,riends4

his #o7panions4 his #hildren4 those +allant4 those +enerous4 noble4 and heroic5 Souls he had the 0onour

to co77and4 he entreated the7 to allow a s7all Ti7e for 'eflection4 and to consider how little $leasure

sure4 and how 7uch Dan+er4 7i+ht flow fro7 i7itatin+ the ices of their ne7ies? and that they would

a7on+ the7selves4 7a5e a Law for the Suppression of what would otherwise estran+e the7 fro7 the

Source of Life4 and conseCuently leave the7 destitute of his $rotection8<

%t is not to be i7a+ined what fficacy this Speech had on both Nations: The /Dutch/ +rew continent in,ear of $unish7ent4 and the /,rench/ in ,ear of bein+ reproach<d by their +ood #aptain4 for they never

7entioned hi7 without this pithet8 -pon the #oast of /An+ola/4 they 7et with a second Dutch Ship4

the #ar+o of which consisted of Sil5 and Woolen Stuffs4 #loath4 Lace4 Wine4 =randy4 yl4 Spice4 and

hard Ware? the $ri.e +ave #hase and en+a+ed her4 but upon the co7in+ up of the /ictoire/ she struc58

This Ship opportunely ca7e in their Way4 and +ave full 7ploy to the Taylors4 who were on =oard4 for

the whole #rew be+an to be out at lbows: They plundered her of what was of -se to their own Ship4

and then sun5 her8

The #aptain havin+ about ninety $risoners on =oard4 proposed the +ivin+ the7 the $ri.e4 with what was

necessary for their oya+e4 and sendin+ the7 away? which bein+ a+reed to4 they shifted her

A77unition on =oard the /ictoire/4 and +ivin+ the7 $rovision to carry the7 to the Settle7ents the

Dutch have on the #oast4 /&isson/ called the7 up4 told the7 what was his Desi+n4 and as5<d if any ofthe7 was willin+ to share his ,ortune: leven /Dutch/ ca7e into hi74 two of which were Sail" 7a5ers4

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one an Ar7ourer4 and one a #arpenter4 necessary 0ands? the rest he let +o4 not a little surprised at the

'e+ularity4 TranCuillity4 and 0u7anity4 which they found a7on+ these new fashioned $yrates8

They had now run the Len+th of /Soldinia/ =ay about ten Lea+ues to the Northward of /Table/ =ay8

As here is +ood Water4 safe 'idin+4 plenty of ,ish and fresh $rovision4 to be +ot of the Natives for the

&erchandi.e they had on =oard4 it was resolved to stay here so7e little Ti7e for 'efresh7ents8 When

they had the =ay open4 they spied a tall Ship4 which instantly +ot under sail4 and hove out /n+lish/

#olours8 The /ictoire/ 7ade a clear Ship4 and hove out her /,rench/ nsi+n4 and a s7art n+a+e7ent be+an8 /The n+lish/ was a new Ship built for E* Guns4 thou+h she had but 23 7ounted4 and 1* 0ands8

/&isson/ +ave rders for boardin+4 and his Nu7ber of fresh &en he constantly poured in4 after an

obstinate Dispute obli+ed the /n+lish/ to fly the Dec5s4 and leave the /,rench/ &asters of their Ship4

who pro7ised4 and +ave the74 +ood Iuarters4 and stripp<d not a &an8

They found on =oard the $ri.e so7e =ales of /n+lish/ =road"#loath4 and about H**** l8 in /n+lish/

#rown $ieces4 and /Spanish/ $ieces of i+ht8 The /n+lish/ #aptain was 5illed in the n+a+e7ent4 and

)E of his &en: The /,rench/ lost )34 which was no s7all &ortification4 but did not4 however provo5e

the7 to use their $risoners harshly8 #aptain /&isson/ was sorry for the Death of the #o77ander4

who7 he buried on the Shoar4 and one of his &en bein+ a Stone"#utter4 he raised a Stone over his Grave

with these Words4 /%cy +ist un brave An+lois/4 0ere lies a +allant /n+lish/ &an? when he was buried

he 7ade a tripple Dischar+e of * s7all Ar7s4 and fired &inute Guns8The /n+lish/4 5nowin+ whose 0ands they were fallen into4 char7<d with /&isson/<s 0u7anity4 2* of

the74 in 2 Days Space4 desired to ta5e on with hi78 0e accepted <e74 but at the sa7e Ti7e +ave <e7 to

understand4 that in ta5in+ on with hi7 they were not to e@pect they should be indul+ed in a dissolute and

i77oral Life8 0e now divided his #o7pany between the two Ships4 and 7ade /#araccioli/ #aptain of

the $ri.e4 +ivin+ hi7 fficers chosen by the public5 Suffra+e8 The )9 Ne+roes be+an to understand a

little /,rench/4 and to be useful 0ands4 and in less than a &onth all the /n+lish/ $risoners ca7e over

to hi74 e@cept their fficers8

0e had two Ships well 7ann<d with resolute ,ellows? they now doubled the #ape4 and 7ade the South

nd of /&ada+ascar/4 and one of the /n+lish/ &en tellin+ #aptain /&isson/4 that the /uropean/

