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pretend he was forc'd into their Service; but Crof!:\
Men where all detain'd, whether by Force, or by their
own Confent, does not appear at prefent.
The Day before this Divifion of the Spoil, they
faw a large Ship to Windward, which at firft put them
into fome Surprize, for (he came bearing down direft-
ly upon them, and they thought fhe had been a Por-
tuguefe Man of War, but they found foon after that it
was a Merchant Ship, with French Colours, and bound
Home as they fuppofed, from the We/i-Indies, and it
was fo ; for as we afterwards learnM, me was leaden at
Martinico, and bound for RucheJk.
Tlie Frenchman, not fearing them, came on large to
the Wind, being a Ship of much greater Force than
Gow's Ship, and carrying 3 2 Guns and 80 Men, be-
fides a great many Paflengers; however Gow at firft
made as if he would lie by for them, but feeing plain-
ly what a Ship it was, and that they (hould have their
Hands full of her, he began to confider, and calling
his Men all together upon the Deck, told them his
Mind, njiz. That the Frenchman