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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: Of Captain Mission + +Author: Daniel Defoe + + +Release Date: March, 2005 [EBook #7779] +This file was first posted on May 16, 2003 +Last updated: May 1, 2013 + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK OF CAPTAIN MISSION *** + + + + +Text file produced by David Starner, Deirdre Menchaca, Ted Garvin +and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team + +HTML file produced by David Widger + + + + +</pre> + + <div style="height: 8em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + <h1> + OF CAPTAIN MISSON + </h1> + <h3> + From "The History Of The Pyrates. Vol. II." + </h3> + <h2> + By Daniel Defoe + </h2> + <p> + <br /> <br /> + </p> + <hr /> + <p> + <br /> <br /> + </p> + <h3> + GENERAL EDITORS + </h3> + <p> + Richard C. Boys, <i>University of Michigan</i> Ralph Cohen, <i>University + of California, Los Angeles</i> Vinton A. Dearing, <i>University of + California, Los Angeles</i> Lawrence Clark Powell, <i>Clark Memorial + Library</i> + </p> + <p> + <br /> + </p> + <h3> + ASSISTANT EDITOR + </h3> + <p> + W. Earl Britton, <i>University of Michigan</i> + </p> + <p> + <br /> + </p> + <h3> + ADVISORY EDITORS + </h3> + <p> + Emmett L. Avery, <i>State College of Washington</i> Benjamin Boyce, <i>Duke + University</i> Louis Bredvold, <i>University of Michigan</i> John Butt, <i>University + of Edinburgh</i> James L. Clifford, <i>Columbia University</i> Arthur + Friedman, <i>University of Chicago</i> Louis A. Landa, <i>Princeton + University</i> Samuel H. Monk, <i>University of Minnesota</i> Ernest C. + Mossner, <i>University of Texas</i> James Sutherland, <i>University + College, London</i> H.T. Swedenberg, Jr., <i>University of California, Los + Angeles</i> + </p> + <p> + CORRESPONDING SECRETARY + </p> + <p> + Edna C. Davis, <i>Clark Memorial Library</i> + </p> + <p> + <br /><br /> + </p> + <hr /> + <p> + <br /><br /> + </p> + <p> + <b>CONTENTS</b> + </p> + <p class="toc"> + <a href="#link2H_INTR"> INTRODUCTION </a> + </p> + <p class="toc"> + <a href="#link2H_4_0002"> Bibliographical Note </a> + </p> + <p class="toc"> + <a href="#link2H_NOTE"> Notes to the Introduction </a> + </p> + <p class="toc"> + <a href="#link2H_4_0004"> THE HISTORY OF THE PYRATES. VOL. II. </a> + </p> + <p class="toc"> + <a href="#link2H_4_0005"> OF CAPTAIN MISSON. </a> + </p> + <p> + <br /><br /> + </p> + <hr /> + <p> + <a name="link2H_INTR" id="link2H_INTR"> </a> + </p> + <div style="height: 4em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + <h2> + INTRODUCTION + </h2> + <p> + Defoe has been recognized as the author of <i>A General History of the + Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pyrates</i> since 1932 when + John Robert Moore suggested that the supposed author, Captain Charles + Johnson, like Andrew Moreton, Kara Selym or Captain Roberts, was merely + another mask for the creator of <i>Robinson Crusoe</i>. Although most of + the first volume is of minor literary importance, the second section which + appeared in 1728 as <i>The History of the Pyrates</i> commenced with a + life "Of Captain Misson and His Crew," one of Defoe's most remarkable and + neglected works of fiction. In much the same manner and at the same time + that John Gay was satirizing Walpole's government in <i>The Beggar's Opera</i>, + Defoe began to use his pirates as a commentary on the injustice and + hypocrisy of contemporary English society. Among Defoe's gallery of + pirates are Captain White, who refused to rob from women and children; + Captain Bellamy, the proletarian revolutionist; and captain North, whose + sense of justice and honesty was a rebuke to the corruption of government + under Walpole. But the fictional Captain Misson, the founder of a + communist utopia, is by far the most original of these creations. + </p> + <p> + If we were to accept the view of nineteenth-century critics, that Defoe + was one of the earliest exponents of <i>laissez faire</i>, his creation of + a communist utopia would seem remarkable indeed. But paradoxes fascinated + Defoe, and his ideas can seldom be reduced to unambiguous platitudes. He + was especially fascinated by the comparison between businessmen and + thieves. In 1707 he urged the government to pardon the Madagascar pirates + if they agreed to stop their crimes, pay a large sum of money and "become + honest Freeholders, as others of our <i>West-India</i> Pyrates, <i>Merchants + I should have said</i>, have done before them." And he noted that "it + would make a sad Chasm on the <i>Exchange of London</i>, if all the + Pyrates should be taken away from the Merchants there."<a + href="#linknote-1" name="linknoteref-1" id="linknoteref-1"><small>1</small></a> + Twelve years later just before the start of the South Sea Bubble, Defoe + attacked stock-jobbing as "a Branch of Highway Robbing."<a + href="#linknote-2" name="linknoteref-2" id="linknoteref-2"><small>2</small></a> + </p> + <p> + Although these attacks were directed mainly at "trade thieves" and + corruptions in business practices, they reflect Defoe's growing concern + with problems of poverty and wealth in England. In his preface to the + first volume of the <i>General History of the Pyrates</i>, Defoe argued + that the unemployed seaman had no choice but to "<i>steal or starve</i>." + When the pirate, Captain Bellamy, boards a merchant ship from Boston, he + attacks the inequality of capitalist society, the ship owners, and most of + all, the Captain: + </p> + <p> + <i>damn ye, you are a sneaking Puppy, and so are all those who will submit + to be governed by Laws which rich Men have made for their own Security, + for the cowardly Whelps have not the Courage otherwise to defend what they + get by their Knavery; but damn ye altogether: Damn them for a Pack of + crafty Rascals, and you, who serve them, for a Parcel of hen-hearted + Numskuls. They villify us, the Scoundrels do, when there is only this + Difference, they rob the Poor under the Cover of Law, forsooth, and we + plunder the Rich under the Protection of our own Courage.</i><a + href="#linknote-3" name="linknoteref-3" id="linknoteref-3"><small>3</small></a> + </p> + <p> + Bellamy asks the crew of the captured ship to abandon the slavery of + working for low wages under severe captains for the complete economic and + political equality of life on a pirate ship. + </p> + <p> + Government on Captain Misson's ship, the <i>Victoire</i>, and in the + colony of Libertalia is partially an idealization of the pirate's creed. + But two other elements which must be considered are, first, the concept of + government in the state of nature, and secondly, the ideal of the + socialist utopia. Most political theorists of Defoe's time postulated a + state of nature in which man lived either entirely free from government or + under loose patriarchal control, from which he was removed either by the + invention of money, the discovery of agriculture or by some crime. To a + certain extent, Misson's pirate government may be regarded as a stage in + the evolution of government. In <i>The Farther Adventures of Robinson + Crusoe</i>, Defoe showed how government evolved from the anarchy of the + state of nature. Both Crusoe's colony and Libertalia are eventually forced + to establish government, private property and criminal laws, but + Libertalia, which retains its egalitarian and democratic character, is + overthrown by its failure to account for human evil and crime. + </p> + <p> + A second influence on Captain Misson's ideology is Plutarch's description + of the laws of Sparta and Rome. Even during the "Anti-Communist Period" + which followed the Glorious Revolution, the well-regulated state of the + Lacedemonians remained the norm for Utopias. The influence of Plutarch + pervades the biographies in the <i>General History of the Pyrates.</i> + Lycurgus' laws echo throughout Misson's attacks on luxury and the unequal + distribution of wealth, while Plutarch's study of Spartacus, which is + mentioned in Defoe's preface, may well have been the model for his hero. + </p> + <p> + But neither the desire to regain the purity of the state of nature nor an + admiration for Spartan simplicity entirely explain Misson's vigorous + demand for freedom and his attacks on the corruption of the ruling class. + By refusing to fly the pirate flag, Misson dramatizes the growing revolt + of the poor against a useless nobility. The crew of the <i>Victoire</i> + are, prophetically enough, French. Their aspiration is for a society + following the precepts of <i>la carrière ouverte aux talents</i>; their + revolt is that of a few courageous men unafraid to engage in the pirate's + "war against mankind" while those of lesser courage "dance to the Musick + of their Chains." + </p> + <p> + Defoe's study of Misson is different from the Utopias of More, Bacon or + Campanella in so far as there is no discovery of an ideal civilization. + Libertalia is a Utopia which reflects a direct reaction to the abuses of + the time—abuses of economic, political and religious freedom. + Anticipating Beccaria's criticism of the death penalty by almost forty + years, Carracioli argues that since man's right to life is inalienable, no + government can have the power of capital punishment.<a href="#linknote-4" + name="linknoteref-4" id="linknoteref-4"><small>4</small></a> Misson's + belief in equality is extended to include the negro slaves the <i>Victoire</i> + takes at sea as well as the natives of Madagascar. After asking the + negroes to join his crew, Misson tells his men that the Trading for those + of our own Species, could never be agreeable to the Eyes of divine + Justice: That no Man had Power of the Liberty of another; and while those + who profess'd a more enlightened Knowledge of the Deity, sold men like + Beasts; they prov'd that their Religion was no more than Crimace...: For + his Part he hop'd, he spoke the Sentiments of all his brave Companions, he + had not exempted his Neck from the galling Yoak of Slavery, and asserted + his own Liberty to enslave others. + </p> + <p> + Slavery is banished from Misson's ship, and the negroes are schooled in + the principles of freedom. + </p> + <p> + Perhaps the most difficult problem in discussing the principles of Misson + and Carracioli is to attempt an explanation of why Defoe, a Presbyterian, + should have made his protagonists into deists. Defoe attacks Carracioli's + deistic arguments through his narrator, Captain Johnson, who remarks that + such ideas are pernicious only to "weak Men who cannot discover their + Fallacy." But since similar ideas appear in Robert <i>Drury's Journal</i> + published a year later, it may be assumed that the arguments of the deists + held a certain fascination for Defoe at this time. Carracioli's deism also + has a dramatic function in the story. That on a voyage to Rome a young man + like Misson should be converted to deism by a disillusioned "lewd" priest + was in harmony with the traditional English belief in the dangers of + Italy.<a href="#linknote-5" name="linknoteref-5" id="linknoteref-5"><small>5</small></a> + That Carracioli should combine the rebellion against organized religion + with the revolt against monarchy is indicative of Defoe's keen + apprehension of the future course of history. + </p> + <p> + Considered as a short novel, the history "Of Captain Misson and his Crew" + reveals many of the same techniques which Defoe used in his longer works. + To gain a sense of verisimilitude the narrator pretends to be working from + a manuscript, a device which Defoe also employed in his <i>Memoirs of a + Cavalier</i>. As in <i>Colonel Jack</i> real historical figures and events + from the War of the Spanish Succession are woven into the adventures of + the <i>Victoire</i>. Captain Misson and his crew sink the Winchelsea, an + English ship lost in the West Indies at the end of August, 1707, and they + barely escape from Admiral Wager's fleet which fought a famous battle + there in 1708. Even the name of Misson's ship, the <i>Victoire</i>; was + undoubtedly familiar to Defoe as the vessel commanded by the famous French + corsair, Cornil Saus.<a href="#linknote-6" name="linknoteref-6" + id="linknoteref-6"><small>6</small></a> So convincing is Defoe that + although his hero is shown meeting a real freebooter, Captain Tew, ten + years after Tew's death, Misson is still included in the histories of + piracy.