Ships bound for /Surat/ co77only touch<d at the %sland of /Johanna/4 he sent for #aptain /#aracciola/

on =oard4 and it was a+reed to cruise off that %sland8 They accordin+ly sailed on the West"Side of

/&ada+ascar/ and off the =ay /de Die+o/8 About half Seas over between that =ay and the %sland of

/Johanna/4 they ca7e up with an /n+lish ast"%ndia/ &an4 which 7ade Si+nals of Distress as soon as

she spy<d /&isson/ and his $ri.e? they found her sin5in+ by an une@pected Lea54 and too5 all her &en

on =oard4 thou+h they could +et little out of her before she went down8 The /n+lish/4 who were thus

7iraculously saved fro7 perishin+4 desired to be set on Shoar at /Johanna/4 where they hop<d to 7eet

with either a /Dutch/ or /n+lish/ Ship in a little Ti7e4 and the 7ean while they were sure of 'elief8

They arrived at Johanna4 and were 5indly received by the Iueen"'e+ent and her =rother4 on account of

the /n+lish/ on the one 0and4 and of their Stren+th on the other4 which the Iueen<s =rother4 who had

the Ad7inistration of Affairs4 was not able to 7a5e 0ead a+ainst4 and hoped they 7i+ht assist hi7

a+ainst the 6in+ of /&ohila/4 who threaten<d hi7 with a isit8This is an %sland which is conti+uous4 in a 7anner4 to /Johanna/4 and lies about N8 W8 and by N8 fro7 it8

/#araccioli/ told /&isson/ he 7i+ht 7a5e his Advanta+e in widenin+ the =reach between these two

little &onarchies4 and4 by offerin+ his Assistance to that of /Johanna/4 in a 7anner rule both4 ,or these

would count hi7 as their $rotector4 and those co7e to any Ter7s to buy his ,riendship4 by which &eans

he would hold the =allance of $ower between the78 0e followed this Advice4 and offered his ,riendship

and Assistance to the Iueen4 who very readily e7braced it8

% 7ust advise the 'eader4 that 7any of this %sland spea5 /n+lish/4 and that the /n+lish/ &en who

were of /&isson<s/ #rew4 and his %nterpreters4 told the74 their #aptain4 thou+h not an /n+lish7an/4

was their ,riend and Ally4 and a ,riend and =rother to the /Johanna/ &en4 for they estee7 the

/n+lish/ beyond all other Nations8

They were supplied by the Iueen with all Necessaries of Life4 and /&isson/ 7arried her Sister4 as /#araccioli/ did the Dau+hter of her =rother4 whose Ar7ory4 which consisted before of no 7ore than

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two rusty ,ire"Loc5s4 and three $istols4 he furnish<d with thirty ,u.ils4 as 7any $air of $istols4 and +ave

hi7 two =arrels of $owder4 and four of =all8

Several of his &en too5 Wives4 and so7e reCuited their Share of the $ri.es4 which was >ustly +iven

the74 they desi+nin+ to settle in this %sland4 but the Nu7ber of these did not e@ceed ten4 which Loss was

repaired by thirty of the #rew (they had saved fro7 perishin+! co7in+ in to hi78

While they past their Ti7e in all 7anner of Diversions the $lace would afford the74 as huntin+4 feastin+4

and visitin+ the %sland4 the 6in+ of /&ohila/ 7ade a Descent4 and alar7<d the whole #ountry8 /&isson/advised the Iueen<s =rother not to +ive hi7 any %7pedi7ent4 but let hi7 +et into the 0eart of the %sland4

and he would ta5e #are to intercept their 'eturn? but the $rince answered4 should he follow his Advice

the ne7y would do hi7 and the Sub>ects an irreparable Da7a+e4 in destroyin+ the #ocoa Wal5s4 and

for that 'eason he 7ust endeavour to stop his $ro+ress8 -pon this Answer he as5ed the /n+lish/ who

were not under his #o77and4 if they were willin+ to >oin hi7 in repellin+ the ne7ies of their co77on

