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Kight or Day ; but as there is nothing more inge- 

 iiious than Love, it was no hard Matter for her^j 

 who had before been prafticed in thefe Wijes, to 

 find a Way to let him difcover her Sex : She firff 

 infinuated her felf into his liking, by talking againft 

 the Life of a Pyrate, which lie was altogether averfe 

 to, fb they became Mefs-Mates and l^ri£t Compa- 

 Tiions : When Ihe found lie had a Friendfhip for her^,^ 

 as a Man, fhe fuffered the Difcovery to be made^ 

 by carelefly ihewing her Breafts, which were very 

 White. ' . . 



The young Fellow, who was made of Flefii and. 

 Blood, had his Curiofity and Defire fo rais\i b,y 

 this Sight, that he never ceafed importuning her,- 

 till flie confelfed what flie was. Now begins the 

 Scene of Love j as he had a Liking and Efteem for 

 her, under her fuppofed Charafter, it was now 

 turn'd into Fondnefs and Defire ^ hef Paffion was 

 iio lefs violent than his, and perhaps flie exprefs'd 

 it, by one of the moft generous Adions that ever 

 Love inlpired. It happened this young Fellow had 

 a Quarrel with one of the PyrateSj and their Ship 

 then lying at an Anchor, near one of the Iflands^ 

 they had appointed to go afhore and fight, accor- 

 ding to the Cuftom of the Py rates: A^ary Ecad^^ 

 was to the laft Degree uneafy and anxious, for the 

 Fate of her. Lover- fhe would not have had him' 

 refufe the Challenge, becaule,- {he could not be?ar 

 the Thoughts of his being branded with Cowardife- 

 6n the other Side, fhe dreaded the Event, and ap- 

 prehended the Fellow might be too hard for him : 

 When Love once enters into the Breal^ of one 

 who has any Sparks of Generofity, it; ftirs the 

 •Heart up' to themofl: noble A£lions in this DiJem- 

 -ma, fhe fhewM, that fhe fear\l more for his Life 

 f than Ihe did for her own • for fhe took a Refolution 

 6f quarreling with this Fellow her feif, and ha- 

 *^ing challenged hirn afliore, fhe appointed the 



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