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irerb, Tljat ati Engliihman, and a Juanna Man were 

 fill one. 



England was inclined to favour Captain Macha ; 

 but he was fo free to let him know, that his In- 

 tereft was declining amopgft them-, and that the 

 Py rates were lb provoked at the Refiftance he 

 made againft them, that he was afraid he fhould 

 hardly be able to proteft him he therefore advi- 

 ftd him to footh up and manage the Temper of 

 Captain 74?y/(?r, a Fellow of a moft barbarous Na- 

 ture, who was become a great Favourite amongft 

 tliem for no other Realbn than becaule he was a 

 greater Brute than the reft. Mackra did what he 

 could to foften this Beaft, and plyM him with warm 

 Punch \ notwithftanding which, they were in a Tu- 

 piult whether they ihould make an End of him, or 

 no, when an Accident happened which turned to 

 the Favoiir of the poor Captain • a Fellow with a 

 terrible pair of Whiskers, and a wooden Leg, be- 

 ing ftuck round with Piftols, like the Man in the 

 Almanack with Darts^ comes fwearing and vapou- 

 ring upon the Quarter-Deck, and asks, in a dam- 

 ning Manner, which was Captain y^/^y^r^^ : The Cap- 

 tain expefled no lefs than that this Fellow would 



be his Executioner but when he came near 



him, he took him by the Hand, fwearing, Bamn 

 him he was gUd to fee him ; and flierp me the Man ^ lays he, 

 that offers to hurt Captain M2ickr?^^ for III ft and by him ; 

 and fo with many Oaths told him, he was an honefi 

 Fellow y and that he had formerly faiVd with him. 



This put an End to the Difpute, and Captain 

 Taylor was fo raellpw'd with the Punch, that he 

 conlented that the old Py rate Ship, and fo many 

 Bales of Cloth fhould be given to Captain Macha^ 

 and fo he fell afleep. England advifed Captain 

 Mackra to get off with all Expedition, leaft when 

 the Beaft Ihould awake, he might repent his Genero- 

 sity • Which Advice was followed by the Captain. 



Captain 