0ost4 and one and all consentin+4 he +ave the7 Ar7s4 and 7i@ed the7 with his own &en4 and about the

sa7e Nu7ber of /Johannians/4 under the #o77and of /#araccioli/ and the Iueen<s =rother4 and

ar7in+ out all his =oats4 he went hi7self to the Westward of the %sland4 where they 7ade their Descent8

The $arty which went by Land4 fell in with4 and beat the /&ohilians/ with +reat ase4 who were in the

+reatest #onsternation4 to find their 'etreat cut off by /&isson/<s =oats8 The /Johannians/4 who7 they

had often 7olested4 were so enra+ed4 that they +ave Iuarter to none4 and out of 2** who 7ade theDescent4 if /&isson/ and /#araccioli/ had not interposed4 not a Soul had escaped? ))2 were ta5en

$risoners by his &en4 and carried on =oard his Ships8 These he sent fate to /&ohila/4 with a &essa+e to

the 6in+4 to desire he would 7a5e $eace with his ,riend and Ally the 6in+ of /Johanna/? but that

$rince4 little affected with the Service done hi7 in the $reservation of his Sub>ects4 sent hi7 Word he

too5 Laws fro7 none4 and 5new when to 7a5e War and $eace without his Advice4 which he neither

as5ed nor wanted8 /&isson/4 irritated by this rude Answer4 resolved to transfer the War into his own

#ountry4 and accordin+ly set sail for /&ohila/4 with about )** /Johanna/ &en8 The Shoar4 on Si+ht of

the Ships4 was filled with &en to hinder a Descent if intended4 but the +reat Guns soon dispersed this

'abble4 and under their #over he landed the /Johannians/4 and an eCual Nu7ber of /,rench/ and

/n+lish/8 They were 7et by about 9** /&ohilians/4 who pretended to stop their $assa+e4 but their

Darts and Arrows were of little avail a+ainst /&isson/<s ,u.ils? the first Dischar+e 7ade a +reat

Slau+hter4 and about 3* Shells which were thrown a7on+ the74 put the7 to a confus<d ,li+ht8 The $arty

of /uropeans/ and /Johannians/ then 7arched to their &etropolis4 without 'esistance4 which they

reduced to Ashes4 and the /Johannians/ cut down all the #ocoa Wal5s that they could for the Ti7e4 for

towards venin+ they returned to their Ships4 and stood off to Sea8

At their 'eturn to /Johanna/ the Iueen 7ade a ,estival4 and 7a+nified the =ravery and Service of her

Guests4 ,riends4 and Allies8 This ,east lasted four Days4 at the @piration of which Ti7e the Iueen<s

=rother proposed to #aptain /&isson/ the 7a5in+ another Descent4 in which he would +o in $erson4

and did not doubt sub>ectin+ the /&ohilians/? but this was not the Desi+n of /&isson/4 who had

Thou+hts of fi@in+ a 'etreat on the North West Side of /&ada+ascar/4 and loo5<d upon the ,euds

between these two %slands advanta+eous to his iews4 and therefore no way his %nterest to suffer the oneto overco7e the other? for while the ariance was 5ept up4 and their ,orces pretty 7uch upon a Level4 it

was evident their %nterest would 7a5e both Sides caress hi7? he therefore answer<d4 that they ou+ht to

deliberate on the #onseCuences4 for they 7i+ht be deceived in their 0opes4 and find the #onCuest less

easy than they i7a+ined8 That the 6in+ of /&ohilia/ would be 7ore upon his Guard4 and not only

intrench hi7self4 but +all the7 with freCuent A7buscades4 by which they 7ust inevitably lose a Nu7ber

of &en? and4 if they were forced to retire with Loss4 raise the #oura+e of the /&ohilians/4 and 7a5e

the7 irreconcilable ne7ies to the /Johannians/4 and intirely deprive hi7 of the Advanta+es with which

he 7i+ht now 7a5e a $eace4 havin+ twice defeated the7: That he could not be always with the74 and at

his leavin+ /Johanna/ he 7i+ht e@pect the 6in+ of /&ohilia/ would endeavour to ta5e a bloody

'even+e for the late Da7a+es8 The Iueen +ave intirely into /&isson<s/ Senti7ents8

While this was in A+itation four /&ohilians/ arrived as A7bassadors to propose a $eace8 They findin+the /Johannians/ upon hi+h Ter7s4 one of the7 spo5e to this $urpose? ye Johannians4 /do not

conclude fro7 your late Success4 that ,ortune will be always favourable? she will not always +ive you

