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A47710	Memorable accidents, and unheard of transactions containing an accout of several strange events: as the deposing of tyrants, lamentable shipwrecks, dismal misfortunes, stratagems of war, perilous adventures, happy deliverances, with other remarkable occurrences, and select historical events, which have happened in several countries in this last age. Translated from the French, printed at Brussels in 1691. and dedicated to his present Majesty William King of England, &c. Published in English by B.B.	B. B.; Léonard, T.	1693 (1693)	Wing L1100A; ESTC R217274	108,650	193

other Goods therefore I resolved to let in the Water five Foot deep to quench it and the Carpenter made several Holes to that purpose Nothing but Sighs and Weeping were now observed amongst us yet continuing vigorously to pour down Water the Fire seemed to abate but to check our hopes it soon after took hold of the Oyls which we had in great quantity aboard After which the more Water we threw the more the flame increased Then it was that our Ruin appeared to be without remedy and our Wailings and Lamentations grew greater all Succour failing and the devouring Ocean being ready to swallow us up and though we had thrown sixty Barrels of Powder over-board yet there remained at least three hundred still in the Ship which we could not get at so that at length the Fire reached them and immediately the Ship with one hundred and nineteen persons were blown up into the Air I with sixty five more were on the Deck expecting this fatal blow clinging to the Main-mast in hope to fall with it into the Water and save our selves but are all blown into the Air with the rest and I who was their Captain seeing nothing but Death before my Eyes cryed out O my God have pity upon me verily believing this was the last moment of my Life but although the blow did much astonish me yet I was not wholly senceless but retained some remains of Hope and Courage Thus I fell into the Water near the Wreck of the Ship which was shivered into a thousand pieces and taking breath a little looking about I perceived the Main-mast on one side of me and the Fore-mast on the other whereupon I got astride on the Main-mast and observing the dismal Ruins of the Ship I cryed out Good God! what a fine Vessel is perished and destroyed in a moment like Sodom and Gomorah In making these Reflexions I perceived a Young man Swimming who got hold of the Keel of our Ship saying I have caught it Good God! said I is there any one yet alive I observed a little Mast driven by the Waves toward him I desired him to thrust it toward me that whereon I was ballancing too much and I being unable without great pain to stir my self having two large Wounds in my Head and Back and my Arms and Thighs sorely bruised O God said I yet but a little while and I am a lost Man We got both on this Mast he before and I behind with each of us a Board in our Hands when the Young-man hoisting up himself discovered the Shallop but at so great a distance that he could not perceive whither the Poop or Prow were towards us The Sun was now setting which much afflicted us who had no hope but in Heaven to which we continually address'd our Prayers At length we were comfortably surprized with the sight both of the Shallop and Cock-Boat which came very near us I called out to them Save your Captain They answered me Is our Captain still alive I told them I am the Person The Young-man my Companion set himself couragiously to Swimming but I being disabled by my Wounds and Bruises cried out If they would have me they must come and fetch me Then they made up toward me and our Trumpeter threw out a Rope which I fastened about my middle and thus they drew me to them I had formerly made a little Lodge in my Shallop for two persons wherein I was laid it being thought I would soon expire Heyn Roll and others visited me whom I advised to keep all Night near the Wreck to see if they could find any Provisions or a Compass to find Land for they left the Ship in such haste that they took not any Meat nor Drink with them They told me likewise that the Pilot had taken away the Compass out of his Lodge as foreseeing we must abandon the Ship That Night Heyn Roll made the Sea-men Row hard to try if they could perceive Land but at Day-break to their great trouble they could see none They came and asked my advice I told them they had done ill in not continuing near the Wreck last Night where they might have found store of Provisions since I had seen pieces of Flesh and Cheese swim in great quantities about our Legs so that we could scarce make way for them when we were on the Mast They desired me to rise a little which I did with much difficulty I demanded what Provisions they had they brought me two little Barrels with