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E'BE^EZE%:
OR, A SMALL
MONUMENT
OF GREAT
MERCY,
APPEARING IN THE
Miraculous Deliverance
O F
IVilliam Okclejf, O John Aathottjii
IFilliam Adams ^ \yjohn Jcphs,
Johft — • Carpenter,
From the Miferabic Slavery oi ALG I ERS^
with the wonderful Means of their Efcape in
A Bi,it (./ Cinvas ; the; frcat Diilrcl'i.ai/d utmolt Ex-
tremities uhich thc'y endured at Sea for Six Djys arid
Nights; their late Arrival at y1/.i>or^: With IcveraJ
Matters of Rcniarqite during their long Captivity,
and tlicfnllowing Providences of God which brought
thcmf^feto ENG LAND.
By mc Wdlhtm Okclcy.
Blefs thf Lord, 0 m; Soul, and fir^et nnt all hii Benefits,
yvho Redetmeth thy Life fiom DijirHilicn, whoCroveneth
thee with Loving Kindneft, and tender Mercies, Pfal.
log. 2. 4.
London, Printed for Nat. Ponder, at tlie Peacock i"
Chancery-Lane, neii Fleet -Jlreet, 167$.
TIIHM u
Upon this Book, and i^^' ^^
its Author. %r-
THis Author never was In Print before,
And C'etthispleareornotJ will nevermore.
j If all the Prefs-OpprefTorsof the Age
p Would fo Refolve, 'twould Happinefs prcfage :
,j He ftiould as foon another Voyage take,
3 As be Oblifi'd another Book to make, '
^ KhCanvaf Boat Efcaped Seas and Wind,
J He fears this Paper- Veficl will not find
Such gentle Gales, when every Reader haih
Pow'r with a puff to (ink the Writers Faith.
For who fo Prints a Book, goes off from/liore
TO hazard that which was his own before •
As one poor Pinnace Ovcr-match'd, that fight*
with an Armado, fo doth he who Writes •
i,^ „ ■ .(^i/'I^tgoc^'yMerchant.Ships; fee forth,
Laden with Richesofthcgrcateawoftht
W th CounceIs,Father5,Text-Men,SchooI-Men Mann'd i
With Sacred Cannon Mounted at each Hand ;
Arehard befer, and forc'd to make Defence
Againft Arra'd Atheifm, Pride, and Impudence.
Hew can this little Cock-Boat hope Efcape,
When Scripture Suffers Piracy and Rape /
A !?M . .<^^*'"'^'n the World Epitomiz'd,
And Mankind in Oftavo was Compriz.'dO
By Infidelity it felf lyes drown'd.
That ,W,/e/ with a Rod tlie Sea ftiould Cane,
And br t the Coward nreams into a Plain /
n7a
With
Wfththc fam: Cane fTiouId broach a Flinr, and bring
Ont of irs Fierv Womb a flowing Spring :
That a <iry Hick alViRnM for Levi} flmc
Should Bu<!, and Blofcm, and R-pe Almonds bear ,
That Sampfnn with the jaw-Bon-- of an Afs
C And Atheirts think Him One that lets if pars _
Without a fcomnie^ OioiiM flay a Thoufand Men,
And being weary with the Slaughter; -then
The kind Jaw-Eonc, that was his Fduichion tirft.
Should tt.rn a Fiaggon.and allay hfsThirl}.
Thcfe Miraclcf, and all the Sarreo (tore
Which Kaith Hiould grj!;'. anl Piety adore.
Meet with Arrefts, Arraignir n- nnd a Doom
More hardi than Tales of Heathen Grccct, or Rome.
Yet O tiie Folly of Confounded Man /
Who cannot Truth believe, but Fables cao.
When Truth that cannot Lye, fhall be bcly d,
Its k-owV dcfy'd, and Wcaknefs Dcify'd :
When our Difeafcd Appetite fliall Lull
For Egylts Uek, or Giheon-i mou'Hy Crult »
Ephraim will feed on AOies, and difdam _
The Mjnna Comfits, and the Candy d Ratn,
An Heaven-born Truth (like poor Mens Infants; may
For lack of God-Fathers, unchtilVned Itay,
And find no I'riea ; when every Itandcr by
Will be a GolTip to a Great Mans Lye.
O Miracle of Love/.God-Man wasfam
Each Miracle he wrought, to make it twain.
The Faa, and Faith too, elfe the Fatt m vaio.(
There isa Generation alive,
That Live on Lying Miracles, and thrive.
There is a Guild of Priclfs will undertake
To make that God who doth all Wonders make :
Can make Him, Bake Him, Break him. Eat Hm too.
And with a Thought can All again undo.
Had but feme Monk this Hinoty to Drefs,
He would have made the Iron-Teeth of th P.efs
Tt' rn
'; Turn Edge, and Grin, to chew the fluff and flilc;
' Coinpar'd with which all's Cap in M.mdevile.
I Had thcfe Five Comrades bt;n pood Sons of Rome,
Norhinn Hu: Miracles had bio.iglr them home.
; Okel; bad been infpircd •, Jcpht had ficn
! An Apron dropt down from Heavens Virqin-Qncetl
; To make a Sail; Curprnffr ftiould have pray'd
I Saint Jfcleph to --(ria him a: his Trade;
w Andrhcn V M -tn Hl.i in -lieCdlar find
' TheKed.rH.S ?. pfn., a'iMo.' J to hisMind.
An Holy Sca-CaU in S: .''.-,•(■. .f oit,
; Hadthenn)';f..V:\l,au • -lanc'd .tore the Boat:
Saint C/i .Vf/)?rwi-h a r.ieet Babe on's back.
Had flalKt '.'one tolavefrorr, Rockand Wrack:
( Saint Nicholas f orin lu' *>hape. Old Nidi)
Had with a ftraw flecr'd the Boat Catholick.
I The Tortoife rakcn n.ipping in the Flood,
,( Had firft faid Grace, and rhcii become the!; Food;
, Yea, and his Sacred Shell had been preftrr'd
To make fine Combs for WdgifnrtU Beard.
; And 'vho can tell ("for now 'tis Thirty Years
; Sincethis rtrange Expedition from Algiers,')
: What Ufc the Friarsof M.ijork^ have made
. Of the poor Skiff to raife their Legend-Trade?
: But, be it as it will; Euy,ornotBuy;
i This Book is Proteflanc, and hates a Lye.
,_ The Reader fhall find in this Breviary
, AH Pater-Noflers, not one Ave Mary.
. 5f Gentleman and Chriftian may avail,
[! if Honour and Religion can bebail
^ For this poor Pilgrims Truth and FaithfuInel^
ji it tray w,th Leave and fafety pafs the Prcfs.
I ict him who fcorns to Read, or Reads to fcorn,
11 And thinksthisStorym^ght have beenforborn;
U Firft, buy the Cook, then five Security
y ?^?.,'?°.''"'''>' TneBook-Sellerandr
I VViil give l.im Bond, when he Returns to Land.
n Jo pay a Thoufand pounds into his Hand.
fi ' Me«n-
JJ
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Mean.T.h;if, this Narrative r.11 ptaitiafldTfuc}
Is worth a Six-pence to i Turk OTjen',
Buaoa ChriaL ( were the Story gone )
The Preface is a Penny-worth ^'o"*: = .
The whole hath no Errata's or Mi»»kcJ,
SaTc what the Printer and the Poet makes.
To the following
NARRATIVE.
■
Courteoui Reader.,
ID O readily agree with thee, that there is
no fort of Writings more lyable to abufe
than this of the Narrative : Lying much at
the Mercy of the Com^ofer to be Corrupted ;
and as much in danger to be mifimprovcd by the
Reader : The Reader therefore I am fure will de-
mand ([(^oaf SecHrity that he is not impofed upon in
theenf/iinj^ Relation-, and the Writer craves leave
too, to malnum a modejtjeahufte^ leit the Rea-
der fhould mifs the benefit that is defigned to him
in it : The ylnthor will engage, and pawn his
Credit wrro xvrcn^ the Narrative, and he would
take fome care alfo that the Reader may not ivron^
hmfelf.
It is very true, that every Narrator is under a
ilrong Temptatiofi to Seafon his Difcourfc to the
■ - A GHJla
ii
The Preface.
CjiBo of the Time, not impofing a fcvcrc Law
upon himfcif, to Report what is true, but accom-
inodating his Story to the Liquorilh appetite of
others : I have obferved that/ywf AIe» are afha-
mcd to Recount nuan and humble Alatters ; if
they bring us any thing below Prodigy and Mi-
racle, if they fluff not their Farces with G organs,
Harfics , Centaures , and Enchanted JJlands ,
they neither pleafethemfclves, nor hope to take
their Readers by the Heart-firings. Hence is it,
that we have fo many lean, barren Stories, lard-
ed with the Additamcnts of Fruitful Invention, as
if they had been Penn'd by the Pattern of Xeao-
phon's C)rw. Non ad Htftorij: fidem , fed ad
y:flt Imperii Exemplar : Not for Counter-panes
of Truth, but Counterfeits of Fancy : Thcy tell
US not what was really done, but what they would
have had done, if they might have had the Con-
trivance of the Scene, and Tragedy: They firft
form Idcea's of Ingeniom Romances in their own
Heads, and then obtrude them upon the World
for Htflorical Verities.
JuH: as our Hydrographers in the Delineating
of Countries, with one Wanton Extravagant Fro-
lick of their Graver can raife Mountains, where
Nature left us Galleys; and fink deep galley s,vj\\erc
God has llretch'd out a Champagn ; can create
Bays, and Creeks, where the Creator made firm
Land; and jut out ProMontories,andCapes,\vhcTe
there's nothing in Nature to anfwcr them ; and to
fill up Vacuities (out of pure good Husbandry.
that
The Preface.
that not an inch of Ground may be loli ) prcfcnt
us with fljmg Fijhes, Tritons, and Mermaids,
which fpcnd their hours inter PeClnicm c- Spc-
ciihor. ; and Icll Mare del zur (liould fiill be a
Dcfoi.ite Wiidernefs, have courtcoufly (lock'd
it with the Painters Wife's J flan d, and Terra In-
cofnita; at this rate are wedeait with, by this
kind of Men, who love to blowup Lank^Stones
into huge Bladders, and then put fomething in
thcin to make them Rattle to plcafe Children, and
yet thcy are but hUdders fldl, though fwelled
with thcTyn.pany, andU'ind-Cholick^
There are aifo a fort of Stories, which,^^ the way
cfCoiirtefle,we mif-call Hifto>tes,ihit fcorn to give
us an Account of any thing but Dreadful, and tcr-
tible Buttles, and how one great Man above all
therelt, chopt olF y^r^^; and yJ.ms, and cut off
fome fheer by the veajh, and with his Trenchant
blade mowed down whole Files of Armed Ene-
mies; the Fields all this while running with
ftrcams of Blood, and purple Gore; and all this,
with as much confidence, and exadncfs in every
Minute Ctrcumftance , as if, like the Familiar
D<trr7on of Paracclfm, thcy had been inclofed in
the pommel of the Generals Sword ; or had ho-
ver d, hkp TiHory With her doubtful Wings, o\er
both the Armies, where they might fecurdy take
notes of all that was faid or done, in Shclton's
Brachygraphy : but from what Principles or In-
terefis thefe Warriours were ^chd; by what
Rules thcy proceeded, with what Cciaccls and
A 2 fntriqites.
d
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Jntrk""^ dcfigns were managed-^ and to what
««•«/ all thcfc Policies fleered' xs as m^c\^bclcw
their Spirits as ^bove their Abilities, to .nform
"''to fccurc the Reader againft the fear of fuch
Entertainment in this Narrative, let him know,
that he fhall meet with nothing m FaB but what
IS precifcly true; what of wonderment he may
encounter, was of Gods own tvork.nig, not ot
Mans invent inr, let others make Tragedies to
cratifie the ^ookfeller, and cheat the fmple buyer ;
wc need not Peter Lilltcraps Efex-Serpem. nor
Livcwell Chapman's Greater Monftersto^QQxm-
dize our Title Page ; Go^s Works need .vc> foyi
tofct them off, the gicatcd beauty of Truth, is
its mkednefs, and Symmetry.
There is a vaft difference between the moft ela-
borate prodiitls oiArt, and the moft homely pieces
cf Nature ; for though the former w-jll needs
Ape l\^c latter, yet how pitifully docs /*;f/'««x'^
in the imitation/ Look upon the fubtle point of
the Enefl Needle through a Mkrofcope, and you
will foon be fatisfied that Art is but a Dunce, tor
the Needle will appear as bknt, aud dull as a
Drum-flick.; but come and view one of Gods
Handy-works in the fame Glafs, T.G. The flt>iz
cf a V>ce, and you (hall fee it perpetually Acumi-
nated till it ends infomething, which the Eye mult
either confefs to be a Point, or Nothing : The
fame Difference we may obferve between thofe
Rmances, which *rc the Iffues oi flne wlh and
the
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the feriom grave Contrivances of Divine Provi-
dence ; what clummz.'d things arc the Cajfandra's
to one of thofe pieces of proportion, to be fecn in
Cods Government of this lower World ! So that it
were unpardonable to ftrivc to Recommend the
wonderful Providences of God to the Genius of
this Age, by a Lye, or to talk, deceitfully fir htm ;
whatever therefore this Narrative is, yet its a
nailed Account of his own workings, and Gold
needs no gilding.
But now the Readers great danger lies in run-
ning over fome of Gods workj, and yet not feeing
God in his workj : Little Children, we fee, do
hugely plcafc chemfclves vj\i\\ the gilded Covers,
and Marbled Leaves of Books, but concern not
thcmfelves, what is within; and if they chance
to look a little overly u^on the forms and Jlutpes
of the Letters, yet underftand not the fubliMC
matter, that may be coucht in them : Now, to
divide the words from the meaning, is morally to
Annihilate them, and Co whilll they fee Letters,
and words ouely, they fee juH: Nothing : There
are a great many fuch ■mij^oyie^vni , fuch Old
Children in the World, that gaze upon the fur-
face of Gods Workj, but never are led by them to
admire the Wifdom, Power, Goodnefs, and Ho-
lme fs of God : They deal with the works of Pro-
vidence, juft as they do .with the worksrof Crea-
tion : God has engraven his own Name in Legi-
ble Charaders upon the Heavenly Bodies. The
Stars in their fingle beauties , their Combined
A 3 Aflcrifmsj
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^[lerifms^ their Mutual ^fpefls, their Intricate,
yet Reoiiiir Motions^ fpcak their Author ^ nay,
upon the loweJl- Recreations, the Leifure-fports
of Nature, there is written, -Df/«/fc;>. But
now the common obfcrvcr, whofe thouj^hts arc
terminated by hu Eye, and /;// Eye with the vi-
fble Heavens, as 'tis bcfpangicd with glittering
things, called Planets , and htars, lofcth quite
i\\cumaindcfign, which is to condud and argue
our thoughts up to a firft Caufe ; for they were
not fo much out who crycd up the Mufck^ of the
Sphares to be fo Ravijliimr : and we fliould con-
fefs it, could we but hear them fing this Antheme,
Glory he to God on High. Can wc be fo Brutifh,
as once to imagine, thjtthc wife God, wbocre-
ates nothing little , nor for a little end, fhould
create fuc'i great, and gloria m Bodies only to be
the Objcds of Ignorant, and b'ind Amazement ?
Surely no ; but that by the contemplation of them,
we might be led into the Admiration of Him,
whofe Being, VVifdom, Power mufl needs be
ttifnitely Gloriow, when his very works are ex-
cellently fo: Here then will be the Readers dan-
ger, leit all his Spirits (hould evaporate in a con-
fufed Admiration, that ^ Bwr, a little, a Canvas
B2<»f fliould, like the Ark, convey fo many Per-
fons fo many Leagues fafe to flioar, whilit he mif-
ks the true intent, and meaning of it, to behold
a watchful Providence (as well as the Being of a
■Deity,) over all Affairs. Now, that he may
not fplit upon this dangerous RQck.i but improve
the
The Preface.
the Narrative to his beft Advantage, I fhall fub'
miffively lay before him a few Dire(ftions.
I, Se[l. Learn from this Narrative to trtijl,
and in all thy ways to acknowledge God, who by
the moil contemptib/e means, can effedt the moji
conjiderable things. Created Beings,as they can-
not hCi beyond the Sphare of their j^llivity, fo
neither can they Operate further than the fuita-
hlenefs of their Jnflriimcnts will enable them;
it were ridiculous to attempt to cut down a For-
reft with aPen-k>tifc, or Lave the Ocean with a
fpoon ; but if the great God can make the didlcfl
tool to cm, can ferve himfclf of the moft unfit In-
firimcnts, and accomplifli the rr.ofl noble wcrkj
with the moit Wooden Engines, he will furcde-
ferve ourgreateft truji and confidence. As great
Princes are attended with a numerous train of Ser-
vants , more for State, than ab folate neceffity ;
fo God ufes fecond caufes, not becaufe he cannot
workjvithont them, but to teach us to admire his
ftrength, in their weak>iefs, his All-fHJfioency in
their infiijjicicncy.
The Grand Seignior had heard of the famous
Atchic vcmcnt of Cafi riots Scimitar, and was very
defirous to make an Experiment, whether its
excellency anfwercd the Report ; he fends for it,
proves it, it does no Execution ; he fends it back
with fcorn, and indignation, that lying Fame
fhould magnifie a forry Ammunition Sword fo far
above its merits , but Scanderbeg , before the
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Mcflcngcrs Face, hews in pieces Helmets, Cor-
flcts; Go now (fays he) and tell your Maftcr,
though I /cut Ijim my Srvordy I Hid not f aid him my
^rm; none Can work with Gods means, that has
not Gods ^rm: Hafi thou an Arm likj God?
Job 40, 9, Here then the Reader m.iy fee, (and
if he fees not, he forfeits his Eyes ) the fame God
vho in an Ark^of bulnijlies prcferved Mvfes.m'i
in another Ark faved Noah, in a fmall Canvas
Ski'ller ( which was our Ark, though in a leflTcr
"S'olumn) waft us over the Ocean, and bring us
all fafc to Land ; As God is fecn in the fmallcfi
Workj of Creation, (o in the fmalUfi Inflriimenis
of his Providence, The little Fly, or Ant, ex-
prcflcs Creative power, and Omnipotency in Mi-
niature, as well as the great, Cafllebearina Ele-
jihant : I have read fomewhcre of a Goldrmith
that made a Lcck^and Key, and Chain fo finall,
and fubtlc, that a Fly would draw them all about
a Table, and never be flailed ; furcly theSpe-
ditox would not prajdicate the iJren^th of the
foor Fly, but the skill of the Artifi.
Eft in teniiibits, & Pufdlis Reculis ■
Latu Optimiq; Maxtmiq; Alaxima. Caz..
Piit hilar.
The Glory of the Great wife King,
Shines greatly in the fmalleft thing.
Indeed our whole paflage was wonder ; fuppofe
we had met with one Night of Haz.y Weather ,
we
r
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we might have plycd back into the jaws of that
Deilruftion which we had fofar cfcapcd. Had
we met witho;;^ Sterm (and an ordinary f//^ of
wind had been a Storm to tu ) it had prefently
cvcr-fct usj but the fame God that commands
a caIn) for the Ha'cyon, commanded Halcyon
days and nights for us, till under the wings or his
gracious ca're he had liMicht his own pnrpofes of
Mercy, into per fell Deliverance. It was a won-
der too, that in our fix days Voyage, in the Me-
diterranean, the very High Road of Navi-
gation, both for honefl Men and Knaves, Mer-
chants and Pirates, we fhould not meet with cw^
V(Jfel,Friend or Foe : Had we met with a Friend-
ly VciTcl, they had pityed us, taken us up, and
then the Power of God had not been fo fignalizcd
in our Prcfervation •, had we fallen in with an Ene-
my, we had immediately become a prey to their
Teeth, they had fwalloxved us up ejiiick., we had
made but one poor Aforfel to their greedy fto-
machs, and thereby defeated a work of God glo-
rioudy begun, and rob'd him of the Revenue of
his praifc.
If then they that go down to the Sea in Ships, fee
the rvorkj of the Lord,and his wonders in the deep,
Pfal. 107. 23,24. What Wonders , what AH-
racles of Providence have wefeen, and may others
fee in us , who went down to the feit, not in ajliipy
but in a Canoe, which for want of a better Nan-.e
we call a haatl Let the Reader therefore ad-
TfJireCodmihwe; and both of wwilfa the Pfal-
mift,
il
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ITltft. Pf^l- S6. 8. yimon^ft the gods there is none
Itl^Httto thee, 0 Lordy neither are there any works
Uke thy works.
Hedcals iinrightcoiifly with God who mcafures
him by the frKalifiefs of the means that he ufcs, and
not by the ncatnefs of thofc eJfcCls he produces
by thofe means. And therefore,
Difcc a. Cymbida, ej lipjitis es ; cr Deo
J)apro ten.iibiu, O" p'ljillis Reculis,
Laudcm Optimofj; Maximocj-, A'faximam.
Gaz.. Pta hilar.
Let this our little SkifT thy Spirits raife,
To give to this great God , thy greated
Praife.
2. Sef}. Let the Reader improve this Relation
to Fortife his Faith agamfi the little Cavils of
Atheiflical Spirits, who lay out their illpliccdwit
in forgeing Objedlions againli: Hi'n th.it gave it.