<a href="#linknote-7" name="linknoteref-7" id="linknoteref-7"><small>7</small></a> + </p> + <p> + Also typical of Defoe's fiction is the relationship between Captain + Misson, the leader, and his intellectual mentor, Carracioli. Colonel Jack + and his tutor, Moll Flanders and her Governess and particularly, Captain + Singleton and William Walters form similar groups. Just as William + Walters, a Quaker, reminds Captain Singleton and the crew that their + business is not fighting but making money, so Carracioli addresses lengthy + speeches to the crew, converting everyone on the <i>Victoire</i> to + democracy and deism. Misson's Libertalia takes root in Madagascar, where + Singleton wanted to establish a colony, while both Carracioli and Walters + adapt the secular aspects of their religion to piracy. But whereas Walters + eventually converts Singleton into an honest Christian, Carracioli leads + Misson into piracy. + </p> + <p> + In the history "Of Captain Misson and his Crew," Defoe decided to pursue + the same method of third person narrative as in his brief biographies of + real pirates. The result is that he merely provides a sketch of political + theories rather than a study of human beings. Of course there are good + reasons for this. Defoe was more interested in dramatizing proletarian + utopian ideals than in developing the inner workings of Misson's mind. The + novelette is unified by its epic theme, not by its study of character or + its episodic plot. + </p> + <p> + Although Defoe toyed with radical notions throughout <i>The History of the + Pyrates</i>, he had little faith in their practicality. Libertalia must be + understood as Defoe's best expression of political and social ideals which + he admired but considered unworkable. The continuation of Misson's career + in the section "Of Captain Tew" depicts the decline and fall of the utopia + and the hero's tragic death as a disillusioned idealist. This, however, is + another story, a story which suggested that private property was + necessary, equality impossible and slavery a useful expedient for + colonization. It was a far more comforting message for the Augustan Age, + but it could not silence the tocsins of the French Revolution which sound + throughout the speeches of Misson and Carracioli. + </p> + <p> + Maximillian E. Novak University of Michigan + </p> + <p> + <br /><br /> + </p> + <hr /> + <p> + <a name="link2H_4_0002" id="link2H_4_0002"> </a> + </p> + <div style="height: 4em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + <h2> + Bibliographical Note + </h2> + <p> + The text of "Of Captain Misson and His Crew" has been reproduced from the + Henry E. Huntington Library's first edition copy of the second volume of + <i>A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious + Pyrates</i> which appeared under the title <i>The History of the Pyrates</i>. + </p> + <p> + <br /><br /> + </p> + <hr /> + <p> + <a name="link2H_NOTE" id="link2H_NOTE"> </a> + </p> + <div style="height: 4em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + <h2> + Notes to the Introduction + </h2> + <p> + <br /><br /> + </p> + <hr /> + <p> + <a name="linknote-1" id="linknote-1"> </a> + </p> + <p class="foot"> + 1 (<a href="#linknoteref-1">return</a>)<br /> [ Daniel Defoe, <i>A Review + of the Affairs of France</i>, ed. A. W. Secord (New York, 1938), IV, + 424a.] + </p> + <p> + <br /><br /> + </p> + <hr /> + <p> + <a name="linknote-2" id="linknote-2"> </a> + </p> + <p class="foot"> + 2 (<a href="#linknoteref-2">return</a>)<br /> [ <i>The Anatomy of Exchange—Alley</i> + (London, 1719), p. 8.] + </p> + <p> + <br /><br /> + </p> + <hr /> + <p> + <a name="linknote-3" id="linknote-3"> </a> + </p> + <p class="foot"> + 3 (<a href="#linknoteref-3">return</a>)<br /> [ <i>A General History of the + Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pyrates</i> (London, 1728), + II, 220.] + </p> + <p> + <br /><br /> + </p> + <hr /> + <p> + <a name="linknote-4" id="linknote-4"> </a> + </p> + <p class="foot"> + 4 (<a href="#linknoteref-4">return</a>)<br /> [ See Cesare Beccaria, <i>An + Essay on Crimes and Punishments</i> (Stanford, 1953), pp. 97-99.] + </p> + <p> + <br /><br /> + </p> + <hr /> + <p> + <a name="linknote-5" id="linknote-5"> </a> + </p> + <p class="foot"> + 5 (<a href="#linknoteref-5">return</a>)<br /> [ In the previous year Defoe + had written that "it was the most dangerous thing in the World for a young + Gentleman, sober and virtuous, to venture into <i>Italy</i>, till he was + thoroughly grounded in Principle, ... for that nothing was more ordinary, + than for such either to be seduc'd, by the Subtlety of the Clergy, to + embrace a false Religion, or by the Artifice of a worse Enemy, to give up + all Religion, and sink into <i>Scepticism</i> and <i>Deism</i>, or, + perhaps, <i>Atheism</i>." <i>A New Family Instructor</i> (London, 1727), + p. 17.] + </p> + <p> + <br /><br /> + </p> + <hr /> + <p> + <a name="linknote-6" id="linknote-6"> </a> + </p> + <p class="foot"> + 6 (<a href="#linknoteref-6">return</a>)<br /> [ See Ruth Bourne, <i>Queen + Anne's Navy in the West Indies</i> (New Haven, 1939), pp. 63, 169-172; and + <i>Manuscripts of the House of Lords</i>, New Series (London, 1921), VII, + 117-119.] + </p> + <p> + <br /><br /> + </p> + <hr /> + <p> + <a name="linknote-7" id="linknote-7"> </a> + </p> + <p class="foot"> + 7 (<a href="#linknoteref-7">return</a>)<br /> [ See Philip Gosse, <i>The + History of Piracy</i> (New York, 1934), p. 194; and Patrick Pringle, <i>Jolly + Roger</i> (London, 1953), pp. 136-138.] + </p> + <p> + <br /> + </p> + <h4> + <i>Omne tulit punctum, qui miscuit utile dulci</i>. Hor. + </h4> + <p> + <br /><br /> + </p> + <hr /> + <p> + <a name="link2H_4_0004" id="link2H_4_0004"> </a> + </p> + <div style="height: 4em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + <h2> + THE HISTORY OF THE PYRATES. VOL. II. + </h2> + <p> + <br /><br /> + </p> + <hr /> + <p> + <a name="link2H_4_0005" id="link2H_4_0005"> </a> + </p> + <div style="height: 4em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + <h2> + OF CAPTAIN MISSON. + </h2> + <p> + We can be somewhat particular in the Life of this Gentleman, because, by + very great Accident, we have got into our Hands a <i>French</i> + Manuscript, in which he himself gives a Detail of his Actions. He was born + in <i>Provence</i>, of an ancient Family; his Father, whose true Name he + conceals, was Master of a plentiful Fortune; but having a great Number of + Children, our Rover had but little Hopes of other Fortune than what he + could carve out for himself with his Sword. His Parents took Care to give + him an Education equal to his Birth. After he had passed his Humanity and + Logick, and was a tolerable Mathematician, at the Age of Fifteen he was + sent to <i>Angiers</i>, where he was a Year learning His Exercises. His + Father, at his Return home, would have put him into the Musketeers; but as + he was of a roving Temper, and much affected with the Accounts he had read + in Books of Travels, he chose the Sea as a Life which abounds with more + Variety, and would afford him an Opportunity to gratify his Curiosity, by + the Change of Countries Having made this Choice, his Father, with Letters + of Recommendation, and every Thing fitting for him, sent him Voluntier on + board the <i>Victoire</i>, commanded by Monsieur <i>Fourbin</i>, his + Relation. He was received on Board with all possible Regard by the + Captain, whose Ship was at <i>Marseilles</i>, and was order'd to cruise + soon after <i>Misson's</i> Arrival. Nothing could be more agreeable to the + Inclinations of our Voluntier than this Cruize, which made him acquainted + with the most noted Ports of the <i>Mediterranean</i>, and gave him a + great Insight into the practical Part of Navigation. He grew fond of this + Life, and was resolved to be a compleat Sailor, which made him always one + of the first on a Yard Arm, either to Hand or Reef, and very inquisitive + in the different Methods of working a Ship: His Discourse was turn'd on no + other Subject, and he would often get the Boatswain and Carpenter to teach + him in their Cabbins the constituent Parts of a Ship's Hull, and how to + rigg her, which he generously paid 'em for; and tho' he spent a great Part + of his Time with these two Officers, yet he behaved himself with such + Prudence that they never attempted at a Familiarity, and always paid the + Respect due to his Family. The Ship being at <i>Naples</i>, he obtained + Leave of his Captain to go to <i>Rome</i>, which he had a great Desire to + visit. Hence we may date his Misfortunes; for, remarking the licentious + Lives of the Clergy (so different from the Regularity observ'd among the + <i>French</i> Ecclesiasticks,) the Luxury of the Papal Court, and that + nothing but Hulls of Religion was to be found in the Metropolis of the + Christian Church, he began to figure to himself that all Religion was no + more than a Curb upon the Minds of the Weaker, which the wiser Sort + yielded to, in Appearance only. These Sentiments, so disadvantageous to + Religion and himself, were strongly riveted by accidentally becoming + acquainted with a lewd Priest, who was, at his Arrival (by meer Chance) + his Confessor, and after that his Procurer and Companion, for he kept him + Company to his Death. One Day, having an Opportunity, he told <i>Misson</i>, + a Religious was a very good Life, where a Man had a subtle enterprising + Genius, and some Friends; for such a one wou'd, in a short Time, rise to + such Dignities in the Church, the Hopes of which was the Motive of all the + wiser Sort, who voluntarily took upon them the sacerdotal Habit. That the + ecclesiastical State was govern'd with the same Policy as were secular + Principalities and Kingdoms; that what was beneficial, not what was + meritorious and virtuous, would be alone regarded. That there were no more + Hopes for a Man of Piety and Learning in the Patrimony of St. <i>Peter</i>, + than in any other Monarchy, nay, rather less; for this being known to be + real, that Man's rejected as a Visionary, no way fit for Employment; as + one whose Scruples might prove prejudicial; for its a Maxim, that Religion + and Politicks can never set up in one House. As to our Statesmen, don't + imagine that the Purple makes 'em less Courtiers than are those of other + Nations; they know and pursue the <i>Reggione del Stato</i> (a Term of Art + which means Self-Interest) with as much Cunning and as little Conscience + as any Secular; and are as artful where Art is required, and as barefaced + and impudent when their Power is great enough to support 'em, in the + oppressing the People, and aggrandizing their Families. What their Morals + are, you may read in the Practice of their Lives, and their Sentiments of + Religion from this Saying of a certain Cardinal, <i>Quantum Lucrum ex ista + fabula Christi!</i> which many of 'em may say, tho' they are not so + foolish. For my Part, I am quite tir'd of the Farce, and will lay hold on + the first Opportunity to throw off this masquerading Habit; for, by Reason + of my Age, I must act an under Part many Years; and before I can rise to + share the Spoils of the People, I shall, I fear, be too old to enjoy the + Sweets of Luxury; and, as I am an Enemy to Restraint, I am apprehensive I + shall never act up to my Character, and carry thro' the Hypocrite with Art + enough to rise to any considerable Post in the Church. My Parents did not + consult my Genius, or they would have given me a Sword instead of a Pair + of Beads. + </p> + <p> + <i>Misson</i> advised him to go with him Voluntier, and offer'd him Money + to cloath him; the Priest leap'd at the Proposal, and a Letter coming to + <i>Misson</i> from his Captain, that he was going to <i>Leghorn</i>, and + left to him either to come to <i>Naples</i>, or go by Land; he chose the + latter, and the <i>Dominican</i>, whom he furnish'd with Money, clothing + himself very Cavalierly, threw off his Habit, and preceeded him two Days, + staying at <i>Pisa</i> for <i>Misson</i>; from whence they went together + to <i>Leghorn</i>, where they found the <i>Victoire</i>, and Signor <i>Caraccioli</i>, + recommended by his Friend, was received on Board. Two Days after they + weigh'd from hence, and after a Week's Cruize fell in with two <i>Sally</i> + Men, the one of twenty, the other of twenty four Guns; the <i>Victoire</i> + had but thirty mounted, though she had Ports for forty. The Engagement was + long and bloody, for the <i>Sally</i> Man hop'd to carry the <i>Victoire</i>; + and, on the contrary, Captain <i>Fourbin</i>, so far from having any + Thoughts of being taken, he was resolutely bent to make Prize of his + Enemies, or sink his Ship. One of the <i>Sally</i> Men was commanded by a + <i>Spanish</i> Renegade, (though he had only the Title of a Lieutenant) + for the Captain was a young Man who knew little of Marine Affairs. + </p> + <p> + This Ship was called the <i>Lyon</i>; and he attempted, more than once, to + board the <i>Victoire</i>, but by a Shot betwixt Wind and Water, he was + obliged to sheer off, and running his Guns, &c. on one Side, bring her + on the careen to stop his Leak; this being done with too much + Precipitation, she overset, and every Soul was lost: His Comrade seeing + this Disaster, threw out all his small sails, and endeavour'd to get off, + but the <i>Victoire</i> wrong'd her, and oblig'd her to renew the Fight, + which she did with great Obstinacy, and made Monsieur <i>Fourbin</i> + despair of carrying her if he did not board; he made Preparations + accordingly. Signior <i>Caraccioli</i> and <i>Misson</i> were the two + first on board when the Command was given; but they and their Followers + were beat back by the Despair of the <i>Sally</i> Men; the former received + a Shot in his Thigh, and was carried down to the Surgeon. The <i>Victoire</i> + laid her on board the second time, and the <i>Sally</i> Men defended their + Decks with such Resolution, that they were cover'd with their own, and the + dead Bodies of their Enemies. <i>Misson</i> seeing one of 'em jump down + the Main-Hatch with a lighted Match, suspecting his Design, resolutely + leap'd after him, and reaching him with his Sabre, laid him dead the + Moment he going to set Fire to the Powder. The <i>Victoire</i> pouring in + more Men, the <i>Mahometans</i> quitted the Decks, finding Resistance + vain, and fled for Shelter to the Cook Room, Steerage and Cabbins, and + some run between Decks. The <i>French</i> gave 'em Quarters, and put the + Prisoners on board the <i>Victoire</i>, the Prize yielding nothing worth + mention, except Liberty to about fifteen Christian Slaves; she was carried + into and sold with the Prisoners at <i>[text unreadable]</i>. The Turks + lost a great many Men, the <i>French</i> not less than 35 in