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Return to England

           TothisIaddedaveryhandsomepresentofsomeItaliansilksforhiswifeandtwodaughters,forsuchthecaptain’ssoninformedmehehad, withtwopiecesoffineEnglishbroadcloth,andbestIcouldgetinLisbon,fivepiecesofblackbaize,andsomeFlanderslaceofagoodvalue. 

           Havingthussettledmyaffairs,soldmycargo,andturnedallmyeffectsintogoodbillsofexchange,mynextdifficultywaswhichwastogotoEngland. Ihadbeenaccustomedenoughtothesea,andyetIhadastrangeaversiontogoingtoEnglandbyseaatthattime; andthoughIcouldgivenoreasonforit,yetthedifficultyincreaseduponmesomuch,thatthoughIhadonceshippedmybaggageinordertogo,yetIalteredmymind,andthatnotonce,buttwoorthreetimes. 

           ItistruethatIhadbeenveryunfortunatebysea,andthismightbesomeofthereason;butletnomanslightthestrongimpulsesofhisownthoughtsincasesofsuchmoment. TwooftheshipswhichIhadsingledouttogoin,Imeanmoreparticularlysingledoutthananyother,thatistosay,soasinoneofthemtoputmythingsonboard,andintheotherwaytohaveagreedwiththecaptain; Isay,twooftheseshipsmiscarried,viz.,onewastakenbytheAlgerines,andtheotherwascastawayontheStart,nearTorbay,andallthepeopledrownedexceptthree; sothatineitherofthosevesselsIhadbeenmademiserable;andinwhichmost,itwashardtosay. 

           Havingbeenthusharassedinmythoughts,myoldpilot,towhomIcommunicatedeverything,pressedmeearnestlynottogobysea,buteithertogobylandtotheGroyne,andcrossovertheBayofBiscaytoRochelle,fromwhenceitwasaneasyandsafejourneybylandtoParis,andsotoCalaisandDover; ortogouptoMadrid,andsoallthewaybylandthroughFrance. 

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