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+Title: The Female Soldier
+       Or, the Surprising Life and Adventures of Hannah Snell
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+Author: Anonymous
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+Release Date: June 18, 2011  [eBook #36461]
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+[Illustration: G. Scott. Scp.
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+HANNAH SNELL, _The Female Soldier &c._]
+
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+
+THE Female Soldier;
+Or, The Surprising
+LIFE _and_ ADVENTURES
+OF _HANNAH SNELL_,
+Born in the CITY of _Worcester_,
+
+   Who took upon herself the Name of _James Gray_; and, being deserted
+   by her Husband, put on Mens Apparel, and travelled to _Coventry_ in
+   quest of him, where she enlisted in Col. _Guise_'s Regiment of Foot,
+   and marched with that Regiment to _Carlisle_, in the Time of the
+   Rebellion in _Scotland_; shewing what happened to her in that City,
+   and her Desertion from that Regiment.
+
+ALSO
+
+   A Full and True ACCOUNT of her enlisting afterwards into _Fraser_'s
+   Regiment of Marines, then at _Portsmouth_; and her being draughted
+   out of that Regiment, and sent on board the _Swallow_ Sloop of War,
+   one of Admiral _Boscawen_'s Squadron, then bound for the
+   _East-Indies_. With the many Vicissitudes of Fortune she met with
+   during that Expedition, particularly at the Siege of _Pondicherry_,
+   where she received Twelve Wounds. Likewise, the surprising Accident
+   by which she came to hear of the Death of her faithless Husband, who
+   she went in quest of.
+
+TOGETHER
+
+   With an ACCOUNT of what happened to her in the Voyage to _England_,
+   in the _Eltham_ Man of War. The whole containing the most surprizing
+   Incidents that have happened in any preceeding Age; wherein is laid
+   open all her Adventures, in Mens Cloaths, for near five Years,
+   without her Sex being ever discovered.
+
+_LONDON_:
+Printed for, and Sold by R. WALKER, the Corner of _Elliot's-Court_,
+in the _Little Old-Bailey_. 1750. Price One Shilling.
+
+
+
+
+TO THE PUBLICK.
+
+
+_Notwithstanding the surprizing Adventures of this our_ British _Heroine,
+of whom the following Pages fully and impartially treat; yet the Oddity of
+her Conduct for preserving her Virtue was such, that it demands not only
+Respect, but Admiration; and as there is nothing to be found in the
+following Sheets, but what is Matter of Fact, it merits the Countenance
+and Approbation of every Inhabitant of this great Isle, especially the
+Fair Sex, for whom this Treatise is chiefly intended; and the Truth of
+which being confirmed by our Heroines Affidavit, made before the Right
+Hon. the Lord Mayor, the said Affidavit is hereunto annexed, in order to
+prevent the Publick from being imposed upon by fictitious Accounts._
+
+Hannah Snell, _born in the City of_ Worcester, _in the Year of our Lord
+1723, and who took upon her the Name of_ James Gray, _maketh Oath, and
+saith, That she this Deponent served his present Majesty King_ George, _as
+a Soldier and Sailor, from the 27th of_ November, _One Thousand Seven
+Hundred and Forty five, to the 9th of this Instant_ June, _and entered
+herself as a Marine in Capt._ Graham_'s Company in Col._ Fraser_'s
+Regiment, and went on board the_ Swallow, _his Majesty's Sloop of War, to
+the_ East-Indies, _belonging to Admiral_ Boscawen_'s Squadron, where this
+Deponent was present at the Siege of_ Pondicherry, _and all the other
+Sieges during that Expedition, in which she received Twelve Wounds, some
+of which were dangerous, and was put into the Hospital for Cure of the
+same, and returned into_ England _in the_ Eltham _Man of War, Capt._ Lloyd
+_Commander, without the least Discovery of her Sex._
+
+_And this Deponent further maketh Oath, and saith, That she has delivered
+to_ Robert Walker, _Printer, in the_ Little Old-Bailey, London, _a full
+and true Account of the many surprizing Incidents, and wonderful Hardships
+she underwent during the Time she was in his Majesty's Service as
+aforesaid, to be by him printed and published._
+
+_And this Deponent lastly saith, That she has not given the least Hint of
+her surprising Adventures to any other Person, nor will she, this
+Deponent, give any the Least Account thereof, to any Person whatsoever, to
+be printed or published, save and except the above-mentioned_ Robert
+Walker.
+
+  Sworn before me this 27th Day of _June_, 1750,
+  at _Goldsmith's Hall, London_,
+
+      J. BLACHFORD, Mayor.
+
+  Witness
+
+                Susannah Gray,
+      _Sister of the said_ Hannah Snell.
+                T. Edwards.
+
+            _Her_
+      Hannah  x  Snell,
+           _Mark_.
+
+
+
+
+THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF _Hannah Snell, &c._
+
+
+In this dastardly Age of the World, when Effeminacy and Debauchery have
+taken Place of the Love of Glory, and that noble Ardor after warlike
+Exploits, which flowed in the Bosoms of our Ancestors, genuine Heroism, or
+rather an extraordinary Degree of Courage, are Prodigies among Men. What
+Age, for Instance, produces a _Charles_ of _Sweden_, a _Marlborough_, or a
+Prince _Eugene_? These are _Rara Aves in Terris_, and when they appear,
+they seem to be particularly designed by Heaven, for protecting the Rights
+of injured Nations, against foreign Oppression, securing the Privileges
+of Innocence from the dire Assault of Prey and Rapine; and, in a Word,
+vindicating the common Prerogatives of human Nature, from the fatal
+Effects of brutal Rage, the love of Conquest, and an insatiable Lust after
+Power. The amazing Benefit arising to Mankind from such illustrious and
+exalted Characters, is, perhaps, the principal Reason why they attract the
+Eyes, and command the Attention of all who hear of them, even in Quarters
+of the World far remote from their Influence and Sphere of Action: Why
+they are the Subjects of the Poets Song, the Founders of the Historian
+Narration, and the Objects of the Painters Pencil; all which have a
+Tendency to transmit their Names with immortal Glory to latest Ages, and
+eternize their Memories, when their Bodies are mouldred into Dust, and
+mingled with their Parent Earth. Perhaps their Rarity may also contribute,
+in a great Measure, to that Esteem and Veneration, which the World thinks
+fit to pay them: But sure if Heroism, Fortitude, and a Soul equal to all
+the glorious Acts of War and Conquest, are Things so rare, and so much
+admired among Men; how much rarer, and consequently how much more are they
+to be admired among Women? In short, we may on this Occasion, without any
+Hyperbole, use the Words of _Solomon_, and say, _One Man among a thousand
+have I found, but among Women not so_. However, tho' Courage and warlike
+Expeditions, are not the Provinces by the World allotted to Women since
+the Days of the _Amazons_, yet the female Sex is far from being destitute
+of Heroinism. _Cleopatra_ headed a noble Army against _Mark Anthony_, the
+greatest Warrior of his Time. _Semiramis_ was not inferior to her in
+Courage. The _Arcadian_ Shepherdesses are as memorable for their Contempt
+of Danger as their darling and beloved Swains. But among all our Heroines,
+none comes more immediately under our Cognizance, nor, perhaps, more
+merits our Attention than the remarkable _Hannah Snell_, whose History is
+highly interesting, both on Account of the Variety of amazing Incidents,
+and the untainted Veracity with which it is attended. Some People guided
+rather by the Suggestions of Caprice, than the Dictates of Reason and a
+sound Understanding, have foolishly imagin'd, that Persons of low and
+undistinguished Births, hardly ever rais'd themselves to the Summit of
+Glory and Renown; but they will find themselves widely mistaken, when they
+reflect on a _Kauli-Kan_, a _Cromwell_, and many others I could mention.
+But if this Observation had the smallest Foundation either in Nature or
+the Course of human Experience, from the most remote, to the present Age,
+yet its Force does by no Means extend to _Hannah Snell_, the Heroine of
+the subsequent Narrative: For though her immediate Progenitors were but
+low in the World, when compared with Dukes, Earls and Generals, yet she
+had the Seeds of Heroism, Courage and Patriotism transferr'd to her from
+her Ancestors, as will appear from the following Account of her Genealogy.
+
+Hannah Snell, was born in _Fryer-Street_, in the Parish of _St. Hellen_'s,
+in the City of _Worcester_, on the 23d Day of _April_, 1723. Her Parents,
+tho' not immensely Rich by the hereditary Gifts of Fortune, yet secured a
+Competency, which not only placed them above Contempt, but also enabled
+them to bring up, and educate a numerous Family, none of whom have
+miscarried for want either of sufficient Learning from Masters, or
+salutary Advices and virtuous Examples from their Parents. And though Mrs.
+_Hannah Snell_ did not while she was at School learn to write, yet she
+made a tolerable Progress in the other Part of Education common to her
+Sex, and could read exceeding well.
+
+Though the Father of our Heroine was no more than a _Hosier_ and _Dyer_,
+yet he was the Son of the illustrious Capt. Lieut. _Sam. Snell_, for so I
+may or rather must call him, since with Intrepidity he stood the Brunt of
+the Wars in the latter End of King _William_'s Reign, signalized himself
+at the taking of _Dunkirk_ and served faithfully in the _English_ Army
+during Queen _Anne_'s Wars.
