From Aboard the Van-herring. ANOTHER ' \ l . ‘ ~ _ x , ' , a L‘ .~ Y , v ' , 1..“ _ _ ' ' : :, I 4 ' 4 7 , . . , rm) ,. Q5! )' l . ~ A ‘. . . ‘ , 1Q ‘ .0 'FRONI ‘ ‘ Toan Eminent Merchant in L and. Sept, 23. I 689, ' s I R, ‘ ‘ ‘ , ' » .i Y lalt inform‘d [you what ill Circumflances our Ship and ‘ Ships-company were in this comes to tell you how matters , , now fiandwith us. ‘ And to {peak the truth, they are-but little ,__-, mended. The Mabometam aboard, and abroad,are {till plot- . " ting our defiruétion. ThOugh at prefent they. are pretty fi- lent, yet they are not alleep 5 we may expeét a (man after the calm. You, IWOnder why this Ship is {0 much the objeét of their fpight ! for this you muff underfland, {he was once in their pofleflion, and ’twas the beft Ship they hads they made great Merchandize of her 5 till anon a noble Captaill that Commanded her, was fofafiironted with their .infolence, and offended with their fuperliition , that heturn’d the, molt Of them alhore, and put Chrifiian Officers and~Sailers in their room. And evgeai-fince the Mabometam , have been refllefs in their attempts to min or recover her into their hands again. 'Tis within the memory of force yet alive, that they had a mail: devillilh defign upon her,and it had like to have taken effeé’t, Some of them cupboard had very cunningly put Gunp‘OWder under the place where the, Captain andhis Council ot‘Oflicers were to meet;- intending to have put fire to it, and to have blown them all up into the air: this treacherous Com fpiracy was difcovered by the fagacity of the Captain himfelf 5 and the ring-' leaders being delervedly executed, their heads were fixed for the terror of Others Upon the top of the Main-waft. Not long before that, they rig’d out 3 Fleet, that they thought and call’d Invincible,and coming up to this Ship, they attackt her as {he lay at an anchor 5 but the heav’ens helping,,lhe Worfi- ed that great'Armado, and fame of the» Ships being'fired, others firanded, ' . and the refi fcatter’d, fearce any return-’d home to give an, account of their ill fuccefs. It-was but ,the otherday that they employ’d fame to fire the great Gabin . r- \ I! w L 2 :l 4 ‘ - Cabin of the Ship,rwhich waseiieétually accompiilht. One A’Igm'ine cori- felledhe had an, hand in’t, and was accordingly condemn’d and executed. Others were accufiedg but the Lieutenant got them out oithe~ Way. And af- . ter the then Council of Officers had a little lookt into the hnhnez’s, it was huiht up I know not how, and never enquired alter fince. However the ' Mahamelam milk of their aim, for in a little time the Cahhin was repaired ‘ again, and is now muchmore fplendid than it was before. Since theie dif- appointrnents they have play’d at feveral {mall games, being rtfolved~ never to Fraud out 5 and now they think they have (itch good Cards in their hands, ’ ifthey can but get rid of the Captain, they make no quei’tion of f Weeping he flakes. Therefore they have indented with feveral of late to, take him olT; but yet he hath efcaped iheir malicious hands,and fome of theié(which is very Grange) have efcaped the hands ofjufiice. My laft told you of one, a little Doéior, or ChirurgeonSamate, and this will tell you of another, an. old Cinhator , born in '88,‘ or thereabout, he was try’d alfo for this bold attempt5 and though the Sailorr Would have laid an hundred to one, when they, heard the Evidence againft him,.he would be condemn’d, yet he was clear’d. Some others alfo have been uncapeflzedly acquitted Upon their Trial 3 particularly two female Paffengers, one a Tempefiuons Lady, the other arr-Impudent Strumpet: This latter was {0 hardy, that lhe afterward put forth ailying Libel in Vindication of the Mabo'memnr, alledging that the Confeflion upon record againft them, ' was extorted by racks andtortnres 5 a thing. never praé‘tic’d aboard this Ship 5 for this {he was {entenc’d to {hand two Or three times at the Capftormg, and the boys fingers didi’tch to anoint her with Pitch and Tar 5 but the Clemenc of the Officers would not {offer it. Thefe proceedings yOu may imagine (llon‘t a little animate the COMPL- rators. And there is’one‘ little accident fallen ontgreatly to their content,- after they had barbamufl'y murder’d (as you heard before) an honefi: Boat.