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and bring a Hand or two with him, and fome Tools,
fome Ockham, Nails, i^c. The Carpenter being
thus deluded went back, and brought a French Man
and another with him, with all Things proper for their
Work, all which as foon as they came on Shore,
were likewife feized and fecured by Mr. Fea and his
Men.
But there was ftill a great many Men in the Ship,
, , who it was necefl'ary to bring if poflible, to a quiet Sur-
\ render ; fo Mr. Fea ordered his Men to make a Feint,
as if they would go to Work upon the great Boat
which lay on Shore upon the Ifland, but in Sight of the
Ship, there they hammer'd and knock'd, and made a
Noife, as if they were really caulking and repairing
her, in order to her being launch'd off, and put into
their Pcffeffion; but towards Night, he obliged Gmxi
to write to the Men, that Mr. Fea would not deliver
the Boat till he was in Poffeffion of the Ship, and
therefore he ordered them all to come on Shore with-
out Arms, and in a peaceable manner.
This occafioned many Debates in the Ship, but as
they had no Officers to guide them, and were alt in
Confufion, they knew not what to do; fo after fome
Time bewailing their hard Fate, and dividing what
Money was left in the Ship among them, they yielded
and went on Shore, and were all made Prifoners, to
the number of eight and twenty, including thofe who
were fecured before.
How he brought GOID to be fo weak was fomething
ftrange, Gotv being not very fupple, and far from be-
ing fufficiently humble ; but whether it was that he
hoped to fare the better for it, and to plead fome Merit
by obliging his Men to come in without Blood, and
perhaps they might encourage him in fuch Expeftations,
tho' not promife him, for the laft they could not.
However it was, Mr. Fea did certainly prevail with
Gov} to be the Inftrument to write to them, and to join
as it were with Mr. Fea's Stratagem to draw them on
Shore, without which they had not come, at leaft not
at that Time, and fo they faid afterwards, upbraiding
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