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 God's Providence, where he was floating three days and three nights; in which time about the middle of the second day, the Devil auming a Maremaid tarts up before him, and bids him be of good heart, for, if he would but make a contract with him, he would ingageengage [sic] a deliverance for him in 24 hours; the Old man being enible it was the Devil, and doubtles, having been proving of his heart to God, as the circumtance of Providence he was under, more immediatlyimmediately [sic] called for, found in himelf a renewed trength put into him inablingenabling [sic] him to hold up his head, and looking the Tempter in the face, Replysreplies [sic], 'Ah Satan, if thou can't prophecy deliverance for me know, my God, in whom I trut, will deliver me without thy help but however, know I will not comply to thy wiles, therefore avoydavoid [sic] Satan, avoydavoid [sic], So immediatlyimmediately [sic] he Vanihed, and appeared no more to him: But o it fell out, the other hip being at that time in the ame perrilperil [sic] or latitude, that night the Cabin Boy dreams a dream, that uch a ſhip there abouts was foundredfoundered [sic] and every Soul lot except uch an old man nameingnaming [sic] his name, who was aved on a peicepiece [sic] of the hip, and floating in the Sea; which dream, the Boy in the morning comfidentlyconfidently [sic] tells it to the company and his mater; at lat the Boy began to hew more cofidenceconfidence [sic], affirming it, as if it mut be true, insomuch, he received ome checks from his mater, but however, at lat, the Boy grew o retles, that he; running up from one mat to another, ometimes at fore-top mat head and then from off the main-top mat head looking abroad, that at lat, crying out aloud 'Alow there, I ee him, I ee him under row 'Lowbow; thuthus [sic] confidently affirming it, ome