about eight pound of Bisket which was their whole Stock Comerades said I this will not do lay by your Oars for you do but weary your selves with Rowing take your Shirts and make Sails of them which they did I offered mine but they would not accept it desiring to preserve my life We were about forty six persons in the Shallop and twenty six in the small Boat in all seventy two There was a good Morning Gown and Cushion in the small Boat which were given me Our Surgeon having no Remedies left stop'd the two holes in my Head with chewed Bread which with Gods assistance cured them Our Sails being ready we steered by the course of the Stars though we could scarce discern their Rising and Sitting the Night was extream cold and the day very hot the Sun shining just over our Heads We invented an Instrument by the Coopers help to take the Suns height and afterwards with Chalk made a little Sun-Dial I cut on a Plank behind the Shallop a Chart in the best manner I could and there describing the Isles of Sumatra Java and the Streight of Sunda lying between these tvvo Islands That day the Ship vvas lost I had taken the height and found we were in five Degrees and half South Latitude and now found we were near ninety Leagues from Land I made likewise a Compass and directed our course seventy Leagues side-ways to get Land that we might the better know where to go I now distributed our small store of Bisket giving every man his allowance which was not much bigger than ones Finger this was soon gone and we had no Drink so that our thirst was insupportable but soon after it happened to Rain and we stretch'd out our Sails to receive it and wringing the Water into our little Barrels filled them therewith I made one of my Shooes serve for a Cup and caused every Man to take his turn in coming to the Barrel and having drank to give place to his companion They intreated me to Drink my fill which I would not contenting my self with the same portion as the rest And thus we kept together but the Shallop out-sailing the Cock-boat and there being none in it that understood Navigation they beg'd of me to be received into the Shallop but the Seamen opposed it saying That though the Shallop was large yet it could not hold so great a number and thereupon they cut the Ropes and left them Great was our calamity

Battle and retir'd to the Mountains from whence they descended not till they had seen the Spaniards under Sail who before their departure set the Tents on fire and rifled all that belong'd to the French so that they remain'd in the Isle without Beds Tents or Tools to Work with and led a very miserable Life for the space of three or four months Many died for want and the rest saw themselves in danger of perishing in the like misery when five of the most daring of them resolv'd to expose themselves to all sorts of perils rather than remain in this Isle They made a Pyperi or Canoa in which they determin'd to adventure to Sea to seek out for some Island Inhabited by Christians of whatsoever Nation they might be and one of them having happily found an Axe on the Trunk of an Acamas Tree they made choice of the Wood of the Mahot and Trumpet Tree which are the lightest in that Country and labour'd with so great diligence that in three days they join'd together some pieces of Wood and instead of Mortise and Nails they made use of great and strong cords and so fitted out their Pyperi It was eleven foot wide and fourteen long and that it might cut the Water more nimbly they made it sharp pointed and in the middle of it placed a Mast fifteen foot high Two of the five strip'd themselves to make Sails of their Shirts and having unript them they tied them together with great points of Mahot Bark and fasten'd to them two Sheets of the same Bark to Sail near the Wind or put out to the Main as they should see occasion Our five Adventurers having bid adieu to them that remain'd in the Isle rather with abundance of Tears than Words thrust their Pyperi into the Water where they seated themselves two in the Poop two in the Prow and one in the middle The two that were in the Poop held an Oar in form of a Rudder to conduct them whither soever Divine Providence should lead them the three others held each of them an Oar in form of a Battle-Door and rowing after the manner of the Savages that is to say before them They arriv'd extreamly fatigu'd at a little Isle call'd Virgine Gonarda where Landing with their Match which they carefully kept burning in their Pyperi they made a Fire upon a Bank of Sand to boil some Periwinkles and Cray-fishes that they found there Out afflicted Navigators leaving this Isle by force of Rowing gain'd that of St. Thomas where finding what refreshment they wanted as Oranges Citrons Lemons Gouyans Bananas and Figs they abode there five days From the Isle of