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ny. When he had confumed all that he had 

 gained by his iniquitous pradliccs, he went on 

 board a Dutch Ihip from Curafao^ a colony be- 

 longing to that republic. The opinivons are di- 

 vided upon the clandeiline evafion of this offi- 

 cer ; fome believe, that he efcaped in order to 

 avoid the punifhments which his crimes deler- 

 ved •, others think he was charged with papers 

 to court from the governor : the event will de- 

 termine this. 



It is fufficiently proved by this reftitution of 



1 500 livres on the part of the Sieur de C- , 



that this commander had pillaged the Ihip of 

 Captain St. Criq, getting 60,000 livres by it, 

 according to his own confefTion to the Sieur la 

 Per Here, who fucceeded him in the government 

 of Cats IJland. He has however efcaped the ca- 

 pital punifhment which this piracy deferved''^. 

 For the quoted order fays, " That all who fhall 

 " endanger the life of fhipwrecked perfons, and 

 *' lay hands upon their goods, fhali be punifhed 

 *' with death." This crime is fo enormous, 

 ;hat, though one were not a Chrillian, natural 



religion 



* The Sieur ^e C , hoping to enjoy the fruits of his 



iniquity in France, died there as he had lived, that is, in 

 a debauch, by a decree of Providence. 



