258 Capt. Bartho. Robert!?. 



any Repulfe ? But his Boatfwain, Philips^ took 

 upon him to be the Mouth of the People, and put 

 an End to the Difpute he faid plainly, he would 

 not, laid down his Arms in the King's Name, as he 

 was plealed to term it, and called out to the Boat 

 for Quarters, fo that the reft, by his Example, 

 were millead to the lofing of the Ship. 



When they came on Board, they brought her 

 under Sail, by an expeditious Method, of cutting 

 the Cable ^ Walden^ one of the Py rates, telling 

 the Matter, t\i\syohofe of heaving up the Anchor 

 was a needlefs trouble, when they defigned to 

 burn the Ship/ They brought her under Com* 

 madore Rcherts''s Stern, and not only rifled her 

 of what Sails, Cordage, &c. they wanted for them- 

 lelves, but wantonly throw'd the Goods of the 

 Company overboard, like Spend-thrifts, that nei- 

 ther expeOred or defigned any Account. 



On the lame Day alfo, they took the Flufhing^ a 

 Dutch Ship, robbed her of Mafts, Yards and Stores, 

 and then cut down her Fore-Maft but what fat 

 as heavily as any thing with the Skipper^ \yas, their 

 taking fbme fineSaufages he had on Board, of his 

 Wife's making, and ftringing them in a ludicrous 

 Manner, round their Necks, till they had fulSci- 

 ently fliew'd their Contempt of them, .and then 

 threw them into the Sea. Others chopped the 

 Heads of his Fowls off, to be drelfed for their 

 Supper, and courteoufly invited the Landlord, pro- 

 vided he would find Liquor. It was amelancholly 

 Requeft to the Man, but it muft be comply'd with, 

 and he was obliged, as they grew drunk, to fit 

 quietly, and hear them fing French and Spanifh Songs. 

 out of his Dutch Prayer-Books, with other Pro- 

 phanefs, that he (tho' a Dutch Man) flood ama- 

 zed at. , ■ . , 



In chafing too near in, they alarmed the Coaft, 

 md Expreffes were fentto the EngUjl) ai;id Dutch 



Fado- 