boarding, for + they lost very few by the great Shot, the <i>Sally</i> Men firing mostly + at the Masts and Rigging, hoping by disabling to carry her. The limited + Time of their Cruize being out, the <i>Victoire</i> returned to <i>Marseilles</i>, + from whence <i>Misson</i>, taking his Companion, went to visit his + Parents, to whom the Captain sent a very advantageous Character, both of + his Courage and Conduct. He was about a Month at home when his Captain + wrote to him, that his Ship was ordered to <i>Rochelle</i>, from whence he + was to sail for the <i>West-Indies</i> with some Merchant Men. This was + very agreeable to <i>Misson</i> and Signior <i>Caraccioli</i>, who + immediately set out for <i>Marseilles</i>. This Town is well fortified, + has four Parish Churches, and the Number of Inhabitants is computed to be + about 120,0000; the Harbour is esteemed the safest in the <i>Mediterranean</i>, + and is the common Station for the <i>French</i> Gallies. + </p> + <p> + Leaving this Place, they steer'd for <i>Rochelle</i>, where the <i>Victoire</i> + was dock'd, the Merchant Ships not being near ready. <i>Misson</i>, who + did not Care to pass so long a Time in Idleness, proposed to his Comrade + the taking a Cruize on board the <i>Triumph</i>, who was going into the <i>English + Channel</i>; the <i>Italian</i> readily contented to it. + </p> + <p> + Between the Isle of <i>Guernsey</i> and the <i>Start Point</i> they met + with the <i>Mayflower</i>, Captain <i>Balladine</i> Commanded, a Merchant + Ship of 18 Guns, richly laden, and coming from <i>Jamaica</i>. The Captain + of the <i>English</i> made a gallant resistance, and fought his Ship so + long, that the <i>French</i> could not carry her into Harbour, wherefore + they took the Money, and what was most valuable, out of her; and finding + she made more Water than the Pumps could free, quitted, and saw her go + down in less than four Hours after. Monsieur <i>le Blanc</i>, the <i>French</i> + Captain, received Captain <i>Balladine</i> very civilly, and would not + suffer either him or his Men to be stripp'd, saying, <i>None but Cowards + ought be treated after that Manner; that brave Men ought to treat such, + though their Enemies, as Brothers; and that to use a gallant Man (who does + his Duty) ill, speaks a Revenge which cannot proceed but from a Coward + Soul.</i> He order'd that the Prisoners should leave their Chests; and + when some of his Men seem'd to mutter, he bid 'em remember the Grandeur of + the Monarch they serv'd; that they were neither Pyrates nor Privateers; + and, as brave Men, they ought to shew their Enemies an Example they would + willingly have follow'd, and use their Prisoners as they wish'd to be + us'd. + </p> + <p> + They running up the <i>English</i> Channel as high as <i>Beachy Head</i>, + and, in returning, fell in with three fifty Gun Ships, which gave Chace to + the <i>Triumph</i>; but as she was an excellent Sailor, she run 'em out of + Sight in seven Glasses, and made the best of her Way for the <i>Lands-End</i> + they here cruized eight Days, then doubling Cape <i>Cornwall</i>, ran up + the <i>Bristol</i> Channel, near as far as <i>Nash Point</i>, and + intercepted a small Ship from <i>Barbadoes</i>, and stretching away to the + Northward, gave Chase to a Ship they saw in the Evening, but lost her in + the Night. The <i>Triumph</i> stood then towards <i>Milford</i> and spying + a Sail, endeavour'd to cut her off the Land, but found it impossible; for + she got into the Haven, though they came up with her very fast, and she + had surely been taken, had the Chase had been any thing longer. + </p> + <p> + Captain <i>Balladine</i>, who took the Glass, said it was the <i>Port + Royal</i>, a <i>Bristol</i> Ship which left <i>Jamaica</i> in Company with + him and the <i>Charles</i>. They now return'd to their own Coast, and sold + their Prize at <i>Brest</i>, where, at his Desire, they left Captain <i>Balladine</i>, + and Monsieur <i>le Blanc</i> made him a Present of Purse with 40 <i>Louis's</i> + for his Support; his Crew were also left here. + </p> + <p> + At the Entrance into this Harbour the <i>Triumph</i> struck upon a Rock, + but receiv'd no Damage: This Entrance, called <i>Genlet</i>, is very + dangerous on Account of the Number of Rocks which lie on each Side under + Water, though the Harbour is certainly the best in <i>France</i>. The + Mouth of the Harbour is defended by a strong Castle; the Town is well + fortified, and has a Citadel for its farther Defence, which is of + considerable Strength. In 1694 the <i>English</i> attempted a Descent, but + did not find their Market, for they were beat off with the Loss of their + General, and a great many Men. From hence the <i>Triumph</i> return'd to + <i>Rochel</i>, and in a Month after our Voluntiers, who went on board the + <i>Victoire</i>, took their Departure for <i>Martineco</i> and <i>Guadalupe</i>; + they met with nothing in their Voyage thither worth noting. + </p> + <p> + I shall only observe, that Signior <i>Caraccioli</i>, who was as ambitious + as he was irreligious, had, by this Time, made a perfect Deist of <i>Misson</i>, + and thereby convinc'd him, that all Religion was no other than human + Policy, and shew'd him that the Law of <i>Moses</i> was no more than what + were necessary, as well for the Preservation as the Governing of the + People; for Instance, said he, the <i>African</i> Negroes never heard of + the Institution of Circumcision, which is said to be the Sign of the + Covenant made between God and this People, and yet they circumcise their + Children; doubtless for the same Reason the <i>Jews</i> and other Nations + do, who inhabit the Southern Climes, the Prepuce consolidating the + perspired Matter, which is of a fatal Consequence. In short, he ran + through all the Ceremonies of the <i>Jewish</i>, Christian and <i>Mahometan</i> + Religion, and convinced him these were, as might be observed by the + Absurdity of many, far from being Indications of Men inspired; and that <i>Moses</i>, + in his Account of the Creation, was guilty of known Blunders; and the + Miracles, both in the New and Old Testament, inconsistent with Reason. + That God had given us this Blessing, to make Use of for our present and + future Happiness, and whatever was contrary to it, notwithstanding their + School Distinctions of <i>contrary</i> and <i>above</i> Reason, must be + false. This Reason teaches us, that there is a first Cause of all Things, + an <i>Ens Entium</i>, which we call God, and our Reason will also suggest, + that he must be eternal, and, as the Author of every Thing perfect, he + must be infinitely perfect. + </p> + <p> + If so, he can be subject to no Passions, and neither loves nor hates; he + must be ever the fame, and cannot rashly do to Day what he shall repent to + Morrow. He must be perfectly happy, consequently nothing can add to an + eternal State of Tranquillity, and though it becomes us to adore him, yet + can our Adorations neither augment, nor our Sins take from this Happiness. + </p> + <p> + But his Arguments on this Head are too long, and too dangerous to + translate; and as they are work'd up with great Subtlety, they may be + pernicious to weak Men, who cannot discover their Fallacy; or, who finding + 'em agreeable to their Inclinations, and would be glad to shake off the + Yoke of the Christian Religion, which galls and curbs their Passions, + would not give themselves the Trouble to examine them to the Bottom, but + give into what pleases, glad of finding some Excuse to their Consciences. + Though as his Opinion of a future State has nothing in it which impugns + the Christian Religion, I shall set it down in few Words. + </p> + <p> + That reasoning Faculty, says he, which we perceive within us, we call the + Soul, but what that Soul is, is unknown to us. It may die with the Body, + or it may survive. I am of Opinion its immortal; but to say that this + Opinion is the Dictate of Reason, or only the Prejudice of Education, + would, I own, puzzle me. If it is immortal, it must be an Emanation from + the Divine Being, and consequently at its being separated from the Body, + will return to its first Principle, if not contaminated. Now, my Reason + tells me, if it is estranged from its first Principle, which is the Deity, + all the Hells of Man's Invention can never yield Tortures adequate to such + a Banishment. + </p> + <p> + As he had privately held these Discourses among the Crew, he had gained a + Number of Proselytes, who look'd upon him as a new Prophet risen up to + reform the Abuses in Religion; and a great Number being <i>Rochellers</i>, + and, as yet, tainted with <i>Calvinism</i>, his Doctrine was the more + readily embrac'd. When he had experienced the Effects of his religious + Arguments, he fell upon Government, and shew'd, that every Man was born + free, and had as much Right to what would support him, as to the Air he + respired. A contrary Way of arguing would be accusing the Deity with + Cruelty and Injustice, for he brought into the World no Man to pass a Life + of Penury, and to miserably want a necessary Support; that the vast + Difference between Man and Man, the one wallowing in Luxury, and the other + in the most pinching Necessity, was owing only to Avarice and Ambition on + the one Hand, and a pusillanimous Subjection on the other; that at first + no other than a Natural was known, a paternal Government, every Father was + the Head, the Prince and Monarch of his Family, and Obedience to such was + both just and easy, for a Father had a compassionate Tenderness for his + Children; but Ambition creeping in by Degrees, the stronger Family set + upon and enslaved the Weaker; and this additional Strength over-run a + third, by every Conquest gathering Force to make others, and this was the + first Foundation of Monarchy. Pride encreasing with Power, Man usurped the + Prerogative of God, over his Creatures, that of depriving them of Life, + which was a Privilege no one had over his own; for as he did not come into + the World by his own Election, he ought to stay the determined Time of his + Creator: That indeed, Death given in War, was by the Law of Nature + allowable, because it is for the Preservation of our own Lives; but no + Crime ought to be thus punished, nor indeed any War undertaken, but in + Defence of our natural Right, which is such a Share of Earth as is + necessary for our Support. + </p> + <p> + These Topicks he often declaimed on, and very often advised with <i>Misson</i> + about the setting up for themselves; he was as ambitious as the other, and + as resolute. <i>Caraccioli</i> and <i>Misson</i> were by this expert + Mariners, and very capable of managing a Ship: <i>Caraccioli</i> had + founded a great many of the Men on this Subject, and found them very + inclineable to listen to him. An Accident happen'd which gave <i>Caraccioli</i> + a fair Opportunity to put his Designs in Execution, and he laid Hold of + it; they went off <i>Martinico</i> on a Cruize, and met with the <i>Winchelsea</i>, + an <i>English</i> Man of War of 40 Guns, commanded by Captain <i>Jones</i>; + they made for each other, and a very smart Engagement followed, the first + Broadside killed the Captain, second Captain, and the three Lieutenants, + on Board the <i>Victoire</i> and left only the Master, who would have + struck, but Misson took up the Sword, order'd <i>Caraccioli</i> to act as + Lieutenant, and encouraging the Men fought the Ship six Glasses, when by + some Accident, the <i>Winchelsea</i> blew up, and not a Man was saved but + Lieutenant <i>Franklin</i>, whom the <i>French</i> Boats took up, and he + died in two Days. None ever knew before this Manuscript fell into my Hands + how the <i>Winchelsea</i> was lost; for her Head being driven ashore at <i>Antegoa</i>, + and a great Storm having happend a few Days before her Head was found, it + was concluded, that she founder'd in that Storm. After this Engagement, <i>Caraccioli</i> + came to Misson and saluted him Captain, and desired to know if he would + chuse a momentary or a lasting Command, that he must now determine, for at + his Return to <i>Martinico</i> it would be too late; and he might depend + upon the Ship he fought and saved being given to another, and they would + think him well rewarded if made a Lieutenant, which Piece of Justice he + doubted: That he had his Fortune in his Hands, which he might either keep + or let go; if he made Choice of the latter, he must never again expect she + would court him to accept her Favours: That he ought to let before his + Eyes his Circumstances, as a younger Brother of a good Family, but nothing + to support his Character; and the many Years he must serve at the Expence + of his Blood before he could make any Figure in the World; and consider + the wide Difference between the commanding and being commanded: That he + might with the Ship he had under Foot, and the brave Fellows under + Command, bid Defiance to the Power of <i>Europe</i>, enjoy every Thing he + wish'd, reign Sovereign of the Southern Seas, and lawfully make War on all + the World, since it would deprive him of that Liberty to which he had a + Right by the Laws of Nature: That he might in Time, become as great as <i>Alexander</i> + was to the <i>Persians</i>; and by encreasing his Forces by his Captures, + he would every Day strengthen the Justice of his Cause, for who has Power + is always in the Right. That <i>Harry</i> the Fourth and <i>Harry</i> the + Seventh, attempted and succeeded in their Enterprizes on the Crown of <i>England</i>, + yet their Forces did not equal his. <i>Mahomet</i> with a few