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of his Villainies, and telling them it was Time he
was hang'd out of the Way.
One Inftance of Barbarity in Williams will be fufli-
cient to julHfy all that can be faid of him, namely,
that when Goiv gave it as a Reafon againil engaging
with the Martinico Ship, that he had a great many Pri-
foners on Board, (as above) and fome of their own
Men that they could not depend upon ; Williams pro-
pofed to have them all call'd up, one by one, and to
cut their Throats and throw them over Board ; a Pro-
pofal fo horrid, that the worft of the Crew Ihook their
Heads at it, yet Goixi anfwer'd him very handfomely.
That there had been too ?nuch Blood fpilt already ; yet the
refufing this heighten'd the Quarrel, and was the chief
Occafion of his olfering to Pillol CC-M himfelf: After
which, his Behaviour was fuch, as made all tlie Ships
Crew refolve to be rid of him ; and 'twas thought, if
they had not had an Opportunity to fend him away as
they did by the Brijlol Ship, they would have been ob-
lig'd to have hang'd him themfelves.
When they put Williams on Board the Brijiol Man,
and he was told what Direftions they gave with him,
he began to relent, and made all the Interceffion he cou'd
to Capt. Gotv for Pardon, or at leaft not to be put on
Board the Ship, knowing if he was carry'd to Lisbon,
he fhould meet with his Due from the Portuguefe, if
not from the Eiiglijh; for it feems he had been con-
cern'd in feme ^'illainies among the Portuguefe before
he came on Board the George Galley, what they were
he did not confefs, nor indeed did his own Ship's Crew
trouble themfelves to examine him about it: He had
been wicked enough among them, and it was fufficient
to make them ufe him as they did; it was more to be
wonder'd indeed, they did not cut him in Pieces upon
the Spot, and throw him into the Sea, iuilf on one Side
of the Ship, and half on the other, for there was fcarce
a Man in the Ship, but on one Occafion or other had
fome Apprehenfions of him, and might be faid to go
in Danger of his Life from him.
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