- fwain, the Captain put another in his room 5 a little fpmnt fellow, that did ferret themaboutg there could not be two 0r three of them together, but he, was p‘r‘eléntly at their heels 5 this fawcinefsof histhey deem’d infuffera able, “therefore an hole was quickly pickt in his coat, and be {hot afhore 5 to that now they can 'club and cabal together Withnur cont-roul 5 and if any fhallmoleft them, they mull: look to themfelves. An honeft Q/artewmdier' a little while ago, did'but a little difg‘uf’t them, and prerently they appoin- ted fome defperate Ruifians to dif patch him 5 theft: taliing their oppOrtnnity when he was all alone, fell upon him and cut his Throat 5 but being fca‘r’d, they did their ninth. to halvesg for the erteromafier by good looking af» ter reCovered, and is like to do Well, ., The Captain, though he doth nor" fay much, yet doubtlefs he cannot but / reliant thefe doing35 andl belieVe alfo that he is {omething concern’d about: the growing Greatnels and power of Algiers for he hath fent to fome Other, Ships to league with him for mutual {courity and defence : and npon this hangs a prerty Rory, in the Arfinal’ of the Commonwealth of Genoa, (which is not far from us) there rides a Ship call’d the Van-efmmpra lufiy Front Shig {he is, and fail’d altogether by chrifi‘iam and Anti Mabomemm 5 thisLShip alOne hath born up agaiinfl‘ all the power of Algier. To this Ship the Captain fent that there might be a nearer Alliance betwixt themgand when the Medea- ger came aboard,who {hould’he'find there but an Envoy from Algierswho was negotiating the very fame thing for his Mailer ? And We are inform’d that he , ' ‘~ had-3? a. ‘t r . I if” V,” I {an i p “ma. owns. lfisl ‘ . s legfi [a], In. had cunningly inlinuatetl l'rimlllli into lisme great Gflicers ahosrd the-"Ship?" and had Fuggelied to them the great glory and prtm'els of his {Vial-terms all?) the naltednels and great unfaithfulnelSof the Van-herring; and had them re» - member how unhandfomely {he had lately ferv’d them ina Voyage-from Smynz. However the Captain and/the Generality of the Officers Were too wile’to he wheedled into an Alliance with Algier 3 they were lenfihle ’m’ms againlt theirinterefi that the I’dnvberrixg lhould lall into the hands of the A’lgcrz’me: 5 for if (0, all the favour they could expeé’t, Would he that which 2211f“ obtain’d of Polipbemw. tobe lal‘t devour’d. And yet there is not {2) good an underllanding ~and (“0 firm an Union and Alliancefbetwixt thele two Ships as molt delireg {or certainly would they keep together, and re- {olutely [hand one by another; the Algerine: would quickly pull in their, horns 5 yea, thefe two Ships in conjunétion are ealily able to deliroy ' the nelt of Piratesg they may lieep them in,that they 'lhall not peep out. at Sea, yea, they may fall upon them valhore. There is a multitude, of Chriltian llaves there,whofe bondage is {'0 grievoustothem, that they would be glad of any Opportunity to revolt. For my part I am nOt out of hope to fee {itch a defign carried on for the good of all Chrilieudom. - I ,know fame of the principal Officers,an the generality of Sailors of both Ships defire it lhould be lb. However it giv’tés fome latisfaéltion, that the Captaik hath now at lafi declared, That his Council of Officers (hall (it, and conful't about .eommon-fiifety. If you ask the tea {on why their coming together hath been lfo long defer’dJ know none but the Captéin himl’elf that can giVe youa p04 fitive anf'wers thoughOthers may {tumble on this or the other probable COnjeéi'Ure. Some think the Lieutenant and others of the Mabomstah faél‘ion are the caufe. ’Fis manifellly their linterel’c to hinder the Councils fitting; ’Tis likely they’l begin, Where the former Council left , the’y’l fall a rave-ling into this Halli/l! [and Dd’mna'ble Plot; and then the five great Cris“ . mimlg of‘which m’ylafi told you (whoiare {till kept in the Hold of the Ship) With many others will: probably go to “otg'yeajtis an “even-lay but they’l‘fall foul 'upon the Lieutenant himl'CIF, f0 di the Council. that lafi met, ‘ Who Vo- redthat {the Plotters. took too great encouragement from theLiehtemmi being ‘a Mdbdwetan, thereupon the Succeflio'n might, be thought dil‘putahle. Iobfer‘ve that a great many of the Sailors have: a Wonderful kindnels for, the'Coptain’s Eldeli son {He is now aboard, and whenever he appears upon the Deck, they flock about him,and lhew him all imaginable rerpe&.'