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ving no other Boat to purfue, nor a Musket, r^ady 

 to fire, he got faf e on bhore, and ran to the Gover- 

 nor with his Complaint, who immediately impri- 

 Ibned thofe already there, and fent a Launch off to 

 take the reft out of the Ship. 



The Swallow arrived at St. Thofnas^s the Beginning 

 of OStober following, where, on Mr. Rowry^s Remon- 

 ftrance, Application was made to the Portuguefe Go* 

 vernprof thatlfland, for a Surrendery of thefe five^ 

 Englijlj Prifoners then in the Caftle but he not on- 

 ]y peremptorily excufed himfelf from it, [as a Mat- 

 ter out of his Power, without particular Direftion 

 from the Court of Portugal ^ but withal infinuated^ 

 that they had only taken Refuge there from the 

 Hardfliips and Severity they had met with from 

 their Mafter. The manner of Denial, and the ava-^ 

 ritious Temper of the Gentleman, which I had Oc* 

 cafion to be acquainted with, makes it very fufpi- 

 cious, that hepiopofed confiderable Gains to liim- 

 lelf; for if Mr. i?wry had not made luch an Efcape 

 to him, the Slaves had been his for little or. nothing^ 

 as a Bribe to filence his Sufpicions, which ^iny Man, 

 lefs acute than he, muft have had from the awkward 

 and unskilful Carriage of fiich Merchant?. But e- 

 nough of this \ perhaps he is not the anly Governor 

 abroad that finds an Intereft in countenancing thefe 

 IFellows. 



An Account of the Pyracies and Murders 

 committed by Thtlt^ Roche ^ ]^t. 



PHilip Roche wasbornin /?^^//«W,and from hisYouth 

 had been bred up to the Sea-, he was a brisk 

 genteel Fellow, of 30 Years of Age at the Time of 

 his Death j one whofe black and favage Nature did 



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