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Slavery and escape
IwasnowsetupforaGuineatrader; andmyfriend,tomygreatmisfortune,dyingsoonafterhisarrival,Iresolvedtogothesamevoyageagain, andIembarkedinthesamevesselwithonewhowashismateintheformervoyage,andhadnowgotthecommandoftheship. Thiswastheunhappiestvoyagethatevermanmade; forthoughIdidnotcarryquite100poundsofmynew-gainedwealth,sothatIhad200poundsleft,whichIhadlodgedwithmyfriend’swidow,whowasveryjusttome,yetIfellintoterriblemisfortunes. Thefirstwasthis:ourshipmakinghercoursetowardstheCanaryIslands,orratherbetweenthoseislandsandtheAfricanshore,wassurprisedinthegreyofthemorningbyaTurkishroverofSallee,whogavechasetouswithallthesailshecouldmake. Wecrowdedalsoasmuchcanvasasouryardswouldspread,orourmastscarry,togetclear;butfindingthepirategaineduponus,andwouldcertainlycomeupwithusinafewhours,wepreparedtofight;ourshiphavingtwelveguns,andtherogueeighteen. Aboutthreeintheafternoonhecameupwithus,andbringingto,bymistake,justathwartourquarter,insteadofathwartourstern,asheintended, webroughteightofourgunstobearonthatside,andpouredinabroadsideuponhim, whichmadehimsheeroffagain,afterreturningourfire,andpouringinalsohissmallshotfromneartwohundredmenwhichhehadonboard. However,wehadnotamantouched,allourmenkeepingclose. Hepreparedtoattackusagain,andwetodefendourselves. Butlayingusonboardthenexttimeuponourotherquarter,heenteredsixtymenuponourdecks,whoimmediatelyfelltocuttingandhackingthesailsandrigging. Wepliedthemwithsmallshot,halfpikes,powder-chests,andsuchlike,andclearedourdeckofthemtwice. However,tocutshortthismelancholypartofourstory,ourshipbeingdisabled,andthreeofourmenkilled,andeightwounded,wewereobligedtoyield,andwerecarriedallprisonersintoSallee,aportbelongingtotheMoors.
