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which the Fellow took to his Heels, and Mr. Fea beln;^
ill his Boat, did not think it worth while to Land again
to purfue him. This put an End to all Parley for the
prefent, but had the Pyrates fuececd in this Attempt,
they would fo far have gain'S their Point, that either
they niuft have been affifted, or Mr. Fea ntuft have been
facrific'd.
The two Letters from Gtm; were one for Mr. Fea,
and the other for his Wife, the firft was much to the
fame Furpofe as the former, only that in this Gow re-
qaeftcd tiie great Boat, with her Mafts, Sails, and Oars,
and with fome Provifions to tranfport themfelves where
they thought fit to go for their own Safety, offering to
•leave the Ship and Cargo to Mr. Fea, and threat'ning,
that if the Men of War arriv'd (for Mr. Fea had given
him Notice, that he expefted two Men of War) before
he was thus affiiled, tl^y would fet Fire to- the Ship,
and blow themfelves up ; fo that as they had liv'd, they
wou'd all die together.
The Letter to Mrs. Fea was, to defire her to inter-
cede with her Hufband, and pleading that he v/as their
Countryman, and had been her Hulband's School-fellow,
bfc. but no Anfwer was return'd to either of thefe
Letters.
On the 17 th in the Morning, contrary to Expedla-
tion, Go-TV himfelf came on Shore upon the C«^ Ifland,
unarm'd except his Sword, and alone, except one Man
at a Diflance, carrying a white Flag, making Signals
for a Parley.
Mr. Fea, who by this Time had gotten more People
about him, immediately fent one Mr. Fea of Whitehall,
to a Gentleman of his own Family, with five other
Perfons well arm'd, over to the Ifland, with Orders if
it was poflible to feize GOIM, by any means, either dead
or alive : When they came on Shore he propofed that
one of them, whofe Name v/as Scollary, a Matter of a
VeflTel, fhould go on Board the Ship, as Hoftage for
this Go=w\ Safety, and Scollary confenting, GQVJ himfelf
conduftfid him to the Ship's Side.
Mr,