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 Mate Back to Back, and while that was doing, both of them begged with the utmot Earnetnes, and ued the mot olemn Intreaties, that they would at leat allow them a few Minutes to ay their Prayers, and beg Mercy of God for the various Sins and Offences of their Lives: But it did not move them, (though all the ret were dead, and no Danger could be apprehended from them two alone) for the bound Perons were hurry’d up and thrown into the Sea.

The Maacre being finihed, they wahed themelves a little from the Blood, and earched the Chets and Lockers, and all Places about the Ship, and then et down in the Captain’s Cabin, and refrehed themelves with ome Rum they found there, and (as Roche confeed) were never merrier in their Lives. They inveted Roche with the Command of the Ship, and calling him Captain, talked over their Liquor, what rare Actions they would perform about Cape Briton, Sable Ile, and the Banks of Newfoundland, whither they deigned to go as oon as they had recruited their Company, and got a better Ship, which they propoed peedily to do.

Roche taking upon himelf the Command of the Veel, Andrew Cullen was to pas for a Merchant or Super-cargo; but when they bethought themelves, that they were in Danger of being dicovered by the Papers of the Ship, relating to the Cargo, as Bills of Lading, &c. therefore they erae and take out the Name of the French Mater, and intead thereof, inerted the Name of Roche, o that it tood in the Ship’s Papers, Peter Roche Mater; that then having o few Hands on Board, they contrived if they met any Ships, to give out, that they had lot ome Hands by their being wahed overboard in a Storm, and by that Means creen themelves from being upected of having committed ome uch wicked Act, by Reaon of the Fewnes of Rh