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famorin^ which is between 7? 30, and 12? NortI* 

 Lattitude, and in about 75^ Eaft Longitude, coun- 

 ting from tjie Meridian of London. The old Na- 

 tives are Pagans, but there are a great Number of 

 inhabitipg arrjiong them, who are Mer- 

 chants, and generally rich. On the fame Coaft,but 

 in a Prpvjnce to the Northward lies Goa^ Suraty Bprn^^ 

 l^^j, where the EngUjh^ Dutchy ^nd Portu^ueff have 

 Settlements, 



^ Hither pur Pyrates came, having made a Tqur 

 of half the Globe, as the Pfalmift fays of the De- 

 vils, ^oing about like roaring Lions ^ feeling whojn they 

 might devour. "TJiey took leveral Country Ships, 

 that i^^ Indian ^effels^ and one European, a Dutch 

 Ship, which they exchanged for one of their pwn, 

 and then came back to Afi^^/^^^r/c^^r. 



T|iey f^nt feyeral pf their Hands on Shore with 

 Tentis, jpowder, and Shot^ to kill Hogs, Venifon, 

 and fuch other frelh Provifibn as the Ifland afforded^ 

 land ai Whim came into their Heads to feek out for 

 ^ the R^niains of ^very'^s Crew, whom they knew to 

 be fettled fomewhere in the Ifland. Accor- 

 dingly fbme of them travelFd feveral Days Jour- 

 |iey, without hearing any Intelligence of them, and 

 lb wer> fprc'd to return with the Lofs of their La- 

 bour, for thefe Mep were fettled on thp other Side 

 bf the Iflai|d, as has been taken Nptipe of under the 

 Chapter of ^'z/fry. ' ' % ' ■ 



They ft^^y'd not long here, after they had clean'd 

 their' Ships, but failing to Juanpa j they met tvyq 

 $nglljliy' ma pne Oflend India Men, coming out oi 

 that Harbour, one of which, after a defpetate Re- 

 fiftance, they took the Particulars of which Action 

 Is at length related in the following Letter, wrote 

 by the Captain from J5(?z»fe^c ' ^ ' - / " 



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