Politics and Social Changes 



Gazetteer, and reserves his play of fancy for 

 the decoration of the saloon, with strange and 

 distressing results. 



Contrary winds detained the Jacob and Mary; 

 she lay ten days at Plymouth, and took six 

 weeks to reach Madeira. But voyages, if longer, 

 were perhaps less monotonous than nowadays. 

 "The 28th we came in sight of the islands 

 called ' the deserts,' and the same evening we 

 espied a sayle, which we doubted was a Turke ; 

 which made us putt ourselves in a posture of 

 defence, and the next morning, finding that 

 he had chased us all night, we were confirmed 

 in our opinions, and seeing that he made still 

 all the sayle he could after us, we prepared all 

 things for a fight, and continued in that posture 

 all the day and night ; and the next day, 

 drawing neare the Island of the Madera, our 

 pursuer quitted his chase, and we got into 

 Funchiall road in the afternoone ; where wee 

 were verry neare loosing our shippe, the master 

 being unacquainted, and comeing too boldely 

 in near the shoar, in a dangerous place. But 

 the men towed her off againe." After such 

 near chances of wreck or capture, "of being 

 taken by the insolent foe and sold to slavery," 



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