CHAR V. 



O F 



Capt Edward England, 



And his Crew. 



EI>ward£f7glaNd went Mate of a Sloop that lailH 

 out of Jamaica, and was taken by Captain 

 IVmer, a Pyrate, jufl: before their SettJe 

 ment at Providence ; from whence Emland had thp^ 

 Command of a Sloop in the fame laudable Em 

 pk>yment : It is furprizing that Men of good Un" 

 derftandmg fliould engage in a Courfe of Life tK J 

 fo much debafes humane Nature, and fets thpm 

 upon a Level with the wild Beafts of the Foreft 

 who live and prey upon their weaker Fellow 

 ^^ri' A Crime fo enormous I That it includes 

 almoft all others, as Murder, Rapine, Theft In 

 gratitude, &c. and tho' they make thefe Vices ft 

 miliar to them by their daily Praftice, yet theS 

 Mai are fo inconfiftent with themfelves, that a Re 

 Jlettion made upon their Honour, their Tuftice or 

 their Courage, is look'd upon as an Offence thif 

 ought to be punilhed with the Life of him thac 

 commits It : England was one of thefe Men, who 

 feem d to have fuch a Share of Reafon, as ihould 

 have taught him better Things. He had a great 

 deal of good Nature, and did not want for Cou- 



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