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like. Being come within Mafquet fhot, we heard their Trumpets founding 
French Levcts, which made the Turks who were on board of us, take them 
for Ships of Turns ; being come nearer, they again faluted us without a Bullet, 
v/hich we did not anfwer,only furled our Main-faiI,to (hew them that we refolved' 
to Fight, and not to Run for it. We were then on board in all an hundred 
and fifty Men, and expeded to fpend the Night in fighting and not fleeping, 
, for the Sun was fet, and we had no Light but from the Moon, which Ihone out 
very clear. Our Mate hailed them from the Poop, and demanded who they 
were? Who having anfwered. They were Friends. The Mate then called to 
^ . them, That if fo, they fhould fall to the Leeward ^ which they did, failing fo 
of two sïips^ "^^^ Stern, that our Turks eafily fpoke to them. And having asked who 
of Tunis. they were? They anfwered, they were Ships of Tunis, An Englifh Renegado, 
• called Solyman Reys, commanded them, and they belonged to the Dey. The 
biggefl and befl; Sailer of the two Ships, carried thirty fix Guns, and the other 
which was lefs, five and twenty, having each two hundred Men on board. 
When they knew that the Prince Don Philippo was on board of us, they faluted 
him with three Guns, and our Captain ordered the falute to be rendred, bun 
to. the Windward, becaufe all our Guns were loaded with Shot, and theie 
Gentlemen were to the Leeward of us, the Gunner fired two Guns to the wind- 
ward, but the third miffing fire, he ran in all hafte to that which was neareft, 
(without confidering what he did) and it happening to be to the Leeward, 
- and they jufi; off and on with us, he fired it, and fiiot a Bullet into the middle 
of the biggeft Ships fide. This put our Captain into a great Paffion'againft 
the Gunner, who ran away and hid himfelf : Immediately they came on board 
of us in their Boat,and complained highly of that Aélion, demanding him who 
had fired the Gun, to be delivered unto them j becaufe they faid they had a 
Man killed, and two wounded by the fhot. Which we believed to be falfe: 
Becaufe one faid, one man Killed, and two wounded ; another, two Killed; 
another, two wounded ^ and another, three. Our Captain told them. That 
it was an Accident, and that many times Ships upon, their entring into a Port, 
intending to falute the Town, have by Inadvertency, fiiot Bullets into the 
place. But they ftill perfifting in their demand, he told them. That if they 
would needs have him, they Ihould goon board their Ship again,and then come 
and take him. Which perhaps they might have attempted, had we not had Turks 
on board, who would have fufFered for it. For it was an Article in their 
Peace, that he that firft Ihot a Bullet, broke the Peace. When they found th'at 
there was nothing to be done, they drank a Cup or two, and returned to their 
Ship, giving us two Letters for r^w";. After that, they bore away EaUward, 
and we held on our Courfe till towards Midnight that we tackt about, but then 
Cape Bon. the Wind turning Weft, we tackt again, I'canding away North-north-eaft, 
Gaiipp^. and failed by Cape Bon, and the Caftle of Galippa. 
Saturday the firft of March, we tackt, and leaving the Caille of Galippa to 
the Leeward, bore away North-weft, but the Wind chopping into the North, 
which blows full from Tunis, we ftood away Weft-north-weft, and comin<y 
clofe up with the Caftle of Galippa., f which is a fmall fquare Caftle upon a Hill) 
we left it to the Leeward, and then tacking again, bore away Eaft-north-eaft, 
that we might alfo weather Cape Bon, and fo get where we defired to be. We 
kept beating in this manner a pretty while, the Current carrying us always 
oflf of Cape Bon, and the fame day had fower gufts of Wind and Rain. 
Snnday Morning the fécond of March, we made a Corfair near to Pantalaria.^ 
whom we waited for without breaking our Courfe, and fo foon as he was come 
within Mufquet (hot of us, we hailed up our Main-fail, he putting out Red 
Colours, and wetheEnglifh. Then he came under our Stern, and we infor- 
med our felves that a Turk, called jihmet Keys, commanded the Ship that be- 
longed to private Men of Tunis. She was a finall Ship, that two years before 
had been taken by them from a Captain of Marfeilles, fhe carried then four- 
teen Guns, and had about two hundred Men on board ; having faluted one 
another each with a Gun, we fteered on our feveral Courfes. 
Monday Morning the third of March^ we had another kind of Allarm, when 
a Seaman on the Maintop-maft head cried, he faw four Sail, which proved only 
to be Rocks j that day we began to fail farther upon a Tack, to w^it, from 
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