The Mutineers and Slavers 353 



had accused. The negro was at once pronounced 

 guilty. He was then seated on the rail beneath 

 the foreyard, and a noose was placed around his 

 neck. At this moment he said, "Little did I think 

 I was born to come to this " and then, before he 

 could say more, he was hoisted to the end of the 

 studding-sail boom, the entire crew hauling on 

 the line. 



On February 14, the Globe anchored at the 

 Malgraves. To govern his crew Comstock had 

 issued, meantime, a decree which he called the 

 law, as follows: 



"If any one sees a ship and does not report it 

 immediately, he shall be put to death. If any 

 one refuses to fight a ship, he shall be put to 

 death ; and the manner of their death is this : 

 They shall be bound hand and foot and boiled in 

 the try-pots of boiling oil." 



All hands signed these "laws." Comstock 

 went ashore to live as soon as possible. A con- 

 siderable quantity of provisions and plunder (in- 

 cluding a Bible, curiously enough) was taken 

 ashore. Tents were made from sails. In a few 

 days Payne and Comstock quarrelled. Oliver 