Camel + Drivers, founded the <i>Ottoman</i> Empire and <i>Darius</i>, with no more + than six or seven Companions got Possession on of that of <i>Persia</i>. + </p> + <p> + In a Word he said so much that <i>Misson</i> resolved to follow his + Advice, and calling up all Hands, he told them, 'That a great Number of + them had resolved with him upon a Life of Liberty, and had done him the + Honour to create him Chief: That he designed to force no Man, and be + guilty of that Injustice he blamed in others; therefore, if any were + averse to the following his Fortune, which he promised should be the same + to all, he desired they would declare themselves, and he would set them + ashore, whence they might return with Conveniency;' having made an End, + they one and all cryed, <i>Vive le Capitain</i> Misson <i>et son + Lieutenant le Seavant</i> Caraccioli, God bless Capt. <i>Misson</i> and + his learned Lieutenant <i>Caraccioli</i>. <i>Misson</i> thanked them for + the Honour they conferr'd upon him, and promised he would use the Power + they gave for the publick Good only, and hoped, as they had the Bravery to + assert their Liberty, they would be as unanimous in the preserving it, and + stand by him in what should be found expedient for the Good of all; that + he was their Friend and Companion, and should never exert his Power, or + think himself other than their Comrade, but when the Necessity of Affairs + should oblige him. + </p> + <p> + They shouted a second Time, <i>vive le Capitain</i>; he, after this, + desired they would chuse their subaltern Officers, and give them Power to + consult and conclude upon what might be for the common Interest, and bind + themselves down by an Oath to agree to what such Officers and he should + determine: This they readily gave into. The School-Master they chose for + second Lieutenant, <i>Jean Besace</i> they nominated for third, and the + Boatswain, and a Quarter-Master, named <i>Matthieu le Tondu</i>, with the + Gunner, they desired might be their Representatives in Council. + </p> + <p> + The Choice was approved, and that every Thing might pass methodically, and + with general Approbation, they were called into the great Cabbin, and the + Question put, what Course they should steer? The Captain proposed the <i>Spanish</i> + Coast as the most probable to afford them rich Prizes: This was agreed + upon by all. The Boatswain then asked what Colours they should fight + under, and advised Black as most terrifying; but <i>Caraccioli</i> + objected, that they were no Pyrates, but Men who were resolved to assert + that Liberty which God and Nature gave them, and own no Subjection to any, + farther than was for the common Good of all: That indeed, Obedience to + Governors was necessary, when they knew and acted up to the Duty of their + Function; were vigilant Guardians of the Peoples Rights and Liberties; saw + that Justice was equally distributed; were Barriers against the Rich and + Powerful, when they attempted to oppress the Weaker; when they suffered + none of the one Hand to grow immensely rich, either by his own or his + Ancestors Encroachments; nor on the other, any to be wretchedly miserable, + either by falling into the Hands of Villains, unmerciful Creditors, or + other Misfortunes. While he had Eyes impartial, and allowed nothing but + Merit to distinguish between Man and Man; and instead of being a Burthen + to the People by his luxurious life, he was by his Care for, and + Protection of them, a real Father, and in every Thing acted with the equal + and impartial Justice of a Parent: But when a Governor, who is the + Minister of the People, thinks himself rais'd to this Dignity, that he may + spend his Days in Pomp and Luxury, looking upon his Subjects as so many + Slaves, created for his Use and Pleasure, and therefore leaves them and + their Affairs to the immeasurable Avarice and Tyranny of some one whom he + has chosen for his Favourite, when nothing but Oppression, Poverty, and + all the Miseries of Life flow from such an Administration; that he + lavishes away the Lives and Fortunes of the People, either to gratify his + Ambition, or to support the Cause of some neighbouring Prince, that he may + in Return, strengthen his Hands should his People exert themselves in + Defence of their native Rights; or should he run into unnecessary Wars, by + the rash and thoughtless Councils of his Favourite, and not able to make + Head against the Enemy he has rashly or wantonly brought upon his Hands, + and buy a Peace (which is the present Case of <i>France</i>, as every one + knows, by supporting King <i>James</i>, and afterwards proclaiming his + Son) and drain the Subject; should the Peoples Trade be wilfully + neglected, for private Interests, and while their Ships of War lie idle in + their Harbours, suffer their Vessels to be taken; and the Enemy not only + intercepts all Commerce, but insults their Coasts: It speaks a generous + and great Soul to shake off the Yoak; and if we cannot redress our Wrongs, + withdraw from sharing the Miseries which meaner Spirits submit to, and + scorn to yield to the Tyranny. Such Men are we, and, if the World, as + Experience may convince us it will, makes War upon us, the Law of Nature + empowers us not only to be on the defensive, but also on the offensive + Part. As we then do not proceed upon the same Ground with Pyrates, who are + Men of dissolute Lives and no Principles, let us scorn to take their + Colours: Ours is a brave, a just, an innocent, and a noble Cause; the + Cause of Liberty. I therefore advise a white Ensign, with Liberty painted + in the Fly, and if you like the Motto, <i>a Deo a Libertate</i>, for God + and Liberty, as an Emblem of our Uprightness and Resolution. + </p> + <p> + The Cabbin Door was left open, and the Bulk Head which was of Canvas + rowled up, the Steerage being full of Men, who lent an attentive Ear, they + cried, <i>Liberty, Liberty; we are free Men</i>: Vive <i>the brave Captain</i> + Misson <i>and the noble Lieutenant</i> Caraccioli. This short Council + breaking up, every Thing belonging to the deceased Captain, and the other + Officers, and Men lost in the Engagement, was brought upon Deck and + over-hawled; the Money ordered to be put into a Chest, and the Carpenter + to clap on a Padlock for, and give a Key to, every one of the Council: + Misson telling them, all should be in common, and the particular Avarice + of no one should defraud the Publick. + </p> + <p> + When the Plate Monsieur <i>Fourbin</i> had, was going to the Chest, the + Men unanimously cried out avast, keep that out for the Captain's Use, as a + Present from his Officers and Fore-mast Men. <i>Misson</i> thanked them, + the Plate was returned to the great Cabbin, and the Chest secured + according to Orders: Misson then ordered his Lieutenants and other + Officers to examine who among the Men, were in most Want of Cloaths, and + to distribute those of the dead Men impartially, which was done with a + general Content and Applause of the whole Crew: All but the wounded being + upon Deck. <i>Misson</i> from the Baracade, spoke to the following + Purpose, 'That since they had unanimously resolved to seize upon and + defend their Liberty, which ambitious Men had usurped, and that this could + not be esteemed by impartial Judges other than a just and brave + Resolution, he was under an Obligation to recommend to them a brotherly + Love to each other; the Banishment of all private Piques and Grudges, and + a swift Agreement and Harmony among themselves: That in throwing off the + Yoak of Tyranny of which the Action spoke an Abhorrence, he hoped none + would follow the Example of Tyrants, and turn his Back upon Justice; for + when Equity was trodden under Foot, Misery, Confusion, and mutual Distrust + naturally followed.'—He also advised them to remember there was a + Supream; the Adoration of which, Reason and Gratitude prompted us, and our + own Interests would engage us (as it is best to be of the surest Side, and + after-Life was allowed possible) to conciliate.—That he was + satisfied Men who were born and bred in Slavery, by which their Spirits + were broke, and were incapable of so generous a Way of thinking, who, + ignorant of their Birth-Right, and the Sweets of Liberty, dance to the + Musick of their Chains, which was, indeed, the greater Part of the + Inhabitants of the Globe, would brand this generous Crew with the + insidious Name of Pyrates, and think it meritorious, to be instrumental in + their Destruction.—Self-Preservation therefore, and not a cruel + Disposition, obliged him to declare War against all such as should refuse + him the Entry of their Ports, and against all, who should not immediately + surrender and give up what their Necessities required; but in a more + particular Manner against all <i>European</i> Ships and Vessels, as + concluded implacable Enemies. <i>And I do now,</i> said he, <i>declare + such War, and, at the same time, recommend to you my Comrades a humane and + generous Behaviour towards your Prisoners; which will appear by so much + more the Effects of a noble Soul, as we are satisfied we should not meet + the same Treatment should our ill Fortune, or more properly our Disunion, + or want of Courage, give us up to their Mercy.</i> + </p> + <p> + After this, he required a Muster should be made, and there were able Hands + two Hundred, and thirty five sick and wounded; as they were muster'd they + were sworn. After Affairs were thus settled, they shaped their Course the + <i>Spanish West-Indies,</i> but resolved, in the Way, to take a Week or + ten Days Cruize in the Windward Passage from <i>Jamaica,</i> because most + Merchant Men, which were good Sailors and did not slay for Convoy, took + this as the shorter Cut for <i>England.</i> + </p> + <p> + Off St. <i>Christophers</i> they took an <i>English</i> Sloop becalmed, + with their Boats; they took out of her a couple of Puncheons of Rum, and + half a dozen Hogsheads of Sugar (she was a <i>New England</i> Sloop, bound + for <i>Boston</i>) and without offering the least Violence to the Men, or + stripping them, they let her go. The Master of the Sloop was <i>Thomas + Butler,</i> who owned, he never met with so candid an Enemy as the <i>French</i> + Man of War, which took him the Day he left St. <i>Christophers;</i> they + met with no other Booty in their Way, till they came upon their Station, + when after three Days, they saw a Sloop which had the Impudence to give + them Chace; Captain <i>Misson</i> asked what could be the Meaning that the + Sloop stood for them? One of the Men, who was acquainted with the <i>West-Indies,</i> + told him, it was a <i>Jamaica</i> Privateer, and he should not wonder, if + he clapp'd him aboard. I am, said he, no Stranger to their Way of working, + and this despicable Fellow, as those who don't know a <i>Jamaica</i> + Privateer may think him, it is ten to one will give you some Trouble. It + now grows towards Evening, and you'll find as soon as he has discovered + your Force, he'll keep out of the Reach of your Guns till the 12 a-Clock + Watch is changed at Night, and he'll then attempt to clap you aboard, with + Hopes to carry you in the Hurry: Wherefore Captain, if you will give me + Leave to advise you, let every Man have his small Arms; and at twelve, let + the Bell ring as usual; and rather more Noise than ordinary be made, as if + the one Watch was turning in, and the other out, in a Confusion and Hurry, + and I'll engage he will venture to enter his Men. The Fellow's Advice was + approved and resolved upon, and the Sloop work'd, as he said she would, + for upon coming near enough to make distinctly the Force of the <i>Victoire</i>, + on her throwing out <i>French</i> Colours, she, the Sloop, clapp'd upon a + Wind, the <i>Victoire</i> gave Chace, but without Hopes of gaining upon + her; she went so well to Windward, that she cou'd spare the Ship some + Points in her Sheet, and yet wrong her: At Dusk of the Even, the <i>French</i> + had lost Sight of her, but about Eleven at Night, they saw her hankering + up their Windward Bow, which confirmed the Sailors Opinion, that she would + attempt to board them, as she did at the pretended Change of the Watch; + there being little or no Wind, she lashed to the Bow-Sprit of the <i>Victoire</i> + and enter'd her Men, who were very quietly taken, as they enter'd and + tumbled down the Forehatch, where they were received by others, and bound + without Noise, not one of the Privateers killed, few hurt, and only one <i>Frenchman</i> + wounded. The <i>Victoire</i> the better Part of the Sloop's Men secured, + they boarded in their Turn, when the Privateer's suspecting some + Stratagem, were endeavouring to cut their Lashing and get off: + </p> + <p> + Thus the Englishman caught a Tartar. The Prisoners being all secured, the + Captain charged his Men not to discover, thro' a Desire of augmenting + their Number, the Account they were upon. + </p> + <p> + The next Morning Monsieur <i>Misson</i> called for the Captain of the + Privateer, he told him, he could not but allow him a brave Fellow, to + venture upon a Ship of his Countenance, and for that Reason he should meet + Treatment which Men of his Profession seldom afforded the Prisoners they + made. He asked him how long he had been out, what was his Name, and what + he had on Board? He answered he was but just come out, that he was the + first Sail he had met with, and should have thought himself altogether as + lucky not to have spoke with him' that his Name was <i>Harry Ramsey</i>, + and what he had on Board were Rags, Powder, Ball, and some few half + Anchors of