A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 eBook

Robert Kerr (writer)
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 787 pages of information about A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17.

A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 eBook

Robert Kerr (writer)
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 787 pages of information about A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17.
Gentlemen, Captain P——­n has nothing to do with me, I am your commander still, I will shew you my instructions, which he did to the people, on this we came out.  He then call’d his officers a second time, and said, What is this for?  He was answer’d as before, that assistance was demanded by Captain P——­n to take him prisoner for the death of Mr Cozens.  He still insisted, Captain P——­n has no business with me, I could not think you would serve me so.  It was told him, Sir, it is your own fault, you have given yourself no manner of concern for the publick good, on our going from hence, but have acted quite the reverse, or else been so careless and indifferent about it, as if we had no commander, and if other persons had given themselves no more trouble and concern than you have, we should not be ready to go from hence as long as provisions lasted.  The captain said, Very well, gentlemen, you have caught me napping; I do not see any of you in liquor, you are a parcel of brave fellows, but my officers are scoundrels:  Then turning himself to me, he said, Gunner, where’s my lieutenant? did not he head you?  I told him, No, sir, but was here to see it executed, and is here now.  One of you, says the captain, call Mr B——­s.  When Mr B——­s came, he said, What is all this for, sir?  Sir, it is Captain P——­n’s order.  Captain P——­n hath no business with me, and you will answer for it hereafter, if I do not live to see England, I hope some of my friends will.  On this the lieutenant left him.  The captain then address’d himself to the seamen, saying, My lads, I do not blame you, but it is the villainy of my officers, which they will answer for hereafter.  He then call’d Mr B——­s again, and said, Well, sir, what do you design to do by me?  The lieutenant answer’d, Sir, your officers have design’d the purser’s tent for you.  Hum!  I should be obliged to the gentlemen, if they would let me stay in my own tent.  The lieutenant came to acquaint the officers of the captain’s request, but they judg’d it inconvenient, as Mr H——­n’s tent join’d the purser’s, one guard might serve ’em both; accordingly all his things were mov’d to the purser’s tent:  As he was coming along, he said, Gentlemen, you must excuse my not pulling my hat off, my hands are confin’d.  Well, Captain B——­s you will be call’d to an account for this hereafter.  The boatswain, after the captain’s confinement, most barbarously insulted him, reproaching him with striking him, saying, Then it was your time, but now, G—­d d—­n you, it is mine; The captain made no reply but this, You are a scoundrel for using a gentleman ill when he is a prisoner.  When the captain was a prisoner, he declar’d, he never intended to go to the southward, having more honour than to turn his back on his enemies; and farther, he said, Gentlemen, I do not want to go off in any of your craft, for I never design’d to go for England, and would rather cause to be shot by you; there is not a single man on the beach dare engage me, but this is what I fear’d.

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