+
+This Captain Lieutenant _Snell_, the Grandfather of our Heroine, enter'd
+as a Volunteer in King _William_'s Reign, and in the Beginning of Queen
+_Anne_'s Wars, was at the taking of _Dunkirk_ under the Duke of
+_Marlborough_, where the Captain Lieutenant was killed by a Shot fired
+through the Wicket by the Governor; upon which he fired, and killed the
+Governor. When the Duke was informed thereof, he called him, and asked him
+what Preferment he desired; his Answer was, that he chose to accept of
+that Commission, which was become vacant by the Death of the Captain
+Lieutenant, which he was immediately preferr'd to, and took upon him the
+Command as such. After the Surrender of _Dunkirk_, where he received
+several dangerous Wounds, he returned to _England_, where he had the
+proffer of a very handsome Pension in _Chelsea College_; but coveting
+fresh Glory, and new Trophies of Conquest, he intreated of his Grace, that
+he would permit him once more to go Abroad with him, that he might have an
+Opportunity of signalizing his Valour, against the avowed Enemies of his
+Country. This his Request his Grace complied with, and at the Battle of
+_Malplaquet_ he received a mortal Wound, from whence he was carried to
+_Ghent_, where he died: This last, was the twenty-second bloody Battle in
+which he had been engaged, and which he generously launched out into upon
+the sublime Motives, Liberty and Property. This Gentleman's Character must
+appear the more sublime, when we observe how he advanced himself by Merit
+from a private _Cadit_ to the Rank he held at his Death; and had it not
+been for his over-modest and generous Sentiments, he might have been
+preferr'd to a much higher Rank; but the _Englishman_ prevail'd above
+Self-Interest.
+
+The Son of this illustrious Man of whom we have here treated, and Father
+of our Heroine, was possessed of many excellent Gifts, particularly
+Courage, for which he was distinguished; yet never had an Opportunity of
+displaying his Bravery in the Field of Battle, his Genius leading him
+another Way, to wit, Trade, into which he entered very young, and
+prospered in the World, married to his liking, and in a few Years saw
+himself the Father of nine promising Children, three of which were Sons,
+and six Daughters, all of whom save one Daughter, were either Soldiers or
+Sailors, or intermarried with them. The eldest of the Sons, _Samuel
+Snell_, incapable of Restraint, and void of all Fear, listed himself a
+Soldier in Lord _Robert Manners_'s Company in the first Regiment of
+Foot-Guards, commanded by his Royal Highness the Duke of _Cumberland_;
+when he was draughted to go for _Flanders_, where he received his mortal
+Wound at the battle of _Fontenoy_; and being sent to the Hospital at
+_Doway_, he there expired.
+
+Tho' the Daughters were, by those who knew them, accounted aimable Women,
+both on Account of their Persons and their Virtue; yet I shall pass over
+the Characters of five of them in Silence, and only take Notice of that of
+_Hannah_, the youngest of them but one, who is the Heroine of this
+Subject. It is a common Thing to observe a Family dispersed, when the
+Heads of that Family are either laid in their Graves, or by accidental
+Calamities rendered incapable of supporting it longer. Accordingly, when
+the Father and Mother of _Hannah_ died, _Hannah_ came up to _London_, and
+arrived in Town on _Christmas-Day_, 1740, and resided for some Time, with
+her Sister in _Wapping_.
+
+Some Time after she came to _London_, she contracted an Acquaintance with
+one _James Summs_, a Sailor, who was a _Dutchman_; this Acquaintance was
+gradually improved into a Familiarity, and this Familiarity soon created a
+mutual, tho' not a criminal Passion; for in a little Time, _Summs_ made
+his Addresses to her as a Lover, and gained her Consent, and was married
+to her at the _Fleet_, on the sixth Day of _January_, 1743-4. But all his
+Promises of Friendship, proved Instances of the highest Perfidy, and he
+turn'd out the worst and most unnatural of Husbands. Since, tho' she had
+Charms enough to captivate the Heart, and secure the Affection of any
+reasonable Man, yet she was despised and contemned by her Husband, who not
+only kept criminal Company with other Women of the basest Characters, but
+also made away with her Things, in Order to support his Luxury, and the
+daily Expences of his Whores. During this unlucky Period of the Husband's
+Debauchery, she poor Woman proved with Child, and at the same Time felt
+all the Shocks of Poverty, without exposing her Necessities to her nearest
+Friends. But at last, her Pregnancy laid the Foundation for her passing
+through all the Scenes, thro' which she has wandered; for when she was
+seven Months gone with Child, her perfidious Husband finding himself
+deeply involv'd in Debt, made an Elopement from her. Notwithstanding these
+her Calamities, she patiently bore herself up under them, and in two
+Months after her Husband's Departure was delivered of a Daughter which
+lived no more than seven Months, and was decently interred at her own
+Expence at _St. George_'s Parish in _Middlesex_.
+
+From the Time of her Husband's Elopement till the Time she put on Man's
+Cloaths, she continued with her Sister, who is married to one _James
+Gray_, a House Carpenter, in _Ship-street, Wapping_, and from whence she
+took her Departure unknown to any, and was never heard of until her
+Return; and with whom she now dwells.
+
+As she was now free from all the Ties arising from Nature and
+Consanguinity; she thought herself privileged to roam in quest of the Man,
+who, without Reason, had injured her so much; for there are no Bounds to
+be set either to Love, Jealousy or Hatred, in the female Mind. That she
+might execute her Designs with the better Grace, and the more Success, she
+boldly commenced a Man, at least in her Dress, and no doubt she had a
+Right to do so, since she had the real Soul of a Man in her Breast.
+Dismay'd at no Accidents, and giving a full Scope to the genuine Bent of
+her Heart, she put on a Suit of her Brother-in-Law, Mr. _James Gray_'s,
+Cloaths, assumed his Name, and set out on the 23d of _November_, 1745, and
+travelled to _Coventry_, with a View of finding her Husband, where she
+enlisted on the 27th of the said Month of _November_, in General _Guise_'s
+Regiment, and in the Company belonging to Captain _Miller_.
+
+With this Regiment she marched from _Coventry_ to _Carlisle_, where she
+learned her military Exercise, which she now performs with as much Skill
+and Dexterity as any Serjeant or Corporal in his Majesty's Service. But
+here, as Fortune is often a Foe to the Distressed, she met with a
+discouraging Circumstance; for her Serjeant, whose Name was _Davis_,
+having a criminal Inclination for a young Woman in that Town, looked upon
+this our Female Heroine, (a common Soldier in the Company) as a proper
+Person for assisting him in this his vicious Intrigue, therefore disclosed
+to her this Bosom Secret, and desired her Endeavours in promoting this
+End; however, this open Discovery caused a sudden Emotion in her Mind, her
+virtuous Soul abhorred with a becoming Detestation the criminal Intention;
+yet to prevent the ill Consequences that she foresaw must ensue from a
+refusal of complying with his Request, she promised to use her Endeavours
+in his Behalf; but instead of acting the Pimp, she went and disclosed the
+whole Matter to the young Woman, and warned her against the impending
+Danger; which Act of Virtue and Generosity in a Soldier, gained her the
+Esteem and Confidence of this young Woman, who took great delight in her
+Company; and seldom a Day passed but they were together, having cultivated
+an Intimacy and Friendship with each other: But _Davis_ going one Day to
+make his Addresses to his Mistress, met with an unexpected Repulse, which
+unusual Treatment made him suspect our Female Soldier. Jealousy that
+Moment took Possession of his guilty Breast, and he imagined, that instead
+of befriending him in his Amours, she had become his Rival, and had gained
+her over to her Inclinations. These Reflections troubled him much; Revenge
+reigned triumphant in his Breast, and how to punish her was his chief Aim:
+He took hold of the earliest Opportunity, and accused her before the
+commanding Officer for Neglect of Duty, upon which she was sentenced to
+receive six hundred Lashes, five hundred of which she received, having her
+Hands tied to the Castle Gates for a Crime which Nature put it out of her
+Power to perpetrate, and had undergone the Punishment of the other
+Hundred, had it not been for the Intercession of some of the Officers.
+This severe and unjust Punishment, reduced her to a very low State, but
+notwithstanding this severe Whipping, the Villain _Davis_ bore her an
+implacable Hatred, and strove all he could to depress her, by putting her
+upon the hardest and most difficult Duties; but she was most tenderly and
+affectionately regarded by her Female Friend, who neglected nothing that
+might assure her, she was neither unmindful nor ungrateful for the
+Friendship she had shewed her. Soon after this, a fresh and unforeseen
+Trouble presented itself; there happened to come a fresh Recruit to the
+Regiment, a young Man whose Name was _George Beck_, a Carpenter, born in
+_Worcester_ City, that had come to _London_ in Quest of Business, and
+happened to lodge with her Brother and Sister, and whom she left at her
+Brothers House when she went off in Men's Cloaths, the Sight of whom
+troubled her much, fearing she should be discovered by him; this, together
+with the Serjeant's ill Treatment, inspired her with a Resolution to
+desert; having carried this her Intention to Maturity, she communicated
+the same to her intimate Friend the young Woman, who, tho' loth to lose
+the Company of such a Friend and Companion, yielded to her Remonstrances,
+and provided her with Money to bear her Charge in her intended Flight.
