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malefador flretched out his neck, thinking that 

 his 1 ll hoiu was come. Durinp; thefe tranf- 

 ad:ions, our fentincl, whom he had kn-^ked 

 doua with his cljb, folicited that the life of 

 th"^ ri^iiiiil I. light be fpared : his p'inilhment 

 WIS then limited to a few ftrokes on the Ihoul- 

 df-rs with a rope's end; but Fccnoii^ finding this 

 punifliment much too mild, agiin raifed his club 

 to difpatch him. It was to nopurpofe that the 

 Admiral called out with all his might ica'i mate^ 

 that he mull let him live. Feenou afTured us, 

 thit nevertnelefs he would not ell ape the pu- 

 nilhment which he had n^erited. As we were ex- 

 amining feveral marks of blows from a club 

 whii h this man h id already received on the head 

 before he was brought to us, we learnt that 

 he had been thus fevcrely hanaled at the time 

 he was taken. The Admiral defircd our fur- 

 geon to drefs his wounds, and then fcnt him 

 on board the rXpe ranee, with the intention of 

 putting him on f!:ore during the night, in order 

 to endcvvour to fave his life. 



King T^iok-jv. received as a prefent, from the 

 hands of the A(.in;ira], a red co.it, in which he 

 drefTcd hi.r ll'if -r. -mediate! y, and a large hatciict 

 bcfid.. ; T, : .;: al ; r.a.l a rc\i coU .nd a hatchet, 

 but n;;t iic.:r j'- \:.\'iz. Sop,, fvall hauciicL,> v, ere 

 bkcwifc d 'rd.);; c.i ai^-^ng the orlier ciiiefs. 

 They were ou deck, fi.riiiing a circle round 

 I 3 Tooloiiy 



