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 Hand-Pumps, and everal pair of Standards brought out of the Caandra, to relieve and trengthen her; but oberving the Indifferency of the Fleet, choe rather to chae than run; and thought the bet Way to ave themelves, was to play at Bullbeggar with the Enemy: So they came up with the Sea Wind, about Gun-Shot to Leeward, the great Ships of the Fleet a-head, and ome others a-tern; which latter they took for Fire-Veels: And thee a-head gaining from them by cutting away their Boats, they could do nothing more than continue their Coure all Night, which they did, and found them next Morning out of Sight, excepting a Ketch and ome few Gallivats, They bore down, which the Ketch perceiving, tranported her People on Board a Gallivat, and et fire to her; the other proved too nimble and made off. The ame Day they chaed another Gallivat and took her, being come from Gogo, bound for Callicut with Cotton. Of thee Men they enquired concerning the Fleet, uppoing they mut have been in it; and altho’ they proteted they had not een a Ship or Boat ince they left Gogo, and pleaded very earnetly for Favour; yet they threw all their Cargo over-board, and quezed their Joints in a Vice, to extort Confeion: But they entirely ignorant of who or what this Fleet hould be, were obliged not only to utain this Torment, but next Day a freh eaterly Wind having plit the Gallivats Sails, they put her Company into the Boat, with nothing but a Tryail, no Proviions, and only four Gallons of Water, (half of it Salt,) and then out of Sight of Land, to hift for themelves.

For the better elucidating of this Story, it may be convenient to inform the Reader, who Angria is,