+
+Having gone so far with the Author of this Subject, I cannot refrain
+making a little Digression, and making a few Reflections upon the
+melancholy Prospect: What an Ocean of Troubles was this unfortunate Woman
+involved in? Behold her inwardly looking back on the past Vicissitudes of
+her Life, on an inhumane, ungrateful and faithless Husband, who had broke
+through all Engagements, sacred and civil, and had drove her into all the
+direful Troubles and Afflictions she was then involved in: Behold her
+tempted by a vicious Man, to be aiding and assisting in carrying on an
+immodest and abominable Intrigue; but (being inspired with virtuous and
+generous Sentiments) she proved the Instrument of extracting Good out of
+Evil, in discovering to the innocent Maid, where the Net was spread for
+her, that she might guard her self against the Adversary: Behold the
+Friendship that this virtuous Discovery produced, it chained them
+together in the strictest Bonds of Love and Affection, which never quitted
+its hold, till forced thereto by a hard Fate: Behold her suspected of
+supplanting the Serjeant of his Mistress, and the direful Effects his
+Jealousy occasioned, having her Arms extended, and fixed to the City
+Gates, and there receive the Number of five hundred severe Lashes, as the
+Effects of a partial and unjust Sentence: Behold her tender Flesh cut and
+mangled by these Scourgings, and the Pains and Agonies she suffered:
+Behold in this her Distress, the friendly Sympathy and eager Assistance of
+her female Friend, who administred Relief to her under this her Dilemma:
+Behold the Commotions she felt upon perciving one in the Regiment whom she
+knew, and by whom she was afraid of being discovered; the bad Treatment
+she met with from the Serjeant, and what a Storm must surround her upon
+her projecting the Means for an Escape, and the moving Seperation 'twixt
+her and her Friend: The Rehearsal of so many concurring Circumstances of
+Adversity, is sufficient to melt the most stoney Heart into a
+compassionate Tenderness for this our female Adventurer.
+
+Having finished this Digression, I shall begin where I left off. Upon her
+Desertion, she set out on Foot for _Portsmouth_, and about a Mile out of
+_Carlisle_, exchanges her regimental Clothes for worse, with some People
+employed in cutting down Pease. But Courage and Love, like impetuous
+Torrents, rage the more they are opposed; for _Hannah_ whose Breast was
+actuated with both these Principles, had no sooner arrived at
+_Portsmouth_, than she found her Expectations disapointed: However,
+whether Despair or the Hopes of again meeting that unfaithful Man, who had
+made her the Mother of a helpless Infant, actuated her Breast and gave her
+Passions a preternatural Spring. So it was, that she courageously
+inlisted herself in Captain _Graham_'s Company in Colonel _Fraser_'s
+Regiment, and soon after there was a Draught made, to go abroad in Admiral
+_Boscawen_'s Fleet, and she chanced to be one of the Number draughted, and
+went immediately on board the _Swallow_ Sloop, Captain _Rosier_,
+Commander; and when on board was observed to be handy in washing, as well
+as in dressing Victuals, for the Mess she first belonged to, and being
+thus remarkable, she was sollicited by _Richard Wyegate_, Lieutenant of
+Marines, to become one of their Mess, which she readily agreed to, as
+believing the Officers Mess, was better than the common Mens, and she
+acted in the Station of their Boy, and by her modest Deportment soon
+became a Favourite, drest their Victuals, washed and mended their Linnen.
+She was stationed (in Case of an Engagement) on the Quarter-Deck, and to
+fight at small Arms, and made one of the After-Guard; she was obliged to
+keep watch four Hours on and four off, Day and Night, being often obliged
+to go aloft, and altho' unexperienced with these Kind of Hardships, soon
+became expert in the Business.
+
+On their first setting sail, they enjoyed as fine Weather, and as fair
+Winds as could possibly be wished for, to convey a Ship safely and
+expeditiously from one Harbour to another. But no sooner were they arrived
+in the Bay of _Biscay_ than the Scene was altered; their favourable
+Weather converted into a dismal Hurricane, and their smooth placed Ocean,
+changed into Billows, which threaten'd them with immediate Death, by this
+Moment raising them to the Clouds, and in the next plunging them, as it
+were, to the Centre of the Earth. The Danger may be easily estimated, from
+the Circumstance, for the _Swallow_ was as strong and well built a Vessel,
+as any belonging to his Majesty's Navy of her Burden: yet such was the
+Stress of Weather, that she sprung her Main-mast, and lost not only the
+Gib-Boom, but also two Top-masts. After they had for several Days been
+beat about in this imminent Danger, they with great Difficulty arrived in
+the Port of _Lisbon_, which was great Joy to them, after having suffered
+so much in the Bay of _Biscay_, where every Moment they had been in danger
+of being swallowed up in the vast Abyss. In this Port, which to them was
+like a safe Asylum, or Sanctuary, to a Man pursued by a hungry and enraged
+Lyon, they continued three Weeks; because the Vessel was so damaged, that
+the Number of Hands employed in refitting her could not do it sooner.
+
+Here they found the _Vigilant_ Man of War, which was likewise much damaged
+in the Storm in the Bay of _Biscay_, being one of the Fleet that sail'd
+from _Portsmouth_ with them.
+
+While she was ashore at _Lisbon_, with her Master, she was quartered at
+one Mrs. _Poore_'s a Punch-House and Tavern; but says nothing material
+happened there, during the three Weeks.
+
+As it often happens for the wise and noble Purposes of Heaven, that one
+Misfortune succeeds another, as close as the Waves on the Sea-shore; so
+the _Swallow_ set sail in Company with the _Vigilant_ Man of War, in Order
+to join the Admiral's Squadron; and the next Night after their Departure,
+another violent Storm happened, in which the _Swallow_ not only lost sight
+of the _Vigilant_, but also sprung her Main-mast, lost most of her
+Rigging, and was so much damaged in her Hold, that all the Sailors and
+Marines were obliged to take their several Turns at the Pump, which is by
+far a harder Piece of Labour, than those who have never tried it are apt
+to imagine. Such a Series of Calamities succeeding each other so fast, and
+so unexpectedly, were, in all Appearance, sufficient to daunt the
+strongest Resolution, and cool the Courage of the bravest young Sailor
+that ever trod the Deck of a Ship. But some Minds are cast, if I may so
+speak, in so happy a Mould, that Danger and Difficulties instead of
+depressing, raise them above themselves, enlarge their Views, and animate
+them to stem the Tide of Adversity, which they rarely fail to surmount by
+Steadiness and Perseverance. To this favourite Class of Mortals our
+Heroine belonged, since on this Occasion she not only willingly took her
+Turn at the Pump of a sinking Vessel, but also performed the several
+Offices of a common Sailor, and in both Qualities behaved with such
+Judgment and Intrepidity, that, next under God, she was looked upon by the
+Ship's Company as a Kind of Deliverer, and an Instrument of their
+Preservation. The _Swallow_ after this Disaster made the best of her Way
+to _Gibraltar_, were as soon as they arrived, she went on Shore, and
+attended Lieutenant _Richard Wigate_, Lieutenant of the Marines, who was
+very ill, and lodged at Mrs. _Davis_'s on the Hill.
+
+The Ship refitted here with the utmost Expedition, and sailed for the
+_Madiera_ Islands, where she took in such Wines, and other Provisions, as
+was thought necessary for the intended Voyage. As Providence is always
+Kind to Distress, she here met with the _Sheerness_ Privateer of
+_Bristol_, whose Commander generously supplied her with a sufficient
+Number of Hands, and from thence, they sailed to the Cape of _Good Hope_,
+and in their Voyage, were put upon Short, and some time after upon Half
+Allowance.
+
+During their Passage, their Allowance was shortened, as I just
+beforementioned, and that which they had, was salt and bad, and besides
+there was so great a Scarcity of Water on board, that they were allowed
+only a Pint a Day for some Time; all which, must have been great Hardships
+to her.
+
+When they arrived at the Cape, they there met with the Admiral in the
+_Namur_, which was great Joy to them; and our Heroine being disappointed
+hitherto of meeting her faithless Husband, and now seeing the Fleet all in
+Company, was in hopes of acquiring some Glory as a Soldier, knowing the
+Reason of this Fleet's being fitted out was to annoy the Enemies of her
+Country, which soon happened according to her Wishes, as the Fleet soon
+sailed from this Port for _Morusus_, on which Place they began their first
+Attack; and though unexperienced in the Use of Arms, except in learning
+her Exercise, she behaved with an uncommon Bravery, and exerted herself in
+her Country's Cause.
+
+This Attack did not hold long; our brave Admiral finding this
+impracticable, and unwilling to lose his Ships and Men, for whom he had
+great Regard, left that Place, and sailed for Fort St. _David_'s, where
+they arrived in a little Time, and the Marines being put on Shore joined
+the _English_ Army, and encamped, and in about three Weeks marched and
+encamped before _Elacapong_, and laid Siege to it, with an Intent to storm
+the Place. This fresh Adventure inspired her with fresh Hopes of shewing
+her undaunted Courage, which she did to the Admiration of her Officers;
+but on the tenth Day of the Siege, a Shell from the _English_ took the
+Magazine of the Enemy, and blew it up, which occasioned them to surrender
+at Discretion.
