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           Great
           Britain's
           Groans
           :
           OR
           ,
           AN
           ACCOUNT
           OF
           THE
           Oppression
           ,
           Ruin
           ,
           and
           Destruction
           of
           the
           Loyal
           Seamen
           of
           ENGLAND
           ,
           IN
           THE
           Fatal
           Loss
           of
           their
           Pay
           ,
           Health
           and
           Lives
           ,
           and
           Dreadful
           Ruin
           of
           their
           Families
           .
        
         
           
             Eccles
             .
             V.
             8.
             
          
           
             
               If
               thou
               seest
               the
               Oppression
               of
               the
               Poor
               ,
               and
               Violent
               Perverting
               of
               Judgment
               and
               Justice
               in
               a
               Province
               ,
               marvel
               not
               at
               the
               matter
               ,
               for
               he
               that
               is
               higher
               than
               the
               highest
               regardeth
               ,
               and
               there
               be
               higher
               than
               they
               .
            
          
        
         
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           1695.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           The
           Lords
           Spiritual
           and
           Temporal
           ,
           and
           Commons
           in
           Parliament
           Assembled
           .
        
         
           I
           Have
           ,
           for
           these
           two
           Years
           ,
           been
           laying
           before
           the
           most
           Honourable
           Houses
           of
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           ,
           the
           dreadful
           Groans
           of
           His
           Majesties
           Loyal
           Seamen
           ,
           and
           shall
           now
           ,
           by
           God's
           Assistance
           ,
           continue
           to
           lay
           open
           their
           most
           miserable
           ,
           deplorable
           Miseries
           ,
           in
           the
           fatal
           loss
           of
           their
           Lives
           ,
           Health
           ,
           and
           Pay
           ,
           since
           their
           new
           way
           of
           being
           manag'd
           ,
           and
           costly
           and
           chargable
           way
           of
           being
           Ruin'd
           and
           Destroy'd
           ,
           such
           as
           these
           Nations
           never
           knew
           in
           so
           few
           years
           ,
           and
           the
           poor
           Seamen
           ,
           and
           their
           Families
           never
           groan'd
           under
           ;
           all
           which
           will
           be
           found
           by
           the
           King's
           Pay-Books
           ,
           and
           Muster-Books
           ,
           wherein
           it
           will
           appear
           ,
           that
           about
           a
           hundred
           Thousand
           of
           them
           have
           lost
           their
           Health
           ,
           and
           about
           40000
           of
           them
           lost
           their
           Lives
           ,
           and
           about
           60000
           of
           them
           run
           out
           of
           their
           Pay
           ,
           to
           so
           great
           an
           increase
           of
           Fatherless
           Children
           and
           Widows
           ,
           and
           so
           great
           Ruin
           to
           their
           Families
           and
           Relations
           ,
           as
           they
           have
           never
           groan'd
           under
           ,
           and
           was
           never
           known
           to
           befall
           them
           ,
           in
           so
           few
           years
           in
           this
           Nation
           in
           any
           Age
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           since
           Noah
           built
           his
           Ark
           ;
           all
           which
           I
           humbly
           Dedicate
           and
           Recommend
           to
           the
           serious
           Consideration
           of
           the
           two
           most
           Honourable
           Houses
           of
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           to
           be
           consider'd
           of
           ,
           before
           that
           Judgment
           come
           upon
           us
           ,
           
             Malac.
             3.5
             .
             That
             God
             himself
             do
             come
             ,
             and
             be
             a
             swift
             Witness
             in
             Judgment
             against
             those
             that
             oppress
             the
             Hireling
             in
             his
             Wages
             ,
             the
             Widow
             
             and
             the
             Fatherless
             ,
             and
             that
             turn
             aside
             the
             stranger
             from
             his
             Right
             ,
             and
             fear
             not
             God.
          
           For
           if
           these
           dreadful
           Evils
           are
           not
           Remedied
           ,
           and
           those
           Enemies
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           these
           Nations
           that
           Cause
           them
           ,
           are
           not
           Punish'd
           ,
           it
           may
           justly
           be
           fear'd
           that
           Innotent
           Blood
           will
           be
           brought
           upon
           this
           Kingdom
           ;
           and
           the
           Numerous
           Cries
           and
           Groans
           of
           the
           Valiant
           ,
           Loyal
           ,
           Miserable
           Seamon
           ,
           and
           their
           Perishing
           Families
           ,
           will
           at
           last
           pierce
           the
           Clouds
           ,
           and
           enter
           into
           the
           Ears
           of
           the
           Lord
           of
           Sabbath
           ,
           who
           may
           then
           justly
           say
           to
           〈◊〉
           as
           he
           did
           to
           the
           People
           of
           the
           Jews
           ,
           
             Isa
             .
             1.15
             .
             When
             ye
             spread
             ●…th
             your
             Hands
             ,
             I
             will
             hide
             mine
             Eyes
             from
             you
             ,
             yea
             ,
             when
             ye
             make
             many
             Prayers
             I
             will
             not
             hear
             ,
             your
             Hands
             are
             full
             of
             Blood.
          
