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them to fet a Foot abaft the Main-maf!, except they
were call'd to the Helm, upon Pain of being immedi-
ately cut in Pieces, keeping for that Purpofe one Man
at the Steerage-Door, and one upon Quarter-Deck,
with drawn Cutlafhes in their Plands ; but there was
no Need for it, for the Men were fo terrify'd with the
bloody Doings they had feen, that they never offer'd
to come in Sight till they were call'd.
Their next Work was to throw the three dead Bodies
of the Mate, the Surgeon, and the Super-Cargo, over-
board, which they faid lay in their Way, and that
was foon done, their Pockets being firfl: fearch'd and
rifled ; from tiience they went to work with the great
Cabbin, and with all the Lockers, Chefls, Boxes, and
Trunks, thefe they broke open and rifled, tlwt is, fuch
as belong'd to the murd'red Perfons, and whatever they
found there, they ihar'd among themfelves. When
they had done this, they call'd for Liquor, and fat down
to Drinking till Morning, leaving the Men (as above)
to keep Guard, and particularly to guard the Arms,
but reliev'd them from Time to Time, as they faw
Occafion.
By this Time they had drawn in four more of the
Men to approve of what they had done, and promifed
to join with them, fo that now they were twelve in
Number, and being but twenty-four at firft, whereof
four were murd'red, they had but eight Men to be
apprehenfive of, and thole they could eafily look after j
fo the next Day they fent for them all to appear be-
fore their new Captain, where they were told by Go--w
what his Refolution was, ws. to go a Cruiling, or to
go upon the Account, (as above) that if they were wil-
ling to join with them, and come into their Meafures,
they fijould be well ufed, and there fhould be no Di-
fiindlion among them, but they fliould all fare alike,
that they had been forc'd by the barbarous Ufage of
Ferneau to do what they iiad done, but that now there
was no looking back, and therefore as they iiad not
been concern'd in what was pall, they had notiiing to
do