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. Thef Captain'^s Power is uncontroulable in Chace, 

 or in Battle, drubbing, cutting, or even footing 

 any one who dares deny his Command. The lame 

 Privilege he takes over Prifoners, who receive good 

 or ill Ufage, moftly as he approves of their Be- 

 haviour, for tho' the meaneft would take upon 

 them to mifufe a Mafter of a Ship, yet he would 

 controul herein, when he fee it, and merrily over 

 a Bottle, give his Prifoners this double Reafoii 

 for it. Firft, That it preferved his Precedence ; 

 and fecondly. That it took the Punifhment out of 

 the Hands of a much more rafli and mad Sett of 

 Fe flows than himfelf. When he found that Ri- 

 gour was not expefted from his People, (for 

 he often praftifed it to appeafe them J then he 

 would give Strangers to underfl:and, that it was 

 pure Inclination that induced him to a good Treat- 

 ment of them, and not any Love or Partiality to 

 their Perfbns for, fays he, there is none of you hut 

 will hang me^ I know^ whenever you can clinch me within 

 your Power. ^ 



And now feeing the Difadvaptages they were 

 under for purfiaing the Account, viz.. a fmall Vef^ 

 fel ill repaired, and without Provilions, or Stores ; 

 they refolved one and all, with the little Supplies 

 they could get, to proceed for the Weft-Indiesy not 

 doubting to find a Remedy for all thefe Evils, and 

 to retreiye their Lofs. 



In the Latitude of Defeada^ one of the Iflands, 

 they took two Sloops, which fupply^d them with 

 Provifions and other Neceffaries ; and a few Days 

 afterwards, took a Brigantine belonging to Rhode 

 JJlandy and then proceeded to Barbadoesy off of 

 which Ifland, they fell in with a Briftol Ship of lo 

 Guns, in her Voyage out, from whom they took 

 abundance of Cloaths, fome Money, twenty five 

 Bales of Goods, five Barrels of Powder, a Cable, 



^ > Hawfer, 