Rum. <i>Ramsey</i> was ordered into the Gun-Room, and a Council + being held in the publick Manner aforesaid, the Bulk Head of the great + Cabbin rowled up. On their Conclusion, the Captain of the Privateer was + called in again, when Captain <i>Misson</i> told him, he would return him + his Sloop, and restore him and his Men to their Liberty, without stripping + or plundering of any Thing, but what Prudence obliged him to, their + Ammunition and Small-Arms, if he would give him his Word and Honour, and + his Men to take an Oath, not to go out on the Privateer Account in six + Months after they left him: That he did not design to continue that + Station above a Week longer, at the Expiration of which Time he would let + them go. + </p> + <p> + <i>Ramsey</i>, who had a new Sloop, did not expect this Favour, which he + thanked him for, and promised punctually to comply with the Injunction, + which his Men as readily swore to, tho' they had no Design to keep the + Oath. The Time being expired, he and his Men were put on Board their own + Sloop. At going over the Ship's Side <i>Ramsey</i> begg'd Monsieur <i>Misson</i> + would allow him Powder for a salute, by way of Thanks; but he answered + him, the Ceremony was needless, and he expected no other Return than that + of keeping his Word, which indeed <i>Ramsey</i> did. Some of his Men had + found it more to their Advantage to have been as religious. + </p> + <p> + At parting Ramsey gave the Ship three Chears, and <i>Misson</i> had the + Complaisance to return one, which <i>Ramsey</i> answering with three more, + made the best of his Way for <i>Jamaica</i>, and at the East End of the + Island met with the <i>Diana</i>, who, upon Advice, turn'd back. + </p> + <p> + The <i>Victoire</i> steer'd for <i>Carthagene</i>, off which Port they + cruised some Days, but meeting with nothing in the Seas, they made for <i>Porto + Bello</i>; in their Way they met with two <i>Dutch</i> Traders, who had + Letters of Mart, and were just come upon the Coast, the one had 20, the + other 24 Guns; <i>Misson</i> engaged them, and they defended themselves + with a great Deal of Resolution and Gallantry; and as they were mann'd a + Peak, he darst not venture to board either of them, for fear of being at + the same Time boarded by the other. His Weight of Mettal gave him a great + Advantage over the <i>Dutch</i>, though they were two to one; besides, + their Business, as they had Cargoes, was to get off, if possible, + wherefore they made a running Fight, though they took Care to stick close + to one another. + </p> + <p> + They maintained the Fight for above six Hours, when <i>Misson</i>, enraged + at this Obstinacy, and fearing, if by Accident they should bring a Mast, + or Top-Mast, by the board, they would get from him. He was resolved to + sink the larger Ship of the two, and accordingly ordered his Men to bring + all their Guns to bear a Midship, then running close along Side of him, to + raise their Mettal; his Orders being punctually obey'd, he pour'd in a + Broad Side, which open'd such a Gap in the <i>Dutch</i> Ship, that she + went directly to the Bottom, and every Man perish'd. + </p> + <p> + He then mann'd his Bowsprit, brought his Sprit-sail Yard fore and aft, and + resolved to board the other, which the <i>Dutch</i> perceiving, and + terrified with the unhappy Fate of their Comrade, thought a farther + Resistance vain, and immediately struck. <i>Misson</i> gave them good + Quarters, though he was enraged at the Loss of 13 Men killed outright, + beside 9 wounded, of which 6 died. They found on board a great Quantity of + Gold and Silver Lace, brocade Silks, Silk Stockings, Bails of + Broad-Cloath, bazes of all Colours, and <i>Osnabrughs</i>. + </p> + <p> + A Consultation being held, it was resolved Captain <i>Misson</i> should + take the Name of <i>Fourbin</i>, and returning to <i>Carthagene</i>, + dispose of his Prize, and set his Prisoners ashoar. Accordingly they ply'd + to the Eastward, and came to an Anchor between <i>Boca Chieca</i> Fort, + and the Town, for they did not think it expedient to enter the Harbour. + The Barge was manned, and <i>Caraccioli</i>, with the Name of <i>D'Aubigny</i>, + the first lieutenant, who was killed in the Engagement with the <i>Winchelsea</i>, + and his Commission in his Pocket, went ashore with a Letter to the + Governor, sign'd <i>Fourbin</i>, whose Character, for fear of the worst, + was exactly counterfeited. The Purport of his Letter was, that having + discretionary Orders to cruize for three Months, and hearing the <i>English</i> + infested his Coast, he was come in search of 'em, and had met two <i>Dutch</i> + Men, one of which he had sunk, the other he made Prize of. That his + limited Time being near expired, he should be obliged to his Excellency, + if he would send on board him such Merchants as were willing to take the + Ship and Cargoe off his Hands, of which he had lent the <i>Dutch</i> + Invoice. Don <i>Joseph de la Zerda</i>, the then Governor, received the + Lieutenant (who sent back the Barge at landing) very civilly, and agreed + to take the Prisoners ashoar, and do every Thing was required of him; and + ordering fresh Provisions and Sallading to be got ready as a Present for + the Captain, he sent for some Merchants who were very ready to go on + board, and agree for the Ship and Goods; which they did, for two and fifty + thousand Pieces of Eight. The next Day the Prisoners were set ashoar; a + rich Piece of Brocade which was reserv'd, sent to the Governor for a + Present, a Quantity of fresh Provision bought and brought on board, the + Money paid by the Merchants, the Ship and Goods deliver'd, and the <i>Victoire</i>, + at the Dawn of the following Day, got under Sail. It may be wonder'd how + such Dispatch could be made, but the Reader must take Notice, these Goods + were sold by the <i>Dutch</i> Invoice, which the Merchant of the Prize + affirmed was genuine. I shall observe, by the by, that the <i>Victoire</i> + was the <i>French</i> Man of War which Admiral <i>Wager</i> sent the <i>Kingston</i> + in search of, and being afterwards falsly inform'd, that she was join'd by + another of seventy Guns; and that they cruiz'd together between the Capes, + order'd the <i>Severn</i> up to Windward, to assist the <i>Kingston</i>, + which had like to have prov'd very fatal; for these two <i>English</i> Men + of War, commanded by Captain <i>Trevor</i> and Captain <i>Padnor</i>, + meeting in the Night, had prepared to engage, each taking the other for + the Enemy. The <i>Kingston's</i> Men not having a good Look-out, which + must be attributed to the Negligence of the Officer of the Watch, did not + see the <i>Severn</i> till she was just upon them; but, by good Luck, to + Leeward, and plying up, with all the Sail she could crowd, and a clear + Ship. This put the <i>Kingston</i> in such Confusion, that when the <i>Severn</i> + hal'd, no answer was retun'd, for none heard her. She was got under the <i>Kingston's</i> + Stern, and Captain <i>Padnor</i> ordered to hale for the third and last + Time, and if no answer was return'd, to give her a Broadside. The Noise + onboard the <i>Kingston</i> was now a little ceas'd, and Captain Trevor, + who was on the poop with a speaking Trumpet to hale the <i>Severn</i>, by + good Luck heard her hale him, answering the <i>Kingston</i>, and asking + the Name of the other ship, prevented the Damage. + </p> + <p> + They cruised together some time, and meeting nothing which answer'd their + Information, return'd to <i>Jamaica</i>, as I shall to my Subject, begging + Pardon for this, as I thought, necessary Digression. + </p> + <p> + Don <i>Juan de la Zevda</i> told the Captain in a Letter, that the St. <i>Joseph</i>, + a Gallion of seventy Guns, was then lying at <i>Port a Bello</i>, and + should be glad he could keep her Company till she was off the Coast. That + she would sail in eight or ten Days for the <i>Havana</i>; and that, if + his Time would permit him, he would send an Advice-Boat. That she had on + board the Value of 800,000 Pieces of Eight in Silver and Bar Gold. <i>Misson</i> + return'd Answer, that he believ'd he should be excus'd if he stretched his + Orders, for a few Days; and that he would cruize off the Isle of <i>Pearls</i>, + and Cape <i>Gratias a Dios</i>, and give for Signal to the Gallion, his + spreading a white Ensign in his Fore-Top-Mast Shrouds, the cluing up his + Fore-sail, and the firing one Gun to Windward, and two to Leeward, which + he should answer by letting run and hoisting his Fore-Top-Sail three + times, and the firing as many Guns to Leeward. Don <i>Joseph</i>, + extreamly pleased with this Complaisance, sent a Boat express to advise + the St. <i>Joseph</i>, but she was already sailed two Days, contrary to + the Governor of <i>Carthagene's</i> Expectation, and, this Advice Captain + <i>Misson</i> had from the Boat, which returning with an Answer, saw the + <i>Victoire</i> in the Offin, and spoke to her. It was then resolved to + follow the <i>St. Joseph</i>, and accordingly they steer'd for the <i>Havanna</i>, + but by what Accident they did not overtake her is unknown. + </p> + <p> + I forgot to tell my Reader, on Board the <i>Dutch</i> Ship were fourteen + <i>French</i> Hugonots, whom <i>Misson</i> thought fit to detain, when + they were at Sea. <i>Misson</i> called 'em up, and proposed to 'em their + taking on; telling them at the same Time, he left it to their Choice, for + he would have no forc'd Men; and that if they all, or any of them, + disapproved the Proposal, he would either give 'em the first Vessel he met + that was fit for 'em, or set 'em ashoar on some inhabited Coast; and + therefore bid 'em take two Days for Consideration before they returned an + Answer; and, to encourage 'em, he called all Hands up, and declar'd, that + if any Man repented him of the Course of Life he had chosen, his just + Dividend should be counted to him, and he would set him on Shoar, either + near the <i>Havanna</i>, or some other convenient Place; but not one + accepted the Offer, and the fourteen Prisoners unanimously resolved to + join in with 'em; to which Resolution, no doubt, the Hopes of a good Booty + from the <i>St. Joseph</i>, and this Offer of Liberty greatly contributed. + </p> + <p> + At the Entrance of the Gulph they spied and came with a large Merchant + Ship bound for <i>London</i> from <i>Jamaica</i>; she had 20 Guns, but no + more than 32 Hands, that its not to be wonder'd at she made no Resistance, + besides, she was deep laden with Sugars. Monsieur <i>Misson</i> took out + of her what Ammunition she had, about four thousand Pieces of Eight, some + Puncheons of Rum, and ten Hogsheads of Sugar; and, without doing her any + further Damage, let her proceed her Voyage. What he valued most in this + Prize was the Men he got, for she was carrying to <i>Europe</i> twelve <i>French</i> + Prisoners, two of which were necessary Hands, being a Carpenter and his + Mate. They were of <i>Bourdeaux</i>, from whence they came with the <i>Pomechatraine</i>, + which was taken by the <i>Maremaid</i> off <i>Petit Guavers</i>, after an + obstinate Resistance, in which they lost forty Men; but they were of + Opinion the <i>Maremaid</i> could not have taken 'em, having but four Guns + less than she had, which was made amends for, by their having about thirty + Hands. On the contrary, had not the <i>Guernsey</i> come up, they thought + of boarding and carrying the <i>Maremaid</i>. These Men very willingly + came into Captain <i>Misson's</i> Measures. + </p> + <p> + These Men, who had been stripp'd to the Skin, begg'd Leave to make + Reprisals, but the Captain would not suffer them, though he told the + Master of the Prize, as he protected him and his Men, he thought it + reasonable these <i>French</i> should be cloathed: Upon this the Master + contributed of his own, and every Man bringing up his Chest, thought + themselves very well off in sharing with them one half. + </p> + <p> + Though <i>Misson's</i> Ship pass'd for a <i>French</i> Man of War, yet his + Generosity in letting the Prize go, gave the <i>English</i> Grounds to + suspect the Truth, neither the Ship nor Cargoe being of Use to such as + were upon the grand Account. + </p> + <p> + When they had lost all Hopes of the St. <i>Joseph</i>, they coasted along + the North-Side of <i>Cuba</i>, and the <i>Victoire</i> growing now foul, + they ran into a Landlock'd Bay on the East North-East Point, where they + hove her down by Boats and Guns, though they could not pretend to heave + her Keel out; however, they scraped and tallowed as far as they could go; + they, for this Reason, many of them repented they had let the last Prize + go, by which they might have careened. + </p> + <p> + When they had righted the Ship, and put every Thing on Board, they + consulted upon the Course they should steer. Upon this the Council + divided. The Captain and <i>Caraccioli</i> were for stretching over to the + <i>African</i>, and the others for the <i>New-England</i> Coast, + alledging, that the Ship had a foul Bottom, and was not fit for the + Voyage; and that if they met with contrary Winds, and bad Weather, their + Stock of Provision might fall short; and that as they were not far from + the <i>English</i> Settlement of <i>Carolina</i>, they might either on + that or the Coast of <i>Virginia, Maryland, Pensylvania, New-York</i>, or + <i>New-England</i>, intercept ships which traded to the Islands with + Provisions, and by that Means provide themselves with Bread, Flower, and + other Necessaries. An Account of the Provisions were taken, and finding + they had Provisions for four