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^ ^^ ^- mafters armed, and if any attempted the magazine, to run 

 *— -- — ♦ him through. I ordered the gunner, with his two mates, 

 Becembtr. to defend the gun-room, and if any attempt was made, 

 to fhoot thofe that did. All hands were then called, and 

 appeared upon the upper-deck, with John Berry and 

 Abraham Lilly at their head ; and Mr. Raitt and myfelf 

 ' endeavoured by fair means for them to deliver up the 

 ringleaders, which Berry and Lilly abfolutely refufed to 

 do. Berry faid he would fight all the fhips at Wampoa 

 fo long as the Belvidere's fides ftuck together, and would 

 die to a man before any of them fhould be punifhed. I 

 found that the boats were advancing ; and the people, armed 

 with fhot, threatened to fink the boats if they attempted 

 to come along-fide. I immediately ordered the officers 

 to arm, and clear the deck of them, and to kill any man 

 who fliould attempt to throw fhot at the beats. The 

 upper-deck was immediately cleared ; they jumped down 

 the fore-hatchway and rufiied to the fore-fcuttle. There 

 was immediately -a cry on the gun-deck that they had got 

 pofiefiion of the magazine. While Mr. Raitt and myfelf 

 attempted to clear the main-deck, John Berry and John 

 Haftings were armed with fhot, and threatened to throw 

 them at us ; I went down then on the main-deck by the 

 main-fcuttle ; the firft man I met with was KeiiF, whom 

 I fecured and handed upon the quarter-deck. I believe 

 in the fpace of five minutes all the prifoners were fecured. 



Queftions to the Witnefs. 



Abraham hilly. Was I the head man prefent with Berry 

 when Keiff was taken out of irons ? 

 Anfwer. You was. 



Lilly, 



