Capt. Dampier's Vindication of his Voyage To the South-Seas in the Ship St. George.
With ſome ſmall Obſe [...]ations for the [...] on Mr F [...] ⯑ [...]el's Chime [...]ical [...] Of the Voyage Roun [...] the World; and Det [...]ed in Little. until he ſhall be Ex⯑amin'd more at Large.

IN the firſt place, he calls himſelf my Mate; He went out my Steward, and afterwards I did ma [...]e a Mi [...]hipman of him: Indeed he had the Advan [...]age of peruſing Draughts and Books, of which he afterwards [...] a ſlender Account, for ſome he pre [...]ended were loſt, and others the Draug [...] are torn [...] of th [...]; Eſpecially the Draughts of Winds, which I grea [...]ly ſuſpect him of Doing, becauſe he is not the firſt Man that has Endeavour'd to build upon another Man's Foundation.

2. In pag. 3. lin. 4. he ſays, that Cap [...]. Pullen was going in Comp [...]ny with us; but while we lay at Anchor in the Downs, there aroſe a Differe [...]ce between to [...]wo Captains, on which Pullen went away.

I wonder at his Impudence for I was at London, when Cap [...]. Pul⯑len [...]ent away; and [...] was the Owner's, His, and Mine could not agree▪ to whom I Appeal.

3. In p. 2. 1. 27. Our P [...]poſals, ſays he, were to go into the River of Plate, and to [...] Air [...]s, to take 2 or 3 Spaniſh Galleons, wh [...]ch Cap [...] [...] gives an [...] A [...]co [...]nt of (I ſay Capt. Dampier, as he does, [...] Gentleman that [...] not to return Home [...] [...] there I deſ [...]re to kn [...]w of th [...] Gentleman, when it was tha [...] [...] gave this Accou [...], a [...]d to [...]: I muſt confeſs there was ſome Diſcourſe about it; but I never deſig [...] [...]o go to Buonas Aires, for [...]em, being ſuch a Dangerous River [...] Ʋp: And I think Capt. Pullen [...] ſomething [...] from thence may conclude that be plea [...] ▪ For [...] ▪ [2] He giv [...] Reaſons of his [...] we did not go to Buonas Aires. [...] produce Reaſons!

Where Mr. Funn [...] ſays C [...]pt. Dampier and Lie [...]t. Huzford [...] ▪

T [...]ere [...] Mr. Morg [...]n, Purſer and A⯑gent that diſagreed with [...] Huzford▪ went aſhore▪ and Fought; upon [...] Corri [...]idor, Co [...]fu' [...] Mr. H [...]x⯑ford, [...]nd a [...], he himſelf ſent f [...]r [...] Ch [...]t and Cloaths, which [...] I [...]ay b [...]fore [...] I [...]ent for him Aboard, and [...] actually came, [...] I had no [...] of [...] but Mr. Morgan ſwore if Mr Huxford, ſau'd [...] not go the Voyage. And where ill Blood [...] upon which I ordered h [...]m to go on Boa [...]d Capt. [...], whoſe Boat was on [...] along our [...]ide, an [...] [...] after a Gen [...]leman [...]-manner) [...], but it happen'd [...] carrying [...] to th [...] [...], He and [...]xford diſagreeing [...] th [...]y were goi [...]g fro [...] [...], he [...] him on Boa [...]d a Portugueze Mar [...]han [...]-Man.

4 In relation to J [...]mes Ba [...]by, ſecond Lie [...]t He ſay [...]s, that [...] and eight of the Men went on ſhore and left us, taking their Cheſts and Cloaths with them,

To the [...]: I take God to witneſs I never [...] but I r [...]fus'd them; [...] nothing like the for [...]mer Deſign; This Mr. Morgan can [...].

In p. [...]3 Mr▪ Fa [...]nel [...], to ſettle my Miſtakes ſays he ſaw [...]. But every body know [...] it is a Greater [...]

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The' th [...]re may be more [...] that we paſs over to abre⯑vi [...]te this Matter, as yet, my Crew not being wholly [...]ere, I m [...]ion o [...], the two Action [...] of the Voyage, [...].

The firſt of which is the [...] Engag'd, that was cr [...]sing to the Iſland of [...]an Fernando's, to [...]hom we gave Chace from 3 in the Afternoon, and [...], making of her [...] I found ſhe was an E [...]opean Ship and not a Spaniard [...] not willing to purſue [...] farther, but the [...] Right or Wrong [...] follow'd her, and next [...], we came up [...] her; and when I ſaw no [...]hing would [...] Attempt, I encourag'd them [...]. By this time my Conſort [...] given her a Broad ſide; [...] up [...] and gave her a Broad-ſide likewiſe. [...] were then [...], they Fir'd upon our [...] his [...] his Help Notwithſtanding [...], and Ex⯑chang'd 3 or 4 Broadſides [...] ſuffer'd, 9 kill'd and [...] wound [...]d, which [...] much, they a [...]tually run down off the Deck, and made nothing of it afterwards; So that when I could have boarded her and carried her the Mate, Cleppington by Name, [...] The Men ar [...] all gone; and Bel [...]ha [...]h the Maſter, whoſe Offic [...] it was [...] upon Deck, [...] al⯑ſo; th [...] this [...].

