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but thofe in the Poop were ufed, and every time they were to be Traverfed 
the French mufl; lend a hand to it ^ for the Englifh Sea-men fceraed to be a 
fleep, and laughed to fee the French tug at iu. My man alfo ferved there fo 
eagerly, that he crufhed one of his Fingers betwixt a Rope and a Fully of a 
Gun which he was bringing to, and I was afraid he Ihould have been maimed 
by it. I thought my felf obliged to fay of him in this place, what all the 
men of the Ship have every where publiflied, feeing it is all the Reward he 
had, for though the*Captain promifed him his fliare in the Booty, ( as in rio^hc 
it did belong to him as well as to all who fought ) ^ never thelefs he gave him 
nothing, nor to any other of the French, nor indeed, did we ask any thine 
In the mean time, (though we were in the Port) yet we kept good Guar4 
aboard in the Night-time, having all our Guns loaded with fliot, becaufe we 
had a fufpicion that fome Dutch Ships, that were alfo in the Port, had a mind 
to take our Prize from us, and the Great Duke feeraed unwilling to allow us 
his Protection. Our Captain told me. That if the Great Duke would not re- 
ceive him into Protedtion, he was refolved to kill and throw over-board all the 
Prifoners, and then fet fail for England with his Prize. This defign wrought 
horrour in me, and I was much in fear they might put it in Execution • for 
I perceived they were inclinable enough to do fo : But at length, on Good- 
Friday^ about four a Clock in the Afternoon, the Health- boat came aboard of 
us, and gave us Prattick, entring the Ship and mingling with us, which was a 
lingular favour ; for we expeded at leaft to have made [a Week or a Fortnight 
of Quarantine. All the Prifoners were fet at Liberty, and put a-lhoar and 
next day, Saturday the twelfth of ^pnl, we alfo went a-lhoar. ' 
Laudate Dominnm de Cdis-, laudate eum in exceljis^ qnonian confirmata efi fnter 
nos Miferecordia ejusy & Veritas Vomini mamt in ^y£ternHm. ■* J t 
There is come into my Hands, a Relation of the taking of Babylon, other- 
wife called Bagdat, by Sultan Amurath, Tranflated out of Turkifli 
into French, which I here give the Reader in the fame Terms as I 
had it. 
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