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does not know what passed between them there, but a little ]
while afterwards the said Person came upon Deck and sent
his Boat back to the Schooner but for what Purpose he
doth not know, that soon afterwards the Boat returned, and
that then the said Person went from the Brig on Board the
Schooner, immediately after which, the Boat was again sent
back to the Brig and the said Person the then supposed Mate
of the Schooner called to Captain Carcaud saying " that his
Captain desired that he would come on Board the Schooner,"
which Captain Carcaud did without Delay, and that very
soon afterwards the Person abovementioned hailed the Brig,
and gave Orders that she should stand after or follow the
Schooner, that thereupon the Examinant and his Comrades
answered that if he detained their Captain he might send
his own People to work the Brig; that immediately after-
wards two of the Schooner's Crew came along side the Brig,
and said they were come for the Outlandish-Men, that there-
upon the Brig's People .saying that if any went they would
all go together, went down into the Boat, taking some spare
Cloaths with them, and were by the Schooner's two People
in the Boat, rowed along Side the Schooner, that then the
abovementioned Person (the supposed Mate) bid them step
up and that accordingly they all went on Board immediately
after which the Examinant heard the said Person say "if
you will side with me, or with us, and help to work the
Vessels to New-Providence you shall have all your Wages
and ten Pounds besides, that the Examinant and his Com-
rades answered that they were willing and ready to assist in
carrying the Vessels into any Port that he pleased in the
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Bay, but that they would not be carried out to Sea, upon
which the said Person gave Order that the Irons should be
brought up, saying he would have them put in Irons, that
hearing that Declaration they all said it was very hard for
Englishmen to be put in Irons on Board an English Vessel,
that then the said Person sent some of the Schooner's Hands
on Board the Brig, that some time after the said Hands had
got on Board the Brig the Examinant saw the Boat loose in
which they had gone on Board her, and that then the Brig's
People again declared to the Master of the Schooner that if
he would go into any Port in the Bay, they were ready to
pro with him, but he replying' that he would carry them to
Sea that then they the Brig's Crew confined the Master of
the Schooner and his People tying their Hands behind them
and tying one to one Place and another to another. That
then the Brig's People took up the Boat and let go the
Schooners' Anchor at the same time lowering her Sails: that
then the Brig's People went into the Boat and rowed on
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