There is a Creature famous in Prov. 6. ^» Utie
Mttterno impletus calcibiu petit Laltantem, that
bcin^ filled with the liberal Dug, iingrarefiilly
kicks bit Dam. Thus this fort of Men arc ambi-
tious to be accounted witty, in creating ki'ots and
difficulties in the Hillorical pafTages of Gods c;reat
Providences Recorded in Scripture, and particu-
larly in his Prefervation of Noah^ and his Family
in the j^'kj. But he that had fccn with w the watch-
ful eye of Cod fuper-intended, and the fieddy hand
cf God to hold a poor Canvas Boat, built without
Rcgu-
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Regular proportion, ill Viduallcd, without An-
chor, Helm, Compafs, or Tackle, and there-
by prefcrve the Lives of five mconfidir.ibU Per-
fons, of no great ufc in the World, and after
fix days great extremity and diflrcfs, Land them
ail fafe, may cafily Credit the Report, how the
fjmc God iliould prefcrve ev^ht Per fans, upon
whofe Lives the re peopling of the whole World
did depend, maVeffelof moji exalt proportions,
ftron;^ built, and well laid in with ail n.anntr of
Provifions. He that can fee a Creator in the
works of Creation, and a Governi.r\n the workj
of Providence, miy rcufonably believe all Divtne
Revelations.
1, . SeEl. Let all that would not abufc this Nar-
rative bcwarc,lcit wbtift they are adn.ning Provi-
dence in this tnflance of our prefervation, they do
not ever -look, thofe eminent appearances of God to-
wards themfelves every moment , which, though
perhaps they carry not fu much of R.inty in them,
yet may have in them as much of real power, wif-
dom, a'idgoodncfs. We arc apt to deal with our
Alercics, jull as wcdowith our fins, where the
Commonnefs and frequency of either, abates and
takes off from the Obftrvationand Notice which
wc owe them ; we gaze, and wonder at Comet Sy
and their flaming beards, but feldom admire the
Sun, a far more glorious Body, bccaufc he rifcs
and fets every Morning and Evening upon the yfi
and the hnjuji : Doit thou admire God m our pre-
fervai ortt
»
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fnvAtion, learn to admire him »« '/^'civ;;: Art
thou furprized with wonder, that we were kept a
few days, when there was not half an tmh be- ^
twcen us and Death ? ConfiJer, God has kept
thee many (iay J, and many years, and every mt- ■
nmc ofthofc many days and years, when there was
hut a hairs breadth hciwccn thee and Death:
Doll thou then admire God prcferved us alive in i
a Fejfel if Cloath ? Admire that God that held-
eththy Soul in Life, and that in a more frail Vtf-
fel, a Feffcl cf Clay ; Doll thou liill wonder wc
we're not blown over with every b, eath of wind ?
/.amirc alfo that the Lamp of thy Life which thou
carrie(h« a paper Lanthorn, is not blown out h^
every blaft of Sickncfs : But if thou wilt ftill won-
der how ftich a Boat fhould carry us f Then won-
der alfo how thy Food nonnjhes thee , how thy
Cloaths keep thee warm, how thy feep refre(hes
thee : There's not a moment in our Lives but is nl-
, led with re J Mtrach and Wonder. J will pratfe
thee (fays the Pfahnill, Pfal. 139. H-) fo^ f
nm fearfully and wonderfully made : Let US all
praifcGod, (ot we are fearfully, and wonder f idly
preferved. If Frefervation be but a Continued
Creation, how (hould WC adorc that FoW'er that
Created us once, but preferves US a'ways ! God
expcds that wc fliould equally magnifie his skill
In making us out of Nothi,.g, and fecuringus that
wcdrop not mto Nothing : and as much admire
hisgoodncfs, thsit VJC crumble t]ot , moulder not
into our duj}, asfhat we were aifirft formed out
cfduft. 4- Seil,
The Preface.
. 4. Sea. Let the Reader Learn from our SU-
\ very, to prize, tindmovovc his own Liberty. If
i wc fcrve not our Cod fmccrcly, and chearfully tn
; plenty, he can fend us where we (hall fcrve our
\ Enemies in want. If wc glorific him not With .;.■''•
I Liberty, but turn it into Itcentioufnefs, he can r/.p
II Hs up clofe, where wc fhall learn loprr^e it hiy ' ■■ ■■.
: and wi(h we had improved it better. It arg^ic.
i great dif ingenuity and bafenefs in our Spirits that
\ we provoke our God to teach us the worth of
! Mercies by the want of them : The Lord does not
I willingly aptl, nor grieve th: Children of men,
• I ,am. J . 3 3 . but wc provoke him to take his Rod
i into his hand, and lay itfmanly upon our backs,
i becaufc that Folly which is bound up in our hearts
\ willnotothcrwifc bylalhtoutofus. Thus God
\ thrcatnedhisPcopleofold, Z>f«r. :i8.48. B-r-
I caufe thou fervedft not the Lord thy Cod with joy-
1 fKlnefs and gladncfs of heart, for the abundance
!| of all things, therefore flialt thou ftrve thine Ene-
tr.ies, in hunger, thirjl, and n.;kcdiiefs, and tn the
want of all t'hnigs. Thus he taught Jiidah by the
Captivity ofBahylon,to prize the freedom of Cana-
an ; we might learn our Duty much cheaper from
Gods Word, but wc like Truants, Will not learn
itri5)«r<r,till.Godfendsus to Schotlmlhz Rodat
ourbackj. ■
5 .Sen-. Let all Learn from hence, in what flate
foever the Providence of Cod jhull place them there-
with to be content : Perhaps thou art a Servant to
The Preface.
a Chrijlian ; doft thou murmur ? It (hews, thou
little knowcll; what it is to be a Slave to an tr, vc-
riofu Turk. Thou Scrvcli: him that frr,ys w.th
thee, and fur fhee-, doll thou repine /" Cjod might
have made thee Serve one who would curfe t^iiid
torture thee, and make httle Provifion for thy Bo-
dy, and none at all for thy Soul : The ChriUian
Religion is furcly the n.ojl excellent Religion in
the World, bccaufc it iwlds theUallance jo even
between Supenotirs, diid Inferiours : It cnjoyns
the one to give the iiioft full Obedience, and yet
prohibits the other to cxerctfe Rt^^our. It is pe-
remptory for Duty-, and yet abhors T}ranf/y:
whoever has known Turl^jh Slavery, is obliged
to become a r.iore Loytil Suhjrll, a more Dutiful
Child, a more faithful Servant; and whoever
has not k>7own /f,is yet obliged to become all thcfe,
lefl: God make himkncivh, and whip out of him
that Rcfltjf fpirit of grumbling , and Difobedi-
cncewith the briars, andThurns of the Wilder-
nefs.
God comrr.anded all Maftcrs amongT; the Jews
to allow their Servants a day of Refl, Oeut. 5.14.
and he gives this Reafon for it, RciKerrber that
thou xvttji a Servant in the Land of E^ypt. The
Equity of which Reafon holds ftrongcr for the
Chrillian : Remember thou waft a Servant to the
wor/l cf A^f afters, a Drudge <« the bafeftofwrkf,
and lyable to receive the worfl if wa^es : Has
Chriit fct thee free ? And art tihou become a Ser-
vant to the bcjl cf Afaflcrs? Employed in the
moll
I The Preface.
I mofl reafonable, and honourable Servicer ? And /
p, in expc<flation of the r^oft dorioiu Rewardi .<' Let
1 it teach thee if thou becll "a Af after, to com;nar,d
; 1 gently; and if a Servant, to Obey chearfuliy.
i 6. SeQ. Let all Learn to watz^worthy vf the
A Ciofpcl. \X.\s\\\il\^\\\<:\\ (weetens allourrr.ercies,
: ! and mitigates the bttternefs of all j6ftiill:ons ; and
; I if we fin away that, we cither fin away all tie
i'j reft, or whatever is itfefal, and dtfrable in all the
'] reft. \i ■wc cn)oy the Li <^ht , and yet walk <>«
1 darkncfs, it's righteous with God, to over-fprcad
t\ our Habitations with Egyptian, or li.ibylonipj
I Turkifl), or Poptfti darksiefs. God can carry us
|,| to Rome, or Meters; or clfe fend Rome, and
;] A'giers home to us .■ For what fliould a People do
'■ with//';/;;, that onely intend to play, or fight hy
it .' The once Famous Churches of Jfia, are now
fwallowcd np by the Otion.an Smrd, and the
Aiahtimedan unbelicj • and thofc fometimes Fa-
mous Cities, Carthage, and Htppo^ which kncw
,^1 thofe burning and fhining Lights, Cyprian, and.
^Hgiiftine, are now poflcit with Moors, and de-
filed with the Abominations of \\\care«teft Jr.-.^o-
y?<?rthatcvcrfcduccd the Nations, hatOne. And
thinkeft thou, 0 A/an, O Chriflian, that do' ft
thefe things, fo Alenfrom the Gofpcl of Chri i ,
that art drunk in the day. and curfeft that God
Whom thou Worfhippcih that thou ftmlt tfcape
the Judgment cf God? I tell thcc, nay; -and I
tell all thofc that read thcfc lines, and arc guilty;
and
filed
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^>t
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The Preface. j
ThcLofd Jcfus Chrift, in his Ep.ftlc to the .
Churchof£p'.M givcshcrthisMcmoruU^...
2 <. Rer.cmbcr therefore from whence thou an
fallen, and Refe.t, a.d do thy firfl ^orh.orelfe
J ^m come umo thee cj^akly, andremove thy Can-
dUflUKont cf tts fUce, except thou Repent : But
Ehefl would none of h. Counfd, none oi h^
ciJion; and Chrift was as good as his word he
put out her Candle, znAremavedher C^ndlefttcK,
1 have often wondred, what (hould be the grounds
of their confidence, whofpcak as if the Cofpel
were entailed iipon £ngla„d,hy vertuc oijowe An-
cient Charter; as if God would make us f.vc.p-
tionsfrom his General Rule, which iS totake away
ahifd, defpifedmeans, andmercus,^nd^vcn^u.l
owi muchof .cr.^g.n-.. .« o.r cafe-^ y^t.lctUS
Re]oyce wabtrer^hng, \c'\ when Prophanene s,
and Debauchery dogReligion fo clofe at the heels,
fhe five not thither, where (he may find better
Quarter : It has made great ImprcfTion upon me
when I read the Divine Herbert , in his Church
Militant ;
' " Rcligionftands on Tip-toe in our Land,
"•Ready to pafsto the American Strand;
When height of Malice , and Prodigious
. Impudent finning iWitchcrafts,andDiftruIls,
;ij>. The
The Preface.
( The Marks of future bane ) fhall fill our
Cup
Unto the Brim, and make our Meafure
up, &c.
7. ScCi. Let it be every Mans care to he
found in Gods way : The Promtfe of Proted^iorJ
is annext to Gods way, Pfal. 91. 1 1. Be jhall
give his Angels charge over thee to keep thee in
all thy ways : And tlic Blcfling of God is annexe
to his own way too, Pfal. 128. i. Blejfed is
every one that feareth God, and walketh in hts
ways. When we are over-taken with the evil
of Affltilion, let the firft: Queftion we propound
to our felves be this. Am I not in the way of
Tranfgreffion? Did this c anger f\n(i me in my
Duty f Was I in Gods High-way, or in fomc
by path of my own ? Was I doing his wo>\ ?
Serving bis Glory f If we obfcrve not the way
of his Precepts, I know no Reafon we fhould
plead the promtfe of his Protedion. There are
two things upon which I look upon it as my
great Duty to Reflc(ft ; firfl, whether we were
$n the way of Gods Precepts when wc fell into
our Enemies Hands / Secondly, whether we
■were in the way of Gods Promife when wc efca-
ped out of their Hands ? For the former, I am
abundantly fatisfied, that we were m the way of
our Duty ; for we were fent out by Commillion
from the Right Honourable, Robert, Earl of
Warwick,, the Lord 5<»;i, and the Lord ^rac^,
B who
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The Prepce.
who by Patent from His Majcfly King Charlet
the Firll, were Governors of the Ifle of Provi-
deticcy whither we were bound : For the latter.
If the more fevcrc Reader (liall make it a QncAi-
on, Whether wc coiildin Faith expeli Protdiion
tn an j^dvciiturc vifibly fo rap^ and prtccipitoiu}
And Hiall determine itagainft us, that we tempted
Cod by cafting our fclvcs upon extraordinary
protcClion, cxpeding deliverance without war-
rant, in a way little on this fde Miracle: Ifhall
firJt fay, Let him fhun that Rock, in his own con-
vcrfation, upon which he fuppofes tu to have
d.ipt : Let our Ship-wrack be a Buoy to warn
him of the like prcfur/jption^ and let him learn
more W'fdor.t, at our Cofl and Charges. I (hall
further fay, let him not difcover greater rafhnefs
in Cenfuring our Adventurc,than he charges upon
our yidventure^ but modcfily ccnfider hirifelf,
Irfi he alfo be to-ptcd ; and if wc were guilty of
folly, he may thus gain wifdom by our folly :
But I fh-11 add, Extremity of Ahfery is none
of thebefiCounfcllers; let him put himfelf un-
der our Circumlknccs, and if CowaVdife did
not hinder him from making our Attempt, I am
confident Co;-/c»>?;cf would not: Our Lives were
bitter to us by Reafon of cruel Bondage, and
(though mine was at that time much mitigated)
yet there is a fccret A^agnetifme in a Native
Soil, with which our Hearts being once flron^ y
toucht, could never admit of the leafl variation,
but ffill pointed dircdly Homewards ; and fuch
I The Preface.
\ a Land too, ^swisUkc GoJJjen.aU Li^ht,\vhc:i
n the Land of our Captivity was //^f £<;3^;^ both
d (or Slavery, and Dark;nfs, that lAtboth be
I ! Jell ; and wc thoui^ht it below Men, Un the love
-J r/ Lijc, to \ok (be Keajiinj of our Ltvo, ht >
f ^11 may have
: Qfthey dare try)x Glorious Life, or Crave,
■ Herb.Ch. Porch.
' In a word, though Succefs will not warrant
an evil Mlton. ycr there's much of Jiijlifcatt-
, ; on in it, on the behalf of thofe which arc not fo ;
' nor did wc tempt God to work Miracles, but
trnfledhim to afford US fpccial protection: But
,, if this will not fatisfic, let none imitate us where--
'. in we failed, but rather admire Divine Conde-
il fcenfion, that engaged in our Deliverance, r.at-
I withftandtng our failing.
'! 8. SeU:. Let all that Read this Narrative be
■' Intruded never to promtfe thc»^felvcs <?reat mat-
^ tersfrom Men : I have obfcrvcd it in" the whale
\ Coitrfe of our Captivity, and conitant Tenour of
j: thofe gracious Providences which brought us
I thence, and the Scries of Mercy, Wifdom, and
I Power, that was our Convoy Home, that we
I ever found /»<?/? of Favour from God when we
\ expcaed leafifrom Men : and the ieafi of kind-
; nefs from thofe where wc might, or thought we,
, j might in Reafon have prom'ifed our feives mojL
i B i When
n
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The Preface.
When we met with itnexfeaed Friend^nf, GoA
would teach us to own H,mfelf. V Vhen wc
mci\v\i\id,f-^ffointmnt, God would teach us
the folly of IdoUung the Creature : I have fcri-
oufly admired the Compaflion and Relief wc
found at Mayoyk., and yet wc knew them to be
Romamfls, and they knew US to be ?rotefia>ns,
and how little rcfpcd we found from/cwf ot our
own Countrcy, at Meant, Cadiz., and St. Lti-
c.irj, and yet we were tycd together in the (tridt-
eft triple bonds of Vn Dieii, Vn Roy, VnLey,
0)ic God, One Kin?, One Law : But God \yas
fceninboth. I could Relate a Paflage during
our Captivity in Jlt^ten, that had more of bit-
tcrncfs in it, than in all cur Slavery; and yet
t\\cy wcic Chtifttans, not Jl^crines; ?rote-
flants, not?aptfis; Engltjhmen, not Strany^crj,
that were the caufe of it : But I have put a force
upon my felf, and am refolved not to publifh it.
In our Return homewards, we met withfomc
who would calk to the grief of thofe whom God
had\voiinded;znd was now in 4 rvay to heal again
Some would Jnterpretatively (ay, with the Churl-
i{h Nabal, I Sam. 25.10. Who are thefe ?
And whence come they ? There are many Ser-
vants now adays that break away. every one from
hu Mafter. But then was the feafon when we
had moft Experience of Gods Faithfulnefs : And I
fliall never ccafc to own before the world the
. great Refpeft we found from fome Engli^} Mer-
^ chants, to whom we were perfect Strangers; and
The Preface.
the Civiliiics of Captain Coodfun,Ca^ta\n Smithy
\iiT, Mate, and his Son, are not to be forgot-
ten.
Perhaps , after all this, the Reader will be
earneft to be fatisficd, why this Narrative has
lien fo long Dormant, and appeared no fooner
in the World? And I fhall herein alfo endeavour to
give him all Reafonable SatPsfaUton.
1. When we return'd into England, we
found our Native Countrcy embroy led in a moH
dreadful Civil War, and moft Men had enough
to do, to bear their own Perfonal Calamities,
and had little need to be troubled with the mifs-
ries of others ; they were other kind of Decla-
rations that flew abroad then, and that was c-
nough to fupcr fede a Narrative of this Natnre,
for fome Years.
2. Hhz great mercies of Cod\iavz not always
their ^«f Wf/V/;: upon our hearts at firfi; and I
have received fignal Deliverances from eminent
dangers fincc 'that great one ; and it's well if all
the mercies of our Lives , all our Deliverances
p/it^together, will amount to an Argument ftrong
enough to overcome our backwardnefs to make
pitbltek^ack/'owledgments.
3 . 1 thought a long while that it was not worth
the while, to trouble the World with my par-
ticular concerns, till the Importunity of /jwr^/
Minifters, and others, both in City and Coun-
trcy, overcame my reluftancy, in whofe Rea-
fonsldidacquicfcc.
Bj 4.1
The rrcf.ice.
4. Ivas confcious to my fclf of great unfit-
vc[s to recommend it to publick view, in fuch
a garb as might vindicate it from Connn-.p \ for
though it has been drawn out many Years im^
Ti-y own hand, and many have had the pernj^iloi
it, h2\'C approved It, and de fired it. ; yet till I
could prevail with a Friend to teach it to fpe.ik^ a
little better En^Ujli, I could not be pcrfwadcd to
\ct[twalk.abrcad: The Stujf andnmur is my
own, t\\<:Trinirr)in7 and Form w another s, for
whom I muft vouch, that he has done the Truth,
piy felf, 'Wd the Reader, jitflice, ■
Having overcome all thefc difficulties, I do
here EriU ny Ebcncur, as ^i (rr.idl MoniP'tcnt
of q^rcat Mercy, and us an Obligation upon my
,Soul to gre.n Duty, and do pray that it may
lland as an AouUu^r n-itiiefs for God in rriy Ccn-
fcicr.cc ; that when ever lam tempted to fin, I
may have an Anfwer ready to flop the mouth of
the Tempter with Indignation : How cm I do
this Z_reat evi', and Jin ,!gainjl my good God}
When I am tempted to diftruft, I may encou-
rage my Faith -from my own Narrative, fayi-ig,
Remenibcr that God who delivered thee at the Sea:
when I am tempted to murmur, I may fupprefs
thofe mutinous thoughts from my own Narra-
tive, faying, Remember what that enduredfl in
Algiers. When my Heart grows cold, and
unthankful , I may chide , and fhame it, from
my own Narrative, into gratitude to God^ That
God, Vfho rfmcmf>rtd tu tn oftr Ivvf EJfate ; for
r
The Preface,
hii mercy cnditreth for ever! who prefcrved us
it the Sea, the Great Sea; for his mercy eudu'
reth for ever ! and fecured us in a Boat, a Con-
tempt tble Boat, for his mercy enditrethfor ever I
who gave us favour in the Eyes of Strangers ,
for hts mercy endureth for ever ! and opened to
US the hearts of Enemies ; for his mercy endureth
for ever ! and taught us to look up to his never
failing Mercy, when Friends fatted, for his mer'
cy endureth for ever ! who returned us fafe to
England, for his mercy endureth for ever I WC
called upon him tn the day of our Trouble^ hs
delivered tu, and we willglorife him.
^ Reader, this Narrative is true, pcrufc it fc-
rioufly, and let not Vanity tempt thee to fay,
Things might have been better contrived, wife-
Her managed; it was God that did what was
Good in All; call not his wifdom in Queftion,
bccaufehe did not create more wonders tograti-
fic thy itching Humour ; perhaps thou wouldfl
have had us been brought over upon * Floating
Jfland, or in a Whales Belly, but I do not under-
ftand that the great God is bound to work Mi-
racles to fave mens longings : God has done his
work well, and none can mend it ; for, what
can the man do that comes after the King ? Eccl.
2. 12. For the matter of FaH Recorded herein,
I might fafely call God to Record upon my Soul
that I lye not : The thing is known to many, and
has been fiftcd , and fcann'd by fuch Eyes and
Ears as are not guilty of eafie Credulity; I have
B 4 Evi-
a
The Preface.
Evidence that may ftorm the moll obftinatc un-
belief: Mr, Thomas Saunders, my Wife's Bro-
ther, being in Alayorl^not long after we came
from thence, faw our Boat hang up/^r a Mo.ik.
went upon the fide of the great Church there.
Mr. Robert Hales, who was there 1671. aflurcs
me he faw the naked Ribs and Skeleton of ir th-n
hanging in the fame place : Now, I afTure thcc,
Reader, I ihouldbe much afhamed of my fcif,
if Strangers unconcerned in my P^rfonal Deli-
verances, fliould be ftifar concerned as to prq-
fervc a Memorial of them, and yet itnihankfnl
I Hiouid Erecft no Standard or Pillar as an Evi-
dence of Gods wonderful appearing for me.