St. Thomas they continu'd their course to the Southern Coast of Portrico where they went ashore upon a great Bank of Land After they had march'd about two hours within the Isle they knew by the great store of Beeves Cows and Hogs which were Wild that it was the Isle of St. John Portrico They return'd to their Pyperi which they trim'd a new to fetch up another little Island to the Windward of Portrico and distant from thence about two Leagues they Row'd three days without being able to get near the shore because the Tide still bore to the Main Land but after great toil they gain'd at last a little bank of white Sand where Landing they happily found two Wells dig'd there by Mariners the water of which was very good Here they also found Ring-Doves Hens and other Fowls in so great abundance and so tame that they kill'd them upon the Trees with great Poles towards Night All these supplies together with the footsteps of men that they observ'd made them believe that this place was frequented by some Fisher-Boats and that certainly it would not be long before some of them arriv'd in which they might obtain passage to some Christian Land For this Reason they erected a little Tent in which they abode near three months walking every day round the Island which is in circuit but two Leagues without seeing any person on Land or Ship in the Sea from whence they might hope for Succour In fine on Sunday morning as they were saying their usual Prayers perceiving a Bark which coming from the North Coasted the Isle they made a Sign to it with a Linnen Cloth fastned to the top of a long stick and the Captain mov'd by their reiterated cries commanded to furl the Main-sail and strike the Top-sail and bear straight to Land Seeing but five Naked men without Arms he sent five Mariners towards them in his Boat amongst whom was a Walloon who knowing by their Language that they were French cast by Shipwrack or some other accident upon the Coast of that Isle they charitably receiv'd them into their Boat and brought them to the Bark By means of this Walloon Interpreter they rehears'd unto the Governour the dreadful miseries they had endur'd So pitiful a recital touch'd him so sensibly that he gave them Shirts and Drawers furnish'd them with Bread Wine and Aqua-vitae and promis'd that within fifteen days his Fishing being ended he would return and take them along with him to St. John de Portrico He perform'd his promise and to preserve the memory of so strange an Adventure he caus'd their Pyperi to be made fast to the Prow of his Bark that he might shew it to Don Francisco Maldonado Governour of Portrico for his Catholick Majesty Having left the Island four or five Leagues behind them the Spanish Pilot looking from the Poop towards the Isle of Virgins descri'd a League off somewhat in the Sea moving upon a piece of Wood but the too great distance hindering him from discerning what it was as they approach'd nearer he perceiv'd that it was Men floating upon a Pyperi like to that which was fasten'd to the Prow of the Bark They were six men the remainder of those that staid in the Isle of Virgins who had built a Pyperi to carry them thence These poor French-men knowing their Comrades beseech'd the Captain to save their Lives as he had done theirs he took them into the Ship carry'd them to Portrico and presented them all to the Governour who receiv'd them courteously and order'd a Garment to be given to each of them making the Town their Prison with Liberty to earn their Bread therein They had no difficulty to subsist here every one look'd upon them as extraordinary persons and at first contended who should be most liberal to them Those that were skill'd in any Trade ply'd the same and one of them that could play exquisitely well on the Violin gain'd enough alone to assist the rest When they had gather'd a Sum of Money sufficient to pay for their passage into Europe they all embark'd in Spanish Vessels save one that Married in the Isle and return'd to their Native Country History of the Antilles The Brave Hollander IN the month of September 1641. five Gallies and two Brigantines commanded by Aly Pegelin General of