_ A day or tWo ago‘ he Went upon the Forefhip’, and TI Warrant you there ivere Seores following him with fuch loud 'Acclar‘natiOns, as made" theShip to ring ’ again; the Lieutenant heard it,and‘bit his lip; and though *hel’aith fiddling, I believe he. thinks the more. It appears he is a little jealous of him r, how; ever the Captain hath been pleared to declare publi‘ckly,‘ that. he Was never married to his Mother; but yet he did not fay he was not his Fatherghe owns him (kill for his Song and the Sailors for his own and his Father's honour are. loth to think; him Illegitidiate. ) ell, let the Father fay what he will of his Son, upbn my Word he is a! brisk young Gentleman, and by profelfion a, Chriltian; and, one that is ten" nown’di for a perfon of. admirable valour amongff the Mabométaii: them‘g limes. Whether the Council Will interp‘ole and con‘cernfthemfelves about» this matter‘i-s“ uncettain 5‘" but fame“ of", the l‘éls wary Sailors-hays thought one reafon Why the Gouh‘cil have not“ Fat, to be a Tuifpi‘tion lefl: they fhouldi inter meddle with the Bufinels of Sue‘celfions Again; fifilfiifi t (4) Again, others think that form: who are no Mabametam (4114111 they are not 1111211 14411141114113.) may be faulted-f, ’4is too well known, and it can’t be conceal d how the Chriftians themfel‘ves that are in the Ship (tl 1e more is the pity) are not all of a mind. There are many that don 1“ very well like the mode of Worihip we have aboard 5 they fay that leverai of our Reiigious ufages are borrowed from the Ma hometam, this 13, ~ the fentiment ofiome of our Odice rs, and of a great, if not the greater num- ber of the Sailors , this diflent of theirs doth greatly enrage the other p.11- ty, for this they fiigmatize them, and lometimes {eve rely handle them, which they may do by the Orders of the Ship. One Would think our common danger ihould induce us to ufe more moderation. And flanderseby that are 9 not ofo deeply concern (1 and engag d in a party, do think the petty differ~ ences amongft us are capable of an accommodation and the rather becaufe - both {ides agree in the main. Only there are a few half-witted and bare» brain’d bigors that blow up the coals. Nay,there are {ome that are not alham ’d to declare, they would rather be Mahametanr than Chriftian ditli‘. titers; which it may be 18 truly enough fpoken for that they are Semi 21111044414144: ‘ . already , they are thefe mungril- Chriftians that do us the greatel‘r milchietg if we ever be deliroy’ d, ’twill be by the wild [ire of thefe men Ihefe he ‘ they that diffwade the Captain from cal ling his Council together , fearin 1g pofI-ibly left they lhould make fome alteration 1n the prefent Orders of t‘ :16 Ship to favour of the diffenting party: 9 which they may be the more in— clin d to do, for as much as they find them to be very faithful to the inte- ' refl of Chriflianity, and moft forward (upon all occafions) for the Ships , Welfare and fafety. They fee alfo that the feverities they have for fometime been under, have not had their intended effeét, in as much as they are in-' creas’d and not diminifht thereby. Sbme of thefe Phreneticks (tor fo they may be call d) are often buzzing the Captain 1n the ear with the rude carrie age of a Council of Officers 1n his Fathers days. It happen’d, as you have probably heard, that his Father had a conteft with his Council, and from words they fell to blows, and 1n the fcufile the good old Captain was kill d and thrown overboard; this unhappy and unheard of Tragedy, ls ever now and then ript up to alienate the prefent Captain from his Councilg though we a ‘1 know the now Council hath not the fame power, nor doth 1t confilt of the fame perfons. I believe they are a company of as honefi men as ever ufed the Sea , and on my cunfcience they have that refpeét and honour for the Captain, that they would hazzard their All for his fafety and preferva~ tion. And if he would but be advifed by them, he might be as happy 21 man. as ever commanded a Ship. If 1n his Conduét he thould have been any ways tardy or deficient ,they would take no notice of it. For’ tis a Maxim amongft them, That though his Officers may, yet the Captain hrmfelf can’ t do amilsi. 8 I R, 1‘0an toferoe Tan, 6%. ' Printed ,and are to be Sold by Richard 7aneway 1n greens-bead. Alley m- Pater-NofimRow. 1680. ...’ . RARE DA. M8 . L182 1 68 O EBL SPC ERE LR4AREO: 01 0-006074589