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Dward England went Mate of a Sloop that ail’d out of Jamaica, and was taken by Captain Winter, a Pyrate, jut before their Settlement at Providence; from whence England had the Command of a Sloop in the ame laudable Employment: It is urprizing that Men of good Undertanding hould engage in a Coure of Life, that o much debaes humane Nature, and ets them upon a Level with the wild Beats of the Foret, who live and prey upon their weaker Fellow Creatures: A Crime o enormou! That it includes almot all others, as Murder, Rapine, Theft, Ingratitude, &c. and tho’ they make thee Vices familiar to them by their daily Practice, yet thee Men are o inconitent with themelves, that a Reflection made upon their Honour, their Jutice, or their Courage, is look’d upon as an Offence that ought to be punihed with the Life of him that commits it: England was one of thee Men, who eem’d to have uch a Share of Reaon, as hould have taught him better Things. He had a great deal of good Nature, and did not want for Rh