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make of this laft that it was a Spanifi Veflel, 

 before we came up with it : But feeing it in 

 Company with aft Englijf> One, we thought 

 they muft be Conforts $ and whether the 

 Spanijh VefTel fhould prove to be under the 

 Englifh one, or the Englifi under that, we 

 were refolv'd to put it to the venture , and 

 get aboard, being quite tir'd with our ftay a- 

 iiiong the wild Indians. The Indians were 

 more afraid of its being a Veflel of Spani- 

 ards, their Enemies as well as ours i For this 

 was another Particular they told.us teri Days 

 before, when they were Pdwawing, that ; 

 when their Oracle inform'd them that two 

 VefTels would arrive at this time, they ti£H 

 derftood by their Daemons Anfwer, that one 

 of them would be an Englifh one 5 but as to 

 the other, he fpake fo dubioufly, that they 

 were much afraid it would be a Spanifi one 5- 

 and 'twas not without great difficulty that 

 we now perfua'ded them to go aboard with 

 us : which was another remarkable Circum- 

 ftance, fince this VefTel was not only a Spavijh 

 one, but actually under the Command of the 

 Spaniards at the time of the Paw awing, and 

 fome Days after, till taken by the Englifi. 



We went aboard the Englifh Sloop, and they and 

 our Indian Friends with us, and were tecdv'd theInJ , h,a 

 with a very hearty Welcome. The four En- S d a " 

 glijhmen with me were prefently known and 

 carefs'd by the Ship's Crew $ but I fat a while 

 cringing upon my Hams among the Indian:, , 

 after their Falhion, painted as they were, 



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