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I can neither tell how many we killed nor how many we wounded at thisbroadside, but sure such a fright and hurry never were seen among such amultitude; there were thirteen or fourteen of their canoes split andoverset in all, and the men all set aswimming: the rest, frightened outof their wits, scoured away as fast as they could, taking but little careto save those whose boats were split or spoiled with our shot; so Isuppose that many of them were lost; and our men took up one poor fellowswimming for his life, above an hour after they were all gone. The smallshot from our cannon must needs kill and wound a great many; but, inshort, we never knew how it went with them, for they fled so fast, thatin three hours or thereabouts we could not see above three or fourstraggling canoes, nor did we ever see the rest any more; for a breeze ofwind springing up the same evening, we weighed and set sail for theBrazils. We had a prisoner, indeed, but the creature was so sullen that he wouldneither cat nor speak, and we all fancied he would starve himself todeath. But I took a way to cure him: for I had made them take him andturn him into the longboat, and make him believe they would toss himinto the sea again, and so leave him where they found him, if he wouldnot speak; nor would that do, but they really did throw him into the sea, and came away from him. Then he followed them, for he swam like a cork, and called to them in his tongue, though they knew not one word of whathe said; however at last they took him in again. , and then he began to bemore tractable: nor did I ever design they should drown him.

We were now under sail again, but I was the most disconsolate creaturealive for want of my man Friday, and would have been very glad to havegone back to the island, to have taken one of the rest from thence for myoccasion, but it could not be: so we went on. We had one prisoner, as Ihave said, and it was a long time before we could make him understandanything; but in time our men taught him some English, and he began to bea little tractable. Afterwards, we inquired what country he came from;but could make nothing of what he said; for his speech was so odd, allgutturals, and he spoke in the throat in such a hollow, odd manner, thatwe could never form a word after him; and we were all of opinion thatthey might speak that language as well if they were gagged as otherwise;nor could we perceive that they had any occasion either for teeth, tongue, lips, or palate, but formed their words just as a huntinghornforms a tune with an open throat. He told us, however, some time after, when we had taught him to speak a little English, that they were goingwith their kings to fight a great battle. When he said kings, we askedhim how many kings He said they were five nation (we could not make himunderstand the plural 's), and that they all joined to go against twonation. We asked him what made them come up to us He said, To makeete great wonder look. Here it is to be observed that all those natives, as also those of Africa when they learn English, always add two e's atthe end of the words where we use one; and they place the accent uponthem, as makee, takee, and the like; nay, I could hardly make Fridayleave it off, though at last he did. And now I name the poor fellow once more, I must take my last leave ofhim. Poor honest Friday We buried him with all the decency andsolemnity possible, by putting him into a coffin, and throwing him intothe sea; and I caused them to fire eleven guns for him. So ended thelife of the most grateful, faithful, honest, and most affectionateservant that ever man had.

We went now away with a fair wind for Brazil; and in about twelve days'time we made land, in the latitude of five degrees south of the line, being the northeasternmost land of all that part of America. We kept onS. By E. , in sight of the shore four days, when we made Cape St. Augustine, and in three days came to an anchor off the bay of All Saints, the old place of my deliverance, from whence came both my good and evilfate. Never ship came to this port that had less business than I had, and yet it was with great difficulty that we were admitted to hold theleast correspondence on shore: not my partner himself, who was alive, andmade a great figure among them, not my two merchanttrustees, not thefame of my wonderful preservation in the island, could obtain me thatfavour. My partner, however, remembering that I had given five hundredmoidores to the prior of the monastery of the Augustines, and two hundredand seventytwo to the poor, went to the monastery, and obliged the priorthat then was to go to the governor, and get leave for me personally, with the captain and one more, besides eight seamen, to come on shore, and no more; and this upon condition, absolutely capitulated for, that weshould not offer to land any goods out of the ship, or to carry anyperson away without licence. They were so strict with us as to landingany goods, that it was with extreme difficulty that I got on shore threebales of English goods, such as fine broadcloths, stuffs, and some linen, which I had brought for a present to my partner.

He was a very generous, openhearted man, although he began, like me, with little at first. Though he knew not that I had the least design ofgiving him anything, he sent me on board a present of fresh provisions, wine, and sweetmeats, worth about thirty moidores, including sometobacco, and three or four fine medals of gold: but I was even with himin my present, which, as I have said, consisted of fine broadcloth, English stuffs, lace, and fine holland; also, I delivered him about thevalue of one hundred pounds sterling in the same goods, for other uses;and I obliged him to set up the sloop, which I had brought with me fromEngland, as I have said, for the use of my colony, in order to send therefreshments I intended to my plantation. Accordingly, he got hands, and finished the sloop in a very few days, forshe was already framed; and I gave the master of her such instructionsthat he could not miss the place; nor did he, as I had an account from mypartner afterwards. I got him soon loaded with the small cargo I sentthem; and one of our seamen, that had been on shore with me there, offered to go with the sloop and settle there, upon my letter to thegovernor Spaniard to allot him a sufficient quantity of land for aplantation, and on my giving him some clothes and tools for his plantingwork, which he said he understood, having been an old planter atMaryland, and a buccaneer into the bargain. I encouraged the fellow bygranting all he desired; and, as an addition, I gave him the savage whomwe had taken prisoner of war to be his slave, and ordered the governorSpaniard to give him his share of everything he wanted with the rest.

When we came to fit this man out, my old partner told me there was acertain very honest fellow, a Brazil planter of his acquaintance, who hadfallen into the displeasure of the Church. I know not what the matteris with him, says he, but, on my conscience, I think he is a heretic inhis heart, and he has been obliged to conceal himself for fear of theInquisition. He then told me that he would be very glad of such anopportunity to make his escape, with his wife and two daughters; and if Iwould let them go to my island, and allot them a plantation, he wouldgive them a small stock to begin withfor the officers of theInquisition had seized all his effects and estate, and he had nothingleft but a little household stuff and two slaves; and, adds he, thoughI hate his principles, yet I would not have him fall into their hands, for he will be assuredly burned alive if he does. I granted thispresently, and joined my Englishman with them: and we concealed the man, and his wife and daughters, on board our ship, till the sloop put out togo to sea; and then having put all their goods on board some time before, we put them on board the sloop after she was got out of the bay. Ourseaman was mightily pleased with this new partner; and their stocks, indeed, were much alike, rich in tools, in preparations, and a farmbutnothing to begin with, except as above: however, they carried over withthem what was worth all the rest, some materials for plantingsugarcanes, with some plants of canes, which he, I mean the Brazilplanter, understood very well.

Among the rest of the supplies sent to my tenants in the island, I sentthem by the sloop three milch cows and five calves; about twentytwohogs, among them three sows; two mares, and a stonehorse. For mySpaniards, according to my promise, I engaged three Brazil women to go, and recommended it to them to marry them, and use them kindly. I couldhave procured more women, but I remembered that the poor persecuted manhad two daughters, and that there were but five of the Spaniards thatwanted partners; the rest had wives of their own, though in anothercountry. All this cargo arrived safe, and, as you may easily suppose, was very welcome to my old inhabitants, who were now, with this addition, between sixty and seventy people, besides little , of which therewere a great many. I found letters at London from them all, by way ofLisbon, when I came back to England.

I have now done with the island, and all manner of discourse about it:and whoever reads the rest of my memorandums would do well to turn histhoughts entirely from it, and expect to read of the follies of an oldman, not warned by his own harms, much less by those of other men, tobeware; not cooled by almost forty years' miseries anddisappointmentsnot satisfied with prosperity beyond expectation, normade cautious by afflictions and distress beyond example.