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 ving no other Boat to purue, nor a Muket, ready to fire, he got afe on Shore, and ran to the Governor with his Complaint, who immediately imprioned thoe already there, and ent a Launch off to take the ret out of the Ship.

The Swallow arrived at St. Thomas’s the Beginning of October following, where, on Mr. Rowry’s Remontrance, Application was made to the Portuguee Governor of that Iland, for a Surrendery of thee five Englih Prioners then in the Catle; but he not only peremptorily excued himelf from it, as a Matter out of his Power, without particular Direction from the Court of Portugal; but withal ininuated, that they had only taken Refuge there from the Hardhips and Severity they had met with from their Mater. The manner of Denial, and the avaritious Temper of the Gentleman, which I had Occaion to be acquainted with, makes it very upicious, that he propoed coniderable Gains to himelf; for if Mr. Rowry had not made uch an Ecape to him, the Slaves had been his for little or nothing, as a Bribe to ilence his Supicions, which any Man, les acute than he, mut have had from the awkward and unkilful Carriage of uch Merchants. But enough of this; perhaps he is not the only Governor abroad that finds an Interet in countenancing thee Fellows.



Hilip Roche was born in Ireland, and from his Youth had been bred up to the Sea; he was a brisk genteel Fellow, of 30 Years of Age at the Time of his Death; one whoe black and avage Nature did