+
+I cannot help reflecting a little upon the Hardships, Fatigues and Dangers
+she incountered from the Time she left _Lisbon_ in _Europe_, till her
+Arrival before _Pondicherry_ in _Asia_, so many Vicissitudes, as were
+sufficient to damp the Spirits of an _Alexander_ or a _Caesar_, Storms,
+Hurricanes and pinching Want, were her Concomitants, pumping an almost
+wrecked Vessel, was her most constant (tho' laborious) Employment;
+seventeen Weeks short Allowance from the _Maderas_ to the _Cape_ of _Good
+Hope_, was all she had to subsist upon; Attacks upon fortified Towns, some
+of which were impregnable, where Bomb-Shells and Cannons were incessantly
+displaying Death wherever they fell; at other Times, moving, marching, and
+encamping; I say such Reflections and gloomy Prospects, prove the Cause of
+many such Hardships and Difficulties even in the most robust of the
+Masculine Gender, how much more in one of the tender Sex, who are afraid
+of Shaddows, and shudders at the Pressage of a Dream.
+
+I shall now proceed to their March to _Pondicherry_, which is but a few
+Leagues from the forementioned Place; they encamped within about three
+Miles from the Town, _Boscawen_ being then both Admiral and General, and
+Major _Mount Pleasant_ informed them with their Intention, which was to
+storm the Place, which Attack was began by the Ships firing at the Fort,
+some of which Time they lay Middle-deep in Water in their Trenches: This
+Attack continued eleven Weeks, part of which Time they had no Bread, most
+of their Food being Rice; and the many Bombs and Shells thrown among them,
+killed and wounded many of their Men. During this Space of Time, she
+behaved with the greatest Bravery and Intrepidity, such as was consistent
+with the Character of an _English_ Soldier, and though so deep in Water,
+fired 37 Rounds of Shot, and received a Shot in the Groin, six Shots in
+one Leg, and five in the other.
+
+The Siege being now broke up, by reason of the heavy Rains, and violent
+Claps of Thunder, it being the Time of the Year when the _Monzoons_ (for
+so they are called in that Country) happens, she was sent to an Hospital
+at _Cuddylorom_, under the Care of two able Physicians, _viz._ Mr.
+_Belchier_ and Mr. _Hancock_; but she, not willing to be discovered,
+extracted the Ball out of her Groin herself, and always drest that Wound;
+and in about three Months was perfectly cured; but most of the Fleet being
+sailed before her Recovery, she was left behind, and sent on board the
+_Tartar Pink_, which then lay in the Harbour, where she remained, doing
+the Duty of a Sailor, till the Return of the Fleet from _Madrass_ when she
+was turned over to the _Eltham_, Captain _Lloyd_ Commander, and sailed for
+_Bombay_, where they arrived in about ten Days, being scarce of Hands,
+having only eight in a Watch, of which she was one; and what made their
+Fatigue still more, was their being obliged to keep continually at the
+Pump, the Ship having sprung a Leak in her Larboard Bow.
+
+At _Bombay_ they were obliged to heave the Ship down in Order to clean her
+Bottom, which kept them there about five Weeks, and then they sailed to
+_Monserrat_, to take the _Royal Duke Indiaman_ under Convoy, to bring her
+to Fort St. _David_'s where she was gone for Provisions.
+
+At _Bombay_ her Master being on Shore, she was obliged to watch in her
+turn, as is usual on such Occasions; but being one Night on Duty, Mr.
+_Allen_, who then had the Command of the Ship, being on Shore, desired her
+to sing for him, which she begged that he would excuse, as she was not
+very well; but he being proud in this his new Employ, as Commander,
+absolutely commanded her to sing; which she refused to do, as she did not
+think it any incumbent Duty for a Soldier to sing when commanded so to do,
+and that by one who was not an Officer in their Core, or had she any
+Obligations to him; however this Refusal proved of fatal Consequence to
+her; he ordered her immediately into Irons, which accordingly was done,
+and continued for the Space of five Days, and then ordered her to have a
+dozen Lashes, which she had at the Gang-Way of the Ship, and after that
+sent to the Foretop-mast-head, for four Hours; such is the Cruelty of
+those that are invested with Power, and do not know how to use it.
+However, this Man's Cruelty did not go unpunished; for after there Arival
+in _England_, as they were unriging the Ship, one of the Sailors let a
+Block fall on his Head, which hurt him greatly.
+
+They now, with the _Royal Duke_, sailed from _Montserrat_ to Fort St.
+_David_'s, and was there at the Time of the great Hurricane, when the
+_Namur_ and _Pembroke_, and other Ships were lost: The _Eltham_, of which
+she was on board, had some Share in the said Hurricane, for she broke her
+Cables, and was forced to Sea; but happily returned in again to the Port
+without receiving any great Damage.
+
+Now during her stay here at Fort St. _David_'s, she had frequent
+Opportunities, and Causes for Reflection: She went on Shore sundry Times
+along with some of the Men, where her Ears and her Eyes were often
+affected with the disagreeable Sound of horrible Oaths, and many lewd
+Actions and Gestures, such as stripping themselves naked, when they went
+to swim, a Sight, which however disagreeable it might appear to her, yet
+she was forced to make a Virtue of Necessity, by openly conforming herself
+to those rude, indiscreet, and unwomanly Actions, which she silently
+disfavoured and contemned. But here the unpolished Tars had not
+Opportunities of extending their Wickedness to such a high Pitch as they
+would have done, had they had Objects to satiate their brutish Appetites;
+for there were but a few white Women in the Place; however she saw too
+much not to be afflicted, lest her Sex should by their impudent, and
+unlimited Behaviour, be discovered, and her Virtue sacrificed to their
+rapacious, boundless and lustful Appetites; but Innocency and Virtue is
+the safest Protection in the worst of Times; and this was what sheltered
+her from the much dreaded Calamity that threatned her.
+
+On the 19th of _November_ last, the _Eltham_ sailed with the rest of the
+Fleet from Fort St. _David_'s, and kept Company till they came to the Cape
+of _Good Hope_; when the _Eltham_ had Orders to make the best of her Way
+to _Lisbon_, to take in Money for the Use of the Merchants of _London_.
+
+The Day after they left Fort St. _David_'s, her Master Lieutenant
+_Wyegate_ died, in whose Death she lost the only Friend she had on board,
+and where to find such another, she knew not: This brought afresh into her
+Mind the Remembrance of her faithless Husband, whole Villainy and Cruelty
+had drove her to all the Straits, Hardships and Dangers she endured both
+by Sea and Land, and had reduced her to the wretched State she was then
+in. These Reflections were sufficient to have sunk the Spirits of the most
+hardy Hero; but she bore them with a becoming Resignation. She was
+distinguished amongst the Ship's Crew for her Ingenuity in washing and
+mending of Linnen, but as it is common on board of King's Ships to have
+some Men who are dexterous at such Performances, she was not suspected
+upon that Score.
+
+Some Time after the Death of Lieutenant _Wyegate_, she was taken into the
+Service of Lieutenant _Kite_, second Lieutenant of the Ship, and continued
+so about two Months; when he getting a Boy, he recommended her to Mr.
+_Wallace_, third Lieutenant of the Ship, who proved also a very good
+Master to her. But now she was laid open (though contrary to her
+Inclination) to the Company of the Sailors, for they were used, when she
+had her Head shaved, to enquire why she did not shave her Beard; her
+Answer was, that she was too young. Upon which they used to damn her,
+calling her Miss _Molly Gray_, she used to return the uncivil Compliment,
+by damning them, and telling them, that she could prove herself, as she
+had always done, during the Voyage, as good a Man as any Seaman on board,
+and that she would lay them a Wager upon that Point.
+
+During this long Voyage, they often used, as I have just said, on account
+of her smooth Face, to burlesque her, by swearing she was a Woman. This
+Expression, however indifferently they meant it, gave her abundance of
+Trouble; she foresaw what the Consequence would be, in case this Joke was
+carried too far; to prevent which, she with a masculine but modest
+Assurance, told them, that if they would lay any Wager, she would give
+them ocular Demonstration of her being as much a Man as the best in the
+Ship; which Reply had the desired Effect, seeing it put a Stop to their
+further Suggestions: Next, they began to declare her to be a Woman on
+account of her smooth Face, seeing she had no Beard; but she told them
+that she was so very young, that it could not be supposed she should have
+a Beard so soon; however, she could not prevent their calling her by the
+Name of _Molly Gray_, which Appellation she went by during the Voyage,
+until they arrived at _Lisbon_.
+
+While they lay at _Lisbon_, she often went on Shore in Company with the
+Ships Crew, upon Parties of Pleasure, and was always their Companion in
+their Revellings; this Part she acted, not out of Choice, but for wise
+Ends. She remember'd in what Manner she had been reflected upon by them
+during the Voyage from St. _David_'s to _Lisbon_, therefore she pointed
+out this Method as the most effectual, to prevent any further suspicious
+_Reflections for the future_. She very wisely judged, that by associating
+herself with them, by shewing a free and chearful Disposition, and by
+being ready to come into their Measures, she should banish from their
+Imaginations the least Suspicion of her being a Woman, and by that Means
+enjoy a free and uninterrupted Passage to her native Country, without
+discovering her Sex. There was one of the Ship's Crew, named _Edward
+Jefferies_, an intimate Acquaintance, a Marine, and Mess-mate of her's;
+they two had contracted an Acquaintance and Familiarity with two young
+Women in _Lisbon_, the handsomest of which was the favourite of our
+Heroine; but _Jefferies_ taking a greater liking to her Choice than his
+own, proposed to toss up who should have her, which she readily agreed to,
+not caring how soon she should be rid of such a Companion: This
+_Jefferies_ on tossing up gained the Lady, upon which she readily resigned
+her into his Hands, and made that serve as a good Excuse for being rid of
+them both. This Intimacy subsisted between them and the _Portugueze_ Women
+while they remained at _Lisbon_, and when they were about to set sail for
+_England_, their Sweethearts came to the Ship's side in order to take
+Leave of them, but was prevented from coming on board, by the Command of
+the Captain.
