48 Of Captain AV ER T. 



came aboard with fixteeii ftout Pellows^ and joined 

 the Company. 



When our Gentry faiv that all was clear, they 

 fecured the Hatches, fo went to work they did 

 not flip the Anchor, but weighM it leifurely, and 

 lb put to Sea without any Difbrder or Gonfulion, 

 tho' there were feveral Ships then lying in the Bay, 

 and among them a Dutch Frigate of forty Guns, 

 the Captain of which was offered a great Reward 

 to go out after her ^ but Mynheer^ who perhaps 

 would not have been willing to have been ferved fb 

 himfelf, could not be prevailed upon to give fuch 

 Ufage to another, and fo let Mr. Avery purfue his 

 Voyage, whither he had a Mind to. 



The Captain, who by this Time, was awaked, ei- 

 ther by the Motion of the Ship, or the Noife of 

 working the Tackles, rung the Bell ; Avery and 

 two others went into the Cabin • the Captain, half 

 afleep, and in a kind of Fright, askM, What was 

 the Matter ? Avery anfwered cooly, Nothing \ the 

 Captain replied, fomethin£s the Aiatter with the Shlpy 

 Does Jhe drive ? What Weather is it ? Thinking 

 nothing lefs then that it had been a Storm, and 

 that the Ship was driven from her Anchors : No^ noy 

 anfwered Avery^ we^re at Sea^ with a fair Wind and 

 good Weather. At Sea I fays the Captain, How can 

 that he ? Come^ fays Avery ^ don^t he in a 'Fright ^ hut put 



on your Cloathsy and 1 11 let you into a Secret : ■* 



7*ou miifi hnowy that I am Captain of this Ship now^ and 

 this is my Cahin^ therefore you muft walk out • / am 

 hound to Madagafcar, with a Defign of making my 

 cwn Fortune J and that of all the brave Fellows joined 

 with ms. 



The Captain having a little recovered his Senfes, 

 began, to apprehend the meaning ; however, hij$ 

 Fright was great as before, which Avery per- 

 ceiving, bad him j(ear nothing, tor^ fays he, it you 



have 



