Of Capt. G£ok&B LowTHm. 355 

 ^yratical Manner, and let the VeiFel go • but leaft 

 Ihe lljouid meet with any of the Station Shi]?s, and fo 

 ^ive liifortttation of the Robbery, r^/ T^rr^^r^;;^, to pre- 

 vent a Piirfuit, ZdiPffei^r contrived a fort of a Certifi*. 

 fcate, which he direftedthe Mafter to fiiew to th^if 

 Confort, if they fiiould meet with her and lipoa 

 Sight of it the Brigantine would pafs unmolefted t 

 This Confort, he pretended, was a 40 Gun Ship, 

 and cruifing thereabouts. 



After this the Bellvery proceeded to HlfpanioU ; 

 near the Weft End of the Ifland fhe met vvich a 

 French Sloop loaden with Wine and Brandy aboard 

 of this'Veffel went Captain Majpy^ as a Merchant, 

 and askM the Price of one Thing, and then another^ 

 bidding Money for the greateft Part of the Cargo \ 

 but after he had trifled a while, he whifper'd a 

 Secret in the French Man^sEar, viz.. Tlmt they mu^ 

 have it all without 'Money. Monpeur prefently under-^ 

 iiood his Meaning, and unwillingly agreed to the 

 Bargain- They took out o^' her thirty Casks ot 

 Brandy, five Hogfheads of Wine, federal Pieces ot 

 Chinti^es, and other valuable Goods, and about 70 

 lEnglijhy in Money • of which Lowther generOufly re- 

 turned ,fi^e Pounds back to the JEr^wciS^ Mafter for his 

 Civilities. 



But as all Conftitutions grow old, and thereby 

 lhake and totter, fo did our Commonwealth in 

 about a Month of its Age, feel Commotions and in* 

 teftine Difturbances, by the Dlvifions of its M^rtl* 

 bers. which had near han4 terminated in its De- 

 ftruftionjj thefe civir Difcords vvere owing to 

 the following Occafion. Captain Maffey had been 

 a Soldier alriioft from his Infancy, but was but very 

 indifferently acquainted with Maritime Affairs, and 

 havings an enter prizing Soul, nothing would fatisfy 

 'him, but he muft be dpmg Bufiaef^ in his own 

 Way, therefore he required Lowther to let him have 

 thirty Hands t3 land with, and he would attack 



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