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immediately added, that were it his Case they would carry
her to Providence, and the then supposed Captain imme-
diately answered by all Means; This Examinant then turn-
ing out upon Deck, left the Mate and Captain together in the
Cabbin, and after being together there some time they also
came upon Deck, and ordered the Schooner's People to make
Sail after the Brig, and the real Captain but supposed Mate
of the said Schooner immediately hailed the said Brig, and
ordered her to follow her and stand down the Bay, to which
this Examinants Mate then on Board the said Brig, an-
swered that none of her People would touch a Rope to which
the said supposed Schooner's Mate replied, you Rascal, I
will let you know that you shall, and accordingly ordered
his Hands to run out two Bow Guns and immediately also
ordered two of the Schooners Hands to go on Board the
said Brig and bring her People on Board the said Schooner
two Hands accordingly going on Board the said Brig re-
mained there, and all the said Brig's proper Crew came on
Board the said Schooner in the said Schooner's Boat, and
the said pretended Mate immediately ordered the Schooner's
Crew to put all the said Brig's Crew, except this Examinant
and this Examinant's Mate into Irons, and upon this Ex-
aminant's saying it was hard to see his People put in Irons
on Board an English Vessel the aforesaid pretended Mate
of the said Schooner said to this Examinants' People, My
Lads, if you will be easy and assist me, I will give you all
your Wages and ten Pounds over and above, to which this
Examinant heard Answer made from some of his People
that they did not want his Money, but would go where this
Examinant went, immediately upon this the aforesaid pre-
tended Mate of the said Schooner ordered her aforesaid
pretended Captain to take two more of the Schooners'
Hands and go on Board the said Brig to take Care of her,
and to follow him the said Schooner being then standing
down the Bay which Circumstance convincing this Ex-
aminant, that hitherto the said Schooner's Master had only
personated the Mate and the Mate the Master, this Ex-
aminant observed to the said pretended Mate, that this was
a strange Order for a Mate to command his Master to leave
his own Vessel and go on Board another to take Care of her,
for that in his Opinion the Mate should leave the Schooner
and the Master remain on Board, upon which the said pre-
tended Mate told this Examinant, that was none of his Busi-
ness, and upon this Examinants asking the said pretended
Mate his Name, he told this Examinant his Name was
Mulkere, which he now believes from the foregoing Circum-
stances was the Name of the real Master of the said Schoon-
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p. 288
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