+
+We shall leave the candid Reader at liberty to judge the Disorders,
+Terrors and Distractions that so many various Scenes must have plunged her
+into; such a Disquiet, that she had not felt the like in all her past
+Enterprizes. A thousand Inquietudes rolled in upon her, like so many
+Billows, and almost sunk her down into the Abyss of Despair. She began to
+reflect upon the many Vicissitudes she had underwent, since her first
+launching out into the boisterous Sea of War, occasioned by the Cruelty of
+a perfidious Husband. What Dangers, what Hardships, and what Fatigues she
+had underwent! The many Inconveniences she had overcome, and the
+Difficulties she had surmounted, in preserving her Virtue untainted in the
+midst of so many vicious and prophane Actions, as had often been
+represented in their blackest Sable to her view, and that she had hitherto
+come off Conqueress, and when almost at the Door of her native Country,
+unsullied and undefiled by any of these Temptations wherewith she had been
+assaulted; then to be in the greatest Danger; then to have that Virtue,
+which had hitherto been her assistant and comfortable Companion in all her
+adverse Fortune, tore from her Breast, and nothing left behind but Shame,
+Guilt and Confusion. These Reflections had almost vanquished her great
+Spirit, had not her good Genius led her to put in Practice the Scheme she
+had formed at _Lisbon_, which answered the End she aimed at, and by which
+her Virtue, which was always dear to her, remains still untainted, to her
+immortal Praise.
+
+On the Affair of the Supply of the Men they had from the _Sheerness_
+Privateer at _Madeira_, she gave the following Account; which was, that
+after they were come on board the _Swallow_ Sloop, some of them seemed
+very pensive; so that her Curiosity led her to enquire into the Reason of
+their Grief, which she found was occasioned by their being brought on
+board a Man of War, which at first to her seemed strange, not being
+acquainted with the Manner of Men being impressed; and having often
+conversed with some of them, found they were sent on board by Force; and
+some of them having Wives and Children in _England_, and some in
+_Ireland_, the Thoughts of their long Separation from their Wives and
+Families, and the uncertainty of ever seeing them again, was the chief
+Cause of their Sorrows.
+
+This Relation, and the Anxieties some of them shewed, gave her new Matter
+of Contemplation, and often, when retired in her Master's Cabin, reflected
+on her own Fate, having herself been married to a most faithless Man, who
+had left her in the utmost Distress, at a Time she was not able to help
+herself, and that without any Reason, but what was occasioned by his own
+Extravagances. But here she found the Difference in that Sex, and that
+greater then she ever conceived before: Here she saw Men in the greatest
+Affliction, for being forced from them they loved; offering there all for
+Liberty to return to their native Land and Families, whilst her perfideous
+Husband's chief Care was to avoid her. However, it was some Consolation to
+her, in these her distressed Circumstances, to find some on board, and who
+she concluded must be her Companions as Shipmates, inspired with
+Sentiments of Honour and Virtue; she also reflected on the unhappy
+Circumstances of those poor Women and Children these Men had left behind,
+and often wished she could have an Opportunity of relating to them what
+she now saw; imagining from her own Case, that it would be some
+Consolation to them to hear so great Proof of their Affections. She at
+first blamed them for going to Sea on board the Privateer, but when she
+was informed that it was only for a little Time, and they not bound to
+serve longer, than a certain Time specified in their Articles, and that
+their chief Motives was to serve their Families; in so doing she looked on
+them as real Objects of Compassion, which occasioned her to sympathize
+with them; and though Fortune had been so unkind to herself, she could not
+refrain thinking of theirs, and often endeavoured to asswage their
+Sorrows, by recommending to them Hopes of a happy Return to _England_; and
+also procured every Thing which she thought necessary for them on board,
+which was somewhat in her Power, having Recourse to all her Master's
+Stores, especially his Liquors, which was pretty plentiful at that Time.
+
+I shall depart a little from the Subject, and give the Reader an Account
+of that basest of Men, our Heroine's Husband, who upon deserting his
+lawful Wife, entered himself as a Foremast Man on board one of his
+Countrymen, then lying in the River _Thames_. But where can the guilty
+Criminal fly for Sanctuary? His own Conscience must prove his Executioner,
+and a thousand Monitors within, who Vulture like, always gnaw the Liver,
+not suffering the Mind to enjoy the shortest Interval of Quiet; this
+admirable Truth has been fully verified in him, according to the most
+substantial Circumstances, as shall hereafter be made appear.
+
+One Day at _Lisbon_, on her Return to _England_, falling in Company with
+many of her Ship-mates, they all went into an _Irish_ House, by the
+_Romanado_'s, to drink some Wine, where was sitting at the same Time an
+_Englishman_, a Sailor, who had lately come from _Genoa_ on board a
+_Dutch_ Vessel; there were some of his Brother Tars in Company who knew
+him; upon which they became very merry, and began, over their Glass and
+their Pipe, to talk over some of their Adventures, and what they met with
+in their Travels worthy taking Notice of; and she, acoording to her
+constant Practice, was enquiring amongst the Mariners if any of them knew
+one _James Summs_, who, she said, had formerly been an intimate
+Acquaintance of her's; upon which this Stranger broke Speech, and told 'em
+of an Affair that happened at _Genoa_ while he was there. There was, says
+he, a _Dutchman_ of that Name, a Sailor, imprisoned there, for stabbing a
+Native of the Place, a Person of some Distinction, with a Knife, of which
+Wound he soon expired; I, with two or three more of our Countrymen
+appointed to go and visit him under this his Misfortune, which we
+accordingly did: When we came to the Place, we were introduced by a Kind
+of Officer, where he lay in a melancholy Situation; but upon our entering
+the Room, he raised himself up from the Place where he had reclined his
+Head, and saluted us in _English_; then we began to condole his
+Misfortune: Upon which, finding us affected with his melancholy Situation,
+and the cruel Punishment he was about to suffer, he spoke to us in the
+following Manner. Gentlemen, The Crime I am to die for I committed,
+therefore my Punishment will be just whenever it falls: But this is not
+the only Crime I stand indicted for at the Bar of that All-seeing Judge,
+who searches into the innermost Recesses of our most concealed Actions,
+and who pursues the Guilty where-ever they go; I, who am here condemned
+for Murder, a few Years ago lived in _Wapping, London_, my Name is _James
+Summs_, a _Dutchman_ by Birth; I married a young Woman there, named
+_Hannah Snell_, born in _Worcester_, but who then lodged with a
+Brother-in-Law, a Carpenter in _Ship-street_: We had not been long joined
+in Matrimony before she proved with Child; and I, forgetting my Duty as a
+Husband, and an approaching Father, gave a loose to my vicious
+Inclinations, eloped from the Partner of my Bed, and the one half of
+myself, went and took up my Residence amongst a Parcel of lewd, base
+Women, who withdrew my Affections entirely from her, who had the only just
+Title to it; and to satisfy their insatiable and extravagant Demands, I
+drained her of her all. This proved only the Downfall to my future
+Calamities; for my Substance being now exhausted, thrust out of Doors by
+these _Ladies of Pleasure_, who proved to me _Ladies of Pain_, and being
+ashamed to look my much injured Wife in the Face any more, whom I had so
+basely betrayed, my Mind was rack'd with exquisite Torture, so that I
+would willingly have fled from myself if it had been possible. A thousand
+Inventions came into my Head how I should dispose of myself at this
+critical Juncture. I employed all the Skill I was master of to be
+assisting in extricating me out of this Dilemma; at last I resolved to go
+on board one Ship or other, in order to make a Voyage.
+
+The first Ship I boarded was a _Rotterdam_ Trader, who accepted me in the
+Capacity of a Sailor, having but few Hands, the Steersman agreed to give
+me 40 Guilders _per_ Month. A few Days afterwards we made down with the
+Tide, and sailed over to _Rotterdam_, where we unloaded: We had not been
+many Days here, before an unforeseen Accident happened, which was like to
+have produced fatal Consequences: One of the Boys going one Day into the
+Steerage with a lighted Candle, where was some Powder loose; a Spark from
+the Candle dropt into the Powder, which in an Instant blew up, and did
+great Damage to the Vessel. This Accident was charged upon me by two of
+the Men who bore me a Grudge; upon which I was Keel-haul'd, and received
+many Lashes besides. This ill Usage provoked me much, so that I determined
+to quit my Master's Service, and let him know that I intended to leave
+him; upon which he paid me my Wages, and we parted. I then entered myself
+on board an _Irish_ Merchant, bound to _Lisbon_, which Voyage I performed,
+and returned to _Cork_, the Place where the Cargo was to be disposed of.