being without Provisions and out of sight of Land yet I still incouraged them by saying they were not far from it but they murmured often crying out Our Captain tells us more than he knows since we every day seem to be at a greater distance from it But when it seemed impossible for us to subsist any longer it pleased God to send a great number of Sea-Gulls who flew about us as if they desired to to be taken we caught some of them but had not patience to pluck off the Feathers yet eat them with as good an Appetite as if they had been drest But still descrying no Land we began to despair those in the other Boat coming up again beg'd us to take them in which at length we did esteeming it better to dye all together since there was no sign of Relief being then in all seventy two Souls without either Meat or Drink or expectation of getting any Looking thus woefully upon each other by the goodness of Heaven a great quantity of flying Fish rose from the Water flying till their Wings were dry and then fell down into our Boat we immediately seized and divided them and eat them raw which comforted us and kept us from starving so that none dyed which was wonderful since many already drank Sea-Water notwithstanding all my Remonstrances others held Musket-bullets in their Mouths other again drunk their own Urine so long as it was good but at length it would not serve Our calamity still increasing we began to look upon one another with a cruel eye plainly discovering our design to feed upon each other At last it came almost to an open resolution that the Boys should be killed and eaten first and then they would cast Lots amongst themselves It is impossible to express the Horror which I had at this proposal perceiving their readiness to execute it I therefore earnestly begged of God to change their Minds and preserve them from this Cruelty and going to them said Friends I do assure you we are not far from Land for I know it by my Instruments hope in God and he will relieve us They replied I were used to entertain them with such discourses telling me plainly That if they diseerned no Land in such a time they would certainly begin to eat the Boys Considering their barbarous Resolution I reiterated my most earnest Prayers to the Almighty not to suffer us to be tempted beyond our power but to guide and direct us to some place of safety We were grown so lean and faint that we could scarce stand and our Merchant Heyn Roll was not able to rise from the ground so that my whole business was to go from Poop to Prow to comfort them though I wanted as much consolation my self We Sailed thus at all Adventures till Dec. 2. 1619. being the thirteenth day since we lost our Ship We had then some Rain which we greedily received and filled our two small Vessels and every Man at Night stood back to back against each other like Sheep against the cold Next morning the Weather cleared up and the Quarter-master being at the Helm hollowed out Land Land Land All our people extreamly rejoyced at the News and taking fresh strength and courage we hoisted up our Sails and got ashore that very Day where we praised God that had not suffered us to commit the crime we were about to perpetrate for this was the last Day prefixt for this cruel and barbarous Resolution of eating the Boys We forraged the Island and found abundance of Coco-Nuts but no fresh Water we drew a very pleasant Liquor from them and eat the Meat We could find no Man on the place though it seemed to have been Inhabited but saw a Serpent as big as our largest Barrels This Island is distant four or five Leagues from Sumatra we coasted Eastward as long as our Nuts lasted which being spent we kept near the Isle to find a conveniency to Land because the roughness of the Sea made it dangerous and likewise a Bank of Sand but at length we got ashore without any other dammage than being wet with the dashing of the Waves Here we found fresh Water and Beans amongst the Herbs and a little further Tobacco and a Fire which was very pleasing to us Since we knew the Island was Inhabited we kindled a Fire in six or seven places reposing our selves about it and at Night placed Sentinels to prevent surprizals from the Inhabitants In the Night we were as sick and griped with the Beans as we had been before with the Coco's and at the same time the Natives favoured by the darkness came upon us of which our Sentinels gave us notice and though we were Sick and had no other Weapons but two Hatchets and an old rusty Sword yet we resolved to sell our Lives as dear as possible and ranging our men in Battle vvith each a Fire brand stretch'd out at full length in his Hand and the sparkles flying in the Air vve approached the Barbarians vvho vvere much astonish'd not discerning vvhat Arms vve had and thereupon fled vvith all speed and vve returned to our Fires and stood upon our Guard In the morning vve saw three Men coming toward us and some of our Company spoke to them in the Malay Language and they asking who we were he told them Hollanders that had lost their Ship by Fire and desired Provisions which they soon after brought both of Rice and Fowl for which we paid eight Crowns and divided it betwixt us and met with a Liquor as strong as Wine in a small Village of which we drunk each his share The Natives set down by us but spake not a Word seeming amazed to see us After this I bought a Buffle of them for five Crowns but he was so Wild I could not take him so our Men staid ashore to catch him