Months. Captain <i>Misson</i> called all + Hands upon Deck, and told them, as the Council differed in the Course they + should steer, he thought it reasonable to have it put to the Vote of the + whole Company. That for his Part, he was for going to the Coast of <i>Guiney</i>, + where they might reasonably expect to meet with valuable Prizes; but + should they fail in their Expectation one Way, they would be sure of + having it answered another; for they could then throw themselves in that + of the <i>East-India</i> Ships, and he need not tell them, that the + outward bound dreined <i>Europe</i> of what Money they drew from America. + He then gave the Sentiments of those who were against him, and their + Reasons, and begg'd that every one would give his Opinion and Vote + according as he thought most conducive to the Good of all. That he should + be far from taking it ill if they should reject what he had proposed, + since he had no private Views to serve. The Majority of Votes fell on the + Captain's Side, and they accordingly shaped their Course for the Coast of + Guiney, in which Voyage nothing remarkable happened. On their Arrival on + the Gold-Coast, they fell in with the <i>Nieuwstadt</i> of <i>Amsterdam</i>, + a Ship of 18 Guns, commanded by Capt. <i>Blacs</i>, who made a running + Fight of five Glasses: This Ship they kept with them, putting on Board 40 + Hands, and bringing all the Prisoners on Board the <i>Victoire</i>, they + were Forty three in Number, they left <i>Amsterdam</i> with Fifty six, + seven were killed in the Engagement, and they had lost six by Sickness and + Accidents, one falling overboard, and one being taken by a Shark going + overboard in a Calm. + </p> + <p> + The <i>Nieuwstadt</i> had some Gold-Dust on Board, to the Value of about + 2000 l. Sterling, and a few Slaves to the Number of Seventeen, for she had + but begun to Trade; the Slaves were a strengthening of their Hands, for + the Captain order'd them to be cloathed out of Dutch Mariners Chests, and + told his Men, 'That the Trading for those of our own Species, cou'd never + be agreeable to the Eyes of divine Justice: That no Man had Power or the + Liberty of another; and while those who profess'd a more enlightened + Knowledge of the Deity, sold Men like Beasts; they prov'd that their + Religion was no more than Grimace, and that they differ'd from the <i>Barbarians</i> + in Name only, since their Practice was in nothing more humane: For his + Part, and he hop'd, he spoke the Sentiments of all his brave Companions, + he had not exempted his Neck from the galling Yoak of Slavery, and + asserted his own Liberty, to enslave others. That however, these Men were + distinguish'd from the <i>Europeans</i> by their Colour, Customs, or + religious Rites, they were the Work of the same omnipotent Being, and + endued with equal Reason: Wherefore, he desired they might be treated like + Freemen (for he wou'd banish even the Name of Slavery from among them)' + and divided into Messes among them, to the End they might the sooner learn + their Language, be sensible of the Obligation they had to them, and more + capable and zealous to defend that Liberty they owed to their Justice and + Humanity. + </p> + <p> + This Speech of <i>Misson</i>'s was received with general Applause, and the + Ship rang with <i>vive le Capitain</i> Misson. Long live Capt. <i>Misson</i>.—The + Negroes were divided among the <i>French</i>, one to a Mess, who, by their + Gesticulations, shew'd they were gratefully sensible of their being + delivered from their Chains. Their Ship growing very foul, and going + heavily through the Water, they run into the River of <i>Lagoa</i>, where + they hove her down, taking out such Planks as had suffer'd most by the + Worms, and substituting new in their Room. + </p> + <p> + After this they careened the Prize, and so put out to Sea, steering to the + Southward, and keeping along the Coast, but met with Nothing. All this + while, the greatest Decorum and Regularity was observed on Board the <i>Victoire</i>; + but the <i>Dutch</i> Prisoners Example began to lead 'em into Swearing and + Drunkenness, which the Captain remarking, thought it was best to nip these + Vices in the Bud; and calling both the <i>French</i> and <i>Dutch</i> upon + Deck, he address'd himself to the former, desiring their Captain, who + spoke French excellently well, to interpret what he said to those who did + not understand him. He told them, 'before he had the Misfortune of having + them on Board, his Ears were never grated with hearing the Name of the + great Creator prophaned, tho' he, to his Sorrow, had often since heard his + own Men guilty of that Sin, which administer'd neither Profit nor + Pleasure, and might draw upon them a severe Punishment: That if they had a + just Idea of that great Being, they wou'd never mention him, but they + wou'd immediately reflect on his Purity and their own Vileness. That we so + easily took Impression from our Company, that the <i>Spanish</i> Proverb + says, <i>let a Hermit and a Thief live together, the Thief wou'd become + Hermit, or the Hermit Thief</i>: That he saw this verified in his Ship, + for he cou'd attribute the Oaths and Curses he had heard among his brave + Companions, to nothing but the odious Example of the <i>Dutch</i>: That + this was not the only Vice they had introduced, for before they were on + Board, his Men were Men, but he found by their beastly Pattern they were + degenerated into Brutes, by drowning that only Faculty, which + distinguishes between Man and Beast, <i>Reason</i>. That as he had the + Honour to command them, he could not see them run into these odious Vices + without, a sincere Concern, as he had a paternal Affection for them; and + he should reproach himself as neglectful of the common Good, if he did not + admonish them; and as by the Post which they had honour'd him, he was + obliged to have a watchful Eye over their general Interest; he was obliged + to tell them his Sentiments were, that the <i>Dutch</i> allured them to a + dissolute Way of Life, that they might take some Advantage over them: + Wherefore, as his brave Companions, he was assured, wou'd be guided by + Reason, he gave the <i>Dutch</i> Notice, that the first whom he catch'd + either with an Oath in his Mouth or Liquor in his Head, should be brought + to the Geers, whipped and pickled, for an Example to the rest of his + Nation: As to his Friends, his Companions, his Children, those gallant, + those generous, noble, and heroick Souls he had the Honour to command, he + entreated them to allow a small Time for Reflection, and to consider how + little Pleasure sure, and how much Danger, might flow from imitating the + Vices of their Enemies; and that they would among themselves, make a Law + for the Suppression of what would otherwise estrange them from the Source + of Life, and consequently leave them destitute of his Protection.' + </p> + <p> + It is not to be imagined what Efficacy this Speech had on both Nations: + The <i>Dutch</i> grew continent in Fear of Punishment, and the <i>French</i> + in Fear of being reproach'd by their good Captain, for they never + mentioned him without this Epithet. Upon the Coast of <i>Angola</i>, they + met with a second Dutch Ship, the Cargo of which consisted of Silk and + Woolen Stuffs, Cloath, Lace, Wine, Brandy, Oyl, Spice, and hard Ware; the + Prize gave Chase and engaged her, but upon the coming up of the <i>Victoire</i> + she struck. This Ship opportunely came in their Way, and gave full Employ + to the Taylors, who were on Board, for the whole Crew began to be out at + Elbows: They plundered her of what was of Use to their own Ship, and then + sunk her. + </p> + <p> + The Captain having about ninety Prisoners on Board, proposed the giving + them the Prize, with what was necessary for their Voyage, and sending them + away; which being agreed to, they shifted her Ammunition on Board the <i>Victoire</i>, + and giving them Provision to carry them to the Settlements the Dutch have + on the Coast, <i>Misson</i> called them up, told them what was his Design, + and ask'd if any of them was willing to share his Fortune: Eleven <i>Dutch</i> + came into him, two of which were Sail-makers, one an Armourer, and one a + Carpenter, necessary Hands; the rest he let go, not a little surprised at + the Regularity, Tranquillity, and Humanity, which they found among these + new fashioned Pyrates. + </p> + <p> + They had now run the Length of <i>Soldinia</i> Bay about ten Leagues to + the Northward of <i>Table</i> Bay. As here is good Water, safe Riding, + plenty of Fish and fresh Provision, to be got of the Natives for the + Merchandize they had on Board, it was resolved to stay here some little + Time for Refreshments. When they had the Bay open, they spied a tall Ship, + which instantly got under sail, and hove out <i>English</i> Colours. The + <i>Victoire</i> made a clear Ship, and hove out her <i>French</i> Ensign, + and a smart Engagement began. <i>The English</i> was a new Ship built for + 40 Guns, though she had but 32 mounted, and 90 Hands. <i>Misson</i> gave + Orders for boarding, and his Number of fresh Men he constantly poured in, + after an obstinate Dispute obliged the <i>English</i> to fly the Decks, + and leave the <i>French</i> Masters of their Ship, who promised, and gave + them, good Quarters, and stripp'd not a Man. + </p> + <p> + They found on Board the Prize some Bales of <i>English</i> Broad-Cloath, + and about 60000 l. in <i>English</i> Crown Pieces, and <i>Spanish</i> + Pieces of Eight. The <i>English</i> Captain was killed in the Engagement, + and 14 of his Men: The <i>French</i> lost 12, which was no small + Mortification, but did not, however provoke them to use their Prisoners + harshly. Captain <i>Misson</i> was sorry for the Death of the Commander, + whom he buried on the Shoar, and one of his Men being a Stone-Cutter, he + raised a Stone over his Grave with these Words, <i>Icy gist un brave + Anglois</i>, Here lies a gallant <i>English</i> Man; when he was buried he + made a tripple Discharge of 50 small Arms, and fired Minute Guns. + </p> + <p> + The <i>English</i>, knowing whose Hands they were fallen into, charm'd + with <i>Misson</i>'s Humanity, 30 of them, in 3 Days Space, desired to + take on with him. He accepted 'em, but at the same Time gave 'em to + understand, that in taking on with him they were not to expect they should + be indulged in a dissolute and immoral Life. He now divided his Company + between the two Ships, and made <i>Caraccioli</i> Captain of the Prize, + giving him Officers chosen by the publick Suffrage. The 17 Negroes began + to understand a little <i>French</i>, and to be useful Hands, and in less + than a Month all the <i>English</i> Prisoners came over to him, except + their Officers. + </p> + <p> + He had two Ships well mann'd with resolute Fellows; they now doubled the + Cape, and made the South End of <i>Madagascar</i>, and one of the <i>English</i> + Men telling Captain <i>Misson</i>, that the <i>European</i> Ships bound + for <i>Surat</i> commonly touch'd at the Island of <i>Johanna</i>, he sent + for Captain <i>Caracciola</i> on Board, and it was agreed to cruise off + that Island. They accordingly sailed on the West-Side of <i>Madagascar</i> + and off the Bay <i>de Diego</i>. About half Seas over between that Bay and + the Island of <i>Johanna</i>, they came up with an <i>English East-India</i> + Man, which made Signals of Distress as soon as she spy'd <i>Misson</i> and + his Prize; they found her sinking by an unexpected Leak, and took all her + Men on Board, though they could get little out of her before she went + down. The <i>English</i>, who were thus miraculously saved from perishing, + desired to be set on Shoar at <i>Johanna</i>, where they hop'd to meet + with either a <i>Dutch</i> or <i>English</i> Ship in a little Time, and + the mean while they were sure of Relief. + </p> + <p> + They arrived at Johanna, and were kindly received by the Queen-Regent and + her Brother, on account of the <i>English</i> on the one Hand, and of + their Strength on the other, which the Queen's Brother, who had the + Administration of Affairs, was not able to make Head against, and hoped + they might assist him against the King of <i>Mohila</i>, who threaten'd + him with a Visit. + </p> + <p> + This is an Island which is contiguous, in a manner, to <i>Johanna</i>, and + lies about N. W. and by N. from it. <i>Caraccioli</i> told <i>Misson</i> + he might make his Advantage in widening the Breach between these two + little Monarchies, and, by offering his Assistance to that of <i>Johanna</i>, + in a manner rule both, For these would count him as their Protector, and + those come to any Terms to buy his Friendship, by which Means he would + hold the Ballance of Power between them. He followed this Advice, and + offered his Friendship and Assistance to the Queen, who very readily + embraced it. + </p> + <p> + I must advise the Reader, that many of this Island speak <i>English</i>, + and that the <i>English</i> Men who were of <i>Misson's</i> Crew, and his + Interpreters, told them, their Captain, though not an <i>Englishman</i>, + was their Friend and Ally, and a Friend and Brother to the <i>Johanna</i> + Men, for they esteem the <i>English</i> beyond all other Nations. + </p> + <p> + They were supplied by the Queen with all Necessaries of Life, and <i>Misson</i> + married her Sister, as <i>Caraccioli</i> did the Daughter of her Brother, + whose Armory, which consisted before of no more than two rusty Fire-Locks, + and three Pistols, he furnish'd with thirty Fuzils, as many Pair of + Pistols, and gave him two Barrels of Powder, and four of Ball. + </p> + <p> + Several of his Men took Wives, and some requited their Share of the + Prizes, which was justly given them, they designing to settle in this + Island, but the Number of these did not exceed ten, which Loss was + repaired by thirty of the Crew (they had saved from perishing) coming in + to him. + </p> + <p> + While they past their Time in all manner of Diversions the Place would + afford them, as hunting, feasting, and visiting the Island, the King of <i>Mohila</i> + made a Descent, and alarm'd the whole Country. <i>Misson</i> advised the + Queen's Brother not to give him any Impediment, but let him get into the + Heart of the Island, and he would take Care to intercept their Return; but + the Prince answered, should he follow his Advice the Enemy would do him + and the Subjects an irreparable Damage, in destroying the Cocoa Walks, and + for that Reason he must endeavour to stop his Progress. Upon this Answer + he asked the <i>English</i> who were not under his Command, if they were + willing to join him in repelling the Enemies of their common Host, and one + and all consenting, he gave them Arms, and mixed them with his own Men, + and about the same Number of <i>Johannians</i>, under the Command of <i>Caraccioli</i> + and the Queen's Brother, and arming out all his Boats, he went himself to + the Westward of the Island, where they made their Descent. The Party which + went by Land, fell in with, and beat the <i>Mohilians</i> with great Ease, + who were in the greatest Consternation, to find their Retreat cut off by + <i>Misson</i>'s Boats. The <i>Johannians</i>, whom they had often + molested, were so enraged, that they gave Quarter to none, and out of 300 + who made the Descent, if <i>Misson</i> and <i>Caraccioli</i> had not + interposed, not a Soul had escaped; 113 were taken Prisoners by his Men, + and carried on Board his Ships. These he sent fate to <i>Mohila</i>, with + a Message to the King, to desire he would make Peace with his Friend and + Ally the King of <i>Johanna</i>; but that Prince, little affected with the + Service done him in the Preservation of his Subjects, sent him Word he + took Laws from none, and knew when to make War and Peace without his + Advice, which he neither asked nor wanted. <i>Misson</i>, irritated by + this rude Answer, resolved to transfer the War into his own Country, and + accordingly set sail for <i>Mohila</i>, with about 100 <i>Johanna</i> Men. + The Shoar, on Sight of the Ships, was filled with Men to hinder a Descent + if intended, but the great Guns soon dispersed this Rabble, and under + their Cover he landed the <i>Johannians</i>, and an equal Number of <i>French</i> + and <i>English</i>. They were met by about 700 <i>Mohilians</i>, who + pretended to stop their Passage, but their Darts and Arrows were of little + avail against <i>Misson</i>'s Fuzils; the first Discharge made a great + Slaughter, and about 20 Shells which were thrown among them, put them to a + confus'd Flight. The Party of <i>Europeans</i> and <i>Johannians</i> then + marched to their Metropolis, without Resistance, which they reduced to + Ashes, and the <i>Johannians</i> cut down all the Cocoa Walks that they + could for the Time, for towards Evening they returned to their Ships, and + stood off to Sea. + </p> + <p> + At their Return to <i>Johanna</i> the Queen made a Festival, and magnified + the Bravery and Service of her Guests, Friends, and Allies. This Feast + lasted four Days, at the Expiration of which Time the Queen's Brother + proposed to Captain <i>Misson</i> the making another Descent, in which he + would go in Person, and did not doubt subjecting the <i>Mohilians</i>; but + this was not the Design of <i>Misson</i>, who had Thoughts of fixing a + Retreat on the North West Side of <i>Madagascar</i>, and look'd upon the + Feuds between these two Islands advantageous to his Views, and therefore + no way his Interest to suffer the one to overcome the other; for while the + Variance was kept up, and their Forces pretty much upon a Level, it was + evident their Interest would make both Sides caress him; he therefore + answer'd, that they ought to deliberate on the Consequences, for they + might be deceived in their Hopes, and find the Conquest less easy than + they imagined. That the King of <i>Mohilia</i> would be more upon his + Guard, and not only intrench himself, but gall them with frequent + Ambuscades, by which they must inevitably lose a Number of Men; and, if + they were forced to retire with Loss, raise the Courage of the <i>Mohilians</i>, + and make them irreconcilable Enemies to the <i>Johannians</i>, and + intirely deprive him of the Advantages with which he might now make a + Peace, having twice defeated them: That he could not be always with them, + and at his leaving <i>Johanna</i> he might expect the King of <i>Mohilia</i> + would endeavour to take a bloody Revenge for the late Damages. The Queen + gave intirely into <i>Misson's</i> Sentiments. + </p> + <p> + While this was in Agitation four <i>Mohilians</i> arrived as Ambassadors + to propose a Peace. They finding the <i>Johannians</i> upon high Terms, + one of them spoke to this Purpose; O ye Johannians, <i>do not conclude + from your late Success, that Fortune will be always favourable; she will + not always give you the Protection of the</i> Europeans, <i>and without + their Help its possible you might now sue for a Peace, which you seem + averse to. Remember the Sun rises, comes to its Meridian Height, and stays + not there, but declines in a Moment. Let this admonish you to reflect on + the constant Revolution of all sublunary Affairs, and the greater is your + Glory, the nearer you are to your Declension. We are taught by every Thing + we see, that there is no Stability in the World, but Nature is in + continual Movement. The Sea, which o'er flows the Sands has its Bounds + set, which it cannot pass, which the Moment it has reached, without + abiding, returns back to the Bottom of the Deep. Every Herb, every Shrub + and Tree, and even our own Bodies, teach us this Lesson, that nothing is + durable, or can be counted upon. Time passes away insensibly, one Sun + follows another, and brings its Changes with it. To-Day's Globe of Light + sees you strengthened by these</i> Europeans <i>elate with victory, and + we, who have been used to conquer you, come to ask a Peace. To Morrow's + Sun may see you deprived of your present Succours, and the</i> Johannians + <i>petitioning us; as therefore we cannot say what to Morrow may bring + forth, it would be unwise on uncertain Hopes to forego a certain + Advantage, as surely Peace ought to be esteem'd by every wise Man</i>. + </p> + <p> + Having said this, the Ambassadors withdrew, and were treated by the + Queen's Orders. After the Council had concluded, they were again call'd + upon, and the Queen told them, that by the Advice of her good Friends, the + <i>Europeans</i>, and those of her Council, she agreed to make a Peace, + which she wish'd might banish all Memory of former Injuries That they must + own the War was begun by them, and that she was far from being the + Agressor; she only defended her self in her own Kingdom, which they had + often invaded, though, till within few Days, she had never molested their + Coasts. If then they really desired to live amicably with her, they must + resolve to send two of the King's Children, and ten of the first Nobility, + as Hostages, that they might, when they pleased, return, for that was the + only Terms on which she would desist prosecuting the Advantages she now + had, with the utmost Vigour. + </p> + <p> + The Ambassadors returned with this Answer, and, about ten Days after, the + two Ships appearing upon their Coasts, they sent off to give Notice, that + their King comply'd with the Terms proposed, would send the Hostages, and + desired a Cessation of all Hostility, and, at the same Time, invited the + Commanders on Shoar. The <i>Johanna</i> Men on Board disswaded their + accepting the Invitation; but <i>Misson</i> and <i>Caraccioli</i>, fearing + nothing, went, but arm'd their Boat's Crew. They were received by the King + with Demonstrations of Friendship, and they dined with him under a + Tamerane Tree; but when they parted from him, and were returning to their + Boats, they were inclosed by, at least, 100 of the <i>Mohilians</i>, who + set upon them with the utmost Fury, and, in the first Flight of Arrows, + wounded both the Captains, and killed four of their Boat's Crew of eight, + who were with them; they, in return, discharged their Pistols with some + Execution, and fell in with their Cutlasses; but all their Bravery would + have stood them in little Stead, had not the Report of their Pistols + alarm'd and brought the rest of their Friends to their Assistance, who + took their Fuzils, and coming up while they were engaged, discharged a + Volley on the Back of the Assailants, which laid twelve of them dead on + the Spot. The Ships hearing this Fire, sent immediately the Yawls and + Long-Boats well mann'd. Though the Islanders were a little damp'd in their + Courage by this Fire of the Boats Crew, yet they did not give over the + Fight, and one of them desperately threw himself upon <i>Caraccioli</i>, + and gave him a deep Wound in his Side, with a long Knife, but he paid for + the Rashness of the Attempt with his Life, one of the Crew cleaving his + Skull. The Yawls and Long-Boats now arrived, and being guided by the + Noise, reinforced their Companions, put the Traytors to Flight, and + brought off their dead and wounded. The <i>Europeans</i> lost by this + Treachery seven slain outright, and eight wounded, six of which recovered. + </p> + <p> + The Crew were resolved to revenge the Blood of their Officers and Comrades + the next Day, and were accordingly on the Point of Landing, when two + Canoes came off with two Men bound, the pretended Authors of this Treason, + without the King's Knowledge, who had sent 'em that they might receive the + Punishment due to their Villany. The <i>Johanna</i> Men on Board were + call'd for Interpreters, who having given this Account, added, that the + King only sacrificed these Men, but that they should not believe him, for + he certainly had given Orders for assassinating the <i>Europeans</i>; and + the better Way was to kill all the <i>Mohilians</i> that came in the + Canoes as well as the two Prisoners; go back to <i>Johanna</i>, take more + of their Countrymen, and give no Peace to Traytors; but <i>Misson</i> was + for no such violent Measures, he was averse to every Thing that bore the + Face of Cruelty and thought a bloody Revenge, if Necessity did not enforce + it, spoke a groveling and timid Soul; he, therefore, sent those of the + Canoes back, and bid them tell their King, if before the Evening he sent + the Hostages agreed upon, he should give Credit to his Excuse, but if he + did not, he should believe him the Author of the late vile Attempt on his + Life. + </p> + <p> + The Canoes went off but returned not with an Answer, wherefore, he bid the + <i>Johanna</i> Men tell the two Prisoners that they should be set on Shore + the next Morning, and order'd them to acquaint their King, he was no + Executioner to put those to Death whom he had condemn'd, but that he + should find, he knew how to revenge himself of his Treason. The Prisoners + being unbound, threw themselves at his Feet, and begg'd that he would not + send them ashore, for they should be surely put to Death, for the Crime + they had committed, was, the dissuading the barbarous Action of which they + were accused as Authors. + </p> + <p> + Next Day the two Ships landed 200 Men, under the Cover of their Canon; but + that Precaution of bringing their Ships close to the Shore they found + needless; not a soul appearing, they march'd two Leagues up the Country, + when they saw a Body of Men appear behind some Shrubs; <i>Caraccioli's</i> + Lieutenant, who commanded the right Wing, with fifty Men made up to them, + but found he had got among Pit Falls artificially cover'd, several of his + Men falling into them, which made him halt, and not pursue those <i>Mohilians</i> + who made a feint Retreat to ensnare him, thinking it dangerous to proceed + farther; and seeing no Enemy would face them, they retired the same Way + they came, and getting into their Boats, went on Board the Ships, + resolving to return with a strong Reinforcement, and make Descents at one + and the same Time in different Parts of the Island. They ask'd the two + Prisoners how the Country lay, and what the Soil was on the North Side the + Island; and they answer'd it was morass, and the most dangerous Part to + attempt, it being a Place where they shelter on any imminent Danger. + </p> + <p> + The Ships return'd to <i>Johanna</i>, where the greatest Tenderness and + Care was shown for the Recovery and Cure of the two Captains and of their + Men; they lay six Weeks before they were able to walk the Decks, for + neither of them would quit his Ship. Their <i>Johanna</i> Wives expressed + a Concern they did not think them capable of, nay, a Wife of one of the + wounded Men who died, stood some Time looking upon the Corpse as + motionless as a Statue, then embracing it, without shedding a Tear, + desired she might take it ashore to wash and bury it; and at the same + Time, by an Interpreter, and with a little Mixture of <i>European</i> + Language, she had, begg'd her late Husband's Friends would take their + Leave of him the next Day. + </p> + <p> + Accordingly a Number went ashore, and carried with them the Dividend, + which