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hy Sea, he vvas met with, and taken, by fbme of 

 thele Pyrates, near the Iflaiid of Pharmacufa : Thefe 

 Pyrates had a barbarou'^- Cuftom of tying their Prifo- 

 jiers Back to Bi^k and throwing them into the Sea ; 

 but, fuppofing Ccefar to be fome Perfon of a high 

 Rank, becaufe of his purple Robes, a.jd the Num- 

 ber of his Attendants, they thought it would be 

 more for their Profit to preferve him, in hopes of 

 receiving a great Sum for his Ranf ra • therefore 

 they told him he fliould have his Liberty, provMed 

 he would pay them twenty Talents, which they 

 judgM to be a very huih Demand, in our Money, 

 about three thouf^iad fix hundred Pounds Sterling j 

 he fmiled, and of his own Accord promt fed them 

 fifty Talents they were both pleafed, and furpriz'd 

 at his Anfwer, and confented that federal of his 

 Attendants Ihould go by his Direftion and raife the 

 Money ; and he was left among thefe Ruffians with 

 no more than 3 Attendants. He pafsM eight and 

 thirty Days, and feemed fo little concerned or 

 afraid, that often when he went to deep, he ufed 

 to charge them not to make a Noife, threatning, 

 if they difturbed him, to hang them all he alfb 

 play'd at Dice with them, and Ibmetimes wrofe 

 Verfes and Dialogues, which he ufed to repeat^ 

 and alfb caufe them to repeat, and if they did noc 

 praife and admire them, he would call them Beafts 

 and Barbarians, telling them he would cruci'^y them* 

 They took all thefe as the Sallies of a juvenile Hu- 

 mour, and were rather diverted, than difp'eafed at 

 them. 



At length his Attendants returned with his Ran- 

 fpm, which he paid, and was difcharged ^ he lail'd 

 for the ?on ot Miletumj where, as loon as he was 

 arrived, he ufed all h's Art and Induftry in fitting 

 out a Squadron of Ships^ which he equipped and 

 armM at his own Cha^^ges and fnling in Qiieft of 

 the Pyrates, he furpriZiM them as they lay at An- 



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