           Humbly
           Represented
           by
           a
           Loyal
           ,
           Faithful
           Subject
           of
           his
           most
           Gracious
           Majesty
           King
           WILLIAM
           ,
           and
           a
           faithful
           Servant
           to
           the
           Seamen
           of
           England
           .
           Written
           in
           the
           sight
           and
           presence
           of
           the
           Eternal
           and
           Ever
           Blessed
           God
           ,
           to
           whom
           he
           must
           give
           an
           Account
           who
           Remains
           ,
        
         
           
             Hermitage-Bridge
             
               
                 Decemb.
                 26.
                 1695.
              
               
            
          
           
             William
             Hodges
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           Great
           Britain's
           Groans
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             INTRODVCTION
             .
          
           
             I
             May
             say
             of
             the
             Seamens
             Miseries
             as
             Queen
             Esther
             said
             of
             the
             Jews
             ,
             that
             were
             contriv'd
             to
             be
             Ruin'd
             by
             wicked
             ,
             cursed
             Haman
             ;
             that
             if
             they
             and
             their
             Families
             had
             been
             sold
             for
             Bondmen
             and
             Bond-women
             ,
             I
             might
             have
             held
             my
             peace
             ,
             although
             the
             Adversary
             and
             Enemy
             could
             not
             have
             Recompenc'd
             our
             Gracious
             King
             
             William's
             and
             the
             Nation
             's
             Damage
             ;
             but
             to
             be
             destroyed
             ,
             die
             and
             perish
             ,
             in
             such
             dreadful
             Numbers
             ,
             more
             than
             the
             World
             ever
             saw
             ,
             without
             sighting
             ;
             and
             so
             many
             of
             their
             Families
             Ruined
             in
             their
             Pay
             also
             ,
             are
             two
             deplorable
             miseries
             ,
             and
             I
             fear
             doth
             cry
             aloud
             in
             the
             Ears
             of
             the
             Lord
             of
             Host
             ,
             who
             hath
             sent
             such
             dreadful
             Loss
             of
             Shipping
             and
             Merchandize
             this
             last
             Year
             ,
             since
             I
             represented
             their
             Groans
             before
             in
             part
             ,
             that
             I
             believe
             England
             never
             groaned
             under
             the
             like
             ;
             and
             I
             am
             afraid
             ,
             in
             plain
             English
             ,
             that
             God
             will
             not
             always
             let
             the
             poor
             and
             Miserable
             be
             mocked
             ,
             without
             either
             helping
             of
             them
             ,
             or
             considering
             their
             Case
             ;
             And
             if
             there
             be
             an
             Hundred
             Thousand
             Pound
             or
             more
             wickedly
             gotten
             out
             of
             Ruined
             ,
             Sick
             and
             Dead
             Seamens
             Pay
             ,
             I
             fear
             the
             Publick
             hath
             lost
             above
             Three
             Hundred
             Thousand
             Pound
             Custom
             ,
             and
             the
             Nation
             above
             Three
             Millions
             of
             Riches
             this
             year
             ;
             and
             Ruining
             ,
             alias
             Running
             the
             Seamen
             out
             of
             their
             Pay
             ,
             with
             the
             two
             fatal
             Letters
             ,
             
               Q.
               R.
            
             will
             never
             make
             us
             amends
             ,
             especially
             when
             so
             many
             have
             those
             Letters
             set
             on
             their
             Pay
             ,
             when
             they
             have
             first
             lost
             their
             Healths
             in
             the
             Service
             ,
             and
             then
             set
             a-shore
             sick
             ,
             and
             there
             die
             .
             But
             this
             is
             but
             one
             part
             of
             their
             miseries
             ,
             among
             some
             Millions
             ;
             which
             I
             will
             leave
             to
             your
             Honours
             to
             consider
             of
             ,
             and
             of
             what
             fatal
             consequence
             ,
             and
             what
             prodigious
             Charge
             their
             Ruin
             cost
             these
             Nations
             ,
             besides
             the
             Loss
             of
             their
             Lives
             and
             Pay.
             
          
           
