7^2 Capt. Bartho. Roberts. 



almoft ftarved themfelves, forbearing all forts of 

 Food, unlefs a Mouthful or two ot Bread the whole 

 Day, fb that thofe who furvived were as weak as 

 it was poffible for Men to be and alive. 



But if the difmal profpe£t they fet out with, 

 gave them x^nxiety, Trouble, or Pain, what muft 

 their Fears and Apprehenfioiis be, when they had 

 not one Drop of Water left, or any other Liquor 

 to moiften or animate. This was their Cafe, when 

 (by the working of Divine Providence, no doubt,^ 

 they were brought into Soundings, and at Night 

 anchored in feven Fathom Water : This was an 

 inexprelTible Joy to them, and, as it were, fed the 

 expiring Lamp of Life with frelh Spirits but this 

 could not hold long. When the Morning came, 

 they faw Land from the Maft-Head, but it was at 

 fo great a Diftance, that it afforded but an indiffe- 

 rent Profpeft to Men who had drank nothing for 

 the two laft Daysf, however, they difpatchM their 

 Boat away, and late the fame iSIight it returned, 

 to their no fmall Comfort, with a load of Water, 

 informing them, that they had got off the Mouth 

 of Meriwlnga River on the Coaft of Surinam* 



One would have thought fo miraculous an Efcape 

 fhould have wrought fome Reformation, but alals, 

 they had no fooner quenched their Thirft, but they 

 had forgot the Miracle, till Scarcity of Provifions 

 awakened their Senfes, and bid them guard againft 

 ftarving:^ their allowance was very fmall, and yet 

 they would profanely fay, That Providence which had 

 gave them Drinh^ wonldy no douht^ bring them Meat alfo^ 

 ^ if they would ufe hut an honefl Endeavour • 



, In purfuance of rhefe honeft Endeavours, they 

 weri^ fleering for the Latitude of Barbadoesy with 

 what little they had left, to lookout for more, or 

 Starve ; and, in their Way, met a Ship that anfwer- 

 ed their Neceffities, and after that a Brigantinej 

 the former was called the Greyhound^ belonging to 



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