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the $rotection of the/ uropeans4 /and without their 0elp its possible you 7i+ht now sue for a $eace4

which you see7 averse to8 'e7e7ber the Sun rises4 co7es to its &eridian 0ei+ht4 and stays not there4

but declines in a &o7ent8 Let this ad7onish you to reflect on the constant 'evolution of all sublunary

Affairs4 and the +reater is your Glory4 the nearer you are to your Declension8 We are tau+ht by every

Thin+ we see4 that there is no Stability in the World4 but Nature is in continual &ove7ent8 The Sea4

which o<er flows the Sands has its =ounds set4 which it cannot pass4 which the &o7ent it has reached4

without abidin+4 returns bac5 to the =otto7 of the Deep8 very 0erb4 every Shrub and Tree4 and evenour own =odies4 teach us this Lesson4 that nothin+ is durable4 or can be counted upon8 Ti7e passes away

insensibly4 one Sun follows another4 and brin+s its #han+es with it8 To"Day<s Globe of Li+ht sees you

stren+thened by these/ uropeans /elate with victory4 and we4 who have been used to conCuer you4

co7e to as5 a $eace8 To &orrow<s Sun 7ay see you deprived of your present Succours4 and the/

Johannians /petitionin+ us? as therefore we cannot say what to &orrow 7ay brin+ forth4 it would be

unwise on uncertain 0opes to fore+o a certain Advanta+e4 as surely $eace ou+ht to be estee7<d by every

wise &an/8

0avin+ said this4 the A7bassadors withdrew4 and were treated by the Iueen<s rders8 After the #ouncil

had concluded4 they were a+ain call<d upon4 and the Iueen told the74 that by the Advice of her +ood

,riends4 the /uropeans/4 and those of her #ouncil4 she a+reed to 7a5e a $eace4 which she wish<d 7i+ht

banish all &e7ory of for7er %n>uries That they 7ust own the War was be+un by the74 and that she wasfar fro7 bein+ the A+ressor? she only defended her self in her own 6in+do74 which they had often

invaded4 thou+h4 till within few Days4 she had never 7olested their #oasts8 %f then they really desired to

live a7icably with her4 they 7ust resolve to send two of the 6in+<s #hildren4 and ten of the first

Nobility4 as 0osta+es4 that they 7i+ht4 when they pleased4 return4 for that was the only Ter7s on which

she would desist prosecutin+ the Advanta+es she now had4 with the ut7ost i+our8

The A7bassadors returned with this Answer4 and4 about ten Days after4 the two Ships appearin+ upon

their #oasts4 they sent off to +ive Notice4 that their 6in+ co7ply<d with the Ter7s proposed4 would send

the 0osta+es4 and desired a #essation of all 0ostility4 and4 at the sa7e Ti7e4 invited the #o77anders on

Shoar8 The /Johanna/ &en on =oard disswaded their acceptin+ the %nvitation? but /&isson/ and

/#araccioli/4 fearin+ nothin+4 went4 but ar7<d their =oat<s #rew8 They were received by the 6in+ with

De7onstrations of ,riendship4 and they dined with hi7 under a Ta7erane Tree? but when they parted

fro7 hi74 and were returnin+ to their =oats4 they were inclosed by4 at least4 )** of the /&ohilians/4

who set upon the7 with the ut7ost ,ury4 and4 in the first ,li+ht of Arrows4 wounded both the #aptains4

and 5illed four of their =oat<s #rew of ei+ht4 who were with the7? they4 in return4 dischar+ed their

$istols with so7e @ecution4 and fell in with their #utlasses? but all their =ravery would have stood

the7 in little Stead4 had not the 'eport of their $istols alar7<d and brou+ht the rest of their ,riends to

their Assistance4 who too5 their ,u.ils4 and co7in+ up while they were en+a+ed4 dischar+ed a olley on

the =ac5 of the Assailants4 which laid twelve of the7 dead on the Spot8 The Ships hearin+ this ,ire4 sent

i77ediately the Fawls and Lon+"=oats well 7ann<d8 Thou+h the %slanders were a little da7p<d in their

#oura+e by this ,ire of the =oats #rew4 yet they did not +ive over the ,i+ht4 and one of the7 desperately

threw hi7self upon /#araccioli/4 and +ave hi7 a deep Wound in his Side4 with a lon+ 6nife4 but he paidfor the 'ashness of the Atte7pt with his Life4 one of the #rew cleavin+ his S5ull8 The Fawls and Lon+"

=oats now arrived4 and bein+ +uided by the Noise4 reinforced their #o7panions4 put the Traytors to