It's true, I am informed by one, that fome
affirm, there are more Boats hanging up in
Jllayork, in Memory of forr.efuch like efcape :
Now, if others have rf<?//yf/c(j/;f^ the fame dan-
ger, by the fame means, it greatly confirms our
Narrative ; and I do hcartily"rejoycc, that Pro-
vidence has appeared in the fame A-icthod for
others, as for our felves : we never intended to
Monopolize Gods Providences to our fole itfe o-
behoof; and we rcjoyce if our Attempt and Suc-
cefs may have encouraged others to make the
like atter,ipt, and have found the hkefuccefs ; but
I do aflert it with great confidence, that when
%ve were in Afayork, there was no fuch Boat
hanging up, but the Inhabitants there <«/rrr<?»wf<i
our Deliverance as fuch whereof they had no
fara/ht : But if on the oth^r fide , thefe , or
fome
The Preface.
fome of thdc fucceeding Boats were but Tr>:po-
Jliire, then the gooJncfs of God appears >7:ore
rcma/Kabte towards us, that we really were the
Subje(f^s of fuch wonder, which others durft
onely pretend to ; and it fcts a lul^c upon this
great Sa.vation, which others have thought /o
confdtrabh, that they judged it worth the while
to tell a lye to entitle thcmfelves to the Credit of
it; {ot it's Cold and Silver, not Copper, or bafer
Metals,i\\^i they who drive the Coyning Trade,
ftrive to Counterfeit.
Let then every one that Reads , underftandy
and ferioufly fit down, and confider with him-
felf, whether he has not had many eminent Per-
' fonal Deliverances in one kind or other, which
this Marvellous Providence of God towards us
may not rcfrefh his memory withal ; and if he
fhail hence be taught to blufh at his forgctfuincfs
of lapfed Mercies ; if this Narrative lliali recover
any loft Providences, and fix them on, and rivet
into his Soul ; if he (hall find himfclf awakened
toduethankfulnefsto God for all his benefits to-
wards him ; let him joyn with me in afcribing all
the Power, and therefore all the Glory, to the
Alniighty, and let him kindly Accept the Afli-
ftanceof him, who fliall reckon it amongft his
other Mercies,* to have teen Serviceable to any
one in Reviving a better frame of Heart. I
am,
■ . Reader,
Thy Friend and Servant,
W. Okcley.
a
A SMALL
MONUMENT
OF GREAT
: ME^CT
sEcr. I.
J Brief JcroH/it ofthofe rrovidcncej
which led torpurds our Captivity
in Algiers.
TH I S Narrative would be too Uappy
if it fhould not meet with fonlc hajiy
undimfatient Spirits, that grudge the
time that's fpent in Preface and Introdftitioni
and fuch as thefe, are wild to come at the Story
f the Boat ; all the reft is but one great tedious
^pertinency, they'lc not give a Figg for all the
* Other.
'/
a A Small Moimment
other. 1 fhall make never the more hafT: for un-
reafonablc Importunity j but the Remedy is in
their own hands, they may turn over a few
leaves, and meet with it in it's proper place, if
they fit upon Thorns. But to the more judici-
ous and conrideratc,it will be acceptable to know
\\OVf our Foot Wds taken in the Snare, as well as
how the Snare was broks", ^ndwe delivered.
In the Moncth oi Jitne, in the Year of Our
Lord One Thoufand, Six Hundred Thirty and
Nine, in purfuance of a Commiflion from the
Right Honourable, the Earl of Wamick.-, the
Lord Say, and the Lord Brook^. we took Ship
at Grave fend, in the Mary of London, carry-
ing fix Guns, Mr. Boarder being Mailer, and
James Walker the Mafters Mate ; the Ship was
chiefly Laden with Linncn and Woollen Cloath,
having in her. Seamen and PaiTengers, above
fixty, bound for the Ific of Provtdcnce in the
Weft- Indies. Five wcek,s we lay in the Downs,
whhing, and waiting for a Wind, and then we
fet Sail, and came to an Anchor near the Ijle of
m^ht ; but by this time all our Beer in the Ship
ftunk,and we were forced to throw it over board,
and to take in Vinegar to mix with Water tor
our Voyage. The next Lords Day we fet Sail
again, and coming between the Wand and the
Main Land, we ftuck faft in the Sands, but the
Tide coming in, hove us off. Thele Circum-
ftances fecm very inconfiderable to thofc that
were no: concerned in the Products of them;
but
Of Great Mercy. 3
but God has given us the Advantage and Icifure
to fee what^rr., thsn^s were in the Womb ot
thefe little tLgs. Had the Wmd flood /.^j^.r
againllus, it had been r..r./.r ;«, and the dan-
ger had been faft ; had it ftood lefs Me againll
us, it had been^r h* too, and we had been
oone pa[i the danger : But God appoints it the
Moment when it Oiould come about to blow us
into the Mouths of our Enemies : We fee the
Truth of that, Te know not what to pray for :
We prayed for a Wind, and we h^d a Whirl-
wind: If we always knew what mifchicf the
Anfwerof our Prayers would do us, we ihould
be glad to eat our words, and pray againft our
Prayers. Denyal is often the bcft Aniwcr, and
we had need leave all Petitions to the wifdom ot
God to be Interpreted , according to his good
pleafure, and returned as they may be good tor
us, and make moft for his own Glory : wc
werealfo taught, that the Sea may fometimcs
be our beft Friend, and the Earth our worit L-
ncmy ; and that nothing can do lu good ox hurt
bntby the Dncihonand CoMWiJfion of the JlL-
mfhty. ■ " ^„j
We were now thee- Ships in Company, ana
one of the other I remember carried Nine Guns,
Mr. Church, Mailer. The fixth day after our
fettingSail fromthl J Jle of Wight, hyhrc^koi
Day in the Morning, we difcovcred three Ships
about three or four Leagues to Lee-ward : The
Maftcrsof onr §hips prefcrtly confuitcd, what
1\
if. A Small Aioni'.mcnt
was mod advifeablc ; whether to itay and fpcak
with them, or to make the belt of our way ;
atlall ( upon what Rcafons I know not ) it was
determined that wc fliould ftay : It was not long
before wc Difcovcred thofc other three Ships to
be Turks Men of War, who cfpying their prey,
endeavoured to come up with us, which about
Night they efTcded : Whilll they were com-
ing up, the Mafters of our Ships fecmcd rcfolv-
cd to Fight them, and accordingly made prepa-
ration to receive them; but in the Night, the
Mafter and Company of the Ship wherein I was,
altered their Counfcis, let their Kcfolutions uyf,
and agreed to run for it; uncertain Ci.tiij '■Is ne-
ver prodnce better fuccefs ; when we might h?.vc
gone, then wc would //^^; and when there was
jio way to efcape, then we mull needs -itter^pr it :
Had we either at firft refolvcd ?iot to fi^ht them,
or refolving to Fight, h^d p)afeauc/'c::r Rcfo-
lutions like men of Courage, wc might, per-
haps, cither have av^ydcd th: duu<rcr^ or h, avc-
ly Mitfier'd it. The Turks perceiving us be-
gin to run, fcntonc of their Number to Chafe
us, whilit their other two attended the remain-
ing two of our Company till the Morning. At
break of Day they began to Fight us, and after
a fhort Difpute Boarded us,and took us all three:
In the Mary, fix were flain,and many wounded ;
fo final! was the difference between Flight and
Fight ; but that the Death and Wounds of tbofe
that Jlye ,_ arc difhonourabic j but of them
tbM
Of Great Mercy. g
that Fight, beautiful, and Glorious. _
Many weeks they kept us clofc Prifoners at
Sea; wefoundmany £«<;/'y?^»'"« in their Ships,
Slaves, like our felves, from whom we had no
other Comfort, but the Condoling of each o-
thcrs Mifcrics, and that from them wc learnt
a fmattering of the Common Language, which
would be of fomc ufc to us when we (hould
come to Algiers, whither ,after five or fix weeks,
wc were brought.
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A StriAll Monnnttnt
SECT. II.
T/jf Dcfcriptioij of Algiers , with their
Alaftncr of Buying , and Selling
Slaves.
ALgitr Is a City very pleafantly Scituatcd
on the fide of the Hills, over-looking the
Mediterranean, which lyes North of it ^ and it
lifts up it's proud Head fo Impcrioufly, as if it
Challenged a Sovereignty over thofe Seas, and
cxpc<fted Tribute from all that fhall look within
the Streights. It lyes in the -i^oih. Degree of
Longitude, and hath foinewhar Icfs than 35
Degrees of North Latitude : The City is con-
fidcrably large , the Walls being above three
miles in Compafs , beautified and ilrcngthncd
with five Gates : Tort-A4ari>ie tov/ards the
North, and Vvn Ptfcadorc not far from thence,
and PorU Nova towards the South ; built, as
they Report, by the Spaniard^ whilft itwasin
their PofTcfllon: The Weil: Gate, which they
call Bnbawite, and the Eaftcrn Gate, which in
their Tongue is called Bub.iz.oon : They have
alfo fcveral ftrong Caftlcs befides that upon the
pointof the Mole, fothat the Town is judged
impregnable. The City is Built vcryftately,
antl yet more ftrong than (lately j and more
Famous
Of Great Mercy. 7
Famous than ftrong, but not more Famous for
any thing than for infamy, being the Retreat, the
Nell of thofe Tmkjjli Corfairs, which have long
Tyrannized in, and been a Terror to the Neigh-
bouring Seas. It is fuppofcd by fomc to con-
tain four thoufand Families, by others, four-
fcour thoufand Ferfons ^ but they mull needs be
very fliort in their Reckoning, it having been
Judged, that of all Nations there could be (jo !cfs
than twenty five thoufand Sluves. The Private
Buildings arc very beautiful, flat Roofd, Ador-
ned with Galleries towards their Courts, fup-
ported by Pillars •• And they may afford to build
fiiinptuoufly, bccaufe they build at other mens
coll, and with other mens hands : Their Tem-
ples are alfo very Magnincent , and much too
good for their Religion, whofe Pradice and
Converfation fpeaks them to fay, 'Ihcrc is no
God. And yet wc Read of a Kelij^ions Thief,
who never went about the worl^j of hif c^t/linjr
C for fo he called /?f.r/;w^) but he would fulcryinly
implore the Ajfiftdnce of his Idol : ;\ {Irange
god, fure; that would be acceflary to his De-
voto's Robberies: And a firange Worfliipper,
that either hoped to Flatter bis god to become his
accomplice in Villany, withtheVowof agood
round fliare of the Booty, or would be fuch a
Fool, to think That God worth the Worfhip-
ping that fhould be thus flattcr'd. They have al-
io many (lately Baths, to which the Men refort
in the Morning, and the Women in the After
8 A Small Monument
noon. But they want oncyworth them (ill, where-
in they might by Faith and Repentance wa(h
awayilk'r hlthincfs.
To this /Mr City wc were brought, yet ia
our Eyes it was mofl: «?/)' and deformed ; for
the French Proverb is univerfally true, 11 n'y a
pofnt de bel Prtz.on. There it no fuch thing oi a.
fair Prifon. I confefs, for a God, it's one of
the btft butlt that I have feen ; there's nothing
that the Soul of Man bears with more regret
than Reftraint : The Body it felf is judged by
fomc to be but the Souls little-eafe, or Cage ;
where though it feems to Dwelt, yet 'tis but in
HonoHTtibte Durance ; and though it dares no?
brc.ik^the Prifon, yet it liftens, and longs for
a CouUeUvcry : There can be nothing large
enough for a Soul but God, from whom fincc
it once at frjl came, it muft needs be reiilefs
till it rctnrn to bim again; and furely it has much
forgot it felf, and cxtrad, if it can take up with
fatisfadion in any thing on thtsfdc its Crea-
tor.
As foon as wc were put afhore, for the firft
Night we were Uckiddoxvn in a deep nafty Cellat ;
fomc inconveniences wc/(f/f,but they were no-
thing to what we/^rf^: The next day we were
carried, or led, or rather driven to the Vice-
Roys, or Bafhaw s Palace , who according to
theCuftome, and his own Right, is to have the
tenth man for his Dividend of the Slaves.
When the next Market day came, we were
driven
Of Great Mercy. g
ariven Itkr />c.j/ls thither, and cxpofcd to Sale •
and there is a great deal of God's goodncfsin
thut one word, tliat it was not to the Slaughter-
hotifc to be Butcher' d, 2S \v cW as to r.\\c A f arks t
to be SoU. Their Cruelty is great, but their
Covttoiifncfs exceeds their Cruelty ; could they
|) make as much of us Dead, as they make altvey
\ that fo both the Interefls , of Cruelty, and of
Covet oiifnefs might he. fe cured and rcconctledy
we are well affured which way it fhould have
gone with us. But it muft be a great deal of
J'allow and Fat, that will anfwer/ivo or three
Dollar} a Afoneth.
Their manner of Selling Slaves is this. They
lead them up and down the Fair, or Market ;
and when a Chapman bids any money, they
prefently ciy,a-Rache ! a R ache ! that is. Here's
fo rr.uch money bidden, who bids n.ore ? They
that cheapen the cxpofcd Slaves arc very cn-
citiifpeil Perfons, they carry their tyes in their
Heads, as well as their mony tn their Piirfes,
and ufethe one in laying out ^o. other; for they
are loth to buy a Pig in a poke : Their firft Po-
licy is to look-in their months ; and a good,lirong,
entire fet of Grinders will advance the Price con-
fiderably; ani they have good Rcafon for this
Pradice : for firft, they are Rational Creatures,
and know, that they who have not Teeth, can-
not <•-«/; andthcy that cannot eat^ camot n>or k,;
and ihzythit cannot work., ate not for their turn;
and they that arc not/or their turn, are not for
') C z their
J
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u
u
■jo . j4 Small Moniment
their money. And SccondIy,thcy intend to keep
them dt hard meat M the Year, and it mull not
he ^itKS, but folid Teeth (nay, ifitwcrcpof-
fiblc, cafe'lMrJeii'd Teeth) that muft chew it ',
and when all is done, they had need of the 0-
Jiriches Stomach to digcft it. Their next pro-
ccfs is to feel their Lin.bs ; QS whether there be
any frail itre, or Difloctttion in the Bones j any
thing Analogical to Spavin, or Ri>{^-honc, for
thcfc will bringdown the Market wonderfully :
And to be clean Limb'd, clofe coupled, well joynt-
ed, will advance it m much. The yi^^e if very
confidcrable ; but they that fell them, did not
breed them, and therefore they know nothing,
morcorlefs of that: Two ways they lave to
find out the Age ; the one is, to ihnd to the
courtefic of the Slaves, but they are not bound
to make any fuch Difcovery, and therefore they
go by general conic(nures from the Beard ,
Face, or Hair; but a goodfct ef Teeth will
make any one ten Tears Toiin^er, and a broken
one ten Years Older than the Truth; for if they
were: five hundred Tfnrs OWall is a cife, if they
could but eat and work^; or if they could not eat,
yet if they could but work, or if neither eat nor
work^, iftheirS/ywj would but/''rc^»« the mo-
ney again. You fhall have the Seller commend
his Goods to the Sky, and the Buyer, on the
other hand, as much vndervalne them, and the
true Market-price commonly lies juft between
them; but fo it is all the World over. 0,fays
the
^.iC— :, :- ■ ■ ■- - ■■■-
Of great Mercy. 1 1,
the Seller, mark what a b.uk^he has, what.
breadth he bears between the fhouldcrs ! What
a Che II ! How jlrong fet ! How fitted on the
nonet for Burdens I Hc'le dobut e'nc too r>:uch
worki PiHi, fays the Buyer, He looks like <z
Ptllard, like a very Meacock, at his Provender ,
and one that fcems to be furfcitcd. But t'ncy
are very curious tn examining the Hands; for
if they be callous and brawny, they will fhrewd-
ly guefs they have been mured to Labour ; if de-
licate, and tender., they will fufpecfl feme CV;;-
tleman, or Merchant, and then the hopes of <i
good Price of Redemption makes him Sale-
able.
When any arc Sold , they muft be trotted
or.ce more to the Vice-Roys, that he may have
the Review of them, and if he likes any of them
at the prizes they went off at, there's no more
Difpute, they are his own.
As for my fclf, I was Sold the firfl: Market-
day to a Tagareen ; and that the Reader may
not flumblc at that hard word, he mayunder-
iland ; That when the Aioors were driven out of
Spiiin by Ferdinand the Great, they, upon their
return into Africa, affumed Names that might
Argue Gentility , and be an Evidence of their
.Ancient Extrafl, from fuch places where they
had hcengreat Dons, and accordingly there are
many Families thus denominated ; as Tagarecns,
Jarbeens, &c.
C 3
SECT.
I
&
A Small Monumtnt
SECT. III.
An Account of foiiie Difficulties that I met
rvith during mj Captnntj in Algiers.
THofe Miferics which it is dreadful to endure,
are yet delightful to be remcwbrcd-^ and
there's a fccrct picafurc to chew the Cud, and
ruminate upon efcafcd d/tn^trs : However, the
Reader may afford to run over with his Eye tn
an hoitr^ that which I ran through tn five Tears ;
and fuppofing himfelf fafe upon the Amphithea-
tre, may behold poor Slaves Corr.hatina with
hcafii below.
The firft Adventure I met with after I was
brought to my Patrons Houfc ( for fo I mull:
now ilile him) had well nigh cort: me my Life.
My Patron's Father being ddirous to fee his Sons
Penny-worth, commanded me up into a Gallery,
which looked into the Court j he began to in-
fuk over me with infupportabiefcorn, refleifting
upon me bccaufe I was a Qhrtftian, and cart: out
fome Exprcflions which did really reflet upon
the Perfon of my Redeemer, (though I have
heard worfejince.') My Neckjwas notyet bowed,
nor my Heart broksn to the Tok.e of Bondage ;
I couJd not well brook., becaufe I had not been
pfed ttatn to fych Language j and becaufe I could
not
Of Great Mercy. 1 3
not ci'prcfsmy fclf in//)e Aiorefco, ox Lingua.
Franc, I fupplycd it with Signs ; and imitating
the Coblers Tarkc, I fignifiedboth ways as well
&S I could, That their Prophet was but a Cablcr.
I confcfs, my meaning was no more, but that
Mahomet, by the hclpof 5f/-^//«, a Neflortan
Monk^, and Abdalla the Jew, had patch'd up a
Cento of Jewijlt, and A/onkip) Foppertes,\vhich
was now their Religion. But he, without the
preamble of many Ratling words, fell upon me
with fevere blows; what ever Rage and Fury
hts Hands or Feet could Execute, that I felt ;
and my intreaties did but inrage his cholcr, fo
:hat 1 faw I might fooner blow out the Ftrc with a
pair of bellows, than lenifie his Paffion with pray'
crs; I had no Other way but this, to make an of-
fer of leaping down out of the Gallery into the
Court, and therefore clapping my Hands upon
the Rails, as if I would throw my felf head-long
down over them , and rather chufe to receive
my Death from r/)e Vaverr.ent, than/;w Hands,
heprefently affwages, \{not hi^ R<*zc-, yctr^e
Execution of it. The Old Gentleman knew ve-
ry well, that if I loft my Life, his Son muft lofe
hts prefent money, and /«r«rf profit; ior there's
little made out of a Dead Mans Skin : and there-
fore he refpites my further punifhment till my
Patron's return , and then indeed this reputed
blafphemy of mine with full cry was carried to
his Ears, and it loft nothing in the telling, but
was aggravated to purpofe: My Patron being
C 4 Naturally
I ^ A Small Monument
Naturally a very pafTionatc Ntan, faid nothing,
but witl.out Exaniination,drc\v out bts lonf kjujc,
( which they conlhntly wear by their fides ) and
made at inc ; and had there doubtlcfs put ..n end
to my life and Cuptivity rj oncc^ had not his wife,
who was there feafonably prcfent, taken him in
her Arms, and fwectcn'cl him into more mode-
rate counfcls. Some will be ready enough to
fay that I was but a A'inrtyr to my own Folly ;
This was not a place for Difpitte^ but Obedience.
Well, I learnrfrom hence twoLcfTons : One,
That irhenihcB'Jciyif aSltive, the Renfon n.uFl
vot exfefi to be Free ; and where the whole out-
w.ird M^:n is in Bondage, the Tovgue mnfi: not
^icad Exemption. A Second , That it's fair
for Slaves to enjoy the freedom of their own Cot,-
fcietxesy without Reviling another s Religion,,
though erroneous; and this wit I bought, as it
fell out, it pretty good Penny-worth.
When the Storm was ovef, my Employment
was afTigned mc ( for they had rather fee a Slave
deadihnn Idle) and forabouthalf a Year it lay
in trudging en Errands, bearing Burdens, and
difcharging other domcftick Services at Com-
mand, wherein the oncly confideration was, thiU
it wat commanded, and notWh.it wa^ comman-
ded.
At this time my Patron had /« part in a A fan
'of War, which carried twelve Guns/ She being
at Sea ( with fome others of the fame place )
met with an EnfUfh Merchant , Li{den with
•• . Plate,
Of Great Mercy. 15
Plate, and other Rich Commodities from 5f ^
and Bound for London, ( one Jfaac being Ata-
jler.,) and after a very j/jrfr^, though //;(/rr<!'»/^
piite, the yllgennes carried her, and brought
her fafc home. The Adventurers divide their
Booty, and being high flown with thisfuccefs ,
they Kefolvc to ht her out again to carry more
Guns ; and from hence grew r>:y new Employ-
ment. Upon the Ciirpcnterjlattcndcd, waited
on the Smiths, to get the Iron- work fitted, and
finilhcd; and truly he allowed mc more for Por-
tage than to the ordinary Han.mcls, or Common
Porters.
