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boatfwain and mate, who, according to his 

 account, had treated him very ill. He was 

 bitterly incenfed, and in all the heat of rage 

 protefted, violently, again ft the captain, the 

 mate, the boatfwain, and in fhort the very fhip, 

 fwearing that no earthly power fhould ever 

 oblige him to return to it, and entreating to 

 be employed on board the Lord Sheffield. 

 But finding him to be exceffively intoxicated, 

 we hailed the mafter of the fhip and informed 

 him where to find his failor. He, according- 

 ly, came without delay to fetch him, and wc 

 were furprized to remark, that the very in- 

 ftant he ftepped on board, and the man's eye 

 met him, all his inebriate violence, as if by 

 magic, was fubdued,and at once converted into 

 temperate fubmifiion and obedience. Simply 

 the face of his commander in a moment ex- 

 tin guifhed the furious flames of wrath, check- 

 ed the burning current of revenge, and de- 

 ftroyed all fenfe of an injury which had been 

 powerful enough to impel him to the hazard 

 of throwing himfelf into the fea ; — all his loud 

 execrations ceafed, he became docile and re- 

 fpe&ful, and returned to his fhip without a 

 murmur ?— How true it is, my friend, that 

 the paffions of men may be brought under 



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