,li+ht4 and brou+ht off their dead and wounded8 The /uropeans/ lost by this Treachery seven slain

outri+ht4 and ei+ht wounded4 si@ of which recovered8

The #rew were resolved to reven+e the =lood of their fficers and #o7rades the ne@t Day4 and were

accordin+ly on the $oint of Landin+4 when two #anoes ca7e off with two &en bound4 the pretended

Authors of this Treason4 without the 6in+<s 6nowled+e4 who had sent <e7 that they 7i+ht receive the

$unish7ent due to their illany8 The /Johanna/ &en on =oard were call<d for %nterpreters4 who havin+

+iven this Account4 added4 that the 6in+ only sacrificed these &en4 but that they should not believe hi74

for he certainly had +iven rders for assassinatin+ the /uropeans/? and the better Way was to 5ill all

the /&ohilians/ that ca7e in the #anoes as well as the two $risoners? +o bac5 to /Johanna/4 ta5e 7oreof their #ountry7en4 and +ive no $eace to Traytors? but /&isson/ was for no such violent &easures4 he

was averse to every Thin+ that bore the ,ace of #ruelty and thou+ht a bloody 'even+e4 if Necessity did

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not enforce it4 spo5e a +rovelin+ and ti7id Soul? he4 therefore4 sent those of the #anoes bac54 and bid

the7 tell their 6in+4 if before the venin+ he sent the 0osta+es a+reed upon4 he should +ive #redit to his

@cuse4 but if he did not4 he should believe hi7 the Author of the late vile Atte7pt on his Life8

The #anoes went off but returned not with an Answer4 wherefore4 he bid the /Johanna/ &en tell the two

$risoners that they should be set on Shore the ne@t &ornin+4 and order<d the7 to acCuaint their 6in+4 he

was no @ecutioner to put those to Death who7 he had conde7n<d4 but that he should find4 he 5new how

to reven+e hi7self of his Treason8 The $risoners bein+ unbound4 threw the7selves at his ,eet4 and be++<d that he would not send the7 ashore4 for they should be surely put to Death4 for the #ri7e they

had co77itted4 was4 the dissuadin+ the barbarous Action of which they were accused as Authors8

Ne@t Day the two Ships landed 3** &en4 under the #over of their #anon? but that $recaution of

brin+in+ their Ships close to the Shore they found needless? not a soul appearin+4 they 7arch<d two

Lea+ues up the #ountry4 when they saw a =ody of &en appear behind so7e Shrubs? /#araccioli<s/

Lieutenant4 who co77anded the ri+ht Win+4 with fifty &en 7ade up to the74 but found he had +ot

a7on+ $it ,alls artificially cover<d4 several of his &en fallin+ into the74 which 7ade hi7 halt4 and not

pursue those /&ohilians/ who 7ade a feint 'etreat to ensnare hi74 thin5in+ it dan+erous to proceed

farther? and seein+ no ne7y would face the74 they retired the sa7e Way they ca7e4 and +ettin+ into

their =oats4 went on =oard the Ships4 resolvin+ to return with a stron+ 'einforce7ent4 and 7a5e

Descents at one and the sa7e Ti7e in different $arts of the %sland8 They as5<d the two $risoners how the#ountry lay4 and what the Soil was on the North Side the %sland? and they answer<d it was 7orass4 and

the 7ost dan+erous $art to atte7pt4 it bein+ a $lace where they shelter on any i77inent Dan+er8

The Ships return<d to /Johanna/4 where the +reatest Tenderness and #are was shown for the 'ecovery

and #ure of the two #aptains and of their &en? they lay si@ Wee5s before they were able to wal5 the

Dec5s4 for neither of the7 would Cuit his Ship8 Their /Johanna/ Wives e@pressed a #oncern they did

not thin5 the7 capable of4 nay4 a Wife of one of the wounded &en who died4 stood so7e Ti7e loo5in+

upon the #orpse as 7otionless as a Statue4 then e7bracin+ it4 without sheddin+ a Tear4 desired she 7i+ht

ta5e it ashore to wash and bury it? and at the sa7e Ti7e4 by an %nterpreter4 and with a little &i@ture of

/uropean/ Lan+ua+e4 she had4 be++<d her late 0usband<s ,riends would ta5e their Leave of hi7 the

ne@t Day8

Accordin+ly a Nu7ber went ashore4 and carried with the7 the Dividend4 which fell to his Share4 which

the #aptain order<d to be +iven his Widow? when she saw the &oney4 she s7il<d4 and as5<d if all4 all that

was for her =ein+ answered in the affir7ative4 and what Good will all that shinin+ Dirt do 7e4 if %

could with it purchase the Life of 7y 0usband4 and call hi7 bac5 fro7 the Grave4 % would accept it with

