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66 the Preent was accepted, and the Officers dimied back with a Glas of Palm-Wine and Attee, ho (the common way of Salutation with Thumbs and Fingers mixed, and napping off.)

To mooth the King into a good Opinion of our Generoity, we made it up to his Son, Tom Freeman; who, to hew his good-nature, came on board uninvited, bringing his Flaglet, and obliging us with ome wild Notes. Him we dres'd with an edg'd Hat, a Wig, and a Sword, and gave a Patent upon a large Sheet of Parchment, creating him Duke of Sethos, affixing all our Hands, and the Impres of a Butter mark on Putty.

This was taken o kindly by the Father, that he ent us a couple of Goats in return, and his younger Son Joee for further Marks of our Favour; whom we dignified alo, on a mall Conideration, with the Title of Prince of Baxos. Several indeed had been titled, but none o eminently, as by Patent, before; which procured us the entire good-will of the King; uffering us at any time to hawl our Searn in the River, where we catched good tore of Mullets, Soles, Bump noes, and Rock-fih ; and to go up to their Villages unmoleted.

In one of thee Towns, ome others of us paid a Viit to his Majety, whom we found at a Palace built as humble as a Hog-ty ; the entrance was narrow like a Port-hole,