When this Ship was now fitted for another
Adventure, my Patron tells me, 1 muj} go in
her ; it was a nipping word : I pleaded, that I
was no Sea-man , underftood nothing of the
Mariners Art, and therefore as he could expe(ft
little Service from r>.e in that kind, fo I mull
cxpcCi mofi rigorous treatment, becaufe I could
not acquit my A If in the Service as well as others;
he removed iny Pleas, and promifed I (hould
not be wronged ; but there was more at the bot-
tom than all "this : For here a cafe of Confcicncc
offered it felf, Whether 1 might without /in in
any cafe fight again/} Chrifltans, on the Port of
the common Enemy of all Chriflianity ? The bell
Refolution I could give my felf, was this ; that
firJl, my employment would oncly lye m man-
aging the T.iciVf, which will kill no body ; but it
was rcplycd,that without the due rr.anagement of
the
16 A Small MoKiment
iheT.:ckle, all the Guns in the Ship would kill
nobody: Secondly, therefore! anlwcicd, That
it was not evident that they would engage againft
Chrifbans more than all the reft of Afi'f'kind ,
for all the World are their Enemies, who arc
JRtch enough to invite thew^und too weak^to reffl
them ; but my Patron had a fobaion worth all
thefe : He told me peremptorily, / «i«/?, and
fijouldgo ; I found my felf under force, I was a
Prefft Aian : who could not examine thejuflice
ef the Caufe, In a word, his Commands were
back'd with Compulfion, and whatever his An.
thority was, he had more power than 1 had Con-
race to d:ny, or ftrength to refijl -^ and go I did.
Yet fhis I will fay for him ; he fpokc to the Cap-
tain r.i 1 Officers of the Ship, to treat me civtly,
that is, lefs cruelly thnn other Slaves were treated:
He gave me feme money alfo in my Pocket,
bought mc Cloaths, and laid me in Provifion
above the Ships allowance.
Nine weeks we were at Sea, within, and with-
out the Streights, Cruifing, and Pickarooning
up and down, at (aft we met with one poor Hun-
garian French Man of War, whom we took,
and fo returned.
My Patron having been at great charges in
fitting, and manning out this Snip, andithe He-
frifals fo flenderly Anfwering his great coft, and
greater hopes, told mc, I mull allow him two
Dolcrs per r/ioaethy and Live afhorc where I
wouW, and get it where I could. This was a
hard
Of Great Mercy. jj
hardch.ifter. That he that cou'd not maintain
htmfelf, fhould be compelled to contribute to
the maintenance of *?«of^fr; it was difficult /<»
ratfe tncreafe OMtoi no flock^, and to pay Interefl
out of no rrinipal ; but there was no contend-
ing .• It coft me much debate with my felf, and
I turn d my thoughts into all forms and [hapes,
but all projcds that prefented thcmfclves were
incumbred with fo many diffciilttcs, that they
amounted v^ry near to trrjpofjibtitties. The more
Iconfidted, the further I found my felf from «
concliifion,ur\d I could fee no way but one, (but
that was worth a thoufand, could I have made
thebc/l of it,) andzhatwdiS to commit my felf to
Cod, who had brought mc into this flrait, be-
fceching him that he would bring rr.c out of tt.
But that my trufling to God might not be a
clo.',k_for La-Ltncf, or a Pillow for Sloath to red
upon,I addrcd my felf to an Englijh-man,w\\otQ,
condition was that of a SLive , whofe Calling
was that of a T.iylor.Uc at firft word counfcllcd
me to come and ftay with him, and he would
teach me to work of his Trade, I accounted
nothing ba/e that was honcft, and neceffity would
ennoble afar meaner Employment , and very rea-
dily clofed in my thoughts with his motion, and
was fuddenly elevated into huge hopes that I
fhould now be in a capacity to Anfwer my Pa-
tron's demands, and efcape his lafli. But my
flraits were not ( it fecms ) great enough to
gloj-ific God j nor my condition mean enough to
mag-
H:
18 J Small Moimmnt
ma^^ninc his Power in raifing mc ; I \yas not re-
duccdto Ih^it Extrcn-.uy which would make an
Oppartumtyto exalt his appearing Mercy ; tor
when I came to him the next day, 1 perceived
by his filencc that his Mind was changed, and I
was loth, enhcr out of Modejly, or Pndc, to
give him further trouble ^ and therefore Inter-
preting his StUnce to be 4 more Civd way of de-
nyal, 1 left him, and once more Laimcbcdout
into the wide World.
In this forlorn Pofture 1 wandred, but neither
k»exv, nor n„ich caredxvhuher ; though the wife
God both ^«c,v, andcared; and his Providence
Dircrtcd mcto another Enfhjh-»>.:>,, who was
fitting in .. hnle Shop : He asked mc what News?
And ( as that which is uppcrmolt always comes
out firlt) I prefcntly began the Story of my
defpcratc Condition i how the Rigid Law ot
my Patron ha^ impofcd tm JhlUnper Aoucth
Jon me, and I knew not where to levy ihcleajl
Mite of n: He heard, conf.dered, htycdmy
Condition, and invited mc to come and lit in
the Shop with him •, but feeing nothing but bare
Walls, I asked him, to wb.^t End? What
Trade (hould we drive there ? There's not much
difference between //f>-^»«i »" the Streets and
^ the Shop. Countrey-man ( /^'d ^O I dr.v^
here an unknown Trade ; here I fell Lead, Iron,
Shot, Strong - waters, Tabacco, and many other
thin&s: This Motion was a great deal too good
to be rcfufcd ; and I think at that time no to^e-
Of Great Mercy. 19
rable condition would have ftuck with mc.
1 acquainted my Patron with my Defign,
p'eaded I wanted Itock to fct up with -, he lent:
mc a f»iHllmodui:m, and with another pittance
that I had privately refcrvcd of my own, 1 be-
gan to Trade. That very N-ght I went and
bought a parcel of Tabacco ; the next Morning
we drefs'd it, cut it, and fitted it for Sale ; and
the World recmed to fmile on us wonderfully.
In th s way of Partncr-fhip we continued for
fome while, and what we got clear, we divided
every weekaccordin^ to the proportion of our
refpecftiveitocks In a whilc,findingthe world to
come in upon us, we ventured upon no Icfs than
a whole But of Wwe ; fome Money we had,'and
forrje Credn : This Winc we drcw out, andgot
confiderably by it. But its very diiTicult to
maintain Moderation in an exalted ilatc, for even
ff«r//<nf was capable o( hmcr andworfe; tot
my Partner being elevated with our. good Sue-
cefs, grcww ^vodFclUw, andab.id Hndwjdy
ncglcaedhisbufincfs, wcnttiphng, andfud'mg
up and down, and the concerns of the Shop and
Trade lay wholly upon my (houlders.
It fell out, t\ut one John Randal, who, with
his Wife and Child were taken in the fame Shio
with my felf, being put to the fame fliifts with
my felf, an.l, as 'tis very common, having a
Moncthly Tax impofcd upon him by his Patron,
which he mulKcrape up where he could, and
befides maintain hiinfelf, his Wife, and Ch'ld».
went
JO -^ Small Moniment
went up and down fccking fur Relief, at lafl
the poor Man ftraggled to our Shop : His cafe
made great impreflion upon mc, I could not but
confider the goodncfs of God to inc, that fhould
now be in a condition to advifc^ and help anuthcr^
who fo lately wanted both my fcif ; and it had
this operation uponmc, that I wou d not fulTcr
a poor diilrcflcd Countrey-man, a Fellow-Cap-
tive, a FcllowChriilian to iland begging at that
door, where I had fo lately itood my fclf: Shall
I fhut the Door, or my Heart upon him, when
God had opened a Duor of hope to mc in the
day of my Trouble? Shall I foill requite the
Lords kindncfs to me ? Surely that God who
comforts »j f/i our Tribulations, cxpe(fts that tve
Jliould con.fort othirs in theirs, zCor. 1.4. I
bad him therefore come in, and knowing him
to be a Clover by Trade, advifcd him to learn
to make Canvas Cloaths for Seamen that are
Slaves; and for my own part, he fhould fit
Rent-free ; but if my Partner would infill: upon
hti Alotety, he muft be willing to fatisfic him,
for I had no power to determine of anothcrs
Right.
It were tedious to trouble the Reader how I
wore out three or four irkfome Years in this
way of Trading ; All this while there was no
dawning of Deliverance from our Bondage : As
one Year left us, another found us, and deliver-
ed us over Captives to the next .• Our condition
was bad , and in danger every day of being
worfe,
Of Great Alcrcy. 21
worfe, as the mutable Humours of our Patroncs
determined upon us, for our Shop and Trade
was no freehold : The truth is, in time we were
fo habfttiated to Bondage, that we a\mol\ forgot
Liberty, and grew ftupid, and fenflefs of our
Slavery; like IJfachar, wc Couched down be-
tween our burdens, we bowed our fioidders to
hear, and became Servants to Tribute, Gcn.49.
14, 15. And were in danger to be like thofc
Jfraelttes in Babylon, who being once fettled,
forgot Canaan, and dwelt wit b the Ktn^ for his
work^, 1 Chron. 4. 23. Wc fccm'd as if our
Ears had been bored, and WC h^d vowed to Serve
our Patrones for ever. Long Bondage breaks
the Spirits, it fcatters Hope cjj\ and difcoura-
^cs ail at tempt! for Freedom: And there were
more evils attended our condition than the bodily
torture, which wc were always lyubU to, and
fometimes endured^
I. We were under a perpetual temptation to
deny the Lord that bought tti, to make cur Souls
Slaves, t\{dLi our B>dtcs mi^ht Recover Liberty.
As Satan once tempted Job to Curfe God. and
dye ; fo he knew how to change his note to us ,
and accommodate his Snare to our CunditionXo
Curfe God, that we might Live. How many
have made Ship-wracl^ of Faith, that they might
not he Chained to the Galleys? I can never e-
nough admire the grace of that Promife, Pfal.
125.3. The Rod of the IVicked fiall not al-
ways refliipon the Lot of the Righteotu, left the
Ri£hte-
2Z A Small Monument
Righteous pit forth their h.tniis to Ininuity ^ nor
ever enough adore the faithfulncfs of him, who
vpill not fujfer tu to he tempted above th.tt we are
Me^ I Cor. 10. 13.
And 2. Evil is the unr^aning^ and difptnttng
cf the Soul to worthy Anions ; for we arc apt
to pit on the Temper and Sprit of Sl.ives with
the Habit , and the Chrillians of the Greeks
communion, are a very fad tnfiance of this
And 3, We were very much at a lofs for the
Preaching of the Word : And yet herein the gra-
dous God Ikpt in for our Relief.
SECT.
Of Great Mercy.
SECT. IV.
>' \\
HoTP Cod Trovided for our Sojtls, by fend-
ing us an Able Minifter to Vrcacb the
Co/pel to m in our Bond./gc.
THE Gracious God looking upon theaffliifl-
ion ol his poor Servants, and Remer/,bring
M in our low EJlate, was plcafed many ways to
m tigate the load of our Captivity: Wc have
Rcafon to fay, with the Church, E;Lra 9. 9. IVe
were Bondfmcn^ yet our Cod hati) not forfnkcn
us in our Bondage, but hath extended Mercy to
us, to give U-'.a reviving, and a Nail in hn Ho-
ly place : And thus he brought about his Dcfign
of Grace and Mercy. There was an Enghfi
Ship taken by fome of our Algermc Piratcs,and
in her one Mr. Devereux Sprat, a Minifterof
thcGofpcl. Itdcfervcsourconfideration, and
grcatcft Admiration, that the wife God fhould
jHpp y our Ncccfsittes at the coft and charges of
others ofhis dear Servants : But thus Providence
fcnt Jofeph into Egypt , where he endured a
thirteen Years Slavery, that he might preferve
the Lives of his Fathers Family, within whofc
narrow walls the moll vifiblc Church of God m
thofc days was cnclofcd, Cfw. 45. 5. Now,
fome of usobfcrving this Mr. Spntt to be a Pcr-
D fon
if
2:^. A Small Monument
Ion of very Sober, Grave, and Religious De-
portment, we addrefTcd our fclvcs to him, and
humbly entreated him, that we might enjoy the
benefit of his Miniltry; in Order whereto, wc
(iefircd him that he v/oiild compound with his
Patron at fo much a moncth as he could, and bc-
caufe we were abundantly convinc'd of our Du-
ty to aiiminilicr to him of our Carn,il tlrtngs,
who fliould adminilter to us of his Spiritiiah,\vc
engaged to allow him tt Competency to maintain
liimfcif, and fatisfie the cxpccftations of his Pa-
tron : 'I he good man hearkened to us with much
rcadinefs ^ and now indeed we found our bur-
dens much lighter, and our conditions not prefs
fo hard upon our Spirits : Thnce <? weeli this
Godly painful Servant of Jcfus Chriil prayed
with us, and Preach d to us the Word of God ;
our meeting place was a Cellar, which I had hi-
red at fome diftance from our Shop, where I
flowed fome Goods that were peculiarly my
own, when we fell into a greater (Irokc of Trade.
To our Meetings reforted many , fomctimes
three or fourfcore, and though we met next the
Street, yet wc never had the lead diilurbancc
from the Turkj, or Aifoors-, for whilft wc in-
termedled not with their SHperJlitions, but paid
our Patroncs their demands^ we might, without
,any difturbancc from them, IVorPup our Cod ,
according to our Confciences : It's true, that fuch
were the circumlbnees of the Slavery of many
poor Chriftians, that they cohU not attend ; and
fuch
Of Great Mercy. 2^
fuch the wretched carelefsnefs of others, that
they would not attend, and fuch the Provifions
that God had made for others, by other means,
that they needed not , perhaps , attend upon
Gods VVorfhip with us ; but thus was our God
plcafcd to give us the means oi Jlrcnpiming our
Jraith, and Comforting our drooping Spirits,
At length came one Captain Witdy of Rat-
cliff to Trade there, who, with the AfTillancc
of the Leghorn Merchants, freed our Miniftei*
from his Patron, After his freedom from his
Patron, yet there remained a Duty of fixty Boi-
lers, which was a particular charge payable to
the Publick Treafury, before he could be fully
enlarged from the City .• Wc Petitioned there-
fore the Captain, that he might, and Mr. Sprat
himfclf, that he would ftill continue to be Ser-
viceable to our poor Souls, in the work of the
Gofpel, and we eafily prevailed, and had the
benefit of his Miniftry whillt I ftaid there.
D 2
SECT.
26
A Small Monument
SECT. V.
Some R€»iark,Me Obfirvatiotfs tbut I
gleaned up , whilji I remained in Al-
giers.
THcy that are prclTcd with their own Pcrfo-
nal Crtcv.iiccj, have little Icifurc to lool^
abroad, SiWd obkrvc the Motions of others ; and
indeed our own Afllidions however fwectncd ,
lay ftill gnawing, and gratinp, upon pur Spirits,
that wc mull: needs be very ill qualified to trca-
fure up materials to make a Hiilory. Such a
DeGgn required Leifure , Liberty, Privacy ,
Retircdnefs, Intelligence, and ftrid correfpon-
dcncc, to all which we were pcrfed Strangers.
Yet fometimcs I could make a Truce with my
Troubles, and obtain fo long a ccfiation from
my Vexatious prelTures, as to make Obfer-
vation.
And, I. The Hypocrifie of their Profefsion
was fo notorious, that he mud put out his Eyes
that did not fee it. One Mopeth in the Year they
Obfervc their Rar^cdur^, which is their Lent ;
and indeed they Obferve it by day with more than
A/onkijJi Jnftcrtty, impofing upon themfelves
a total Akfiinence : Ao Obfervation which they
may be prefumed to owe to that Nefiortan
Monk.}
Of^reat Mercy. Z^
Monk., who club'd with Aiahomet in the cur-
fcd invention of the yikhoran : But for all their
demure Oiuidragcfimal loohj by day., they give,
or fell themfelves to commit with orcedtnefs all
manner of the molt execrable Villanics by night.
And they cheat themfelves with this cvafion ;
that forfooth Mahornet Commanded them to Fafi
fo many Days , but not fo many Nights : For
now they beat up their Drums, and call their
Friends firll out of bed, thcnout of doors ; they
provoke, challenge, dare one another to cat ,
drink^, andrun into all excefs of Riot. Thcy
will neither f^are Man in their Rage, nor Wo-
man in their Lttfl : The two hungry Meals of
tae Day, makjs the third of the Night an errand
Glutton. By Day they create themfelves a
Purgatory, and by Night the poor Slaves find a
/Jell. Now , when they have cram d their
Guts all Night, and arc Maw fie k, in the morn-
ing, they put on their Lenten face again ; and
call that a fafi, which is but Phyfick;, and pre-
tend Religion for thit which thcy arc compell'd
to by Nature ; that is, they Fafi when they can
eat and drinks no longer ; But indeed their Faft
by Day is nothing but a d,y Drupkennefs ; for
when they have drunk, and whored themfelves
into fin, they fancy they merit a pardon by ab-
ftinence. A piece of Hypocrifie fo grofs, thai
whether it be to be fampled any where in the
World, unlefs, perhaps, by the Po^tfh Came-
vals^ 1 cannot tell.
D 3 2, I
i' 1
•ftS A Small Monument
2. I could not but Obferve, that thoiighthcy
allow, that every Man may be faved in that Re-
Imon he prcfifjes, frovidcd he rvalkj by tts
ji'iiles, and therefore that at laft, the yewj, un-
der the Banner of Mofes-^ the Chriftianj, un-
der the Banner of C'/;n// ; and the Tariff, under
the Banner of Mahomet, fhaH all March over a
fair bridge, into I know not what Paradifc, a
place far beyond the Elifiaw Fields j yet they
afford no mi rcy to one, who having once projef-
fed, afterwards Revolts from MahuMetaHifm j
an inlbncc whereof I (hall now prefcnt the Rea-
der wirh.
The Sfaniardi every Year return a confidera-
blc fum of money to Al/jen, to be employed
in the Redemption of fuch of their own Coun-
trey as arc there in Slavery : Some fay, there
is a particular Trcafury fet apart for that Ser-
vice; but this I know, that they ufc the Cha-
ritable benevolence of well dtfpofed Perfons, to
advance it. Now, there u as a Spanish Frier,
that was a Slave, who being paflcd by in the
Redemption that Tear, took it very hatnoufly to
be negle(fled , thought h\n\h\i much yvronged-^
hereupon he grows Dtfcontented, and the De-
vil ( who never works with greater fuccefs than
upon that Humour) takes the Advantage to pujii
him en-, and heinapett. Renounces the Chrf-
ftian Religion, declares himfclf a AfuJJ'ulman ,
and accordingly appears in his Turktjh Habit!
I knew him very well by fight, he was 3 fat,
' ' corpulent
Of Great Aiercy. ; ;
corpulent Pcrfon ; but after ht had turned Rene-
gado, I obfcrved him to become ihangc'.y lean,
and dcjellcdinhis Countcna>:ce, but I little flif-
pe(fted , that the Root of his Dijlempcr lay ia
iji-s Confciencc : but it fcems he had fevcrcly rc-
flcdted upon hti ylpvjiacy, for he had not Re-
nounced onely his J'opoy, but his Chrifitanity :
His own Confciencc, which wjs a thoufind
Witneffes againit him, was;j thoufind Tormen-
tors toWm\: Long he bore it's fccrct and fiing-
vig Lajhes, but when he could no longer ihnd
under them, he goes to the Vice-Roy's Palace,
and there openly declares himfclf a Chriltian ,
and protcfls againft the Supcrltition and Idola-
try of Mahomet, iS 3 moll Execrable, and dam-
nable Impoflurc : Immediately he is convened
before the Counccl,and there fi:ri(ftly Examined,
he pcrfilts refolutcly in his Profcfl'ion, where-
upon he is clapt in Irons, and for fomc time there
fccurcd ; Now, they pretended this Reafon for
their procedure. That there had been fome
pradifing and tampering with him, either A/o-
rally by Argument, or Natural y by fomi Dofe
of intoxicating Drugs, that had thus Diftem-
pered him ; for loth they were it fhould be
thought, that any Man of found mind, or >,:a-
fler of his Reafon, would ever Revolt from their
Religion : But when they fiiw him fixt in his Rc-
folution, and that neither what he felt, or might
fear ; what they had nifliUed, or could threaten,
did unhinge him from his Profeflaon, they pro-
k D 4 cccdcd
30 A Small Alomiment
cccdcd to the laft Remedy, and inexorably Con-
demned him to the Fire : A way of Piini(hmcnt
which /k^ /fijrwf /'row r/;f Spaniards thcrr.fciva,
who fir [} fct lip the Incjuifition a^ainjl the Moors,
and have now turned the ed^e of tt amrijt the
Protcjlants. And now they proceed to the Ex-
ecution of the Sentence, which was performed
with fomc Pomp, and State. And firft, they
formed h Crown xvith it Crofs upon the top of n^
within the Phtcs, and liars whereof they put
Flax; thus Crowned, they Guard him through
the City, out of the Welt Gate, about halt a
mile, which was the appointed place of Execu-
tion : andfirft, one puts Fire to the Flax in his
mockzCrown, to takcpofliiTion oi his Had, in
the Name of the re ft of his Body : at firit he
fliook it off, but another put Fire again to it with
a Cane, and then the poor man flood patiently ;
and prefcntly they put Fi'-e to the whole Pile,
and there burnt him : 1 faw fome of his Bones,
and fcorchcd Flcfh after he was dead ; and the
fame Evening came a Zealous Spaniard, and
carried away fomc of his fcorchcd Flefli, and
Bones, as the Holy Reliqties of a Martyr, fay-
ing, Jh.roc now done enough to make fati/'fi^ii-
en fur .'[I the f-.s th t I h.tve committed.