$leasure4 but as it is not sufficient to allure hi7 bac5 to this World4 % have no -se for it? do with it what

you please8 Then she desired they would +o with her and perfor7 the last #ere7onies to her 0usband<s

dead =ody4 after their #ountry ,ashion4 least he should be displeased4 that she could not stay with the74

to be a Witness4 because she was in haste to +o and be 7arried a+ain8 She startled the /uropeans/ who

heard this latter $art of her Speech so dissonant fro7 the =e+innin+? however4 they followed her4 and

she led the7 into a $lantane Wal54 where they found a +reat 7any /Johanna/ &en and Wo7en4 sittin+

under the Shade of $lantanes4 round the #orpse4 which lay (as they all sate! on the Ground4 covered with,lowers8 She e7braced the7 round4 and then the /uropeans/4 one by one4 and after these #ere7onies4

she poured out a Nu7ber of bitter %7precations a+ainst the /&ohila/ &en4 whose Treachery had

dar5en<d her 0usband<s yes4 and 7ade hi7 insensible of her #aresses4 who was her first Love4 to who7

she had +iven her 0eart4 with her ir+inity8 She then proceeded in his $raises4 callin+ hi7 the Joy of

%nfants4 the Love of ir+ins4 the Deli+ht of the old4 and the Wonder of the youn+4 addin+4 he was stron+

and beautiful as the #edar4 brave as the =ull4 tender as the 6id4 and lovin+ as the Ground Turtle? havin+

finished this ration4 not unli5e those of the /'o7ans/4 which the nearest 'elation of the deceas<d used

to pronounce fro7 the 'ostru74 she laid her down by the Side of her 0usband4 e7bracin+ hi74 and

sittin+ up a+ain4 +ave herself a deep Wound under the left =reast with a =ayonet4 and fell dead on her

0usband<s #orpse8

The /uropeans/ were astonished at the Tenderness and 'esolution of the Girl4 for she was not4 by what0er &ien spo5e her4 past seventeen? and they now ad7ired4 as 7uch as they had secretly detested her4

for sayin+ she was in haste to be 7arried a+ain4 the &eanin+ of which they did not understand8

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After the 0usband and Wife were buried4 the #rew return<d on =oard4 and +ave an Account of what had

pass<d? the #aptains Wives (for /&isson/ and his were on =oard the /=i>ou@/4 the Na7e they had +iven

their $ri.e fro7 her &a5e and Gildin+! see7<d not in the least surpri.ed4 and /#araccioli<s/ Lady only

said4 she 7ust be of noble Descent4 for none but the ,a7ilies of the Nobility had the $rivile+e allowed

the7 of followin+ their 0usbands on pain4 if they trans+ressed4 of bein+ thrown into the Sea4 to be eat by

,ish? and they 5new4 that their Souls could not rest as lon+ as any of the ,ish4 who fed upon the74 lived8

/&isson/ as5ed4 if they intended to have done the sa7e Thin+ had they died We should not4 answer<dhis Wife4 have dis+raced our ,a7ilies? nor is our Tenderness for our 0usbands inferior to hers who7

you see7 to ad7ire8

After their 'ecovery4 /&isson/ proposes a #rui.e4 on the #oast of /Man+ueber/4 which bein+ a+reed to4

he and /#araccioli/ too5 Leave of the Iueen and her =rother4 and would have left their Wives on the

%sland4 but they could by no &eans be induced to the Separation? it was in vain to ur+e the Shortness of

the Ti7e they were to #rui.e? they answer<d it was farther than /&ohila/ they intended to +o4 and if

they were 7iserable in that short Absence4 they could never support a lon+er? and if they would not

allow the7 to 5eep the7 #o7pany the oya+e4 they 7ust not e@pect to see the7 at their 'eturn4 if they

intended one8

%n a Word they were obli+ed to yield to the74 but told the74 if the Wives of their &en should insist as

stron+ly on followin+ their @a7ple4 their Tenderness4 would be their 'uin4 and 7a5e the7 a $rey totheir ne7ies? they answer<d the Iueen should prevent that4 by orderin+ no Wo7an should +o on board4

and if any were in the Ships4 they should return on Shore: This rder was accordin+ly 7ade4 and they

set Sail for the 'iver of /&o.e7biCue/8 %n about ten Days #rui.e after they had left /Johanna/4 and

about ) Lea+ues to the astward of this 'iver4 they fell in with a stout /$ortu+uese/ Ship of H* Guns4

which en+a+ed the7 fro7 =rea5 of Day till Two in the Afternoon4 when the #aptain bein+ 5illed4 and a

