70 Capt, Bartho. Roberts, 



burnt or funk, as the Carriage or Charafters of the 

 Mafters difpleafedthem. 



Notvvithftanding the fuecefsful Adventures of' 

 this Crew, yet it was with great Difficulty they 

 touid be kept together, under any kind of Re- 

 gulatioa- for being alraoft always mad or drunk, 

 their Behaviour produced infinite Difbrders, every 

 M^n behig in his own Imagination a Captain, a 

 Prince, or a King. When Roberts faw there was no 

 managing of fuch a Company of wild ungovernable 

 Brut-es, by gentle means, nor to keep them from 

 drii king to e^cefs, t|ie Caufe of all their Diftur- 

 bances, he put on a rougher Deportment, and a 

 more m igefterial Carriage towards them, correfl:- 

 ing whom he thought fit ^ and if any ieemed to 

 relent Jiis Ur9ee, he told them, they m'ght go a(hore 

 and tahe Satisfatfion of hlm^ if they thought fit^ at Sword 

 and Tiftol^ for he neither valud or fear'd any of them* 



About 400 Leagues from the Coaft of Jifrica^ 

 the Bi igantii^e who had hitherto lived with them, 

 in all amicable Correfpondence, thought fit to take 

 the Opportunity of a dark Kight, and leave the 

 Conimadore, which leads me back to the Re- 

 lation of an Accident that happened at one of the 

 Iflands of the Weft-Indies^ where they water'd be- 

 fore they undertook this Voyage, which had like 

 fo have throw!! iheir Government (fuch as it 

 ■was) cif the Hinges, and was, partly the Occalioa 

 of the Separation: The Story is as follows. 



Captain JRcberts having been infulted by one of 

 the drunken Crew, (whofe Name I have forgot,) 

 he^ ip the Heat of his Pailion killed the Fellow on 

 thQ Spot, which was relented by a great many 

 others, put particularly one Jones^ a brisk active 

 yoi^ng Man, who died lately in the Marfhalfea^ and 

 was his Mefs-Mc'^te. This ^^t?^ was at that Time 

 pihore a watering the Ship^ but as Iboa as he came 

 p|i ppard^ \yas told that Captain Robm^ had killed 



