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 The Captain’s Power is uncontroulable in Chace, or in Battle, drubbing, cutting, or even hooting any one who dares deny his Command. The ame Privilege he takes over Prioners, who receive good or ill Uage, motly as he approves of their Behaviour, for tho’ the meanet would take upon them to miue a Mater of a Ship, yet he would controul herein, when he ee it, and merrily over a Bottle, give his Prioners this double Reaon for it. Firt, That it preerved his Precedence; and econdly, That it took the Punihment out of the Hands of a much more rah and mad Sett of Fellows than himelf. When he found that Rigour was not expected from his People, (for he often practied it to appeae them,) then he would give Strangers to undertand, that it was pure Inclination that induced him to a good Treatment of them, and not any Love or Partiality to their Perons; for, ays he,

And now eeing the Diadvantages they were under for puruing the Account, viz. a mall Veel ill repaired, and without Proviions, or Stores; they reolved one and all, with the little Supplies they could get, to proceed for the Wet-Indies, not doubting to find a Remedy for all thee Evils, and to retreive their Los.

In the Latitude of Deeada, one of the Ilands, they took two Sloops, which upply’d them with Proviions and other Necearies; and a few Days afterwards, took a Brigantine belonging to Rhode Iland, and then proceeded to Barbadoes, off of which Iland, they fell in with a Britol Ship of 10 Guns, in her Voyage out, from whom they took abundance of Cloaths, ome Money, twenty five Bales of Goods, five Barrels of Powder, a Cable, Hawer,