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without any damage; and in the laft of thefe, which 

 lafted three days, the Wind at North- Weft, we 

 run a hundred and fifty Leagues without any Sail* 

 This laft Storm was fo violent, that the Seamen im- 

 brac'd, and bid an eternal adieu to one another ; 

 for every Minute they expected to be funk without 

 relief As this Storm alarm'd us, fo die contrary 

 Winds from the Eaft and NortlvEaft, that fprung 

 iipon us a hundred Leagues to the Weft ward of Cape 

 •Fmijlerre^ occafion'd an equal dread ; for we were 

 obliged to traverfe the Sea for three or four and twen- 

 ty days, after which we defcry'd the Cape by ver- 

 rue of our frequent tickings, and by a ftrange ac- 

 cident, were attacked by a Flushing Privateer, which 

 could not board us, becaufe the Sea roll'd fo high, 

 but contented her felf with firing upon us, and that 

 with fo little effed, that we did not lofe one Man. 

 Our Mafts and Rigging indeed was fo damrnag'd, 

 that after we were parted horn the Privateer, by 

 die help of the Night and a great Fog, we gould 

 Icarce make ufe of our Sails. However, we refit- 

 ted with all poffible diligence, and the Captain of 

 the Ship having then a fair pretence to luft out of 

 the dired courfe ftood to the South-Eaft in the 

 Night-time. This -feign'd courfe did not fecure 

 us from the Privateer, which might happen to 

 fteer the fame courfe ; fo that in the Night-time 

 we put our felves in a readinefs to renew the 

 fight in the Day-time. In effect, he did not pur- 

 fue us, as we apprehended : But about Noon we 

 efcap'dyet more narrowly, for we were purfu'd by 

 a Sallyman in fight of the Coaft for four hours, and 

 were within a hairs breadth of being taken, before 

 we got under the Canon of the Fort of this City. 

 Had we been catch 7 d, the Governour of Vlacentia 

 would have had fome ground for the joyful Excla- 

 mation, Incidit in Scilkm^ &G. But thank God we were 

 only frighted. 



