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 Swallow came a econd Time very nigh to him: He had now perhaps finihed the Fight very deperately, if Death, who took a wift Paage in a Grape-Shot, had not interpoed, and truck him directly on the Throat. He ettled himelf on the Tackles of a Gun, which one Stephenon, from the Helm, oberving, ran to his Aitance, and not perceiving him wounded, wore at him, and bid him tand up, and fight like a Man; but when he found his Mitake, and that his Captain was certainly dead, he guhed into Tears, and wihed the next Shot might be his Lot. They preently threw him over-board, with his Arms and Ornaments on, according to the repeated Requet he made in his Life-time.

Roberts was a tall black Man, near forty Years of Age, born at Newey-bagh, nigh Haverford-Wet, in Pembrokhire, of good natural Parts, and peronal Bravery, tho’ he applied them to uch wicked Purpoes, as made them of no Commendation, frequently drinking He was forc’d himelf at firt among this Company out of the Prince, Captain Plumb at Anamaboe, about three Years before, where he erved as econd Mate, and hed, as he us’d to tell the freh Men, as many Crocodile Tears then as they did now, but Time and good Company had wore it off. He could not plead Want of Employment, nor Incapacity of getting his Bread in an honet way, to favour o vile a Change, nor was he o much a Coward as to pretend it; but frankly own’d, it was to get rid of the diagreeable Superiority of ome Maters he was acquainted with, and the Love of Novelty and Change, Maritime Peregrinations had accutom’d him to. ays he, there is thin Commons, low Wages, and hard Labour; in this, Plenty and Satiety, Pleaure and Eae, Liberty and Power; and who would not ballance Creditor on this Side, when all the Hazard that is run for it, at wort, is only a