3. It's worth .Admiration, to fee in what
^reat awe they rtand of ihc meaneft Officer, who
is known to be fuch by his Turhant, and Ha-
hit. If any AiTray be made, or a murder com-
mitted in the Streets, the Chiang- , or Officer
pre.
Of Great Mercy. 3 i
prefcntly comes without any Weapon, or Per-
fon to affill him ; and if he feizes the Oficndcrs,
none is fo hardy as to refill even unarr/cd Autho-
rity.
4. The great Reverence which the Moors
pay to the 1 urk^s, though both Aiuhim.etans, is
remarkable; If a AUur fliall dare to Jlnke a
Tm k^, he is punilht with great fevcrity : I faw
two Moors whilil I was there, whofe Ri^ht
Hands were chept off for this one Crime, and
hung about their Necks inlirings; the one was
fct upon an Affc, the other walkt by on foot, the
Common Cryer proclaimii g before them their
Offence, through the chief Streets of the City.
I i.\v; another alio with his heels tyed to a Hor-
fesTayl; he was wholly naked, onely he had
on a pair ofLinnen Drawers, and thus was he
dragg'd through the Strees : It was a molt la-
mentable Spc(ftacle. to fee his Body all torn with
the rugged way, and Hones : the skin torn off
his Back, and Elbows, his FIcad broken, and
all covered with blood, and dirt, and thus was
he dragg'd through the City out at Biibaz.oon,or
the Eait-Gate, where he ended his miferablc
Life.
Tv/o others of their own Countrcy-mcn I faw
Executed in a moll terrible , and dreadful man-
ner, ( but cither I did not know, or do not re-
member their Crimes : ) The one was thrown off
from a high Wat.', and in his Fall he was caught
by the way, by one of i be great fharp Hook/,
which
m
m
; f 32 A SntAll A'lonimcnt
'l whicliwcre faflncd in the Wall; it caught him
\)\ ytJtnnJer the Ribs, an.l there he hung rodrifiif
;; if m it/ifi>c,ikjb/cp.ii;: till he dycLl. The other was
'■I fajhitdto ,t L.idilcr^ his ivny?j, and yl'iklcs hc-
iJ I ing nailed through with Iron fpikfs, infucha
jj'l poilure as fonicwhat refciiibles the Celebrated
\yf Crofs of St. jitjdrew ; an'd le/l his Flcfh and
'::| Sinews should fail, and the Nails not hold; his
Wrifts and Ankles were bound fait with fmail
Cords to the Ladder : Two days I f.iw hu^ alive
undtr thii Torture, how much longer he Lived
under it I cannot tell.
5. They are generally great Enemies to De-
bauchery in Publick : It's a great fcandal to them
when they fee any Chri lians, who broi^^^ht th.tt
licitjlialtty out uf thrir own Countries with them,
to be guilty of it. I have heard them fay, of a
Drunken Slave ; A Chn/l-utu ? No, He's a
Swine. And though they will indulge thcm-
fclves by Night ( cfpeciaily in their Kamciam
Moneth) yet woe be to him, that (hall Offend
hy Day in th.it kind. There was an EngUfh-
man, who had brought over with him his Drunk:
en Humour, and his Captivity had not mttde him
Sober: and when Rehgton h.is not firm hold of
the Heart, a little matter will make fuch a one
let go his hold of Religion : This En^ltfi-man
turn'd a Renegado, and of a Dntnken"chrt(ltan
became a Drunken Tiirk^, and was not able to
keep the Tot from his Head,A\ixm^ their holy time
«f Ramedam ; being one day foqnd thus like a
Sor,
Of Grent Mercy. 33
Sot, he was brought into the C.ijJ'.ibJ, or chief
Court of Judicature, where he was adjudged to
receive many hundreds of violent blows, fome
upon his nuked JJticI^ and Reins, others upon
bis naked Belly ; he could not creep from the
place of punifhment, but was earned away by
The Harr.rKcls; his Bi/Zy, and B/Jci^werc fo ex-
coriated, thzt SarKpfori Baker, ziiEnghlh-man^
who was his Chirurgeon , afllircd me he was
forced to cut otF abundance of his Flefh before
he could be Cured.
6. What Cruelties they Excrcifc upon poor
Slaves, needs not be mentioned, and there will
be an Occafion to fpeak of the mofl Ordinary
iv<*)of punifhment c're long. Let it fuffice,that
all is ylrbitrary, and tinlimittcd. If a Patron
fliall k'ii his Sl.ivc, for ought I could perceive ,
he fuitcrs no more for it, than if he fhould ksH
his Horfe : There was a Dutch Youth, a Slave
roa7';(ri;, who, upon fome provocation, ^r^rw
his Knife at hts Patron ; for this OJfer, he was
Sentenced to be dragg'd out at one of the Gates,
and there to have his ^rfns and Legs broken m
pieces with the great Sledge Hammer, which Sen-
tence was accordingly Executed, for though I
could not fee his Face for the crowd, yet / heard
the blows, and the mifcrablc Crys of the poor
dying Young Man,
SECT.
"71
%
34
yl Small Monument
SECT. V [.
The jzriev'>u.f Punipmcnt Tfjjf/^c:! upon
John Randal, the Authors Danger, and
Dclivcr.wce fro»: thcfiff/ej n'poii prc-
tefrcc that they h.ul attempted to niak?
tin Ej'cupe.
IT is time to rc-aflumc my own concerns, and
look a little into my own Condition, which,
through the good /"rovidcnce of God, was much
better than that of many of my poor Brethren
and Fellow Captives j and yet I met with great
Ebbings and Flowings in my Tranquillity : whilil
I was managing my Trade very lloutly and fuc-
cefsfully, ( J oiin Randal wioxV^mg with me in my
Shop,_) my Partner having now knockt off, and
left all tome: One day I changed a Twenty fhil-
ling piece of Gold for Silver with a Friend, and
having the money chinking in my hand, John
Randul asked mc, what I did with fo much mo-
ney ? I dcfired him to keep it for me, till our re-
turn, and he fhould know : For he being not
very well, wc agreed to walk out of the Town
to take the frefli Air j a Liberty, which for fome-
what above a mile, is indulged to the Slaves :
When wc had walked almoltto the end of our
Tedder.
Of Great Mercy. 35
Tedder, I was dcfirous to walk a little further
toviewtheCoails, if, perhaps, any Advantage
might offer it felf afterwards for an Ecape,
though wc ytttnaily dcfijTncdnofuch thing. As
we were prying about the Scafiie, one of the
Spies appoiitcd conltantly to watch, icftany of
the Slaves fhould Run away, came to us, and
charged us with .7;; itttcn:pt to r,u kf r.n Efcape ;
wc flatly dcnycd it, but he l:.id hold on us ; there
was no rcfiiting. Obey we mull, and accord-
ingly attended his Mallcrfhip towards the
City : As we drew near, 1 cfpyed fomc EngUflt
rr.en at Quoits, ( for with fuch Recrcdttons and
Diverfions, they are willing now and then to be-
guile the tcdiom minutes of lingring thraldom, )
I beckoned to one of them whom I knew, tx pre-
tending onely to whifpcr with him, I fccrctly
conveyed to him my Frrfe, wherein wcxc feven
Pieces if eight ; \ve were prcfcntly met by ano-
ther Spyc, and thofe two led us to a little blind
Houfe, where they fearch'd us, they took away
the iwnty flu lings, which I had put into my
Friends hand, and finding nothing upon me, tool^
away my Doublet, and then brought us before the
Vice-Roy, and hisCouncil : \Ve were (Ira ighc-
ly Examined, and ilrongly charged with an At-
tempt to Efcape : We peremptorily denyed ally
and itood upon our Innocency , affirming, that
our onely defign of walkinq abroad, was to take
the frefli Ait., occafioncd by my Fellows Sick-
nefs. This Purgation would not be Accepted ,
and
A
,5 A S trail MonumeM
andtheB.«/c(j« was commanded to be brought
forth, \vc anfvvercd, wcdunl notfalfely accufc .
ourfelves, nor make our felvcs Criminal, when
we were not fo, and therefore if fuch was thetr
•will and plc.ifure., we mull: abide by it, and fo
tvefat down bytbeJKckj.
The way of pHntfinicnt by the B.tttoon, or
Cudq^ el, IS thii. They \\zvca jlrong ftajf^aboitt
fix Foot long, in the middle whereof are bored
two holes. Intothefc holes a Cord is put, and
the ends of the Ccrdfajlned on the one fide the
flaf, with knots, fo that it makes <r Loop on the
ether fide. Into this Loop of the Cord both the
Feet oi the Perfon Condemned to this Punifh-
ment are put; then two litsiy Fellows, one at
each end of the ftaff, lifts it up in their Arms,and
twiflinv the fiajf about , till his Feet are fafi
pinch' d With the Cord by the Ankles, they raiie
up his Feet with the folcs upwards, well nigh as
high as their flioulders, and in this pofturethey
hold them, the poor man the mean while re fling
only With hit Neck and Shoulders on the ground:
Then comes another lufty ftnrdy Knave behind
him , and with a tough jiwrt Truncheon gives
him as many violent blows on the foles of his
Feet as the Council (hall Order.
But the Vice-Roy, with his Council, gather-
ing from circumftances, and induced to believe
us by our conftant , and refolute denyal of the
Fa(fl, omitted at prefent any further punifh-
ment, and only commandedus to be laid in chains
Of Great Mercy. 3^
in the Vice-Roy's Pnfon till our Patrones fhould
demand our Liberty, and fetch us out. And
the next day wc were both delivered, though
with differing Fates; As Pharaoh's Chief Hut-
Ur, and Chief Baker were both taken from Pri-
fon, the one to be Advanced, the other to be
Hanged: For John Randal's Patron being a
very Termagant, ufed that abfolute and uolimit-
tcd Sovereignty which they pretend to, over
their Slaves, and Commanded him to receive
three hundred blows upon the Soles of his Feet
with the Battoon, in manner before dcfcrt-
bed : As for my felf, when 1 was brought home,
the Spyc that fcized us, came and demanded
Money of my VoXion for his nood Service (not
reckoning that he had any thing of me) which
put him into a moil dcfperate fit of Pairion,and
calling me Dog and Jew, andaHto naught, com-
manded-mc to go work, in the Looms with two
other Enojifi-r/ien that were Slaves, and Lm-
nen-cloath Weavers : But alas, I was a very
bungler, and undcrftood nothing of the Craft
and Myflery of Weaving more or lefs ; but
there I wrought till I had fpoylcd all that I laid
my Hands on : Now, when he faw that my la-
bour this way would not turn to Account., he
rated me for a Loggerhead, and bad me fll
Quills for the other two ; being now degraded
from a bundling Weaver tO an exx client ^ller of
Quills, I continued about a Moneth ; my Shop
all this while lay at flxcs andfcvens, what was
begome
^1:
'\
3 8 A Small Momimcnt
become of it I knew not, and diirrt: not for niy
Life difcover any dcfirc to return to that em-
ployment. At lall, my Patron asked me for
the Money that he had k'nt me when I fir{l began
to Trade : I Anfwered fubiirrnvely, that I had
not a farthing, all my fmall Elhte lay in a
few Goods, and till they were Sold, I eould not
pofTibly repay him : He calls one of his Slaves,
a Dhth Man, and Commands him to go with
me, and turn all into ready Money, and bring
it him: When I came to my Old Shop, tlnre
WM the Neft t»decd,but all the iitrds vrcrcflowfi \
for in my abfence, (poor John Randal being
Lame, and not able to work, my Partner fome-
time before having left me, and I confined to
another Employment, ) fomc of thefe Rafcals
had broken open my Shop, and thence carried
the beji of my Goods, though my Cellar was Itill
fafc, and fome of my Goods 1 heard of, and re-
covered j what Money I had was hid in the
Ground, as it was my conibnt way : 1 hat night
the Dutchman and my (elf returned to our Pa-
tron, and told him we could fell nothing ; where-
upon he re manded me to my Shop, tVerc to
Trade, paying him the two Dollars a Moneth.,
as I had done before.
SECT.
Of Crc.n Mercy >
SECT. VIL
C n
i^
thi Authors Tdtron grovp'wg poor^ he is
Solely or Mortgaged to another'^ thi
vpondcrfnl k,wdtiefs that he found front
his fecondratrotJt
HEfe was nothing yet working towards a
Deliverance, nor could I yet fee the leafi:
glymmeringofpolTibility which mighs fo much
as flatter my willing mind with a hope of cfca-
ping : . But it's Obferved, that the Night is al-
ways darkefi towards Day-break.; and God is
often drawing nearer to us in Mercy, when we
conceive he is departing further on in Difplea-
fure.
My Patron had hccn finckin^ in his Efiate a
pretty while, the laft Ship he had put to Sea
broke hts backs At laft he was grown (infenfibly)
fo low , that it could no longer be daubed ftp
with his Repute, but he muft be forced to fell all
his Slaves to pay his Debts : It was not much to
me whither I was chopt and ihanged; I might
•change my Coaler, and my 'Goal, but ftill I
was like to be a Prifoner : I might be bought and
fold, and fold again, but ftill my Condition was
Slavery; yet one thing racthoughj was comfor-
i(J Ji Small Afomment
tabic, that the hfi InflrurAcm of n.y Bondage
was come into Mifcry as well as my fclf.
In the partage of his Slaves, it fell to my Lot
andanothen to bc Aiortgaaediox i certain fum
of Money , ]oymly to tw Perfons , the one a
C.ip maker, the other a Grave Old Gentleman,
who nrtiongft his own People had the Repute of
A <-ocd Natur'dand moderate PfrfoN, {as ^ood
Natiirr^ and Modcratt'on go at Mgur. ) 1 he
Day of Payment c<twf ,thc Money was not paid;
the Cap maker and the Old Gentleman /"nj.f»«
,iu aiul hold us in Common, but in a while they
rcfolved to divtdc m , that each of them mi^h:
know his ;-cpfr Goods and Chattels, and each of
ui might know whom \o Call MaJler,,Md vehoj'e
vcbijllc wc were bound to Obey : We arc both
fiiminoncd t6 appear in a certain place at mid-
day,andmuch ado there was about our Dividing :
At lai^ they agreed toCafi Lofts for hi, onely bc-
caufc I was in a handfomc way of Trade, it was
accorded, that he to whofc Ihare I (hould fall ,
nWildJfiay the other fifty Doubles, which, if I
tomputc aright, is Tomcthing more than fifty
.(liilli^igs StcrUng. I Was exceeding fearful I
niould fall to thisCap-malicr, for he had the
'Character of a briitifi, ill-humourd Creature,
'and t'hcrfefarc I was cohcern'd to Hft mV Petiti-
on to-God; that feeing, yfi\\cnthe f^itftwuldbe
cajfirtotheUf, ^^ the whole DiffofitioH there-
of'is' of Cod, hcVduld gi^c rat fsrth a gractoM
JUt : Whatever there is ofCtntingency as to us,
• * there's
Of Great Mercy. ^ j
there's nothing accidental to God. Well, God
Delivered ine from that Tyrant, and I was ad-
judged by the decifion of the Lot to the Old Gen-
tleman: Andifl fhouldbcfilenthere, I fliould
bethcmoft ungrateful wretch Living: I found
not oncly pity and compafsion , but Love and
FriendJJiip from my New Patron; had I been
his Son, I could not have met with more refpeCly
nor been treated with more tendernefs : I could
not \m(haFriendi better Condition than I was
then in, except my ^onds. Ifany thing could bc
mingled with \iondage to make it fweet; if any
thing could Reconcile Slavery to Nature ; ifany
thing could begeC an Acciuiefcence in fuch a ilatc,
I did not, I could not want it. .
And indeed the Freedom that I found in Ser-
vitude, the Liberty I enjoyed in my Bonds was
fo great, that it took off mnch of the Edge of my
delire to obtain, and almoft blunted it Irom any
vigoroiu attempt after Liberty, that carried haz-
ard in it's Face ; till at lafl I was awakened upon
this Occafion.
My Patron had a fair Farm in the Countrey ,
about twelve miles from the City, whither he
took me along with him; he had me to t heir Mar-
ketsjfhewed me the manner of them,& at my re-
turn, he loaded me home with all manner of good
Provifions,that I might make merry with my Fel-
low-Chriftians ; &I had fomc Reafon to conclude
from his great kjndnefs to me, that he intended to
fend mc thither to' manage the Farm for him. I
E z faw
d
• 'jri ji Small Monument
tdW now evidently, that if I once (Quitted myfliepl
I {hould lofc with it all mea>is,all helps, and there-
fore all hofes to rid my fclf out of this Slavery :
And though I might have been there 4 p«fy Lordy
and B4>aw'd it over the reft of my Felow-Ser.
vants, yet Slavery had in it fomething of 1 know
not what harpwefs that I could not hrooi. fetters
cf ColddomtMcthetr Nature, they are Fet-
ters ptl: Had B^j.«^ff's Cage been ofCJcld, as
'twas of Iron, yet it was a Cage; and that was
provocation enough to a haughty Sprit to beat
out his own Brains againfl: it's Bars. This there-
fore quickned my dull temper, and I began to
Refolve to make an Attempt once for all. Now
therefore muftering thofc few Wits Captivity
had left me, I fet them on work, and ran through ,
all things pofsible, and impofsihle j he that wtll ,
findwhatbehasloj}^ mtfi lool^where 'tis not, as j
'acll as where 'tis; and forming ftratagems in my .
Head, fomc Idle, and Fain; fome Defperate, ,
o\}ntxs impofsihle; at lafi: I pitcht upon one, that
feeme d to mefeifabley and praaieable.
SECT.
Of great Mercy.
SECT. VI I r.
43
■^
7he ContrivMce for our Efcapc, the Tcr-
fans Acquaitttecl tvith it, and alfo thofe
that were Engaged in it 5 fome Debatct
about leaving my Patron.
HAving Formed the Dcfign, or at IcaH-, the
rude draught, and general Model of it ,
my firft care was to open it to fome skilful and
faithful Coitnfellers, who might more imparti-
ally difcover to me it's inconveniences, where it
was like to prove leaky, or take w; d; And
firft, I acquainted Mr. Sprat, our Mmiftcr,
with it, and laid before him the whole of the
Contrivance ; and he fo far approved it, that
he judged it pofjlble : Next, I acquainted one
Robert Lake, a very wife and Religious Pcr-
fon, who beftowed his BlelTing on it, and wifh d
it all good Succefs : And laftly, I acquainted my
Friend John Randal , who approved it : Yet
noneof thefe««/^, ot would run the rifque of
it's mifcarriage. Mr. Sprat was already deli-
vered from his Patron, and in a fair way to be
abfolutely enlarged, in a more fafe and Regular
way, for not long after our Efcape came Cap-
jain Pack, oi London, and paid the fixty Dollars,
E 3 and
^ A Small Merwmtnt
and took him along with him for En>'lar,d: John
;?W./hadaWife, and Child, and thcfc were
,.. dear fledges to be left bchwd and yet too
tender things to undergo our Difficulties : ^o-
bert Lake was an Jncent Perfon, and nuther
able M^vely to be carried in, nor aihvd) to car-
ry on a Dclfgn that required much hardmefs of
Body and Mind to endure, and much lircngthto
CO through with it ; we had nothing niorc from
Them than Fraycrs and Connfels, which yet was
the main; and then my next care was, to take
in Partners, and Accomplices in the Defign
And herein I had a three-fold Refped: Firlt,
£0 fuch as were necefar.ly required to Form the
inftrument of our Efcapc and Deliverance : bc-
condly, to fuch, whofcrr_yf^, and approved Ft- ^
deltty I might prefumc would be objlmately, and . j
J?./,?,.«y2v/f<:m in-concealing it: Thirdly, to ^
fuch! McConragecfMind, and firen^th of ,
^<,^v would render them capable to purfae the <
ends of ity to put it in Execution, and go through i
with It. n.
But before I would reveal the Projedt to any ,
of them in particular, I Required an Oath ot\
Secrefie: Thatyvbereas J flwuld now reveal to
htm, or them, a matter of great concernment \o
their Happinefs and Well-fare, they pM Jo-
lemnlypromife, andfwear, that in cafe they did
not approve it, or Xfould not ]oyn tn ttj yet they
(Iwtild, neither direaiy, nor tndireaiyjor fear,,
crfiatteryy difcover ih or the Perfons engage A. ^
Of Great Mcrey. 4S
in it, to ar.y Perfon whatfoever. When a Pro-
iea was once mentioned, which promitcd in-
Seneral therr Happ,nefs .ndlVell-fare, I needed
not tell them in particular what it drove at, they
could fmcU out that with cafe ^ for what could
he Good, or Happy to Slaves withoHt L>b^''y,
This Oath therefore they willingly took -. I judg-
ed fcven Perfons would bc enough to manai^c,
carry on, and Execute it ; and therefore except
the three fore-mcntioncd, I communicated it to
no one Perfon but thcfe following, who engaged
in it, though all of them did not go through
with it. John Anthony, a Carpenter, who
had been a Slave ffteen Tears ; his Trade fu -
ficicntly(hews, how ufeful he would prove in
thToein. IVUUam Adams who fmcc h.s
Captivity, had learnt and u^ed ^he Trade of a
Bricklayer : his Serviccablcncfs in it w ill be evi-
dent in L'fequeU he had been a Slave eleven
Years, hhn jcphs, who was a Seaman, and
muft therefore be prefumed one of the ^™
in a Projea of this Nature; he had cndur.d
Slavery about five Years, lohn--. a Carp n-
tcr, who was a skilful Man m h.s Trade, Lully
of Body, andthcreforemuftbe a good Wheel
I this Engine , and he had been a Save
five Years: And two others, whofe Employ-
ment it was to walh Onall Cloaths at the Sea-
fide, and thofe had alfo their parts in carrying on
the work, though they went not along with us ;
and W'lt'^'"Okjley, who prefeots tbc Rc^er
£4 ^'i"
T\\
46 A Small Moniimtnt
with this Narrative, who was taken jiugufl 1 1.'
