an come on board their vessel. At
length the man-of-war's boat came along side of the ship, when Mr. Carew
went down into the steerage with his belly full of hot water, and the
lieutenant came on board. Sir, you are welcome on board, says the
captain; or, rather, that little part of the captain called the tongue;
for the heart, mind, and every other particle, of the captain wished him
at the d---l at the same time. The lieutenant inquired from whence they
came and what passage. The captain replied, from Boston, in a month and
four days; and then asked him to walk aft, and take a drop of rum; but,
before he did so, the lieutenant asked how many hands there were on
board. The captain answered, he had only fifteen, for men were very
scarce. Of what burden is your ship?--Two hundred and fifty tons. I
must have your hands, sir, said the lieutenant: come in, barge crew, and
do your duty. No sooner were the words spoken, than the crew leaped upon
the deck, and the lieutenant ordered all the ship's company aft, saying
he wanted to talk with them. He then accosted them with an oratorial
harangue: "Gentlemen sailors," said he, "I make no doubt but you are
willing to enter voluntarily, and not as pressed men; if you go like
brave men, freely, when you come round to Plymouth and Portsmouth, and
get on board your respective ships, you will have your bounty money, and
liberty to go on shore and kiss your landladies." Though this oration
was pronounced with as much self-applause as Cicero felt when, by the
force of his eloquence, he made Caesar the master of the world to
tremble; or as the vehement Demosthenes, when used to thunder against
king Philip; yet we are not quite certain whether it was the power of
eloquence alone persuaded the men to enter voluntarily, or whether being
seated between the two rocks of Scylla and Charybdis, it was indifferent
to them which they dashed upon; however this was, all but one of them
entered (though with sad hearts) without being pressed, which we make no
doubt the lieutenant attributed to the eloquence of his oration.

The lieutenant observing a stout fellow, in a frock and trowsers, who did
not come aft with the other men, asked the captain who he was. The
captain replied, he was an Indian, and a brave sailor, so called him by
his name. Wat ye want wit mee, replies the Indian, mee wont come,
dammee. Upon which the lieutenant sent some of the barge crew to bring
him forward which the b