+reat Nu7ber of &en lost4 she struc5: This proved a very rich $ri.e4 for she had the alue of 3****

/L/8 Sterlin+ on =oard4 in Gold" Dust8 The two Wo7en never Cuitted the Dec5s all the Ti7e of the

n+a+e7ent4 neither +ave they the least &ar5 of ,ear4 e@cept for their 0usbands: This n+a+e7ent cost

the7 thirty &en4 and /#araccioli/ lost his ri+ht Le+? the Slau+hter fell 7ostly on the /n+lish/4 for of

the above Nu7ber4 twenty were of that Nation: The /$ortu+uese/ lost double the Nu7ber8

/#araccioli<s/ Wound 7ade the7 resolve to 7a5e the best of their Way for /Johanna/ where the

+reatest #are was ta5en of their wounded4 not one of who7 died4 tho< their Nu7ber a7ounted to Twenty

seven8

/#araccioli/ 5ept his =ed two &onths4 but /&isson/ seein+ hi7 in a fair way of 'ecovery4 too5 what

0ands could be spar<d fro7 the /=i>ou@/4 leavin+ her sufficient for Defence4 and went out4 havin+

7ounted ten of the /$ortu+uese/ Guns4 for he had hitherto carried but thirty4 thou+h he had $orts for

forty8 0e stretched over to /&ada+ascar/4 and coasted alon+ this %sland to the Northward4 as far as the

7ost northerly $oint4 when turnin+ bac54 he enter<d a =ay to the northward of /Die+o Suares/8 0e run

ten Lea+ues up this =ay4 and on the larboard Side found it afforded a lar+e4 and safe4 0arbour4 with

plenty of fresh Water8 0e ca7e here to an Anchor4 went ashore and e@a7ined into the Nature of the Soil4

which he found rich4 the Air wholeso7e4 and the #ountry level8 0e told his &en4 that this was ane@cellent $lace for an Asylu74 and that he deter7ined here to fortify and raise a s7all Town4 and 7a5e

Doc5s for Shippin+4 that they 7i+ht have so7e $lace to call their own? and a 'eceptacle4 when A+e or

Wounds had render<d the7 incapable of 0ardship4 where they 7i+ht en>oy the ,ruits of their Labour4

and +o to their Graves in $eace8 That he would not4 however4 set about this4 till he had the Approbation

of the whole #o7pany? and were he sure they would all approve this Desi+n4 which he hoped4 it bein+

evidently for the +eneral Good4 he should not thin5 it adviseable to be+in any Wor5s4 lest the Natives

should4 in his Absence4 destroy the7? but however4 as they had nothin+ upon their 0ands4 if they were of

his pinion4 they 7i+ht be+in to fall and sCuare Ti7ber4 ready for the raisin+ a wooden ,ort4 when they

return<d with their #o7panions8

The #aptain<s &otion was universally applauded4 and in ten Days they fell<d and rou+h hew<d a hundred

and fifty lar+e Trees4 without any %nterruption fro74 or seein+ any of4 the %nhabitants8 They fell<d theirTi7ber at the Waters d+e4 so that they had not the Trouble of hawlin+ the7 any way4 which would

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have e7ploy<d a +reat deal 7ore Ti7e: They returned a+ain4 and acCuainted their #o7panions with

what they had seen and done4 and with the #aptain<s 'esolution4 which they one and all ca7e into8

#aptain /&isson/ then told the Iueen4 as he had been serviceable to her in her War with the %sland of

/&ohila/4 and 7i+ht continue to be of farther -se4 he did not Cuestion her lendin+ hi7 Assistance in the

settlin+ hi7self on the #oast of /&ada+ascar/4 and to that end4 furnish hi7 with 2** &en4 to help in his

=uildin+s? the Iueen answered4 she could do nothin+ without #onsent of #ouncil4 and that she would

asse7ble her Nobility4 and did not Cuestion their a+reein+ to any Thin+ he could reasonably define4 forthey were sensible of the bli+ations the /Johanians/ had to hi78 The #ouncil was accordin+ly called4

and /&isson/<s De7and bein+ told4 one of the eldest said4 he did not thin5 it e@pedient to co7ply with

it4 nor safe to refuse? that they should in a+reein+ to +ive hi7 that Assistance4 help to raise a $ower4

which 7i+ht prove for7idable to the7selves4 by the bein+ so near a Nei+hbour? and these &en who had

lately protected4 7i+ht4 when they found it for their %nterest4 enslave the78 n the other hand4 if they did

not co7ply4 they had the $ower to do the7 +reat Da7a+e8 That they were to 7a5e choice of the least of

two possible vils4 for he could pro+nosticate no Good to /Johanna/4 by their settlin+ near it8 Another

answered4 that 7any of the7 had /Johanna/ Wives4 that it was not li5ely they would 7a5e ne7ies of

the /Johanna/ &en at first settlin+4 because their ,riendship 7i+ht be of -se to the7? and fro7 their