1659. and Efcapcdjwwe 30: 1644. thefemade
up the Number of 7. There arofe a ScmpUy
nay, it amounted to a ^e/lton, whether to at-
tempt an Efcape from my Patron, one that fo
dearly Lovaime, fo coHrtcou/ly treated mc,had
fo fairly boHobt me^ were juftifiable before God
and Men/
And, I. It might be a Quertion in point
of Prudence -y for, where could I hope to
mendmyfelf} Or better my Condition.' I might
poflibly find worfe Qnarter in England^ where
the Civil Wars were now broke out , and to
that height of cxafpcration, that thofc of the
fame Nation, and, perhaps, Blood, would
hardly giyc ^wrrrr of Life to one another : If
the Name of Native Coumrey bcwitcht me, if
That da7.1ed my Eyes ; furely jv^f-fwr we are
Well is our Coumrey, and all the World « Home
to him that thrives all over the World : And why
(hould the Name of Bondage, why fhould a
jvor*/ grate fo harfhly upon my delicate Spirit ^
when the fting of it was taken away ? Liberty
is ^good word; but a Man cannet buy a Meals
meat with a word: And Slavery is a hard word,
but it breakj no mans back, Tboufands are more
Slaves than I, who are yet their own Alafters,
and left at Liberty than niy fcif, who have the
free raks^ndran^eof the whole World. But
yet my Patron's favour was no free hold; I held
pot tny Happy time in fttfrrfit, all was advo-
Inn:
Of Great Mercy, 47
luntatem Domini ; bcfides , he might dye, and
leave me to another ; or Live to StU me to ano-
ther, who might be of another Charailer, and
then my Condition would be therefore worfe ,
bccaufc I had known a be tar.
2. It might be QueHioned in point of Jnge-
nitity, how I could be fo unworthy to leave him,
who had Loved mc? Would not all that (hould
hear of it, Condemn me if ill Nature, to leave
without taking leave, one that had been a Fa-
ther tome, who might have ufcd the Right of
it Lord ; and ufcd mc as a Child, who might have
treated mc as a Slave ? But really I thought
there was more of M^mners and Conrtjlitp in
thcOh]c{i\or\,zh!iT\oiwci?ht , and Cogency : Stijl
I dwelt with 'SAcihcch, ai/dhad my Habitation
ar^on^fi the Tents ^/Kcdar ; and one thought
of England, and of its Liberty and Gofpcl con-
futed a thoifand fiich ObyHtons , and routed
whole Legions of thefe little Scruples. It was
no time to lUnd upon the Pimfliho's of Honour
and Ingenuity ; no time to Complement , and
Jhatn coiirtcjie ; here was no Farcwcl Patron,
in the Cafe, and therefore I foon ovcr-came that.
But, 3. It might be Qucftioned in the Court
of Confcience, whether it were not down-right
Theft to with- draw my felf from hts Service,
who had bought mc, pAid for mc, enter'' d upon
mc, pcffcfs'd, and en]oy''d mz, as his own pro-
per Coodsi and now I wits not mv own, had no
right to rpy flfi Whether mignt not a M^n be
' • ' fth
h^4
48 -^ Small Monument
felo de fcy in jlc^ilin£ hiwfelf, as well as killing
lArrJcip And whether he is not the greater /«//-
robber^ that Ikals (iw.'iy hnnfe/f, than he that
fteals awiyfrom himfclf ? But I much qucftion-
cd their propriety to me ; my Patron's Title was
rotten at the Foundation : Man is too Noble a
XHreature to be made fubjcd to a deed of bar-
gain and Sale ; and my con/en t was never ask'd
to all their bargains, which is Efentialytoacztc
a right of Dominion over a Rational Creature,
where he was not born a fiibjecl. If I had for-
feited my Life or Liberty, the Law might take
it ; but I was not Confcious to my fclf of any
fiich forfeiture, but that I was at my awn Dif-
'pfal.
Thus all was clear and quiet, and we went on
with our Dcfign , which I now fir.l: opened to
them : That I had contrived the Model of a
Boat, which being formed in parcels, and after-
wards put together, might, by the fupcr-intcn-
dcncyof Divine Providence, proves;/ ylrk^zo
deliver us out of the hands of our Enemies. This
wasfoonfaid, and greedily entertained; to E-
fcape was a pleafant word, the Name of Liberty
made Mufick in our Ears, and our wifhing hearts
danced to the Tune of tt ; and a Boat was as pro-
rniftngameans as any thing could be imagined :
But when once their thoughts cooled, and came
more fedately to look into the difficulties of it,
they appeared innumerable, and fome of them
|[J:emcd infuDenfble j and fonje things that had
- pad
Of Great Mercy. 49
nail currant in my own thoughts, and [ went
clever away with them, without any rub ; yet
when t'-cy came to be pierced into with more
JEyes, an:. fc-nnM upon more Fingers, they were
attended with confiderable impediments : where
this Boat fhouU be built , was one daggering
Queition : Where it (hould be Launched, and
where put to Sea, was a choaking Objc(ftion :
How vvc fhould efcapc thofe y^r^/«-eyes, which
arc always obfcrvingus by Day, was a gravel-
ling Qucery ; or how to get out of the City by
Night, whofc Walls are fo high, whofe Gates
arc fo dofe fliut, and firongly Guarded, was
another vexatious Quxry : How we fliould be
Rigged and Vi(ftuallcd for fuch a Voyage, was
a confiderablc enquiry : and whither we Oiould
dcfi"n, was not to be ilighted. But hov/fnch a
littUSkjfi rather than Bout, (Tiould be able 10
yVeathcr all the Accidents of the Sea, was 4
Netk^Qj*eflion, enovghto Jirangle Faith, and
flifle Hi with Defp.-'ir.
To thefc Objedions , I Anfwered. That 1
had dtCgncd r,y own Cellar, as the mcetcll place
wherein to bialdihe Boat ; that when it was there
Built, it might be taken j^p/Vm ^^^.w;, and car-
ried out of the City m parcels, and beflowed m
private places till things were npefer Executi-
on. That for a place where to put to Sea, it
would be time enough to dctennine upon that
when we had finifh'd our Vcflc! : That M^york,
^vas the mqft commodious place to defign to
50 ^ SmAll Aioiiument
Land in : But in general I told them to this pur-
fofc ; That if wc never attempted any thing till
we had Anfwered tfllObjeiHons,\ve muit fit with
our Fingers in our Mouths all our days,and pine,
and languifli out our tedious Lives in Bondage:
Let Hi be up and doings and God would be with
iu. To bey in w one half of our work^ : Let US
make an Eflay, and Anfwer particular OhjcCii-
onsastheyOfTcr'dthemfclves, and as we met
with them in our work. That the Projed had
it J difficulties J was confclTcdj but what has
not, that is Commendable, and GlortoM ? Yet
whatever difficulties and dangers we could meet
with, Liberty^ kept in our iye^ would fweeten
the dangers wc might encounter in Attempting.
They were all well fatisfied with what was faid,
and all engaged to venture the utmoil they were,
*iw<^^rf</, toaccomplifhit.
SECT.
Of Great Mercy.
SECT. IX.
II f: '
The Model of the Boat ^ ^Carrying it out of
the City^ And bcfiomng it in conveni-
ent Places.
IN the Cellar where wc had Worfhip'd God,
• we began our Work ; and it was not the Ho-
linefs, but the Privacy of the place that invited
us, and advifcd us to it. And firfl, we provi-
ded apiece of Timber. about twelve Foot long,
to maks the Keel: But bccaufe it was impolTibIc
to convey a piece of Timber of that length out
of the City, but it mull be feen ; and of that
Ihape, but it muil be fufpe^ed, and that Sufpi-
on would bring us into Examination , and the
Rack., or B-ntoon might extort a Confeffwn out
of the moft refolved, and ehjlinate breaji y wc
therefore cut it in two pieces^ and fitted it for
Joynting, juft in the middle. Our next cue
was the Timbers , or Ribs of the Boat, which
v/c contrived thus ; every one of the Timbers
was made of three pieces, and joyntcd in two
f laces, bccaufe a whole Rib at its full length ,
would be lyablcto the fame inconveniences with
the Keel. Now undcrftand, that the joynts of
the Ribs were no: made with AUrtice, andTe.
a«n.
^ ^ A Small Monument
ifotty but the flit fide of one of the three pieces
was laid over the other, and two holes were bo-
red at every joynt, into which two Natls wcxd
to be put, when wc fhouid '^oyn the parcels of our
Boat together : You mult undcrfland further ,
that iheje two holes at every joynt were not made
in AJfrait line^parttLel With the fides of the pieces,
for then the three pieces, which make one Rib,
being joyncd together would have made one
Jirait piece; a Form which would by no means
comport with the life and Dcfign of the Tim-
bers; But fo, that when hoth the Nails were in
the holes, each Joynt would make «« ebtiife tin-
gle, and fo incline fo near towards a Semi-Circu-
Jar Figure, as our Occafion required. All this
while here is no vifible Prcvifion made for
hoards, to cloath the naked Ribs of our Boat,
without which, the Keel and Timbers looked
but like an ufelcfs Anatomy ; but neither had
we , nor was it pofTiblc we fhouid have any
boards in our Veficl: t^cccjfny is the belt Arti-
ficer when all is done, if we except her Silter
ContiJigcncy ; to which two the World has been
behoMen for the molt ufeful Inventions, which
at this day do eafe the Labour and Toyl of wea-
ried Mankind. For the Joynting of thefe boards,
and the Nailing of them, to make the Boat Wa-
tertite, would require fuch Hammerings and
that Hammering would make fwh a clamcurom
Echo in the Cellar, as mull have drawn upQn
us the Jealous Eyes of the jilgerints, who
al/oHt
Of Great Mercy. J %
about their Wives and Slaves are infiipportably
fiifpicioiu .• And therefore from the firlt Con-
ception of the Dcfign, I always refolved upon
a CanvM : In purfuancc of which thought, be-
in" all'fatisfied that it was praatcMe;\vc bought
aslnuch ftrong Canvas as would cover our Boat
twice over, upon the Convex of the Carine.
We provided alfo as much Pitch, Tar, and
Tallow as would ferve to make it a kind of /«
Tarpawltn Sear-cloath , to fwaddle the n^ked
body of onr Infant-Boat : With Earthen Pots
to melt done our Materials in ; and prcfixt a
night wherein we might Execute that part of our
Labour The two Carpenters, and my fclf were
appointed to this Service, and the Cellar was
the place where we met. Matters had hither-
to run on very evenly, and fmootlily, but here
we met with fome difcouragmp rubs. For when
we had ftopt all the Chinks and Crannies of the
Cellar, that thefteame of the melted Materials
might not creep out, and betray us, (there be-
ing no Chimney, ) we had not been long at our
work before 1 felt my felf exceeding fick, with
the ftrong, -and unufual fcent of the melted Li-
quor ; I was forced to go out into the ftreets to
oafp for breath, where meeting with the cool
^/r, it overcame me, Lfwooned, fell down,
brake my Face, and there lay : My Compa-
nions miifing me, made out to feek me, found
me in this fad plight, and carried me m again ,
though exceeding fick, and unferviceable. They
f\
I ■
5+
A Small Aionument
had not proceeded much further before I heard
one of them complain he was fick, and cou'd
proceed no further , and now our work Itood
ftill .• I plainly faw that our hopeful Pro]e[ly that
had hitherto fo fraoothly proceeded, mud needs
mifcarry, and prove Abortive; for it would be
impofTible to finifh it thif mght : and if we once
farted, and fuffcred our Spirits ro cool over the
Defigtty they would never ceafc cooling till they
were jhnecold, and bard frozen \ and there-
fore I advifed to fet open the Door, and coni-
mit our felves, and our work to Gods Prutecfti-
on : For I told them they could not but know",
that // any Difcovery were made , the burden
would fall heaviefi upon rr.y JJjoulders. ; and my
Mack, or Feet mnfi pay for all. At length, we
refolved to fet the Ceilar-door wide open, and
as foon as that was done, and the fteame pretty
well gone out, we came to our felves again,cou-
tigioufly went on with our bufinefs, and pitched
one half that Night. The next Night we met
again, fet open the Door, and whilft they plyed
the work, I ftood Sentinel at the Door to give
Notice of approaching danger ; but wc happily
finifh"d the whole, and while it was yet dark ,
carried it to my Shop, which was about a Fur-
long from the Cellar, and there at prefent fecu-
red it.
I fhall notqueftion the Readers Ingenuity fo
much , but that he will fuppofe there goes a
Meat deal mere to a ^oat than I have defcribcd j
but
Of Great Mercy. 55-
but what (hould I trouble him with thofe things
that are common to all other Boats, I mention
oncly what was peculiar to oiir own; and I do
not intend to trouble him with the Boat-wri^ht s
LcUure.
In our Cellar we fitted all things, we made
the T'mbcrs fit to the Keel, and the Canvas fit
for the Timbers, and the Scats fit to the whole,
and then took all in pieces again, and laying our
Heads together, plotted how to convey all out
of the Town, and lodge them in fecure and tru-
fty places.
And fird, for oar iCeel, wc all with unani-
mous confcnt judged IVill. yid.^ms the fitte't
Perfon to Execute that part of the Dcfign, for
he had long Excrcifcd the Trade of a Brick-Iay-
cr, and his Employment lay much without the
Town, and befiJes he ufcd fuch pieces in level-
ling his work. He therefore, accoutred with
his Apron before him, his Trowel tn his hand^anc
one of the pieces upon his (lioulder, undertook
it, and without the lea(l Obfcrvation went cle-
verly away with it, and as he faw his Opportu-
nity, hiJ it in the bottom ofa Hedge ; and not
long after conveyed out its Fellow, and Lodged
it in the fame place. This fuccceding fo hap-
pily, we faw no great difficulty /« ih: Timbers,
for we put one nail into a hole of every jopr,and
then you will eafily conceive, that the two ex_
treme pieces of one Rih being folJcd inward^
upon the middlcmojl, will lye tn the room of on ^
F ./
u
e6 A Small Monument
of the pieces for length, excepting that little that
the oidscf I'ich piece were beyond the holes:
Now, by general confcnt, the conveying thefo
out of the City was committed to one, whofe
Employment was to wafh fmall C!oaths by the
Sea-fide : He puts them into his bag amongit his
Cloaths, andfo very ordcrlycarried them out,
and hid them where he could find moj} commodt-
oiti fiowaf^e, hut yet wtih Refpe[i to nearnefs to
ih.it p/,rcc\vhcrc the Keel was laid.
But how to convey our TarpawUn fafc out of
Townfeemcd molt difficult ; by Night it was
impolTible, and by Day the difficulties very con-
fidcrable, and the danger proportionable ; for the
Gates arc ftri(fHy watch'd, thc5rrm; crowded,
the Spies Pickeertno in every corner, and the
bidk^ of the CarwM thus drcffed was very great.
To divide It had been to nune our fclves, for no
pitching together again, could fo cheat the fear-
chin^ water, but it would find out the needle-
hole). At laft we ventured upon this way ; wc
put it into a large Sack, and committed it to him
that ufed to wafi) Cloaths , and left any fhould
clap a jealous hand upon it, we put a Pillow ovet
our Canvas within the Bag, that fo its foftnefs
might delude the Inquifitor, and make it pafs
for Cloaths. Let none defpife, or condemn thcfc.
as low, n.ean pieces of contrivance, for we had
not Polititiaris tools towork^ withal:, but the Icfs
wzs our Policy, the more glorious docs tbewif
(torn of God Ihine in fucceeding it, and yet even
that
Of Great Aiercy, ej
that little Policy wc were guilty of, was of i
beftowin^'Mo ; what of fin was in all of it, was
mtixc\y our own; what of PotVf r, Wifdoni,and
Siiccefs, was all his : But our Agent cfcaped
happily with it, and Lodging it in a fccret place,
returned.
Wc had yet many things to provide, and
Oars arc abfolutely ncccHary, they were of the
Quorum to an Efcape by Sea : As Finns arc the
fijhes Oars, foOars are the Boats Finns, by
help whereof fhe makes her way : Now, to
fupply this defed, wc took two Pipe-flaves,mA
flitting them a crofs from corner to corner with
a Handfaw, we made of each Pipc-ihft" two
Rude things, which NccefTity was pleafed to
entitle The blades for a pair of Oars, and thefc
were eafily conveyed out,without fufpition.
Next, we confidcred, that /'/-ot////o« mufl be
laid in for o//r AVy.?^f ; and therefore wc provi-
ded iz/w<j//, and but a fmall cjHantity of 'heal,
prefumingour Itay at Sea mufl be but fhort;
for cither we ihould fpccdily /-^cowr Land, or
fpccdily be drown'd, or fpecdily be brouq^ht back^
affain: Two Goats skins alio, itript off whole,
and fo Tann'd ( a kin i of Bottle much ufed by
the Al^erines to carry Milk and Water in ) we
had, which we lined with frejh water, and we
knowr^^rr mu.t wccdsbe a ^reat Rarity in the
Afedtterrancan.
We remeinbred alfo that a Sail might be of
right .good ufe to us for Expedition, ani thcre-
F 2 fore
V}
^ g A Small Monument
fore \vc boiigl t IS much Canvaas would y^3-
Jwer ih.it t"d, and when fonie Difputc was
mule about can yiiig it out, I Offered to under-
take r/j.jr /.i.*/pr; .;/ owr work^: 1 had not gone
a quarter of a Mile, but as 1 cafr my wary eye
hjck, I efpycd the f^me Sptc, who oace before
\ id feizcd me, and given me trouble, follow-
i.i^inc very roundly." My Heart began to akcj
I was loth.! Defignof fo near, ard dear con-
icrn^r.an to alt of m, (liould be brought, to the
Bpth, .ind there jlionld be no jhength tobnn_'T
forth. It's fad, after n Voyage, to Ship- wrack
in the Haven, butme-thought it was n.ore fad
tofiuk^n reffel before it could be Launched: /,nd
here 1 firil found the difference between hwo-
cciice and Ctnlt ^ for how boldly could I hold up
my Headtorfcw5p/f, andhis^f/rfr;, (atleaft,
hs Maftcrs) wheni was not Confcious of any
■fuch Difgn in hand ? Whereas now tl c Fc-
flcaion of tny Confcicnce was enough to write
a ink mtry Coiuitcn.ince, (forfomc things arc
fin there which arc not fo in other pbces ; ) and
thij had betray 'd me, had I not fuddenly pluckt
up mv Spirits, and fpyingan En/It jh-ma?i wafh-
ing Cioaths by the Sea, I went the ready way to
him, and defii ed him to help me walh that Can-
vas ; as wc were wafhing it, the learing Spye
cnme. and flood upon the Rock jufl over our
Heads to watch our motions : As foon as we had
a little formJIy wafh'd it, to caft a Mill: before
his Obfcrving Eycs,I took the Canvas and fpread
Of great Mercy. 5 j
it before his Face upon the top of the Rock to
dryj he ftaid his own Time, and then march'd
off. But I was as Jealous of Iiim, as he could
be of me for his Heart-, and therefore fcarinc*
he might lye in Ambufh for mc, took it when
'twas dry, and very fairly carried it back in'o
the City, and faithfully acquainted my Accom-
plices how the Matter fquared. Th'S Difcoura-
ged them not a little, for that they fccincd timo-
rous to proceed in the Enterprizc.
Atlalt we comforted, and encouraged one
another, and entred into ciofe Counfel ; where
we fhould meet that Ni^ht ? At wh.'.t time ?
Where we fhould fitt our ^oat together., and
where fut to Sea ? The Time was, an hour with-
in Night; the Rendevoux on a Hill-, about
half a Mile from the Sea; and fo wc d fperfed,
fome one way, fomc another ; and privily lurk-
ing in Hedges and Ditches, lay clofc till the time
appointed.
There is one thing that the Reader will be
ready to ask, and I ihall be r^ore ready to An-
fwer him for a fpecial Reafon : viz.. What I
did with my Shop and Goods ? W hen I had once
Refolved upon this Adventure, and faw it go on
hopefully, I gave my Patron my wonted Vifits,
kept fair Correfpondence, paid him his demands
duly, but fecretly I made off my Goods as fall
as I could, and turn'd all into ready Money .• I
had a Trunk, for which John Anthony made me
I fal ft bottom; into which I put what ii'.veror
F 3 Goli
m
^1
LJ
^o A Small Monnment
Gold 1 had • and into the Body of the Trunk ,
what ever it would /jcW,and was worthy holding :
This Trunk I committed privately to the Fidelity
of ourdcarMinilkr, Mr. Sprat -^ he took the
charge of it, and he was now ready to receive:
his full Difcharge. This Trunk he F^uhfully
Secured, and carefully brought over, and as ho-
neflly delivered to me when he heard I was conic
fafe to London-, and 1 was willing to move that
Quejiton, merely for the Atifvuers fttke-, whicli
Witncflcs/;«f»Wr/>7,
SECT.
