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frequently expofed to fuch hazards, do not fet that. value upon them 
as others,who livein a quiet fecurity 5 yet, when they put themfelves 
upon any noble action, they will fell their lives at fuch a rate, as none 
fhall. out-bid;them; and the cuftome of thefe hazards, makes them 
_| more valiant then other men; and thofe amongit them, that do found 
th courage upon honeft grounds, are certainly valiant ina high per- 
‘ection. es =a 
At aft, a little Virgin, who was a paflenger in, the Ship, ftood np 
upon the quarter deck. like a.fhe-Worthy , and-faid, that if they 
‘| would be rul’d by her, fhe would not, only be. the contriver, but 
the acter of our deliverance. At whole fpeech , we all gave a 
ftri@ attention , as ready to contribute our help to all fhe com- 
mandéd; which was, that the Ship-Carpenter fhould make her a} 
Diftaffe and Spindle,and theSaylers combe out fonie of the Occome : 
with which inftruments and materials, fhe doubted not, but to 
make fuch a quantity of thread, as to repair our then ufelefs Sailes 5 
which accordingly fhe did, and by her vertue (under God) we held 
our-lives. = | 
ough” “accident as this, and fuch a deliverance, de- 
| ferve a gratefull commemoration ; yet, this is not all the ufe we 
are to make of it, fomewhat more may be confidered, that 
‘may prevent danger for the future; and that is, the great 
abufe of Captaines and Mafters of Ships , who promife to 
their Paflengers'j~fucheplenty of victuals , as may ferve them the 
| whole voyage: But, before theysbe-half- way ;*either=pinch._ the 
{of a great part, or give them that which 1s naftie and unwhol- 
| forte. And therefore I could wifh every man , that is to goa lon | 
| voyage, to carry a referve of his own, of fuch viands, as wil 
laft , and to put that up fafe; for, if it be not under lock and 
key, they are never the neers; for , the Saylers will as certainly 
|take it, as you truft it to their honefties: Complaine to the 
Mafter , and you find no remedy. One thing I have obferved,, 
Let a Sayler {teal any part of the Ships provifion, he thall be fure, 
to, have fevere punifhment ; but, iffrom a Paflenger, though’ 
it concern him never fo neerly , his remedy is to be laughed 
jat. Thefe enormities are fit to be complained on at the Trini-| 
|ty-houfe , that fome redrefs may be had; for, the abufes are 
evous, 5 
On of this danger at Sea, it has pleafed the God of all mercy to’ 
| deliver me, as alfo from a grievous and tedious ficknef on land, in’! 
aftrangeCountry; For which, may his holy Name be eternally ble, 
fed and praifed, for ever and ever. 
| I am now caft in Prifon, by the fubtle practices of fome, whom 
‘|I have formerly called Friends: But the eternal and merciful 
_|God has beea_pleafed. to. vifit_and comfort me. and to raife me 
jup fuch friends, as have kept me from cold and hunger, whofe 
tie arities in an Age; where cruelties and tyrannies are exercifed 
in fo high a meafure, may be accounted a prodigie. But , 1 
doubt not of my releafe out of this reftraint, by the power of him, 
Ti ; 7 who 