In p. 25, 26. Mr. Funnell ſays the Crew were Deſirous to [...] this Ship [...] they made nothing of i [...] while in [...] Power; What was to be done afterwards? And as to my telling [...] (as he ſays) I could [...]et at a [...]y time 500000 l. I ſay, ſo I, [...] my Boats which were then [...] my P [...]ople have been Rul'd. In p. 32. Mr. Funnell ſays we took a Ship of 200 Tuns, loaden [...] ſeveral good Commodities, as Indigo, Cochineel, &c.

Now for Cochineel, I never heard of any, Indigo there was; [...] the other, and the Turtleſh [...]l, he ſo frequently ſpeaks of, [...] be go [...] the ſame w [...]y th [...] many Rich and Valuable Goods [4] have, by the Management of thoſe Pyrating Fellows, rather [...] Sailors, the Indigo I could not take on Board; nor could I truſt any of them with the Sailing ſuch a Ship, as could neither keep me Company, nor mak a right Steerage-way.

In p. 33. He ſays truth as to Mr. Obſervator's Ship and the Monkey that was left in her; but as to Firing at any thing but the Ship, and the whole Crew, who before we could make up to her, had made into their Boats, and nothing beſide [...] the Cargo and the Monkey were indeed on Board, which [...] along, had we not Obſervators enough at Home.

The next thing they Charge me with, eſpeci [...]lly Mr▪ F [...]nn [...]ll in p. 41. in the [...] of St Michael, [...] were in the Barque laſt taken, and Indian C [...]noe [...] and that I order'd her to be Fir'd upon. The [...], for when I ſaw ſome of them that had F [...]r'd without my Orders, I wa [...] very Ʋneaſy and Troubled at it, knowing the Conſequence of it.

T [...]e Second Thing that's Material is▪ that the Ship mentioned by Mr. Funnel in p. 45. 46. where he ſeems to [...] Dollars was Hid in the Run of the Ship, and I ſlipt the [...] of taking it, and [...] her Adrift; So this I anſwer, That I had evident Proof had Landed her Money at Truxille; and as to Proviſions, we took as much as would provide us for One Year, and much longer, if well manag'd, that was, what our Ship could well [...], and this was the Steward and the Crew's Cal⯑culation. Now as to a Report that they make about Town [...] Dollars that [...] Ranſom; Firſt I had no convenient Road to Ride in and the ſtrong Southerly Winds were ſet in, and ſo if I had Loyter'd for her, muſt certainly been Imbay'd for 3 or 4 Months: Beſides the Winds, thro' the Treachery of the Spaniards, I have had the Experience of it be⯑fore in a like Caſe, Riding [...] for Ranſom with Capt. Swa [...] and Capt. [...], for inſtead of keeping their Faith, they [...] off with a [...] the Night and 14 Pe [...]agoes; and [...] better Crew and [...] Men. We came narrowly of [...]

Now, th [...] they are Judges in my Caſe and Conduct, a [...] who were perpetually drunk, and very tit, you'll ſay, [...] the Night, or being kept in any Decorum.

[...] p. 46. 47. Whereas Mr. Funnell frequently w [...]uld Inſinuate, that I could agree with no body; and ſo ſays that parted this way with Capt. Stradling. I ſay, I [...] Stradling; nay not only that, but at Juan de Fernandos, whe [...] all hi [...] Men left him, I reconcil'd them and him again; therefor [...] [5] [...] .

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The next Morning [...] who is a very Valia [...]t Man [...], with [...] Men and [...]ire-Arms with them. [...]

What's obſervable is, it's not enough to Run away with [...] do what you pleaſe with [...] of Si [...]k, [...] or any other [...] [6] [...] [7] [...] and that I r [...]fer my ſelf to all Sailors in the World, wh [...]er it was right or not. A [...] c [...]ſidering the Inequality of our [...] of Ship.

[...]fore [...] Action [...] ▪ we were to the Wind⯑ [...] of he [...] [...] ſt [...]nd [...]ng [...], and we Bearing [...] her [...]ith [...] o [...]der'd my Officers to [...] to [...] to [...] of her; inſtead of this, [...] of my Heart, they Edg'd away, and were ſo far from [...]ving the Power to Command and Board her, as I intended, [...] we loſt the Opportunity, and were forc'd to Leward the [...] time; aft [...] that I [...]ck'd, cam [...] abo [...], and had her under my Lee- [...] the [...] I hop'd to [...] ▪ with my Chace Guns, ſhe hav [...]g no [...]-Chace to [...]; this I took to be the beſt way of Diſabli [...] he, [...] this [...] made her yield. [...] o [...] this, [...] ſhew [...] [...]orld now [...] my Office [...] were [...] Maſter and the Mate [...] the [...] [...]o the Great [...] the p [...]i [...]ate Men [...] her▪ For [...] an [...] a Man [...] Man at H [...]lm [...] o [...]ce mo [...]e: [...] While thing, [...] at [...], I ask'd [...] to Bo [...]d her. Clap he [...] [...] then, ſ [...]id I. [...] his time [...]the [...] being [...] and [...] to our [...], [...] ▪ Now [...] I have gotten along [...], they were [...] her, that the Maſt [...] we [...] about [...] of the [...] ▪

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