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Mate Back to Back, and while that was doing,' 

 both of them begged with the utmoft Earneftnels, 

 and ufed.the moft folenfinlntreaties, that they would 

 at leaft allow them a few Minutes to fay their Pra- 

 yers, and beg Mercy of^od for the various Sins and 

 Offences of their Lives : Rut it did not move them, 

 ( though all the reft were dead, and no Danger could 

 be apprehended from them two alone) for the bound 

 Perfbns were hurry'd up and thrown into the Sea. 



The MafTaere being finilhed, they walhed them- 

 fel ves a little from the Blood, and fearched the 

 Chefts and Lockers, and all Places about the Ship, 

 and then fet down in the Captain's Cabin, and 

 refreflied themfelves with fome Rum they found 

 there, and (as ^R(?^'/;^confeffedj were never merrier 

 in their Lives. They invefted Roche with the 

 Command of the Ship, and calling him Captain, 

 talked over their Liquor, wh^t rare Actions they 

 would perform about Cape Briton^ Sable Ifle^ and the 

 Banks oi' Newfoundland^ whither they defigned to 

 go as foon as they had recruited their Company, 

 and got abetter Ship, which they propofed fpee- 

 dily to do, 



Roche taking upon himfelf' the Command of the 

 VeffeJ, Andrew Cullen was to pafs for a Merchant or 

 Super-cargo ; but when they bethought themfelves, 

 that they were in Danger of being difcovered by 

 the Papers of the Ship, relating to the Cargo, as 

 Bills of Lading, &c. therefore they erafe and take 

 out the Name of the French Mafter, and inftead 

 thereof, mferted the Name of Roche^ fo that it 

 Hood in the Ship's Papers, Teter Roche y[2i^Qi':^ that 

 then having fo few Hands on Board, they contri- 

 ved if they met any Ships, to give out, that they 

 had loft fome Hands by their being vvafhed over- 

 board in a Storm, and by that Means fcreen them- 

 felves from being fufpefted df having committed 

 fome fuch wicked Aft, by Reafon of the Fewnefs of 



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