+
+Here, after I had received my Wages, I was discharged, and falling into
+bad Company, my Wages was soon spent, and being without Money, Cloaths or
+Friends, in a strange Country, made my Case very deplorable, which brought
+into my Mind, my wicked Proceedings to my dear Wife, and I lookt upon
+those Afflictions I underwent, as a just Punishment from Heaven, for my
+wicked Actions; however, these Reflections soon gave Way to
+Self-preservation; I was in great Distress, and how to work my
+Deliverance, was the main Subject of my Thoughts; at the very same Time,
+there was a _Portuguese_ Vessel lying in the Harbour, bound to _Genoa_;
+they wanted a few Hands, some of their own Men having died in the Voyage;
+I proffered my Service; they accepted of me, staid in _Cork_, a few Days
+afterwards, then weighed Anchor, and set sail for _Genoa_, where we
+arrived in Safety in about three Weeks; here we had not continued long,
+before I perpetrated the Murther, for which I am about to suffer: Now
+Gentlemen, I have given you a full Account of the most material Incidents
+that has happened to me since I left _England_, I therefore earnestly
+intreat the Favour of you, when once you return to _England_, to enquire
+after my Wife, and if you find her, be pleased in my Name, to present her
+the Love of a dying Husband, who conscious of his Guilt, humbly begs her
+Pardon and Forgiveness, for all the Injuries he hath done her, since first
+he knew her; this his Request we promised to fulfill, if once we returned
+to _England_; so we took our last Farewel. None of us, ever saw him
+afterwards, but were informed, that he was sewed up in a Sack, with heavy
+Stones, and thrown into the Sea; the other two _Englishmen_ sailed for
+_Leghorn_, and I for this Place, and when I go Home, I intend to make an
+Enquiry concerning the said Woman: She listened attentively all the While
+he was relating this Story, and weighing all the particular Circumstances
+of this Relation, she perceived so many concurring Circumstances blended
+together, as put it beyond all Doubt he was her Husband; this Account
+however, notwithstanding his vile Proceedings, grieved her much, and no
+doubt would have broke forth into briny Tears, had she been in a Place of
+Retirement: She sometimes grieved at his cruel and untimely Fate, but
+suddenly, the ill Treatment she met with from him, returned triumphant in
+her Mind, and extinguished her kindled Tenderness: However, she told the
+Sailor who related this Story, that from the Account he gave of this Man,
+he must have been the same identical Person, with whom she had formerly
+been acquainted, and if once she came to _England_, she would endeavour to
+find out the Wife of this unfortunate Man, whom she knew very well, and
+would acquaint her with this Catastrophe, and by so saying, concealed
+herself entirely from the least Suspicion.
+
+Having now finished the Account of her Husbands untimely End, as related
+to her at _Lisbon_; the Detail of which, appeared to her, as if sent from
+above, to free her from those anxious Cares, which, in the midst of the
+greatest Dangers, always set triumphant in her Breast, I shall now proceed
+to her Voyage from thence to _England_.
+
+They set sail from _Lisbon_ the 3d of _May_, and arrived at _Spithead_ the
+1st of _June_, without any Thing material during the Voyage (which was
+lengthened by Calms and contrary Winds); that very Day she arrived at
+_Spithead_ she came on Shore, and took a Lodging along with several of her
+Shipmates and Marines, at one _James Cunningham_'s, at the Sign of the
+_Jolly Marine_ and _Sailor_; where the House being thronged with Lodgers,
+she was obliged to be Bedfellow to one _John Huchins_, a Brother Marine,
+the first Night; but during her short Stay in _Portsmouth_, in her often
+Rovings in and about the Town, (which was only two Days and three Nights)
+she happen'd to meet with the Sister of Mr. _Cunningham_, the Drum-Major's
+Wife, one _Catherine ----_, with whom she had cultivated a slender
+Acquaintance at the Time she first enlisted there. This young Woman knew
+_Hannah_ to be the young Soldier that had enlisted and been sent abroad
+with Admiral _Boscawen_, and expressed some Joy at her safe Return: Then
+entering into this Conversation, introduced a farther Intimacy; and
+_Hannah_, rather than sit to drink with her Shipmates, spent most of her
+Time with this young Woman. This Opportunity improved their Conversation,
+and sometimes they conversed upon Love; and _Hannah_ finding this young
+Woman had no dislike to her, she endeavoured to try if she could not act
+the Lover as well as the Soldier, which she so well effected, that it was
+agreed upon she should return from _London_, in order to be married as
+soon as she had got her Discharge and Pay; and tho' but so short a Time
+there as two Days, had effected this her Amour so as to obtain the young
+Woman's Consent to marry her.
+
+In order to countenance this her Scheme, she told the supposed Object of
+her Love, that as soon as she arrived at _London_, and received her Wages,
+she would remit the same to her; and when she had visited, and tarried
+some time with each of her nigh Relations and intimate Friends, she would
+then return to _Portsmouth_, according to Agreement, and consummate their
+matrimonial Ceremonies with a Solemnity suitable to her Abilities.
+
+The next Night, being _Saturday_ the 2d of _June_, _Hannah_'s Bedfellow,
+who had lain with her the Night before, went out of Town, and one _James
+Moody_, who had been a Ship-mate with her on board the _Eltham_ from Fort
+St. _David_'s to _England_, coming in the Evening of that Day, and wanting
+a Lodging, he was received by the Landlord, and as _Hannah_ was his
+intimate, he was admitted to be her Bedfellow, which continued for two
+Nights together, without the least Suspicion in Life.
+
+It is here worthy of Observation, that this Woman should lay three Nights
+with two different Men, one of whom who had been her Companion and
+Fellow-adventurer, during the Space of fifteen Months and more; and never,
+during that Space of Time, discover the least Hint of her being of the
+female Kind; and this Man had often been her Assistant in the most
+dangerous Exploits, and could not avoid acknowledging, that she behaved
+upon all Occasions, with the greatest Bravery and Resolution.
+
+Whitmonday, being the 4th of _June_, she set out from _Portsmouth_ for
+_London_; accompanied by _George Orley_, a Serjeant of Marines, who was a
+Partner with her in her Adventures, and who, together with nine Marines,
+accompanied her to _London_: She received before they set out from
+_Portsmouth_, five Shillings Conduct-money. The first Place she traveled
+to after her departure from _Portsmouth_, was _Petersfield_, in
+_Hampshire_; where she lay all Night, with one _Andrew Gray_ a Marine, not
+only in the same Regiment, but in the same Company: Next Day travel'd as
+far as _Guildford_, where the aforesaid _Andrew Gray_ and she were
+Bedfellows; next Night she arrived in _London_, where she disingaged
+herself from her old Intimates, and lodged along with her Brother, Mr.
+_James Gray_, Carpenter, in _Ship-Street, Wapping_; where she now resides.
+
+Now I have brought my female Adventurer home again to her native Country,
+after near five Years Adventures; prompted thereto by the ill Usage of a
+faithless Husband, who, after first stripping her of her all, and then
+eloping, prompted her to the Resolution of disguising herself, by putting
+on Men's Apparel, going into the Country without the Knowledge of her
+Brother, Sister, or any other of her Friends, in search of him who had
+thus abused her; and entering into Colonel _Guise_'s Regiment of Foot,
+then lying at _Coventry_, who from thence marched to _Carlisle_, where she
+was ill used, the Particulars of which, are set forth at large in the
+foregoing Pages: How she received five hundred Lashes at _Carlisle_, as a
+Punishment for her virtuous Conduct, her Resolution to desert, and her
+puting this Determination into Execution; her changing her military
+Cloathing about a Mile from Town, for the rustick Garb of a Shepherd; her
+Arrival at _Portsmouth_, her entering into General _Fraser_'s Regiment of
+Marines, her being draughted out for the _East Indies_; her embarking on
+board the _Swallow_ Sloop of War, under the Command of Admiral _Boscawen_,
+and the many Vicissitudes she underwent during the Series of her
+Adventures, until her safe (though unexpected) return to her Native
+Country, where, after her Arrival, she met with sundry humorous Incidents;
+with many other material Circumstances, the Particulars of which is here
+set down at large; but not to swell this Treatise with any Thing
+fictitious or doubtful, I have asserted nothing but plain Matter of Fact
+as here set down.
+
+I would have my candid Readers survey in Imagination, the many various
+Scenes that here display themselves with a most surprizing Lustre. Here is
+a Woman, and an _English_ Woman, who, notwithstanding the many Dangers
+and Vicissitudes she underwent for near the Space of five Years, during
+her Travels, was never found out to be of the feminine Gender. It is
+true many threatned Discoveries were attempted by her Shipmates and
+Fellow-Adventurers, which derived its Influence from her not having a
+Beard; but her ready Turns of Mind undeceived all those who shewed
+themselves overbusy in prying into this Secret: This her Conduct, very
+surprizingly preserved her Virtue from becoming a Sacrifice to the
+Impetuosity of the carnal Desires of both her Superiors and Inferiors;
+for can it be imagined, that in the midst of so many Dangers, where there
+was no Back-Door to creep out at, if her Sex had been discovered, but she
+must have fallen a Victim to the loose, disorderly, and vitious Appetites
+of many on board, especially those whom she was more immediately concerned
+with, to wit, her Officers. These Reflections must possess the Reader with
+generous Sentiments of this our Heroine, who by her Subtilty, and ready
+Inventions, destroyed in the Embrio, every Thing advanced by her
+Fellow-Shipmates, that she imagined might be a Means of exposing her
+Virtue.
