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there all the Night, while the Ship was alhore 9 

 mid obliged feme of the Faftory to aflift in get-- 

 ting her clean In the mean* while, Rujfel came 

 off, but not being fuffered to come on Board, he 

 caird to Lowthr^ and offered him and the Company;, 

 whatever Terms they would be pleafed to accepi: 

 ofj. upon Condition of furrendering up the Ship^ 

 which had no EffeQ: upon any of them. In the 

 Morning they got her afloat, and fl^afey and his 

 Men came aboard, after having nailed up and 4if- 

 mounted all the Cannon of the Fort : They put the 

 Governor's Son, and two or three othei^s afliore^ who 

 were not willing to go without the Governor, and 

 iaird out of the River, having exchanged feveral 

 Shot with the Martha^ Omr^ &€. that lay there^ 

 without doing Execution on either Side. 



When the Ship came out to Sea, Lomher called 

 up all the Company, and told them, it was the 

 great efi Folly imaginable^ to think of returning 10 Eng- 

 land, for what they had already done^ €ould not he jtiftify-^ 

 ed upon any Pretence whatfoever^ hut would be looked up^ 

 on J in the Eye of the Lawy a capital Offence ^ and that none ^f 

 them were in a Condition to withfland the Attach of fuch 

 powerful Adverfariesy as they would meet with at Horns - 

 for his Part he was determined not to run fuch a Haz^ard^ 

 and. therefore if his Propofal was not agreed tOy he de fired 

 to be fet a Shore in fome Place of Safety : That they had ^ 

 good Ship under them^ a parcel o f brave Follows in her^ 

 that it was not their Bufinefs to fiarve^ or be made Slaves ^ 

 and thefefore^ if they were all of his Mindy they fhould 

 feek their Fortmes upon the SeaSy as other Adventurers had 

 done before them. They one and all came into the 

 Meafiires, knocked down the Cabins, made the 

 Ship fluih fore and aft, prepared black Colours, 

 new named her, the Delivery^ havisng about 50 Hands 

 and 16 Guns, and the following ihort Articles were 

 drawn up, figned and fwom to upon the Bible. 



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