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 the Sails, or weigh her Anchor; and Roberts being ignorant of the Occaion or Alteration of the firt Deign, fell into the Mouth of Danger, when he thought himelf the farthet from it; for the Men of War not endeavouring to attain further to Windward (when they came from Princes) then to ecure Cape Coro Road under their Lee, they luckily hovered in the Track he had took.

The Swallow and Weymouth fell in with the Continent at Cape Appollonia, Octo. 20th, and there received the ungrateful News from one Captain Bird; a Notice that awaken’d and put them on their Guard; but they were far from expecting any Temerity hould ever bring him a econd Time on the Coat, while they were there; therefore the Swallow having een the Weymouth into Cape Coro Road Nov. 10th, he ply’d to Windward as far as Baam, rather as an Airing to recover a ickly Ship’s Company, and hew herelf to the Trade, which was found every where unditurb’d, and were, for that Reaon, returning to her Conort, when accidently meeting a Portuguee Ship, he told her, that the Day before he aw two Ships Chace into Junk, an Englih Veel, which he believed mut have fallen into their Hands. On this Story, the Swallow clung her Wind, and endeavoured to gain that Place, but receiving oon after (Octo. the 14th) a contrary Report from Captain Plummer, an intelligent Man, in the Jaon of Britol, who had come further to Windward, and neither aw or heard any Thing of this; he turned her Head down the econd Time, anchored at Cape Appollonia the 23d, at Cape Tres Puntas the 27th, and in Coro Road January the 7th, 1721-2.

They learned that their Conort the Weymouth, was, by the Aitance of ome Soldiers from the Catle, gone to Windward, to demand RetitutionReſtitution [sic] of ome Goods or Men belonging to the Rh