among ourselves, but they also instructed us in our duty, telling us, they came from our commander the boatswain, with orders to see my journal.  I told them the journal shou’d not be a secret to any person who cou’d read; but, at the same time, I wou’d never part with it to be copied out:  They then drank a glass of punch with us, and left us.  This is a place that a man is oblig’d sometimes to suffer himself to be used ill; if he resents all affronts, he runs a great hazard of losing his life, for here ruffians are to be hir’d at a small expence, and there is no place in the world where people will commit murder at so cheap a rate.  Between nine and ten at night three people came to our door, one of which knock’d, telling us, that he was the person that was with me and the cooper in the afternoon.  Being apprehensive that they came with no good intent, we refus’d opening the door, telling them, that it was an improper season of the night, and that we did not know they had any business with us, if they had, we told them to come in the morning:  But they still insisted upon the door being open’d, saying, it would be better to do so than to be taken away in three hours’ time.  When they had said this, they went away.  We did not know the meaning of their words, but imagin’d they were gone to bring some associates to beset the house; having nothing to defend ourselves with, we got over the back wall of the house, and took to the country for safety:  In the morning apply’d to the consul, who remov’d us to a house in the midst of the village; he gave an account to the inhabitants of the design the boatswain had formed against us, either to compel us to deliver up the journal, or to take our lives; and therefore desir’d that the journal and papers might be deposited in the hands of a neighbour there, till the time of our going off.  The people of the place offer’d to stand by us with their lives, in opposition to any persons who should attempt to do us an injury.

Sunday the 18th, early this morning we were sent for to the consul.  He said to us, Gentlemen, as the lives of three of you are in danger, and I do not know what villainy your boatswain may be capable of acting, in regard to your peace and safety, I’ll endeavour to get you three on board a ship bound for Bahia and Lisbon; accordingly he went to the captain of the ship, who consented that we should go with him, on these conditions, that the governor should give us a pass, and that we would work for our passage; this we agreed to.  After this we requested the governor for a pass, which he was so good as to grant, and is as follows: 

Nas Fortalesas sedeixem passar.

A 30 Abril, 1742.

Podem passar par Portugal em qualquer Nao que selle ofreser semque che ponha Impedimento algum Bahia, 19 Mayo, 1742.