By fancy wing’d, new science to explore;
     Thy temper, ever gentle, good, and kind,
     Where all but guilt an advocate could find: 
     To those who know this character was thine,
     (And in this truth assenting numbers join)
     How vain th’ attempt to fix a crime on thee,
     Which thou disdain’st—­from which each thought is free! 
     No, my loved brother, ne’er will I believe
     Thy seeming worth was meant but to deceive;
     Still will I think (each circumstance though strange)
     That thy firm principles could never change;
     That hopes of preservation urged thy stay,
     Or force, which those resistless must obey. 
     If this is error, let me still remain
     In error wrapp’d—­nor wake to truth again! 
     Come then, sweet Hope, with all thy train of joy
     Nor let Despair each rapt’rous thought destroy;
     Indulgent Heav’n, in pity to our tears,
     At length will bless a parent’s sinking years;
     Again shall I behold thy lovely face,
     By manhood form’d, and ripen’d ev’ry grace,
     Again I’ll press thee to my anxious breast,
     And ev’ry sorrow shall be hush’d to rest. 
     Thy presence only can each comfort give. 
     Come then, my Lycidas, and let me live;
     Life without thee is but a wretched load,
     Thy love alone can smooth its thorny road;
     But blest with thee, how light were every woe;
     How would my soul with joy and rapture glow! 
     Kind Heav’n! thou hast my happiness in store,
     Restore him innocent—­I ask no more!
Isle of Man, Feb. 25, 1792.  NESSY HEYWOOD.

[13] This interesting letter is given in the following Chapter, to which it appropriately belongs.

[14] His orders run thus:  ’You are to keep the mutineers as closely confined as may preclude all possibility of their escaping, having, however, proper regard to the preservation of their lives, that they may be brought home, to undergo the punishment due to their demerits.’

[15] Voyage round the World, by Mr. George Hamilton, p. 84.

[16] A Missionary Voyage to the Southern Pacific, p. 360.

[17] United Service Journal.

[18] The Phoceans, on account of the sterility of their country, were in the habit of practising piracy, which, according to Justin, was held to be an honourable profession.

[19] These laws are contained in an ancient authentic book, called ’The Black Book of the Admiralty,’ in which all things therein comprehended are engrossed on vellum, in an ancient character; which hath been from time to time kept in the registry of the High Court of Admiralty, for the use of the Judges.  When Mr. Luders made enquiry at the office in Doctors’ Commons, in 1808, he was informed by the proper officers there, that they had never seen such book, and knew nothing of it, nor where to find it.  The fact is, the book in question was put into Lord Thurlow’s hands when Attorney-General, and never returned.  There is a copy of it in the Admiralty.