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aboard of him, which he did ^ and as he paffed a- 

 long to the Cabin, he chanced to caft his Eye down 

 the Hold, and there law Charles Vane at work ; he 

 immediately fpoke to the Captain, faying. Do you 

 haov) who you have got aboard here ? Why^ fays he, / 

 have jhipf d a Man at fuch an Ijlandj who was caft away 

 in a trading Sloops he feems to he a brisk Hand. I tell 

 youy fays Captain Holford^ it is Vane the notorious 

 Fyrate. If it be him^ replies the other, 1 wont keep 

 him : Why then^ fays Holford^ Til fend and take him 

 aboard^ and fur render him at Jamaica. Which being 

 agreed to, Captain Holfordy as foon as he returned 

 to his Ship, fent hrs Boat with his Mate armed, 

 who coming to Vane^ fliewed him a Piftol, and told 

 him. He was his Prifoner ^ which none oppofing, he 

 was brought aboard, and put in Irons and when 

 Captain Holford arri\red at Jamaica^ he delivered 

 his old Acquaintance into the Hands of Juftice ; 

 at which Place he was try'd, conviflted, and exe- 

 cuted, as was, fome Time before, Vane'^s Conlort, 

 Robert Deal^ brought thither by one of the Meri of 

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