and I went in a Canoa with two Negro's to the Shallop who I suppose designed to do me a mischief if there had been opportunity but I used such rough Language toward them that they saw I did not fear them Next morning we saw two men bringing a Buffle which I perceiving not to be the same asked them why our Men did not return they said They had not yet caught the Buffle Well said I we will make sure of this and ordered the Serjeant to cut off his Legs at which the Buffle fell and the Negro's set up an horrid cry upon which two or three hundred more came out of a Wood upon us designing to surprize us by getting betwixt us and the Shallop but our three Sentinels gave notice of it and came to our assistance they approaching us with Swords and Javelins whereupon we made to our Shallop and they pursued us furiously to the side of it The Baker of our Ship wrought Wonders with our rusty Sword and two others did the same with the two Hatchets but finding our selves over-powered we cut our Cable and Sailed away some of

could never compose our selves securely to sleep and notwithstanding our tottering Limbs were hardly able to sustain our sinking Bodies we were forc'd to tug hard Night and Day both at Helm and Pump being at the same time almost frozen to Death with intolerable cold which was incomparably more grievous than that which to the admiration of all Men not many years ago cover'd all the Channels at Venice with thick and impenetrable Ice And now the compassionate Reader may consider how lamentable our case was we wanted Clothes to fence us from the pinching cold our Meat and Drink fail'd us and we remain'd amidst the Horrors of an unknown and stormy Ocean destitute not only of all comforts but even of necessaries to sustain our fainting Bodies and lest any thing should be wanting to compleat our Misery the Nights were twenty one hours long and very dark The growing cold now began to produce terrible effects of its cruelty among us we were all of a sudden seized with a certain numness which began at our Feet and then gradually ascending over-run our whole Bodies causing in us a disorder'd and raging appetite which was no small addition to our Sorrow for every Man endeavoured to filch what he could from his Neighbour and Ransacking every corner greedily devour'd all he could find Then did Death Tyrannize among us and you might see here one and there another breathe out a broken sigh shake his giddy Head and fall down dead on a sudden In which extremity of forty seven Men which made up our desolate Company twenty six gave up the Ghost and this was so far from being a Wonder considering our helpless condition that it was certainly a Miracle of Divine Bounty that any of us were preserv'd alive to Celebrate the never-failing goodness of our Almighty Deliverer and exalt the Glory of his power These twenty six died between the twenty third of December to the fifth of January and found their Graves in the bottom of the merciless Ocean And now the last day of this disastrous year presented us with a dismal prospect of unavoidable Ruine for our little stock of Wine was wholly exhausted and the sad experience of our dead and dying Companions taught us that the Sea-water with which we were wont to delude the intolerable fury of our Thirst did only hasten our approaching Death so that not knowing what to do we forc'd our own Water down our Throats How deplorable and heart-breaking an object was it to see some gasping Wretches whose parcht Entrails refus'd to furnish any moisture with dying groans and rueful looks imploring the favour of a small draught of the Urine of their Companions who either unwilling to part with what they fear'd would quickly be spent or rather unable to spare any from themselves refus'd to save the Lives of their dearest Friends at the expences of a small quantity of that unsavory Liquor which was the only means left to preserve their own 'T is true some of us had the prudence to temper it with a little Sirrup of Green Ginger and Lemons which by Providence was not yet consum'd At last when there was no hopes left when Despair and Paleness were painted on our hollow Cheeks and the Grim-King of Terrors in the most frightful shape star'd us in the Face then did our pitiful Redeemer stretch forth his helping Hand and on the third of January 1431. we descry'd Land afar off being a ledge of ragged Rocks cover'd to the top with huge Mountains of Snow and lying to the weather of us But it seems Fortune still ow'd us a spite for the Winds being contrary we durst not spread our Sails and our feeble Arms were altogether unable to manage the Oars so that a strong current driving us along we lost sight of Land and all our Hopes together But magnified be the wonderful Goodness of our God we escaped safe out of a Deluge of Dangers in which