#hildren there was nothin+ to be apprehended in the ne@t Generation4 for they would be half their own

=lood? that in the 7ean while4 if they co7ply<d with the 'eCuest4 they 7i+ht be sure of an Ally4 and$rotector4 a+ainst the 6in+ of /&ohila/? wherefore4 he was for a+reein+ to the De7and8

After a lon+ Debate4 in which every %nconvenience4 and Advanta+e4 was 7aturely considered4 it was

a+reed to send with hi7 the Nu7ber of &en he reCuired4 on #ondition he should send the7 bac5 in four

&oons4 7a5e an Alliance with the74 and War a+ainst /&ohila/? this bein+ a+reed to4 they staid till

/#araccioli/ was thorou+hly recovered4 then puttin+ the /Johannians/ on board the /$ortu+uese/ Ship

with E* /,rench/ and /n+lish/ and ) /$ortu+uese/ to wor5 her4 and settin+ Sail4 they arrived at the

$lace where /&isson/ desi+ned his Settle7ent4 which he called /Libertalia/4 and +ave the Na7e of

/Liberi/ to his $eople4 desirin+ in that 7i+ht be drown<d the distin+ush<d Na7es of /,rench/4

/n+lish/4 /Dutch/4 /Africans/4 Kc8

The first Thin+ they sat about was4 the raisin+ a ,ort on each Side the 0arbour4 which they 7ade of an

octo+on ,i+ure4 and havin+ finished and 7ounted the7 with E* Guns ta5en out of the /$ortu+uese/4

they raised a =attery on an An+le of ten Guns4 and be+an to raise 0ouses and &a+a.ines under the

$rotection of their ,orts and Ships? the /$ortu+uese/ was unri++<d4 and all her Sails and #orda+e

carefully laid up8 While they were very busily e7ployed in the raisin+ a Town4 a $arty which had often

hunted and ra7bled four or five Lea+ues off their Settle7ent4 resolved to venture farther into the

#ountry8 They 7ade the7selves so7e 0uts4 at about E Lea+ues distance fro7 their #o7panions4 and

travell<d ast South ast4 about Lea+ues farther into the #ountry4 when they ca7e up with a =lac54

who was ar7<d with a =ow4 Arrows4 and a Javelin? they with a friendly Appearance en+a+ed the ,ellow

to lay by his ,ear and +o with the78 They carried hi7 to their #o7panions4 and there entertained hi7

three Days with a +reat Deal of 0u7anity4 and then returned with hi7 near the $lace they found hi74

7ade hi7 a $resent of a $iece of scarlet =a.e4 and an A@? he appeared over>oy<d at the $resent4 and leftthe7 with see7in+ Satisfaction8

The 0unters i7a+ined that there 7i+ht be so7e illa+e not far off4 and observin+ that he loo5<d at the

Sun4 and then too5 his Way direct South4 they travell<d on the sa7e $oint of the #o7pass4 and fro7 the

Top of a 0ill they spied a pretty lar+e illa+e4 and went down to it? the &en ca7e out with their Ar7s4

such as before described4 =ows4 Arrows4 and Javelins4 but upon two only of the Whites advancin+4 with

$resents of A@es4 and =a.e in their 0ands4 they sent only four to 7eet the78 The &isfortune was4 that

they could not understand one another4 but by their pointin+ to the Sun4 and holdin+ up one ,in+er4 and

7a5in+ one of the7 +o forward4 and return a+ain with shewin+ their #ircu7cision4 and pointin+ up to

0eaven with one ,in+er4 they apprehended4 they +ave the7 to understand4 there was but one God4 who

had sent one $rophet4 and concluded fro7 thence4 and their #ircu7cision they were /&aho7etans/? the

$resents were carried to their #hief4 and he see7<d to receive the7 5indly4 and by Si+ns invited theWhites into their illa+e? but they4 re7e7brin+ the late Treachery of the /&ohilians/4 7ade Si+ns for

ictuals to be brou+ht the7 where they were8

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