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their Hands on Board ; and alio might prevail witli 

 fo^e Ship to fparc them fome, on Confideration ol 

 their pretended Difafter. 



In going to Cales they were in Diftrefs by the 

 Weather J and being near Lisbon^ they made ;Cotie^- 

 plaint to "a Ship, but obtained no Affiftance. They 

 were then obliged to fail hdick for Evgland^ and put: 

 into the Port of Dartmouth'^ but then they were in 

 fear leaft they might be diftovered, therefore to pre- 

 vent that, they refolve to alter the Ship, and getting 

 Workmen, they tajce down the Mixzen-Maft, and 

 build a Spar Deckj and made Rails, (on pretence 

 that the Sailors had been waftiM overboard j to fe* 

 cure the Men* Then they took down the |mag^ of 

 St. P^ter at the Head of the Ship, and put up a Lioii 

 in its Place, and painted over the Stern of the Ship 

 with Red, and new nam'd her the Mary Snow, The 

 ship being thus alter'd that they thought it could 

 3ipt be known, they fancy M themfelves pretty fe- 

 cure ; but wanting Money to defray the Charge of 

 thefe Alterations, Roche^ as Mafter of the VelTel, 

 and Andrew Cullenj as Merchant, apply themfelves 

 to the Officers of the Cuftoms for Liberty to difpole 

 of fome of the Cargo^ in order to pay the Work^ 

 men ^ which they having obtained, they fold fifty 

 eight Barrels of Beef, and having hired three more 

 Hands, they f^t Sail for Ofiend^ and there havi^ng 

 fold more Barrels of Beef, they fleet their Courfe 

 to Rotterdam^ dilpofe of the ^eft of the Cargo, and 

 took m one Mr. AnmfLyy who freighted the Ship for 

 England h hut in their Paffage, in a ftormy Night, 

 it being very dark, they took/ up Mr. Anne fly their 

 f^affenger^ and threw him into the Sea, who fwam 

 about th^/Ship a pretty whilt, calling out for Life, 

 and telling them they fiiould have all his Goods, 

 if they would receive him again into the Vellel i 

 But in vain were his Grigs \ 



