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their parole, ocrafioned an order for abridging the 

 priro:iers of fcvcral privil-.ges they had before enjoyed, 

 and confining them with preater ftridtnefs. However, 

 the favours v/hich Mr. Brookes, comnjiirary for the 

 French prifoners, and Mr, Hickman, who ailed in the 

 lame capacity for th*:- Spaniards, were pleafed to fhew 

 nie, were accompanied with fuch policenefs and cor- 

 diahty, that 1 beciime entirely eafy under my prefent 

 condition, and even the rtfledion on my misfortunes 

 grew Icfá painful. Here I could expatiate in the praife 

 of thefe two gentlemen ; the former to his learning, 

 abilities, and addtefs in the conduól of affairs, adued 

 the moil endearing humanity, of which all the pri- 

 foners in his department fek the good eifefts ; but I 

 ihall not infift on a charadler, the brightnefs of which 

 v^ould be but obfcured by the praifes of my infufficictiC 

 pen. 



The commiffary for the Spaniih prifoners, was 

 Mr. William Rickman, under whofe care confe- 

 c]uently 1 fnould have been, without tlie circumftance 

 {A having been taken in a French fnip: yet my be- 

 ing a Spaniard recommended me to his kindnefs, 

 which I with gratitude own he carried to a very- 

 great height; and I had a large fhare of thofe afls 

 of goodnefs by which he has deferved the univerfal 

 acknowledgement of the whole Spaniih nation. For 

 from the beginning of the war, and the taking of 

 the Princeffa, he exerted all pofiible care for the 

 comfort of the comm.on priloners : and the chief 

 officers he even lodged at h\¿ own feat, and many 

 others at an adjacent farm-houfe, about a quarter of 

 a league from I'ichfield in the London road, called 

 Peibrook, and about three miles i<:oa\ Fareham. He 

 made public and private folicitations in their behalf: 

 he treated all with affability, and ufed the greateil 

 dilpacch in their feveral affairs : he raifed charitable 

 contributions, which weie chiefiy laid out in apparel 

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