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gence fhewn them, and violate their parole, occa- 

 fioned an order for abridging the prifoners of feve- 

 ral privileges they had before enjoyed, and confin- 

 ing them with greater ftridnefs. Flowever, the 

 favours which Mr. Brookes, commiffary for the 

 French prifoners, and Mr. Rickman, who aded in 

 the fame capacity for the Spaniards, were pleafed td 

 fhew me, were accompanied with fuch politenefs and 

 cordiality, that I became entirely eafy under my pre- 

 fent condition, and even the reBedion on my misfor- 

 tunes grew lefs painful. Here I could expatiate in 

 the praife of thefe two gentlemen the former to his 

 learning, abilities, and addrefs in the condu(51: of affairs,' 

 added the mod endearing humanity, of which all 

 the prifoners in his department felt the good effedls ^ 

 but I fhall not infill on a character, the brightnefs 

 of which would be but obfcured by the praifes of my^ 

 infufficient pen. 



The commifi^ary for the Spaniili prifoners,, was^ 

 Mr. William Rickman, under whofe care confe- 

 quently I fhould have been, without the circumflance 

 of having been taken in a French fhip : yet my be- 

 ing a Spaniard recommended me to his kindnefs,' 

 which 1 with gratitude own he carried to a very 

 great height j and I had a large fhare of thofe ads 

 of goodnefs by which he has deferved the univerfal 

 acknowledgement of the whole Spanifli nation. For 

 from the beginning of the w^ar, and the taking of 

 the PrinceiTa, he exerted all poffible care for the 

 comfort of the common prifofiers ; and the ch ef 

 officers he even lodged at his ovvn feat, and many 

 others at an adjacent farm-houfe, about a quarter of 

 a league from Titchfield in the London-road, called 

 Pcfbrook, and about three miles fromi Fareham. He 

 made public and private folicitations in their behalf 

 he treated all with affability, and ufcd the greate^^ 

 difparch in their fcverai affairs : he railed charitable 

 contributions^ which were chiefly laid out in apparel 



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