Of CrtAt Mercy.
SECT. X.
The putting of our Boat together, the Dif-
ficulties vpc metwiththcrcin-i and our
putting out to Sc.i, June 30. 1644.
AS foonas wc were met all together at the
appointed place, wc began to think of I'.x-
ccuting our long intended Dclign ; but wc were
Divided in our Counfels, where to begin our
work : It had been a Queftion propounded be-
fore, and we thought wc had fully Refolved upon
the place ; but at our Nketing wc were lir.wgcly
dtfcompofed : There '^cxc two pUccs which fl:ood
in Competition, each pretending good Conve-
niences for that end. The one was .(//<//, al.out
half a Mile from the Sea ; the other was it ral-
ley, cncompaflcd with two Hedges, about a
Furlong from the Hill, but of the fame diftancc
with it from the Sea : It was urged for the Val-
ley, that it was a place of r/}ore Secrecy and Pri-
vacy, lefs obvious to view \ but then it was ob-
je(fted, that we might there be furprizcd, and
feiz.ed by the Clutches of our Enemies, e'rc wc
could have notice to fhift for our felvcs .• For the
Hill, it had been Argued, that we might there
make better Difcovery of Danger, and nutke
Provifwi to avoyd it ; and in (horc, we all agreed
F 4 ovit
i_J
62 u4 Smiill Afoniimcnt
ncr mgl:t., to put our Boat together nfon the
J Jill ; promifing our fclvcs muth Advant.igc
Uomiti Sitti.iiitou : But when wc were met,
wc all altered our Rcfolution wuhcut any rijitle
ilajon, and carried it for the Valley : God is
nnieh/w//;f d.i)k^tett)^ but all our ways «^f /«
the open Light to him. It s very ditTicult to give
an Account \vh,:t Gcdis dumg at \ rcfcnt, but wc
fhall know, if wc can but patiently wait till fit-
t;i c I'rovidthccs Comment upcn the firn.ir:
And in a while wc faw thcRcafon why Cod over-
ruled our purpofcs.
We had hid fcvcral of our Materials near the
top of W;f/y///, where alio grew a fma II Fig-tree,
which wc had marked with our Lye, as Judging
it would beufeful to (IrengthentheKcelof our
Boat : Two of our Company were immediately
difpatchtto faw down this Ft^-Trcc, and bring
it, and the pare Is of our Boat there difpofited,
away with them : They were hardly come to
the place, bi;t we heard Dogs bark about the
top of the Kill, and indeed two Men with Dogs
came very near them ■, but our Men being aware,
lay clofc and ftill, and fo they palTed by without
making any Difcovery, and then our Men be-
itirr'd thcmfelves, and brought away the Fig-
Tree, and the other Materials, and returned to
us.
And now wehadonccmore brought the fcat-
tcr'd Limbs of our Boat into one place, which,
JUve Uiole ot AIH)niUj had been diffcrfcd up
Of Great Mercy. (, 5
and down the Fields : It was no time to trif c ,
and therefore wc all buckle to our work in good
carnefi: : But we were fo niih fomc that were at
work in the Ne ghbouring Gardens, that wc
could hear them (peak, and therefore mull needs
fuppofe they might hear us too; and therefore
wc /(Tied by Signs, and pointed, and pulled,
andno.lded, but were ^/Z yJ-Z/./f^ : Itmighthivc
been an Expedient for the Builders ot Babel,
■ when their Languages were Divided , to* have
carried on their grcit Projed by Signs ^ but cer-
tainly there was Confufiun poured out nfon their
Hearts and Cvunfels, as well as Divifion in their
Tongues and Languages.
The tu'o parts of our Keel wc foon joyncd ;
then opening the Timbers, wh.ch had abeady
one JS/ailtn every Joynt, wc groped out for //;(?
ether hole, and put its Nail into it : Then wc
opcnd them at their full length, and applyed
them to the top of the Keel, failning them with
Hope-Tarn, and fmall Cords; and fo we ferved
all the Joynts to keep thcm/jrw andftable ; then
we bound f,jall Canes all along the Ribs length-
ways, both to' keep the Kihsfrottjvering, and
alfo to bear out the Camas very fltff again fl the
frefftng Water : Then WC made Notches upon
the ends of the Ribs,' or Tttr.birs, wherein the
Oars night plye ; and having tycd down the SeatSi
and flrengthncd our Keel with the Fig-Tree, we
lalily drew on our double Canvas Cafe, already
fitted :,znd really the Convm kemdilVtnding-
t'\]
m
u
64
A SmAll Monument
jheet for our Eoaf^ and our ^oat a Coffin for
tu all.
This done, four of our Company took it upon
their flioulders, and carried it down towards the
Sea, which was about half a Mile off.- It was
a little Rcprcfcntation of a Funeral, to fee the
four'Qcarers Marching in deep fiiencc.withfome-
thing very like ,! /^fry?, a>id Coffin, upon their
flioulders, and the rcfl of us decently attcnauig ■
the Ceremony, huiwew.inted Torches, and be*-
fidcs, it's not ufual for any to wait upon their own
Coffins : But wc durit not grudge our Boat that
ffy.^ll, and Lift Office, to carry it half a Affile,
for we expeded, it fhould repay us that Ser-
vice and Civility with Intercit, in carrying us
?rany a League : We Carried it at Land, where
it could Hotfwim ; that it might carry us at Sea,
where we could not walk, As we went along,
they thit were in the Gardens heard us pifling
by, and called to us, who comes there f But it'
was dark, and we hid no mind to prate, and
therefore without an, AnlVcr, wc filcntly held
on our way.
When wc came to the Sca-fidc, wc immedi-
ately itript our fclvcs naked, and putting our
Cloaths into the Boat, carried it, and them, as
far into the Sea as we could wade ; and this wc
did, led ct4r tender Boat fliould be torn again ft
the Stones or Rockj ; and then all fcven of us
got into her : But here wc foon found how our
Skill in Calculating the Lading of our V'efTel fail-
ed
Of Great Mercy. 6$
cd us : For wc were no fooncr Embarqued,
but fhc was ready to fink under us, the water
coming in over the fides ; fo that once again wc .
mult entertain new Counfels •, at laft, one, whofc
Heart mojl failed htm, was willing to fhut out,
and rather hazard the uncertain Torments of the
Land, than certainly be drown' d at Sea ; then
■ we made a fecond Experiment, but ftill fhe was
fo deep Laden, that wc all concluded there was
no venturing out to Sea : At length, another
went afliore, and then flic held up her Head ve-
ry ftoutly, and feem'd hearty enough for our
Voyage.
It was time now to commit, and Commend
our felves, and Veflelto the Protedion, and
Condud of that God who Rules the Winds ay:d
the Waves, andwhofe Kingdom is in the dcip
Waters, irr.ploring Alercyfur the Pardon of oi-.r
Sins, and refigntng itj> our Souls to Cod-, •« '/
we had been prefently to Suffer Death iy the
Hand of the Executioner. And taking our
Solemn Farewell of our two Companions,
whom wc left behind, and wifiiing them as
much Happinefs as could bc hoped for in
Slavery , and they to us as long a Life as
could be expcded by Men going to their
Graves; we Lannched out, upon the thir-
tieth day of June , in the Year of our
Lord , One Thoufand, Six Hundred, Forty,
and Four : A Night for ever' to bc re-
mcmbrcd
.t:|"
rt|
(i<3 A Small Monument
mcmbrcd by his poor Creatures , who arc
cur fclvcs Lrcc.t Monuments of Divine Pro-
vidence , and do fct up this Little Monu-
rrent of his Goodncfs and Mercy, tharmay
furvive us, and bear up the Name of God
to after-times , that by us Men may Learn
to fut their Trufl in God : And the Bill of
Lading is as followcth; John Anthony^ WU-
ham Adamj, John Jephs, John-— Carpenter,
and Wtllmm Ok^ley.
SECT.
Of Great Mercy.
SECT. X r.
67
7/.1C grcctt Extrcvtitics nv Endured at Sea
for SixD.tjif, tinci Sights, iviththcCo-
jnctdcfit Providences of Cod that ap-
peared for its itionr Extremities, and
our Mir ant lo Its Landirg rff Mayork,
'July 6. 1644.
WE arc now out at Sea without HeIm,or
Pilot ; without Anchor , Tackle, or
Ccmpifs ; but God was thfe, all tbcfe, and
more than. ill thefc. Our Number was Small,
our Work was Creat, we could not afford one
Idle Hand, not one Idle Ffocr : Four of the
Company continually wrought at the Oars; and
indeed wcir>-o//.;/;f /i/r o;(r Lrjcj , and then I
fhall not need to' fay how m n-roKfIn : But this
1 IJutll fay, I an trnly fay it, 1 never faw ibength
fo drained, nor the utmolt of what Nature
could do iorL-fe ^W L^im>, exerted fo much
>n all my Life. The Employment of the hfth
Man was more eafie, but no Icfs nece(rary,which
was to free the Boat of that Water , which by
Degrees leak'c through our Canvas.
We Labourd the harder thit Nig^t,hcai\x\c
we would eladly be out of the Ken of our Old
"I
:tU
C 8 A Small Monument
Maflcrs ^^ Z).7 ; but when Day appcar'd, wc
were yet within figh: of thcirShips,that lay in the
Haven, and Road, and off the Land : But our
Boat being fmall, and lying clofc, and fnug up-
on the Sea, cither was not at ail Difcovercd,or
clfc fccmed fomcthing that was not worth the
taking up: A httlc hope in the midft oi great
Fears^ made us double, and redouble our Di-
ligence; wctugg'd at the Oars like thofe who
zrcChjin'dto the G allies^ becaufe we had no
mind to be Slaves to our Old Patrones in thctr
ijiiUies,
But upon all Occafions we found our want of
fore call, for now our Bread, which was to be
thc/lafi of our decayed ftrcngth, had lien foak-
ing in the Salt water, like a drunken Toafl fopt
in Brine, and was quite fpoyled : And our frefh
water in the Bottles itank of the Tanned Skins ,
and Owze, having lyen fobbing in the Salt water,
which made it naufcous : But yet that hope that
hovcr'd over us, and flatter'd us that wc fhould
one day mend our Commons, fweetcn"d all a-
gain ; fo long as Bread was Breads we com-
plained not : Three days with good Husbandry
it laftcd, but then pale Famine (which is the
worft fhapc Death cm be painted in ) ikred us
in the Face ; And there was no fublitute for
Bread at Sea: At Land, the Roots of Grafs, the
tops of Trees, and the vileft Excrements have
fcrved to flop the clamour of a Ravenous Sto-
mach, but that which Slaves dcfpifcd,wc fhould
hivc
Of Great Mercy. 69
have admired, and prized : Water indeed we
might have, either cdd^ or hot ; we had choice,
but it was a hard choice : Either the cold fait
rvatir out of the Sea, or that warmer, which
had been drained through our Bodies, and that
wcchofe of the two, but we mull not have that,
after a while, unlcfs wc would firrt: Accept the
' other : And the Milcry was, thefe did not af-
■fwage our thirll:, but axreafe tt ; nor mcreafe
oar ftrength, but dir/.f/.-iJli it; yet thefe were
the means of Life : Strange means, that would
deflroy the End.
Several things added to our Mifery ; for trou-
ble fcldom comes folitary. For firil , wc had
the Wind for fame time full againfl: us : And this
was both an evil in n felf, an evil in its effcli ,
.and an evil in its caufe. It was a great evil in it
felf; it ;«frf<j/(ri^ our Labour, and then defeat eJ
tt: We Rowed h.irder, to Icfs fiirpofe ; we mo-
ved ,but did not advance ; we f;^e»t our flrcngth
for noui^ht, and in vatn. It was an evil in tts
efefl ; ""for it engaged the U'.-.tcrs againfl us, and
drew them into us party. The Sea is a per felt
' Neuter of it felf , and willing to maintain its
Neutrality; but the powcilul Winds drew her
into the Fadion : And that Sea which fcrves the
North to day, fhall comply with the m,ore pre-
vailing Soittio to Morrow ; for the Waves arc
the grc.it efi tune fervirs in the World: But it
was far the greatc;!: evU m its Caufe; for the
Winds bemz nzamlt tu . Argued that Cod was
again jt
70 ji Small MonKtnent
agaitift /;/; for the Wind wc know was his:
He brings the Winds out of his Af'if/izJ>:es. We
were nowlbdifpiritcd, that wc debated , whc-
thtrwe jboitldbe.ir up with the Wuid., or rfujke
the be jl of our way^ and Row againfl it? That
is, whether it were not better to go back to ^Z-
gicrs with eafc , than painfully make towards
freedom? At Li f, like Pcrfons that though wc
knew not what to do, yctrefolved not to return;
wc refolved whilll we had Mfc , and Strength ,
and Breath, we would itrugile with it: And
now the great God interpofed ; he rebuked his
IVinJ, kwas not tiyin/l M ; my, hc reconciled
his Wind, and it became our friend. I Ic that
can turn the Rivers in the South, could turn the
W.nd out of the North: Here we might have
had a notable demon "tration of Gods Sovereign-
ty. He determined i\\cQ_n.irtcr of the Wind,
the Qu.iniityo{ the Wind, andthc Cor,tinu4nce
of the Wind. The Quarter, whence it fhould
blow. The Quantity, bow much it fhou'd blow,
and the Continuance , how long it jliould blow.
The Quarter was our Enemy, the Continuance
had quite brought us to Dcfpair •, but had he
opened his Hand, and let out one blaft iwre, the
proud Waters had gone over our Souls, we had
fcripiedin the deep: But we fee that our times
are in Cods Hand ; the Ocean in the hollow of '
the fane Hand, and the Winds in the fame hand,
and Happy it was for us, that we, and they ,
were f.ll there.
A
Of Great Mercy. 71
A Second great Inconveniency was, that our
Labour wat without Jnterniijfton, though we ad-
vanced not forwards at many ftroaks, yet cclTa-
tion had driven us backwards. The poor Sen-
tinel thatihnds upon the Watch, yet comforts
himfeif that another will Relieve him; but we
had none to take the toyl ofFour Hands, and give
us Refpite .• Wc might)/;/// our places, but not
our pains,
A Third great Evil that lay fore upon us, was
the extremity of the heat by day; the Scafon
was Raging hot, being the beginning of July -^^
the Climate was hot, being under, or about the
Fourth Climate; we wanted freOi Water to
cool the Heat, and were engaged in continual
Labour to enrage the heat, and all thefe made it
infupportable to our Bodies, and our little, or
no hope, ( which now like a Candle burnt down
to the Socket, did rather blink, than burn) made
it grtevoiti to our Souls. One iinall help we had
(if it was a help ) that the fifth Man, who cmp-
tyed the Boat of the Salt Water, threw it upon
the Bodies of the refi: to cool them ; But this was
a A'liferable Remedy , for our Bodies were fo
bleached between the fcorching Sun, and the
cooling Water, that they rofc up in B!i:krs all
over. Great pain we felt, great danger wewere
in, great Miferies were endured , great wants
we were under, and had nothing little, but hope,
food, kndflrength. By Day vVe were all ftark
Naked, t>y Night we had our Shirts, or loofe
■ ', G ■ Coats,
I,.
-2 A StmU Monument
Coats,.andthat wasallour Cloathing, the reft
we left aliiore to cafe our Boat,
If any fliall be fo Inquifitivc, as to ask , hy
what Direclioris wc fleered our Courfc, that we
did not tack about infcnfibly in the dark Night,
or Day ? He may know, that for theD^j, one
of the Company had rf Pocket Dyal, which fup
plycdthe place of the Compafs, e'nc welt e-
noiighforlucha VcfTcl, and fuch Mariners. By
Night, when the Stars appeared, WC had our
advice from them, and when they dif appeared,
weghcflcd at our way by the Motion of the
Clouds.
In this fad and woful ph'ght we continued four
Days and Nights ; on the fifth Day, we were
on the brinl{ of the brink, of defpair , and all
hope that we fhould be favcd, utterly pcriOicd.
And now, as Perfons dcfpairing of the End, wc
ccafcdto purfue/k means-, laid by our Oars,
left oil our Labour ; either wc had no flrength
left, or were loth to throw away that little wc
had to no purpofe, onely we kept ftill emptying
the Boat i loth to drown, loth to dye, yet knew
no ways to avoyd Death .• When the End is re-
n-.ovcd, all means perijli with it.
They that Ad leaft,commonly wi(h the mod: ;
thus when we had left frmtlefs Labour, wc fell
upon frmtlefs rvifies, that we might meet with
fome Vcffel, fome Ship to take us up : If it
was but a Ship, wc confidered no further ; Eng--
lijhy or African, Tros, TyrihfX/e; all was a
Cafe .•
Of Great Mercy. yj
Cafe : Or if not, yet the worjl was better- than
ottrbadcifc; and therefore refolvcd, could wc
have Difcovcrcd any Ship, to have made to-
wards her, though it had been one of v^/^/;f >v.
How many wiiht tlicmfcivcs again i>i £c')pf,
when they Combated with the un cxp'c^ed
Difhcultics of the Wtldcmefs I How oft have
the People of God been more afraid of the means
of their' Dcltvtrance , than of their Danger !
When Chriil came to favchis Difciplcs frorn the
Storm, yctbccaufc he came in a way uncouth,
and uncxpe(ffcd, they cryed ot-.t for fear. Mat.
14. 26. Whether the Reader will pity, or con-
demn us, I know not ; but to that pafs were we
now brought, that we would have accepted Life
upon any terms not bafe andfi>,fiil, and whether
we fhould have ftuck at fnch or w, I have no fuch
fccuriry from my own Heart as to rcfolvc
him.
Whilil wc were at this dead tbbe of Hope,
the Great God, whofe mofl Glorious Oiportn-
mty tohclp, is his CxaXuxcs^rcateft Exircmi-
ty: He that appeared for Abruhar^ in the
Mount, and to the three Toung Men in the Fie-
ry Furnace ; he that Delivered Ifrael at the Sea,
at the Red Sea; he who times all his Mercies
for their Advantage : even He fent us fome Re-
lief, and a little Rehcf is great, \n great exigen-
ces. As we lay hulling -up and do\vn, we'Dif-
covered a Tortoife ?iot far from us aflccp in the
Sea. Had the great Drake Difcovered the Spa.
G 2 v,jh
"j^ yi Small Afonitn-.ent
tiijlj riate.Fleet, he coul4 not have more Re-
joyced ; once again we bethought our fclves of
our Oars : and pow our little Boat. (hewed it
fclf to be of the ri^ht breed cf yil^ters^ made of
firaiicliTfn:ber.\udto its poor^Ability would
Iccomc ti Corf.iir ; wc filcntly Rowed to our
Trey, took it into the Boat with great Triumph,
we cut oif her Head, and Kt her bleed into a
Pot V wc drank the Blood , cat the Liver ,
and fuck'd the Flcfli ; Wtjrm flepi, and hot Li:
^itor ( except our own ) had been a "/cut Ra-
rity with us a long time, it was a Novelty of
Providence ; and really it wonderfully rcfrclh'd
our Spirits, repaired our decayed llrcngth and
recruited Nature; at leaf!-, poor cxhaulted Na-
ture was willing to be cheated, and fancy her
lelf recruited : But there was no cheat in'f, wc
were really rcfrcOi'd, and with frclh Vigour and
courage fell to our Work ; wc left our fears be-
hind us, wc pickt up fomc fcatter'd crumbs of
hope, and about Noon, we Difcovercd, or
thought we Difcovercd Land. It's impofTihlc
roexprcfsthc Joy, and Triumph of our raifed
fiou'jatthis apprchenfion. The Poets tell us,
that as often as HercnUj threw the great Giant
agair. t the Earth, Vis. Alother Earth gave him
veKv [trength againft the next Encounter : It was
vcw jirerigth^nnv Life tp us^though not to touch,
•<jettofee; or if per /<? /Vf, ;p think, we f.iw it.
