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 would be impracticable. Thee all, except the Porcupine, ranomed with him for eight Pound of Gold-Dut, a Ship, not without the trouble of ome Letters paing and repaing from the Shore, before they could ettle it; and notwithtanding the Agreement and Payment, they took away one of the French Ships, tho’ with a Promie to return her, if they found he did not ail well, taking with them everal of her Men for that End.

Some of the Foreigners, who never had Dealing this Way before, deired for Satisfaction to their Owners, that they might have Receipts for their Money, which were accordingly given, a Copy of one of them, I have here ubjoined, viz.

Others were given to the Portuguee Captains, which were in the ame Form, but being ign’d by two waggih Fellows, viz. Sutton, and Sympon, they ubcribed by the Names of,

Aaron Whifflingpin, Sim. Tugmutton.

But there was omething o ingularly cruel and barbarous done here to the Porcupine, Captain Fletcher, as mut not be paed over without pecial Remark.

This Ship lay in the Road, almot laved, when the Pyrates came in, and the Commander being on Shore, ettling his Accounts, was ent to for the Ranom, but he excued it, as having no Orders from