+
+Such an Adventure as this, is not to be met with in the Records of either
+antient or modern Observations, therefore, for the Sake of the _British_
+Nation, ought to be recorded in Golden Characters on a Statue of Marble
+for succeeding Ages, to peruse with Admiration, that an _English_ Woman
+should, _Amazon_ like, not only enter herself upon the List in behalf of
+her Country at Home, but boldly and resolutely launch out into the most
+remote Corners of the Earth, upon enterprizing and dangerous Adventures,
+the like never attempted before by any of her Sex, even daring Fate, as it
+were, to execute her most rigorous Inflictions upon her; the many
+Struglings and Conflicts she encounter'd during the Course of her Travels,
+not being used to the watery Element, and the many Revolutions that often
+happen upon the Surface of the Deep; the many Duties she was obliged to
+execute, in the midst of Hundreds of the most unpolite Part of Mankind,
+such as Tars; the many Fears and Suspicions she harboured least her Sex
+should be discovered, to avoid which, she proved her own Physician, in
+extracting the Ball out of her Wound, to prevent that Discovery which must
+unavoidably have happened, had she permitted the Surgeons to have
+performed their regular Operations: These, with many more, (seemingly
+insurmountable Difficulties) did this our _British_ Heroine undergo, and
+overcome, by her safe Arrival in her native Country, as before-mentioned.
+
+When she arrived in _London_, she went to her Brother in Law's House, in
+_Ship-Street, Wapping_; where he lived at the Time when she went abroad;
+she no sooner entered the House, than her Sister (notwithstanding her
+Disguise) knew her, but her Brother in Law, Mr. _Gray_ being in Bed, she
+went to his Bedside, being desirous to see him, where he lay in a Slumber,
+and embraced him, upon which he awoke, and seeing a Person in a Soldier's
+Dress, coming to his Bedside in such a Manner and imbracing him, surprised
+him much, however, he was soon freed from this Surprize by her discovering
+herself, which afforded him a great deal of Satisfaction; as she was his
+great Favourite before she went abroad, and her sudden and unexpected
+Appearance, caused a great deal of Joy, in the whole Family; after
+refreshing herself with a Part of what the House afforded, she diverted
+her Brother and Sister 'till Bed-time, with some Part of her Adventures,
+which relation forced Tears from their Eyes.
+
+There was at this Time a Female Lodger in Mr. _Gray_'s House, of whom Mr.
+_Gray_ requested, that she would admit a Sister of his for a Bedfellow, to
+which she readily agreed: But when the Sister was introduced, the young
+Woman, who was then in Bed, was very much surprized to see a Soldier sit
+down to undress himself in her Bed-Chamber; but Mr. _Gray_ and his Wife
+discovered the Secret, which, notwithstanding, she would not Credit, until
+she had occular Demonstration. This was the first, next to her Brother and
+Sister, that she discovered herself to, and ever since they have been
+Bedfellows, which made the Neighbours report (imagining her to be a Man)
+that the young Woman was married to a Soldier, and this great Untruth was
+reported for Fact throughout the whole Neighbourhood.
+
+Sometime after this, she, in Company with her Sister and supposed Wife,
+went to _Westminster_, in order to see her Friends, who were very much
+dissatisfy'd at her carrying a strange Woman in Company with her supposed
+Brother, who perhaps, upon receiving his Money, might decoy him into some
+Place of bad Fame, where he might chance to lose it all in an Instant.
+This, together with some former Passages, constrains me to observe how
+much the Publick, both at Home and Abroad, have been deceived in this
+Woman, she being so long in the Army and Navy, where there were many
+penetrating clear-sighted Gentlemen, and ashore in foreign Countries
+amongst Men, Women and Children; and notwithstanding all these publick
+Characters, her Sex not discovered. This must cause Admiration in every
+Reader; but she counterfeited the Man so dextrously, and does to this very
+Day, that the most excellent Judge of Features, Semetry or Gesture, cannot
+discover the Deceit.
+
+But that I may not suffer any of my inquisitive Readers to remain in
+suspence concerning some particular Adventures that befel her, the bare
+Relation of which may not be altogether so satisfactory, I shall explain
+those which appear most Paradoxical, in order not only to satisfy every
+Reader, but also to prevent any future Reflexions that might occasionally
+arise from such a Neglect.
+
+When she first enter'd into the Service at _Coventry_, she marched to
+_Carlisle_, where she was Whipt for Neglect of Duty, being unjustly
+accused by Serjeant _Davis_, as is fully mentioned in the preceding
+Pages. The Method she used to prevent the Discovery of her Sex was this,
+according to her own Declaration: Her Breasts were then not so big by much
+as they are at present, her Arms being extended and fixed to the City
+Gates, her Breasts were drawn up, and consequently did not appear so
+large; and besides this, her Breast was to the Wall, and could not be
+discovered by any of her Comrades; and when she was Whipt on board, her
+Hands being lashed to the Gangway, she stood upright, and tied a
+Handkerchief round her Neck, to prevent, as it were, any Lashes that she
+might accidentally receive there, to conceal her Breasts, which were
+covered by the Ends of the Handkerchief falling over them, and thereby
+prevented a Discovery which must unavoidably have happened, had not she
+thus acted. And what the Consequences of such an unravell'd Secret would
+have produced, she was at a Loss to imagine, the Thoughts of which
+perplexed her incessantly; however, she escaped being discovered at this
+Juncture also, as well as at many more, when she imagined herself in the
+most imminent Dangers: But all those adverse Turns gave an Edge to her
+Inventions, and by that means extricated her out of the many Difficulties
+she was involved in.
+
+This the Reader may plainly perceive throughout the whole Narration; and I
+am convinced, that no Age or Country, ever produced a more distinguished
+Instance of Virtue, Conduct and Resolution, than is to be met with in this
+our Heroine's Adventures, which is worthy to be transmitted to latest
+Posterity; to inform succeeding Ages, that such an Instance of Heroism was
+not to be found in the _British_ Annals, that the like could not be met
+with, in the Observations of any Nation in the World, that a Woman, whose
+mould is tender, delicate and unable to endure Fatigues, and who is
+terrified at the Name of Dangers, should undergo so many Scenes without
+relinquishing her Resolution of keeping her Sex a Secret.
+
+I had forgot to mention a Circumstance worthy of Notice, in its proper
+Place, which happened at _Lisbon_, concerning the two Sweethearts, she and
+_Edward Jefferies_ had there, as is before mentioned; which was, that when
+she and _Jefferies_ were on board before they set sail from _Lisbon_ to
+_England_, these two young Women, of whom mention is made, came along the
+Ship's Side in a Boat, and called for _James Grey_, and she being informed
+thereof, went into the Boat where they were, but after a little
+Conversation, she found them inclined to come on board, and remain there
+while they lay in the River; she promised to ask Leave of the Captain for
+their Reception, but a fresh and seasonable Thought came into her Head,
+which was, that if they came on board, and continued any Time, they might
+sooner discover her than any of the Men, therefore to prevent the worst,
+instead of pleading for their Admittance, she requested of the Captain,
+that they should not be suffered to come on board. This Request was not
+only intended for her own Preservation, but likewise to preserve the Women
+from being debauched by the Sailors, which they could not have avoided,
+had they came on board; by which Means, both she and they escaped the
+threatned Danger.
+
+I know the Reader will be desirous to know how the Ball was extracted out
+of her Groin, and will imagine, that it was next to an Impossibility it
+could be performed without a Discovery. Now to rectify the Scruples of
+such, I shall relate this Account as attested by herself; which she said
+was, that after she received the twelve Wounds, as before mentioned, she
+remained all that Day, and the following Night in the Camp, before she was
+carried to the Hospital, and after she was brought there, and laid in a
+Kit, she continued till next Day in the greatest Agony and Pain, the Ball
+still remaining in the Flesh of that Wound in her Groin, and how to
+extract it she knew not, for she had not discovered to the Surgeons that
+she had any other Wound than those in her Legs. This Wound being so
+extreme painful, it almost drove her to the Precipice of Despair; she
+often thought of discovering herself, that by that Means she might be
+freed from the unspeakable Pain she endured, by having the Ball taken out
+by one of the Surgeons; but that Resolution was soon banished, and she
+resolved to run all Risques, even at the hazard of her Life, rather than
+that her Sex should be known. Confirmed in this Resolution, she
+communicated her Design to a black Woman, who attended upon her, and could
+get at the Surgeons Medicines, and desired her Assistance; and her Pain
+being so very great, that she was unable to endure it much longer, she
+intended to try an Experiment upon herself, which was, to endeavour to
+extract the Ball out of that Wound; but notwithstanding she discovered her
+Pain and Resolution to this Black, yet she did not let her know that she
+was a Woman. The Black readily came, and afforded her all the Assistance
+she could, by bringing her Lint and Salve to dress the Wound with, which
+she had recourse to, it being left in the Wards where the Patients lay;
+for which Act of Friendship she made her a Present of a Rupee at her
+Departure, which is 3_s._ 4_d._ of the Currency of that Country, but here
+in _England_ it goes for no more than 2_s._ 6_d._ Now the Manner in which
+she extracted the Ball was full hardy and desperate: She prob'd the Wound
+with her Finger till she came where the Ball lay, and then upon feeling
+it, thrust in both her Finger and Thumb, and pulled it out. This was a
+very rough Way of proceeding with ones own Flesh; but of two Evils, as she
+thought, this was the least, so rather chusing to have her Flesh tore and
+mangled than her Sex discovered. After this Operation was performed, she
+applied some of the healing Salves which the Black had brought her, by the
+help of which she made a perfect Cure of that dangerous Wound.
