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his Comrade ^ upon which hfe curfed Roberts^ and 

 faid, he ought to be ferved fo himfelf. Roberts 

 hearing 5^(?Ws Inveftive, ran to him with a Sivord 

 and ran him into the Bpdy who, notwithftanding 

 his Wound, feized the Captain, threw him over 

 a Gun, and beat him handlbmely. This Adven- 

 ture put the whole Company in an Uproar, and 

 feme taking Part with the Captain, and others 

 agaiml: him, there had like to have enfued a gene- 

 ral Battle with one another, like my Lord TTjo^ 

 monk's Cocksy however, the Tumult was at length 

 appeas'd by the Mediation of the Quarter-Mafter • 

 and as the Majority of the Company were of Opi- 

 nion that the Dignity of the Captain, ought 

 to be lupported on Board that it was a Poft of 

 Honour, and therefore the Perfon whom they 

 thought fit to confer it on, fhould not be violated 

 by any fingle Member ; wherefore they fentenced 

 Jor7es to undergo two Laflies from every one of the 

 Company, for his Mifdemeanour, which was ex- 

 ecuted upon him as foon as he was vyell of his 

 Wound. 



This fevere Punifliment did not at all convince 

 Jories that he was in the wrong, but rather ani« 

 mated him to fome fort of a Revenge • but not be^ 

 ing able to do it upon Roberts's Perfon, on Board 

 the Ship, he and feveral of his Comrades, corref^ 

 pond with ^;?/?//, Caj tdn of the Brigantine, and 

 confpire with him and fome of the principal Py- 

 rates on Board that Veffel, to go off from the Com- 

 pany. What made Anfiis a Malecontent, was the 

 Inferiority he flood in, with Refpeft to Roberts] who 

 carried himfelf with a haughty' and magifterial 

 Air, to him and his Crew, he regarding the Bri- 

 gantine only as a Tender, and, as flich, left them no 

 more than the Refufe of their ^Plunder. In ihort 

 Jones and his Confort go on Board of Captain Jnl 

 i?//, on Pretence of a Vifit, and there confulting 



with 