we were almost over-whelmed for having been long toss'd and batter'd by the Cruelty of outragious Gusts among the Death-threatning points of lurking Rocks which by reason of the horrible darkness of the tedious Night we could not avoid at last fear of Death and desire of Life inspiring us with unwonted Vigour we enter'd into a Bay between two steep Rocks No sooner did our Pinnace touch upon the Sand but five of our men made desperate by tormenting Thirst leap'd into the Sea without knowing the depth thereof which was considerable and making haste towards the Snow thrust such great quantities down their insatiable Throats that they seem'd to delight in glutting themselves therewith at length they return'd Laden with huge quantities thereof which we also gulp'd down very greedily Now from the time that we left the Ship until January 6. being eighteen days we made account according to our best Judgments that we had run two thousand five hundred miles at least without seeing Land for Sailing all that time between the East and North-east points of the Compass we never hand less Wind than after the rate of six miles in an hour On the forementioned day being the Feast of Epiphany Nineteen of us went ashore on this desolate and barren Island called the Isle of Saints which lies on the Coast of Norway and belongs to the King of Denmark leaving only two men to look to the Boat Being Landed we retired to a place that was cover'd from the fury of the piercing Winds and kindled a Fire by means of a Tinder-Box and an Oar the sight of which was very comfortable to us But perceiving that this Island was Uninhabited we resolved to go to another which we descry'd about five miles distant But alas our Pinnace was so Leaky that despairing to be ever able to fit her out for the Sea again we drew her not without great pain to Land and determin'd to make a little Hovel of her to shelter us from the violence of the Weather To accomplish which we divided her into two parts of the first and greater of which we made a Shed for Thirteen of us and of the lesser another for the rest covering them with part of our Sails and reserving the remainder with the Cordage for Fuel to comfort our frozen Limbs And now being utterly destitute of all Sustenance to preserve our wretched Lives we wander'd along the shore to gather some small quantity of Periwinkles and Barnackles which by chance we found there and removing the Snow in some places we found certain Herbs which we boiled with Snow in our Caldron and then eat them through extream Necessity Thus did we live for thirteen days together if I may call that Life which was spent in perpetual agonies and terrors and deserveth rather the Name of a lingring Death In the middle of these extremities four of our Companions of the greater Shed unable to hold out longer under the insupportable weight of misery that overwhelm'd us gave up the Ghost notwithstanding all the pains that

when by the glimmering light of the Morning they discover'd that Land which they endeavour'd to shun but half a League distant This oblig'd them to retire into the Island of Birds a Desart place and of difficult access At Sun-set our dismay'd Company put to Sea again endeavouring to double the East point of the Isle of Antego that they might afterwards gain that of Guadeloup but they were astonish'd to find next morning that all their Efforts had been in vain against the strength of the Current and that they were not advanc'd above a League Their weariness and fear of being discover'd by those that were upon the Watch on the rising Grounds of Antego which was in possession of the English oblig ' them to Land in a place that was over-grown with Trees amongst which having hid their Boat they search'd all around for fresh Water and Herbs though with little success for the Sea swelling mightily in the Night had dash'd against their Boat and so wet their Cassave Bread that it was altogether unfit to be eaten so that they had nothing left to feed upon but a little Salt Pork and only one Pot of Water to Drink with a little Aqua-vitae made of Sugar Canes At Night they put to Sea again steering the same course that they held the foregoing Night but had not got above a League from the shore when they found themselves in the middle of several Rocks lurking under Water upon which they struck so dangerously that it was a Miracle they were not buried in the Waves Want of Water and Victuals and the breaking of their Rudder constrained them to go ashore on an Uninhabited Isolet where they found some Fruits of the Country and enough fresh Water to fill one of their Barrels They found also the Wrecks of a Boat that had been cast away there of which they made a new Rudder or else they could not have possibly gain'd any of the French Isles In the beginning of the