fell to his Share, which the Captain order'd to be given his Widow; + when she saw the Money, she smil'd, and ask'd if all, all that was for + her? Being answered in the affirmative, and what Good will all that + shining Dirt do me, if I could with it purchase the Life of my Husband, + and call him back from the Grave, I would accept it with Pleasure, but as + it is not sufficient to allure him back to this World, I have no Use for + it; do with it what you please. Then she desired they would go with her + and perform the last Ceremonies to her Husband's dead Body, after their + Country Fashion, least he should be displeased, that she could not stay + with them, to be a Witness, because she was in haste to go and be married + again. She startled the <i>Europeans</i> who heard this latter Part of her + Speech so dissonant from the Beginning; however, they followed her, and + she led them into a Plantane Walk, where they found a great many <i>Johanna</i> + Men and Women, sitting under the Shade of Plantanes, round the Corpse, + which lay (as they all sate) on the Ground, covered with Flowers. She + embraced them round, and then the <i>Europeans</i>, one by one, and after + these Ceremonies, she poured out a Number of bitter Imprecations against + the <i>Mohila</i> Men, whose Treachery had darken'd her Husband's Eyes, + and made him insensible of her Caresses, who was her first Love, to whom + she had given her Heart, with her Virginity. She then proceeded in his + Praises, calling him the Joy of Infants, the Love of Virgins, the Delight + of the old, and the Wonder of the young, adding, he was strong and + beautiful as the Cedar, brave as the Bull, tender as the Kid, and loving + as the Ground Turtle; having finished this Oration, not unlike those of + the <i>Romans</i>, which the nearest Relation of the deceas'd used to + pronounce from the Rostrum, she laid her down by the Side of her Husband, + embracing him, and sitting up again, gave herself a deep Wound under the + left Breast with a Bayonet, and fell dead on her Husband's Corpse. + </p> + <p> + The <i>Europeans</i> were astonished at the Tenderness and Resolution of + the Girl, for she was not, by what Her Mien spoke her, past seventeen; and + they now admired, as much as they had secretly detested her, for saying + she was in haste to be married again, the Meaning of which they did not + understand. + </p> + <p> + After the Husband and Wife were buried, the Crew return'd on Board, and + gave an Account of what had pass'd; the Captains Wives (for <i>Misson</i> + and his were on Board the <i>Bijoux</i>, the Name they had given their + Prize from her Make and Gilding) seem'd not in the least surprized, and <i>Caraccioli's</i> + Lady only said, she must be of noble Descent, for none but the Families of + the Nobility had the Privilege allowed them of following their Husbands on + pain, if they transgressed, of being thrown into the Sea, to be eat by + Fish; and they knew, that their Souls could not rest as long as any of the + Fish, who fed upon them, lived. <i>Misson</i> asked, if they intended to + have done the same Thing had they died? We should not, answer'd his Wife, + have disgraced our Families; nor is our Tenderness for our Husbands + inferior to hers whom you seem to admire. + </p> + <p> + After their Recovery, <i>Misson</i> proposes a Cruize, on the Coast of <i>Zangueber</i>, + which being agreed to, he and <i>Caraccioli</i> took Leave of the Queen + and her Brother, and would have left their Wives on the Island, but they + could by no Means be induced to the Separation; it was in vain to urge the + Shortness of the Time they were to Cruize; they answer'd it was farther + than <i>Mohila</i> they intended to go, and if they were miserable in that + short Absence, they could never support a longer; and if they would not + allow them to keep them Company the Voyage, they must not expect to see + them at their Return, if they intended one. + </p> + <p> + In a Word they were obliged to yield to them, but told them, if the Wives + of their Men should insist as strongly on following their Example, their + Tenderness, would be their Ruin, and make them a Prey to their Enemies; + they answer'd the Queen should prevent that, by ordering no Woman should + go on board, and if any were in the Ships, they should return on Shore: + This Order was accordingly made, and they set Sail for the River of <i>Mozembique</i>. + In about ten Days Cruize after they had left <i>Johanna</i>, and about 15 + Leagues to the Eastward of this River, they fell in with a stout <i>Portuguese</i> + Ship of 60 Guns, which engaged them from Break of Day till Two in the + Afternoon, when the Captain being killed, and a great Number of Men lost, + she struck: This proved a very rich Prize, for she had the Value of 250000 + <i>L</i>. Sterling on Board, in Gold-Dust. The two Women never quitted the + Decks all the Time of the Engagement, neither gave they the least Mark of + Fear, except for their Husbands: This Engagement cost them thirty Men, and + <i>Caraccioli</i> lost his right Leg; the Slaughter fell mostly on the <i>English</i>, + for of the above Number, twenty were of that Nation: The <i>Portuguese</i> + lost double the Number. <i>Caraccioli's</i> Wound made them resolve to + make the best of their Way for <i>Johanna</i> where the greatest Care was + taken of their wounded, not one of whom died, tho' their Number amounted + to Twenty seven. + </p> + <p> + <i>Caraccioli</i> kept his Bed two Months, but <i>Misson</i> seeing him in + a fair way of Recovery, took what Hands could be spar'd from the <i>Bijoux</i>, + leaving her sufficient for Defence, and went out, having mounted ten of + the <i>Portuguese</i> Guns, for he had hitherto carried but thirty, though + he had Ports for forty. He stretched over to <i>Madagascar</i>, and + coasted along this Island to the Northward, as far as the most northerly + Point, when turning back, he enter'd a Bay to the northward of <i>Diego + Suares</i>. He run ten Leagues up this Bay, and on the larboard Side found + it afforded a large, and safe, Harbour, with plenty of fresh Water. He + came here to an Anchor, went ashore and examined into the Nature of the + Soil, which he found rich, the Air wholesome, and the Country level. He + told his Men, that this was an excellent Place for an Asylum, and that he + determined here to fortify and raise a small Town, and make Docks for + Shipping, that they might have some Place to call their own; and a + Receptacle, when Age or Wounds had render'd them incapable of Hardship, + where they might enjoy the Fruits of their Labour, and go to their Graves + in Peace. That he would not, however, set about this, till he had the + Approbation of the whole Company; and were he sure they would all approve + this Design, which he hoped, it being evidently for the general Good, he + should not think it adviseable to begin any Works, lest the Natives + should, in his Absence, destroy them; but however, as they had nothing + upon their Hands, if they were of his Opinion, they might begin to fall + and square Timber, ready for the raising a wooden Fort, when they return'd + with their Companions. + </p> + <p> + The Captain's Motion was universally applauded, and in ten Days they + fell'd and rough hew'd a hundred and fifty large Trees, without any + Interruption from, or seeing any of, the Inhabitants. They fell'd their + Timber at the Waters Edge, so that they had not the Trouble of hawling + them any way, which would have employ'd a great deal more Time: They + returned again, and acquainted their Companions with what they had seen + and done, and with the Captain's Resolution, which they one and all came + into. + </p> + <p> + Captain <i>Misson</i> then told the Queen, as he had been serviceable to + her in her War with the Island of <i>Mohila</i>, and might continue to be + of farther Use, he did not question her lending him Assistance in the + settling himself on the Coast of <i>Madagascar</i>, and to that end, + furnish him with 300 Men, to help in his Buildings; the Queen answered, + she could do nothing without Consent of Council, and that she would + assemble her Nobility, and did not question their agreeing to any Thing he + could reasonably define, for they were sensible of the Obligations the <i>Johanians</i> + had to him. The Council was accordingly called, and <i>Misson</i>'s Demand + being told, one of the eldest said, he did not think it expedient to + comply with it, nor safe to refuse; that they should in agreeing to give + him that Assistance, help to raise a Power, which might prove formidable + to themselves, by the being so near a Neighbour; and these Men who had + lately protected, might, when they found it for their Interest, enslave + them. On the other hand, if they did not comply, they had the Power to do + them great Damage. That they were to make choice of the least of two + possible Evils, for he could prognosticate no Good to <i>Johanna</i>, by + their settling near it. Another answered, that many of them had <i>Johanna</i> + Wives, that it was not likely they would make Enemies of the <i>Johanna</i> + Men at first settling, because their Friendship might be of Use to them; + and from their Children there was nothing to be apprehended in the next + Generation, for they would be half their own Blood; that in the mean + while, if they comply'd with the Request, they might be sure of an Ally, + and Protector, against the King of <i>Mohila</i>; wherefore, he was for + agreeing to the Demand. + </p> + <p> + After a long Debate, in which every Inconvenience, and Advantage, was + maturely considered, it was agreed to send with him the Number of Men he + required, on Condition he should send them back in four Moons, make an + Alliance with them, and War against <i>Mohila</i>; this being agreed to, + they staid till <i>Caraccioli</i> was thoroughly recovered, then putting + the <i>Johannians</i> on board the <i>Portuguese</i> Ship with 40 <i>French</i> + and <i>English</i> and 15 <i>Portuguese</i> to work her, and setting Sail, + they arrived at the Place where <i>Misson</i> designed his Settlement, + which he called <i>Libertalia</i>, and gave the Name of <i>Liberi</i> to + his People, desiring in that might be drown'd the distingush'd Names of <i>French</i>, + <i>English</i>, <i>Dutch</i>, <i>Africans</i>, &c. + </p> + <p> + The first Thing they sat about was, the raising a Fort on each Side the + Harbour, which they made of an octogon Figure, and having finished and + mounted them with 40 Guns taken out of the <i>Portuguese</i>, they raised + a Battery on an Angle of ten Guns, and began to raise Houses and Magazines + under the Protection of their Forts and Ships; the <i>Portuguese</i> was + unrigg'd, and all her Sails and Cordage carefully laid up. While they were + very busily employed in the raising a Town, a Party which had often hunted + and rambled four or five Leagues off their Settlement, resolved to venture + farther into the Country. They made themselves some Huts, at about 4 + Leagues distance from their Companions, and travell'd East South East, + about 5 Leagues farther into the Country, when they came up with a Black, + who was arm'd with a Bow, Arrows, and a Javelin; they with a friendly + Appearance engaged the Fellow to lay by his Fear and go with them. They + carried him to their Companions, and there entertained him three Days with + a great Deal of Humanity, and then returned with him near the Place they + found him, made him a Present of a Piece of scarlet Baze, and an Ax; he + appeared overjoy'd at the Present, and left them with seeming + Satisfaction. + </p> + <p> + The Hunters imagined that there might be some Village not far off, and + observing that he look'd at the Sun, and then took his Way direct South, + they travell'd on the same Point of the Compass, and from the Top of a + Hill they spied a pretty large Village, and went down to it; the Men came + out with their Arms, such as before described, Bows, Arrows, and Javelins, + but upon two only of the Whites advancing, with Presents of Axes, and Baze + in their Hands, they sent only four to meet them. The Misfortune was, that + they could not understand one another, but by their pointing to the Sun, + and holding up one Finger, and making one of them go forward, and return + again with shewing their Circumcision, and pointing up to Heaven with one + Finger, they apprehended, they gave them to understand, there was but one + God, who had sent one Prophet, and concluded from thence, and their + Circumcision they were <i>Mahometans</i>; the Presents were carried to + their Chief, and he seem'd to receive them kindly, and by Signs invited + the Whites into their Village; but they, remembring the late Treachery of + the <i>Mohilians</i>, made Signs for Victuals to be brought them where + they were. + </p> + <p> + <i>More of the History of these Adventurers in another Place.</i> + </p> + <div style="height: 6em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + + + + + + + +<pre> + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Of Captain Mission, by Daniel Defoe + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK OF CAPTAIN MISSION *** + +***** This file should be named 7779-h.htm or 7779-h.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + http://www.gutenberg.org/7/7/7/7779/ + + +Text file produced by David Starner, Deirdre Menchaca, Ted Garvin +and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team + +HTML file produced by David Widger + + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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