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said Brig accordingly did, and the said Schooner's Captain
came on Board the said Brig in his own Boat with four
Hands, when this Examinant asked him where he came
from, and whether he was the Master of the said Schooner,
to which he answered he was not Master but he was Mate
of the said Schooner and that his Master was on Board
the said Schooner sick, in which Story his four Hands agreed
with him but did not at this Time tell this Examinant whence
he came, upon this the said Mulkere and the Master of the
said Brig retired together into the said Brig's Cabbin and
after some Time they returning upon Deck the said Brig's
Captain informed this Examinant the said Mulkere had de-
manded a Sight of his papers which he had shewn the said
Mulkere, upon which the said Mulkere ordered the said
Schooner's Boat and Hands on Board the Schooner again
for the Commission which was accordingly done and upon
their Return again on Board the said Brig with Something
wrapped up in an Handkerchief which the said Mulkere
receiving from his own Boats' People he carried down to the
Brig's Captain then in her Cabbin, some little Time after
which the said Mulkere returned upon Deck and took to his
Boat, and said he would acquaint his Captain, and the said
Boat accordingly carried him on Board the said Schooner,
and the said Schooner then hailed the said Brig and desired
her Captain the said Carcaud to come on Board the said
Schooner and bring his papers with him, and then sending
the said Schooner's Boat on Board the said Brig the said
Carcaud the said Brig's Master went on Board the said
Schooner and carried with him his Papers, upon this Mul-
kere hailed the said Brig and desired that the Mate would
make Sail after him, upon which this Examinant answered,
that neither this Examinant nor any of the said Brig's Crew
should touch a Rope to work the said Vessel, but that he
must send his own People on Board, upon which the said
Mulkere sent his Boat on Board the said Brig for two Out-
landish Men the said Mulkere had observered there when he
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was on Board, upon which this Examinant ordered all the
said Brig's Crew to get into the Boat to go on Board the
said Schooner, this Examinant saying he did not understand
their Crew's being separated and tossed about in this Man-
ner that where one went they would all go and the said
Crew getting into the said Boat as well as this Examinant
they were all accordingly rowed on Board the said Schooner
by her two Hands who had brought the said Boat for the
two Outlandish-Men as aforesaid, and upon this Examinant
and Crew's Arrival on Board the said Schooner the said
Mulkere ordered them to be put in Irons, and upon two Pair
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