Iz brought frefh Blood into^^ur Veins, frefh co-
lour into our pale Cheeks;, we look'd not like
, • Men
Of great Merc'y. . 7 j
Men awaked from Hcep, mt like Captives broke
from the Chains of Algiers, but like Hcrfons
raifed from the Dead. But Hoi)e anr! Fedr
made a (Irange Aicdly Pafsion in our Svids-^ like
theRepartiesbf two contrary jolHing Tides, or
the lirugglin;? of the Eddy with the main itrcam :
Hope would pcrlVadc uv that wc faw the Land ;
but chill Fear bade us paufe upon it, for as wc
cafily believe, what wc defu-f to be trul% . fo
wcare as ready to fear Iclt it (hould not prove
true ; for fear had got long poffcfFion of oyC
Souls, and would hardly admit Hope to (Hr, but
■was ready to fupprefs it as A dillurbcr of its
Empire : Wc had feen nothing but Air , and
•Sea; Sea, and Air in five Days, and Nights;
that though our Reafon told us there was fuch a
thing as Land, yet the ImprcfTions that feSr had
made upon us, made it QueiUonable, whether
cvcrwc fhould fee if. And we durll not give
fob much Credence to our Eyes, that had been
ufed to bring fadder itories to our Hearts. ' '' :
■ Yet ftillwc wrought hard : Hope did us that
kindncfs, it put us upon an 'carncit defirc to fee
whether wc were deceived orno, ■ AftcV fome
further Labour, wc grew rhorc confident, and
at laft, 'fully fatisfied thjic it was Land .• I hope
I fhall never forget whatafcnfe we had of<5Ms
goodnefs upon, that Afrurancc, Extremes 'ido
equally annoy, and fometimes. infatuate the
mind: They tell us, that in Greenland,^ th^cx-
trcmity of Cokl will make the Iron (tick to the
C 3 Fingers,
~-^
fi '
■76 jA $rrall ■Ji'fonurr.att
fingci-j, as our Experience alTurcs extremity o»
;Hcat\villdo; for now like Dirtra(ftcd Pcrfons,
wc all leapt into tlic Sea, quitting our Boat, and
being all good Svvimn-.crs, wc there Bathed, and
cooled our heated Bodies. An Adventure,
.which) if well confidercd, had as much of the
Defpcrado in it as our putting to Sea .• For now
wc were at the Mcri-y of , the Sharks, which
might have (hear d off" a Leg, or Arm \ and now
our ovcr-heatcd Bodies were open to receive the
Imprcllion? of that Cold Element: But as wc
never confidercd; our Danger, the great and
good God delivered us from the Ordinary cf-
. feds of fuch Folly ^., we prcfently returned to
, our Boat, and being both wearied with Labour,
and cooled 4 little with the Sea, wc lay us all
down to SlcJep inqs much fecurity,' as if we had
becnrm our own, Beds •■ Nature being almolj:
fpeut,fmulVhave,a:Xruce; (he \v';ill not under-
take to keep our ^cdics upon their Legs, if we
will not fubmit to her great ftanding Ordi-
nance, of Rell; and here we fawftill more of
DiviqcGoodncfs, 'that our Leaky VefTcl did not
■bury us. in the Sea, .'and wc awaking find. our
felvcs. in the other World : But he that gave u-f
Sleepy we/tfitredit, and he meafured it ^ A-<?f//)',
not.fu[rer)ngusto/7«r-y?«/) the Sf^/qw of plying
our Pump, or t"hat which fupplycd the place of
it.- -,•■.. ■ r-
Being thus refrcfh'd with fleep, we found new
fircn^thiox our Work, and God found us New
Work.
Of Great Mercy. 77
«'(j?-i^ for our ilrength: Wc tugged the harder
at the Oar, bccaufe we hoped c re Night to flcl'p
upon a more ftablc, and faithful Elcmcut. Bat
wc made our way very flowly, and when we
call up the Account of our Progre(s, iburid ,that
wc had gone but Uulc w^y in a len(r tir^r • to-
wards Evening wc difcovcred another ■ Iflmd :
The firfl we faw was AI.iyoi\, thc'Xccond,
Fromentcre-, and fomc ."of our Gompapy th^t
had Sailed in thefc Seas, vyould undertake -to^af-
■furc us of it : Wc debated hot long to:,\vhich
of thefc wc fhouia dircd 6ur Courfc,' for the
latter being much infellcd with' vcncnWU'i Ser-
pents, and little, if at all Ii^hahitcd^ wc^;rcfoJ-
.'vcdall for Miyorkj. All that Night wc'Tlp.U^
'very hard, and the nexf, 'beiligth^ itJvtn ^^If'ly-,
and from our putting to isp^t'j; we'l^^lu'Vithin
fight of it all Day, and about T<:n£( -Clock at
Night wc came under the Ifland;, biir the '/locks
were there fo craggy, andftccp, thanv^C tbuld
not climb up.
Whilll we were under thefc Rocks there
came a Veflel very near us. Let the Reader put
himfelf in our rtead, let him but Copy out our
Thoughts, let him imagine how loth we" Were
to lofe all our toil and Travel, to forgo our De-
liverance, to have this Rich Mercy, which God
had put into our Hands, wrefted out of them
again by fome Turkt^i Pickaroon, or Corf'.ir,
that arc always skimming thofc Seas : It con-
cerned us therefore to lye clofc, and when they
G 4 \vcre
i:i
yS . . . -A S Willi Monument
, were p'afled by, \vc gently crept along the Coaft
as near the fhoar as we durft, till we found a
convenient place, where wc might thruft in our
Wcafher-bcatcn Boat.
If thefe Papers fhould fall into the hands of
fome that arc great Clerks in the Art of Naviga-
'tion^ and have con'd the Mariners Terms of
' Art, they will fmile at my improper wording of
thefe Matters, and fay, I am one of Paul's Ma-
riners. But I can be content to be Accounted
one of his Mariners, whilftlhavc fhared in his
Mercies : How many of thofe that fpeak the
Language of the Sea, yet have found her Bil-
lows deaf to their "Cries and'Prayers, and their
ftately Ships made the Scorn of Winds, and the
Reproach of Waves, when we, who had none
'.of their Ships, and little of their skill, have had
.Experience of thofe Providences, to which they
• Jiave been Strai)gers. .
SECT.
v--.:vt:^
f ^■- ••<• ->
of Great Mercy.
SECT. XII.
79
The great kJncJnefs wc Received at Mayork
''■ froffi the Vicc-Rpy., andthe hrhabitunts
ofthatTpud and City.
WHcn we were come to Land, we were
not unfcnfible of our Deliverance',
though like Men newly awakened out of a
Dream, wchadnotthe true Dimcnfionsof it:
We confeiTed God had done Great thtnos for us,
hut hew great th ngs he had done was beyond
our Comprehcnfion .• Wc had efcafcd the Sea.,
but yet Dca'th might be found at L.ird; and wc
were ready to fay, withS^w^/ow, judg. 15.18.
^Lord , thou h^Ft given tlnf gritU DcliVcrMce
'tnio the hands of thy Si rv^, nts., and now jhall w_e
dye for Thirji ? We had had no Food fince wc
eat the Liver, and drank the Blood of thcTor-
toife, and therefore leaving three of our Coni-
pany with the Boat, the other two, viz.. Joh'n
yinthony, and my'fdf were fent 6ut to fcout
abroad for frcfli Water .• And the rather were
we fent, becaufe this Jt^H Anthony could fpeak
both, the Spanijli , and Jtallan Tongues very
^exkCily., and I had as much of the 5f.'«'j?3as
might ferve toexprefs our wants, anddefires,
if perhaps we might mcetwith any Perfons there-
abouts.
n '
8o A SmM Monumnt
abouts. Wc were not far gone, before we fell
into a Wood, aiidwc were in a Wilderncfs in
our thoughts, which way to take : He will needs
go his way, and 1 mine. Good Lord/ what a
/rail, impotent thing is Man ! That t^cy whom
common danger? hy Sci., common Deliverances
fromSci hail United, fhould now about our
ow.i wills fall out at l.and. And yet thus wc
did: He give mc rcproachfiil words, and ifs
wellwccuiic not to blows; But I went my own
way, and he feeing me refolute, followed me ,
and the Providence of God, not dealing w;ith us
according to our frowardncfs, foil, wed w both:
This way led us to a VVatch-Towcr of the Spani-
,arJty many gf whi,;h they keep upon tbe Sca-
Coails, to giveth^ Countrcy timely notice of
any Pickaroons that come afhoar to Rob, and
Spoyl.
When we came within call, fearing he might
Difchargc at us, we fpoke to him upon the
Watch , told him our Condition , what wc
were, whence wc came, howweefcaped; and
. carncftly begged of him to direO us to fomc frclh
-Water, and in the mean time to beftow upon us
.feme Bread. ; He -very kindly threw us down
jt;! old mouldy Cukc^ but fo long as it was a Cak^^
and not a /i.onf, nor a Bullet, Hunger did not
-confidcr' its Mjiddincfs : Then he direded us
^ofrefh Water, which was hard by : Wc flood
not telling Stories j W;C rcmcmbrtd our fdvesy
we
Of Great' Mercy, 8i
wc rcmcmbrcd our Brcikrcn left with our Boat,
and Obferving the Sentinels Dircdticns, came
to a Well, where tlicrewas a Pot with Jtrings.
to draw with : Wc drank a little Water, and
cat a bit of our Cake, but the pafCigc was fo
difufcd, that wc had much ado to force our
Throats to relieve our clamourous (tomachs ;
But here wc (laid not, but, with the four Le-
pers in the Tents of the Syrians, i Kings 7. 9.
Rebuked our fclves, We do not wcll^ wc h,:ve
j^Ud lidin^s to curry, and dvyvc hvld our pace ?
Wcretyrnto ourBout, are welcomed by our
Companions, acquaint them with the good fuc-
ccfs of our Embii]V> ^""^ ^" pr'^T-^''^" ^o make
;o the Well.. • .., . ,; ..
; -And now we rr.ufl leave our Boat ; that /"./;//;-
fnl Injirmtent of Gods Providence, which hacj
fo trufiily ferved his purpofc to deliver us : It
was not without foine Recqylings upon our Spi-
rits, that wc HiQvild fo much as in appearance
ir/:it'iie :hr oioratitiide of thofc, who having fer-
ved their privstc ends on thcirl rlcnds, and have
now no further ufc of them, rpoll ungratefully
ftiakc them off.- That we fhoulcj-bc like the war
/fr-fl'(??-,which uftjs the water to purfuc his Game,
on4 when he comes to Land , (hakes it off as
iroulilefome , and t}itrde»fo>r,e. But it was no
time to /land upon Complements j Hunger ,
Thir/l, Wcarinefs, Dcfirc of Rcfrclhment and
Rcllj thokirrforinnfiff Pitnst Commanded us
i away J
^
S :i A Smitll Monument
away; and tying our Boat as fad as wc could
totheShoar, wc left her to Mercy, which had
^jcen fogoodto us.
' As wc were going, or rather creeping , or
crawling towards the Well, another Qyarrel
flatted amongd us, the Memory whereof 'is
fo ungrateful, that I Hull give it a Burial in fi-
\cnQQ, \\\Qht[\Tombfur Controverftes.
'■ And now we are at the Well, and the Well is
provided of IVarcr, and we have fomething to
drmv ; all tbcfe helps God has given us, but he
mull give us one more, even a thrown to fwitllow
it, without which, all the reft f^mfie mthtn^^.
This was the evil Difeafe Solomon had Obferved
in his Days, Ecclef.6. 2. yi Mn>i to whom
God had given Riches, Wealth, And Honour y
fo that he xvantcth nothing for hn Soul, of all
lljat he dcfireth ; yen God giveth hir/> not Power
to eat thereof: He that gives us water to dnnk^,
and meat to eat, muft give us Power to eat and
drink^alh. How totally do we depend upon
him for Life, and Breath, and all things ! One
of our Company, William Mams, attempting
to drink.after many EfTays was not able to fwal-
low it,' but ftill the water returned, fo that he
funk down to the Ground, faintly faying, lam
H de4d Man ; we forgot our fclvcs,t0 remember
him, and after much ftriving, and forcing, he
took a little ; and when he and wc were rcfrclh'd
, ■ with
Of Great Mercy. 83
with our Cake and water, we lay down by the
Well-fide till the Morning. None of us cou'(|
watch for the refi, but One Godwntchcdovtr
m all: There we lay lockt up, and buried in
Sleep : The Heavens covered us, when wc wan-
ted a Canopy .- Each might fay in the Morning,
with David, Pfal. 3.57 Lud me down andjlept ;
J awaked, for the Lord fujiatnedrrje.
When it was clear Day, we addreft 0U15
fclvcs once more 10 the Man upon the wat.h;
Tower, entreating him to Dircd us the ready
way to the next Houfe, or Town, where we
might find Relief. He civily points us towards
a Houfe a!)Out two Miles'otf, whither, with
wearied ftcps , and joyful Hearts , we now
began to Travel : Oor Feet had been fo pa;-'
boy led, and ^tiodled with the Sans heat, in the
Salt water-pickle , that they were very raw ,
and more bliiler'd ; and long it was before wc
could over-come the tedioufnefs of thofc two
Miles. When wc approach'd the Houfe, the
Owner efpying us, and concluding by our//wi'-
l>y garb, that wc were fomc Pilfering Rafcals,
Prefcnted a Fowling Piece at us, and charged us
to Hand. The foremoft of our Company, who
could fpcak that Language well, meekly told
him, he might fparc that Language, we were
not abU, if we had fo wicked a will:, nor willing,
if we had hcenable, tooffcr him the lead injury j
That we were a Company of poor Creajturesj
whojj) t]ie \^'onderful Providence ofGoU.h^d
'. .^.|j -' ■ • " - Refcii-
S.j. ji Strati Montmcnt
kcfcucd from the Sl-ivcry of .-//^/f>-.<-,and hoped
he would (hew Mercy to the i\inictcd. 'i he
llonc'l lamer, moved with our Rdation, fcnt
us out Bread, \ Vatcr, ani Olives, with which
w!icn we had rcfrefh d our fel vcs, we lay down,
an i Kel'tcd three or four hours in tlie Field \ and
returning thanks for his Charity, prepared to
crawl away at our lame rate. He feeing us
thankful Bcggers, enlarged his Civility to us,
called us into his Ifoufe, and gave us good warm
Bean Pottage, wliich feemed to me the mod
Pleafint looJ that ever I eat in my Life : Our
Leave once more taken, we Advanced towards
the City of Af'iyoil^, which from this place is
about ten Miles : No water could we meet with
upon our way, but tuwards Evening, we dif-
covercd one drawing Water at a Well, wc
hafl-ed to hiiri, rind he drew for us ; that was our
Supper, and there was our Lodging that Night.
1 he next Morning we came into the Suburbs
of the City, theftrangcnefsof our Attire, being
bare foot, barc-Icg'd, having nothing on but
loofe Coats over our Shirts, drew a croud of en-
quirers about us, who we were/ whchcewc
came? whither we went ? Wc gavcthcin a
particular Account of cur Deliverance, with its
Circumftanccs; and thvty as willing ro pity; as
to li>iow our Eilatc, and as ready r* Relieve, Vi'$
fit)\ accommodated us for the prefent with food',
they (gave us Wine,. andStrong-Avaters, ind
il'hatisyer elfe might recover our e^hauftedSpi-
'^- rits ;
Of CrcAt Mercy. 85
rits^ but told us, wc muft be oblif cd to tarry
in the Suburbs, till //;f ru^-iJojhifd notice that ,
fuch Stranf.crs were Arrived: Me had foon /«-
ftrrratiou of us, and wc as foonw Ccn.rr^ndio
appear before him : He Examii-.td us about ma-
ny AtTairs- what Men of VV:ir the Jherincs
had rit Sea ? v.'hat llrtngth they were of at
Land ? Llut above all, he was molt curious,and
cxad in farisfying himfclf about our Efcape, our
Boat, our Ha2ards at :ca, wherein when wc'
had fully Obeyed him, he Ordered wc Ihould
be mainta'ned at his own Coll till we could have
palTagc to our own Countrey.
In this while the People gathered us Money-
to buy us CloathsandShooes, and we w nted
nothing that Nature called for , but ibanlful
Hearts to God. And they endeavoured to help
to that Mercy too : As I was walking in the
Streets viewing the City, a Young Man fteps to
me , Friend ( laid he ) are you one of thofe that
came lately Over in the Canvas- Boat ! I An-
fwcred. Yes, I was one of them : well ( reply-
cd the Young Man ) It wm not the little Loat ,
but the Gre.n God that brought you Over. I
mu/l needs fay, I often think of' this Young mans
words, and as often as- I think of them they
chide me, that I have not hitherto more pub-
lickly owned God in his Gracious and wonder- .
ful Deliverance. However, others may be con-"'
cern'd to Read I know not yet I am cobcern'd tO''
Write of the great things God has done forme.
SECT.
26
A Small Monnment
SECT. xrii.
the TrovidcHca of God rchkh attended
uf^ and Conduced us all ftfe to Eng-
land.
IT may not prove ungrateful to the Reader,
to fee how tlic great God, who beirun to work
for us, pcrfciled htf werk^'conceri/i/i" ttr. I low
he that had, and did deliver, would llill deliver
us; as /7«j/ir5r.trj have their Glories, yet Con-
y?r//rfr/ow/arc more Glorious : So each Provi-
dence of 'God is Admirable; but taken together,
as one ferving another, and this helping forwards
that, fo indeed they are moll Admirable ; when
the Creator viewed his each days work, it fo
puncftually anfwercd its Jdjeu according to
which, and Obeyed the Power by which it was
Created, that he pronounced kCood; but when
he rc-viewed the Produ(ft of the fix days, he
pronounced alt to be very food : Each Letter in
a Book fpeaks sl^ll, but when thofe Letters form
wordsy thofe words, fentences, t^ere is a grea-
ter Excellency, and more skill Difcovered : S?-
farate Providences fpcakout eminently/ow^ of
Gods Attributes ; but when wc put them toge-
ther, alLthe Attributes of God rtiine forth in'
them.
Of Great Mercy. Sj
th«n, and one Illuftratc another, which refle<fts
a light upon the former.
Afayork, is a City where our En^lifli Ships
did feldom Trade, and we being full of defirc to
fee our Native Countrey, preferr'd our humble
Petition to 'the f^tce-Roy, That we might have
Pajfage in the King 0/ Spains G allies, whicht
were then in the Road, bound for Alicant in--
Spain, which he gracioufly granted us : What'
cold Entertainment we met with there from
fomc of our own Countrey, I fhall draw a veil'
over ; yet even there wc found the Mercies of
Cod. One Merchant took CompafTion on us ,
and Conduced us to an Englijh mans Hout-,
where wc Lodged, and gave us half a Dollar
to defray ourCharges.The next day,undor;iand-
ing that there was an £»^/»y/;w.'.v in the Road,
bound for England, wc went aboard to fee for
PaflTage; we made our Condition our bcft Ar-
gument to prevail : The Mafter told us, he had
but little Provifion, but if we would be content
with Bread, and Beverage, we might go. We
accounted that , Royal Fare, and accordingly
waited till he fet Sail : Whilft we were aboard,
two EngUjh Merchants came thither alfo , and
were veryrcarneli that we would give them the.
(hort of our Adventure : We gratified them.and
one of them faid ; Countrey-men, we have heard
your ftory. After a few days, we kt Sail, and
when we were at Sea, were hotly Chafed by
fwo TnrkiP] Men of War, but being narCible-
H tore^
8;|. A Small Monument <
tore, we got in there, and efcapcd. We had :
known Slavery reo much andloitg^to be amhi- .
tioiu of it again i and therefore three of us,
John J>ithony, John— Carpenter , and my fclf
went afhoar, and there ftayed : Our other
Companions ventur'd along with the Ship, and
came into EngLind before us. VVhilll wc
wereat 6';Wefo>-e, \.\\z Spaniards undcrllanding
our Condition, much pitycd us : and one told
us, that if we would accept it, we might have
Lodging in his Vefibl, and he had FiHi enough
that wc might make ufe of: There wc ftaid till
our Money was gone, and then rcfolved to go
wit{i the Foot- Poll by hmdto Cadiz.^ which is
about fixty Miles : Butwhildmy two Compa-
nions were gone to enquire for the Courier, I
ftaid upon the (hoar, and faw a fmall Sfam^i
VclTcl coming from Malaga, bound for Cadiz. ;
I went aboard him, todcfirc Pafljge, ho freely
granted it, and the next Morning early, wc fct
Sail, and in little time came into C(i^/z,-Road,
but not nigh enough togoafhore, the Captain
told us,our PafTagc was p3id,we might freely go
aOiorc when we would. Now, bccaufc we found
no Ship here bound for England, and hearing
that there was one at St. Lucars, we Tra-
velled thither by Land, which is about twelve
Miles : After a fliort itay there, I met with the
Ma(tcrs Mate , of whom I earneftly entreated
for Paffage ; he told rac> he had very little Pro-
yifioiiv and that it would be hard to be Obtained :
whillt
Of great Mercy. 85
wbilfl we were talking, the Boat came to fetch
him aboard, and in her there was a Youth, who
was the Mailers Son : He asked his Fathers
Mate, who was a! fo his Uncle, who we were?
He told him, we were poor Men Efcapcd from
Algiers, Jbutfqr Want of Provifion, he doubted
Avc could not go for England. No .' '( faid the
Youth) do you think my Father will deny paf-
fage to poor £/;^//y/;-wf «, that come from AU,
gtcrj?- Come Countrey- men (faid he) come
into the Boat, you fliall have Paffage : He pre-
fently acquaints his Father with us and our Con-
dition : He treated us with great kindncfs, he
prevailed with the Merchants to lay in Provifion
for us : wc continued in his Ship till we came
away : In the time of our ftay, I wen; aboard
one Captain Good/on, who lay then in the Road ,
he was extremely civil to me j at my departure
he gave me twenty fhillings, and fct me aboard
our Ship , in his own Boar, Wc met with
contrary winds, and were very near Engaging
with a Hamburger ; it was five weeks before wc
could reach the Downsiwhcrc wc arrived in Seo.
1 644, The Commander of the Ship was Captain
Smtth, of Redriff.
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4^ r.J» »^« *-t-*
51? te Ingenious Friend^ Mr.
William Okcley, k/^^w /«/ Miraculous
Deliverance in his Canvas Boat.
THY Boat, thy Cflj^/< call; and Greet
The C^wv-^ as thy Winding- Sheet:
From C<7^ff, S/;ro»^ Delivered,
C'AVt RefurreQion from the Dead!
And fince thy Ltfe's the Great , thy Lines
prefent "
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Oktlej^WiUiam Adams, John Anthony, fohnjephi, John —
Carpenter, From the Mifcrable Slavery of .^/^/ifr, with
the wonderful Means of their Efcape in a Boat ojCanvm;
the great Diftrefs, and utmoft Extremities which they
endured at Sea for SiK Days, and Nights-, their fafe Ar-
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