+
+The Reader will here observe, the invincible Courage and Resolution of
+this Woman, who in the midst of so many Inconveniences as she daily
+encounter'd, should still be able to guard herself from a discovery of her
+Sex; but indeed it appears she acted so artfully on every Emergency, as
+rendered any Attempts of this Kind abortive; for notwithstanding the Wound
+she received in her Groin was the most dangerous of all the others, yet
+that was the only Wound she kept from the Knowledge of the Surgeons, by
+telling them, when they came to examine her, that all the Wounds she had
+received were in her Legs which they readily believed; and by that Means
+prevented any farther Search.
+
+Observe here the Steadiness and Intrepidity wherewith she overcame all the
+Pains and Dangers which assaulted her. Who would not in the midst of so
+much Agony and Pain as she felt here, broke through the strongest and most
+virtuous Resolutions in order to obtain immediate Relief? But she remained
+still inflexible in the midst of every Affliction wherewith she was
+environed, no Consideration could ever prevail upon her in her own Mind to
+deviate from the Resolutions she had imbibed upon her first Launching out,
+and which, though it cost her many a painful Hour, yet by her steady
+Adherence to these Principles, she obtained a Conquest over near five
+Years adverse Fortune.
+
+Now having satisfied the Reader's Doubts in Regard to the Methods she used
+to conceal her Sex from the Knowledge of any about her, on these
+particular Occasions, when she was most exposed, _viz._ the twice she was
+whipt, and upon the dressing of her Wounds, which were Times I say, when
+Danger was at the Door ready to burst in, and plunder the Habitation of
+its most valuable Furniture; I shall next proceed, to shew the Reader some
+Transactions that has occur'd since she came to _London_.
+
+Tho' she had not discovered her Sex to any besides her Brother in Law, her
+Sister, and the young Woman with whom she lodged; she was very uneasy,
+fearing, lest a further Discovery should be made, and she thereby deprived
+of her Soldier's Pay. This Motive induced her to conceal herself as much
+as possible, till she had received her Pay, (being 15 Pounds) which she
+accordingly did on the _Saturday_ after her Arrival in _London_, being the
+9th Day of _June_, when she, with Serjeant _Orley_, _John Hutchins_,
+_James Moody_, _Andrew Grey_, and the rest of the Marines that came to
+_London_ with her, went to the Agent _John Winter_, Esq; in
+_Downing-Street, Westminster_; where being all paid and discharged, they
+went to an Alehouse, the Fighting-Cocks, next Door to Mr. _Winter_'s
+House, and there she first discovered herself to her Comrades. There being
+two Suits of Cloathing due to her from the Regiment, she also sold them
+for 16_s._ being glad to get hold of all the Money she could before her
+Sex was discovered.
+
+Now upon receiving her Pay, and all her fellow Adventures then present,
+she thought that was the most proper Opportunity she ever could have, for
+disclosing her Sex, seeing they could then testify the Truth of all the
+Fatigues, Dangers and other Incidents of her Adventures, and that her Sex
+was never discovered, which if then omitted, she might never have an
+Opportunity of seeing them all together again, and by that Means, the
+Account of her Adventures as aforesaid, might be lookt upon by the
+Publick as fictitious: These Considerations prevailed upon her to embrace
+the then seasonable Occasion, for discovering herself, before they took a
+final Leave; she therefore proposed to them to make merry before they
+parted, which was agreed to by one and all of them, as they expected never
+to meet altogether any more; and then she discovered herself to the whole
+Company which caused a universal Surprise amongst them all.
+
+But after they had recovered themselves from this sudden Emotion, which
+the aforesaid surprizing Information had thrown them into, they could
+hardly be prevailed upon to believe the Truth of what she advanced, until
+her Brother and Sister undeceived them, by informing them of the whole
+Transaction. Upon which, they all with one Voice sounded forth her Praise,
+by applauding her Courage as a Soldier, her Dexterity as a Sailor, her
+humane Deportment and Sincerity as a Friend, having performed many good
+Offices towards them in Times of their Sickness, and upon every other
+Opportunity. They expatiated much upon the Evenness of her Temper, the
+Regularity of her Conduct, and the many Dangers and Hardships she
+underwent, without ever shewing the least sign of Discontent with her
+Situation. These Encomiums once over, the forementioned _Moody_, who had
+been her Bedfellow two Nights, and was present at this Discovery, became
+of a sudden so much enamoured with her, that he proposed to marry her,
+which she refused, upon reflecting what a bad Husband she formerly had,
+and who had been the Instrument of all her Misfortunes, therefore for his
+sake she resolved, in the Mind she was then in, never to engage with any
+Man living.
+
+Now upon the Discovery of her Sex, her Relations, and some of her intimate
+Friends, advised her to apply by a Petition to his Royal Highness the Duke
+of _Cumberland_, not doubting but that his Highness would make some proper
+Provision for her, as she had received so many Wounds. Upon which a
+Petition was drawn up, setting forth her Adventures, and the Hardships she
+underwent, together with the many Wounds she received, which she was the
+Bearer of herself, and coming where his Royal Highness then was in his
+Landau, accompanied by Colonel _Napier_, she delivered her Petition to his
+Royal Highness, and upon his perusing it, gave it to the Colonel, desiring
+him to enquire into the Merits. So that it is not doubted but his Royal
+Highness will make her some handsome Allowance, exclusive of _Chelsea_
+College, to which she is entitled.
+
+Now, notwithstanding this our Heroine has at sundry Times appeared upon a
+publick Stage since her Return to _England_, and diverted the Auditors
+with a Song or two, in order to procure a little Money, wherewith to
+support her present necessary Expences, yet the Publick we hope will
+encourage her, if she should have a Benefit Play perform'd on her own
+Account, as an Encouragement for the many singular Adventures, and signal
+Deliverances from the many Perils and Dangers that environed her, and all
+in the Behalf of her Country: Her Merit I think is such as is sufficient
+to set her upon a Level with the most celebrated Ladies of antient Times.
+She is not to be put in the Lists with the fictitious and fabulous Stories
+of a _Pamella_, &c. no, her Virtues have displayed their Lustre in the
+remotest Corner of the World, the once fam'd _Asia_. It was here she
+performed such noble Deeds, as will cause her Name and Fame to be revered
+to latest Posterity: Here is the real _Pamella_ to be to found, who in the
+midst of thousands of the Martial Gentry, preserved her Chastity by the
+most virtuous Stratagems that could be devised: Next behold her upon the
+Ocean, surrounded with Storms, Tempests and Hurricanes, every Moment
+expecting the watery Element should prove her Tomb; and as an Addition to
+her wretched Situation, she was intermixed with the hardy resolute Tars,
+who soon would have batter'd down the Fort of her Virtue, had they
+discovered that _James Gray_ was Mrs. _Hannah Snell_. See her making for
+fair _Asia_'s ancient Shore, with all the speed that Canvas Wings could
+carry her; and going aloft and discharging the Duty of a skilful Mariner;
+afterwards upon the Poop and Quarter Deck exercising her small Arms, as an
+able and experienced Soldier: Then when the Enemy were attacked, firing
+her Pontoons, brandishing her Sword, receiving dangerous Wounds, and
+spilling her precious Blood: If these, together with many more
+Circumstances, are not Virtues infinitely surpassing the Adventures and
+Virtues of our romantick _Pamella_, I own I am mistaken, and shall leave
+them to the Judgment of the impartial Reader. This is a real _Pamella_;
+the other a counterfeit; this _Pamella_ is real Flesh and Blood, the other
+is no more than a Shadow: Thefore let this our Heroine, who is the Subject
+of this History, be both admired and encouraged.
+
+I shall conclude this Subject, with observing, that notwithstanding the
+many Reflections thrown upon the Fair Sex on Account of their Weakness in
+Point of Secret, the Conduct of our Heroine in this Particular is a plain
+and demonstrative Proof of this Truth, that a Woman is not only capable of
+confining a Secret in her Bosom, but actually do so upon sundry
+Emergences, seeing she concealed her Sex in the midst of the greatest
+Dangers and Hardships; no Difficulties, no Pains, no Terrors, nor Prospect
+of future Calamities, could prevail upon her to discover a Secret, which,
+if once divulged, might have proved more fatal to her Repose, than all the
+Difficulties she had undergone during the past Course of her Adventures.
+
+The Adventures of this Female Soldier, as the like is not to be
+parallelled in History, should never be forgot by our _British_ Ladies,
+but whenever satirized by any of the Masculine Gentry, they should always
+have this Repartee ready, _Remember_ HANNAH SNELL.
+
+I shall now conclude with informing the Publick, that she still continues
+to wear her Regimentals; but how she intends to dispose of herself, or
+when, if ever, to change her Dress, is more than what she at present seems
+certain of.
+
+_FINIS._
+
+
+As this Treatise was done in a Hurry from _Hannah Snell_'s own Mouth, and
+directly committed to the Press, occasioned by the Impatience of the Town
+to have it published, it is not doubted but that such Part of it as
+appears somewhat incorrect, will be candidly overlook'd, that, being made
+up in the Veracity and Fulness of her surprising Adventures; the like not
+to be met with in the Records of Time.
+
+
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