Night they left this Green Rock and steered towards Guadeloup hoping to touch there in the Morning but the day surpriz'd them again on the Coast of Antego but the Tide was so strong that the Boat had like to have been driven forcibly upon the North-we●t side of the Island where were the principal Fortresses of their Enemies and therefore they labour'd with all their might to save themselves from falling into their dreaded hands When they saw themselves at a reasonable distance from the shore they began to consult about their Affairs Water and Victuals fail'd them their Strength was also much lessen'd and their Spirits almost Exhausted by the Fatigues which they had undergone Therefore Grand-Maison was of opinion that it would be their best course to endeavour to gain the Island of St. Christopher which lay to the Lee-ward whither they might easily go with full Sails This Advice was unanimously followed but having no Sails they were at a stand what to do when Necessity the Mother of Invention taught them to make use of a Hammock or Cotton-Bed which they had in the Shallop and the Carpenter made a little Mast to which they fasten'd it In this condition they coasted the Isle of Antego two Leagues from the shore and towards Night they began to lose sight of it directing their course towards St. Christophers By break of day they found themselves so near the shore of the Isle of Nevis which also belongeth to the English that they were constrained to labour hard to pass to the Wind-wards of that Island thereby to gain the Salt-pits of St. Christophers Their Efforts were not altogether vain for they doubled Nevis but withal were forc'd to run so near the shore that they look'd every moment for the appearing of some Barks from thence to seise their Vessel and Persons In the mean time they pass'd the Streight between Nevis and St. Christophers and finding themselves over against the Salt-pits of this last Island they endeavour'd in vain to get to Land for when they were come within half a League of the shore they were suddenly engaged among hidden Rocks and breaking Waves where they were toss'd with such violence that the Boat dashing against one of the Rocks they had much ado to bring her off being much weakned by hard Labour and want of Sustenance nevertheless they were so happy as to get clear of all these dangers and held out one Night more with Hunger Thirst and Toil. Finding themselves at the dawning of the day over against the Head land of St. Christophers Island and knowing that they might easily aad safely Land there they took Courage Fear and Sadness being banish'd out of their Hearts and Joy succeeding in their Room so that forthwith one of them tore his Shirt of which he made two Flags and another tied his Cravat to the top of the Mast to serve for a Streamer In this manner they drew near to shore which was cover'd with French who came running from all parts of the Island to behold the wonderful Boat The Sieur Sannois Captain of that Quarter being there also gave them notice by a Signal of the right Landing place at length they came ashore with glad Hearts and were received by their Country-men with a great deal of Humanity The Generous Relations FRancis Lord of Noue Sir-named Iron-Hand had a Sister called Margaret Marry'd to the Lord de Vezins of an illustrious House in Anjou Of this Marriage were Born a Son and two Daughters Vezins being a Widower Married his Ladies Waiting-maid she desiring that her Children might be the only Heirs of that rich Man caused the three Infants of the last Marriage to be secretly carried to Pardic in low Bretagne a House seated upon the Sea-shore and pertaining to the Lord de Vezins There they were put into the Hands of an English Pilot who had agreed to throw them into the Sea but touched with compassion he contented himself to leave them with a Peasant on the Coast of England to be by him Educated as Children of mean Birth and without giving them the least knowledge of their Extraction for they were as yet so young that he did not think they could remember it Then were they carried to the Isle of Guernsey and with a little Money committed to certain Persons in that Isle to be there brought up In the mean time Reports were spread abroad from time to time that the Children died one after the other in their Fathers House and counterfeit Funerals were Solemniz'd The Daughters did not intirely lose the memory of their Birth and being somewhat grown up they heard of the Lord de la Noue and remember'd that he was their Unkle and that they had heard him so call'd in their Fathers House they wrote unto him and he did all that he could to hasten their Return into France and to discover the Truth The Father who was suspected to have been privy to the Mother in-Laws Plot at first resisted his endeavours but at