           
             And
             indeed
             their
             miseries
             to
             me
             seem
             to
             be
             not
             only
             great
             miseries
             ,
             and
             new
             miseries
             ,
             and
             fatal
             miseries
             ,
             but
             big-bellied
             miseries
             ;
             miseries
             that
             beget
             more
             miseries
             ,
             breed
             more
             miseries
             ,
             and
             bring
             forth
             more
             miseries
             in
             a
             plentiful
             manner
             ;
             and
             if
             not
             remedied
             ,
             are
             ,
             in
             my
             Opinion
             ,
             like
             to
             increase
             more
             and
             more
             ;
             and
             if
             God
             〈…〉
             to
             scourge
             our
             Sea-Affairs
             ,
             or
             do
             arise
             to
             hear
             the
             Cry●
             of
             the
             Poor
             ,
             the
             Oppressed
             ,
             the
             Fatherless
             and
             the
             Widow
             ;
             then
             we
             must
             expect
             to
             be
             more
             and
             more
             scourged
             :
             But
             how
             God
             will
             order
             it
             ,
             is
             best
             known
             only
             to
             himself
             :
             The
             Task
             his
             Providence
             layeth
             on
             me
             ,
             and
             which
             hath
             cost
             me
             the
             breaking
             of
             more
             Rest
             in
             my
             bed
             ,
             by
             my
             thoughtfulness
             of
             it
             ,
             within
             these
             three
             months
             ,
             than
             all
             my
             own
             concerns
             in
             the
             World
             ever
             did
             break
             my
             Rest
             ,
             these
             thirty
             years
             .
             And
             I
             propose
             not
             any
             advantage
             to
             my self
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             by
             what
             I
             write
             ,
             except
             it
             be
             ,
             that
             if
             the
             Seamen
             of
             England
             be
             not
             Ruined
             ,
             I
             shall
             escape
             ,
             among
             the
             rest
             ,
             from
             being
             made
             a
             Prey
             to
             our
             Enemies
             ,
             who
             are
             advantaged
             in
             a
             great
             deal
             of
             our
             Seamens
             Ruins
             ,
             too
             plainly
             to
             be
             hid
             .
          
        
         
           
             And
             now
             therefore
             I
             will
             represent
             some
             of
             them
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             The
             first
             misery
             I
             shall
             begin
             with
             ,
             is
             that
             which
             I
             think
             first
             began
             with
             them
             ,
             
               This
               War
            
             ;
             and
             I
             think
             ,
             never
             began
             before
             ,
             either
             in
             these
             Nations
             ,
             or
             any
             Nation
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             ,
             their
             being
             paid
             most
             times
             on
             board
             Ship
             this
             War
             ;
             and
             this
             hath
             been
             so
             very
             dreadful
             a
             Loss
             to
             them
             and
             their
             Families
             ,
             I
             cannot
             easily
             Represent
             it
             ;
             they
             have
             not
             thereby
             had
             the
             Liberty
             God
             and
             Nature
             alloweth
             the
             rest
             of
             Mankind
             ,
             of
             spending
             their
             mony
             upon
             the
             Earth
             ,
             of
             laying
             it
             out
             ,
             at
             the
             best
             hand
             ,
             of
             sending
             it
             to
             their
             Families
             ,
             and
             of
             Paying
             their
             Debts
             honestly
             ,
             and
             getting
             Credit
             for
             time
             to
             come
             ;
             and
             I
             suppose
             if
             the●
             had
             been
             Paid
             but
             half
             so
             much
             on
             Shore
             ,
             once
             in
             two
             years
             and
             had
             a
             Months
             Liberty
             on
             Shore
             ,
             it
             might
             have
             been
             better
             for
             Themselves
             ,
             Families
             ,
             and
             Relations
             ,
             many
             of
             whose
             Wives
             ,
             Aged
             〈◊〉
             ,
             or
             Poor
             ●nd
             Miserable
             Masters
             and
             Dames
             ,
             have
             lost
             a
             great
             〈◊〉
             of
             their
             Hu●bands
             ,
             Children
             or
             Servants
             Money
             ,
             this
             War
             ,
             to
             their
             very
             great
             Ruin
             and
             Misery
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             Payment
             of
             two
             Hundred
             Thousand
             Payments
             on
             board
             of
             Ships
             ,
             this
             War
             ,
             I
             do
             look
             on
             it
             to
             be
             Two
             Hundred
             Thousand
             Miseries
             to
             their
             Families
             .
             Many
             have
             spent
             near
             half
             the
             money
             Receiv'd
             ,
             in
             going
             Sixty
             or
             an
             Hundred
             miles
             to
             the
             place●
             where
             their
             Hu●bands
             were
             paid
             .
          
           
           
             And
             Secondly
             ,
             The
             turning
             from
             Ship
             to
             Ship
             ,
             as
             near
             as
             I
             can
             calculate
             ,
             in
             my
             Understanding
             of
             the
             Seamens
             Affairs
             ,
             having
             this
             War
             had
             Acquaintance
             in
             every
             
               Man
               of
               War
            
             almost
             in
             the
             Fleet
             ,
             and
             do
             Judge
             one
             Man
             with
             another
             ,
             that
             stayed
             any
             long
             time
             in
             the
             Fleet
             ,
             hath
             been
             turn'd
             over
             Ten
             times
             ;
             and
             that
             in
             Forty
             Thousand
             men
             is
             Four
             Hundred
             Thousand
             miseries
             to
             themselves
             ,
             and
             Four
             Hundred
             Thousand
             miseries
             to
             their
             Families
             ,
             or
             Relations
             ,
             But
             it
             may
             be
             that
             will
             be
             wondred
             at
             .
             But
             I
             look
             upon
             it
             to
             be
             much
             more
             .
          
           
             For
             ,
             Thirdly
             ,
             This
             and
             the
             other
             foregoing
             misery
             have
             been
             ,
             in
             my
             Opinion
             ,
             both
             fatal
             and
             fruitful
             Miseries
             ,
             for
             .
          
           
             Fourthly
             ,
             That
             fatal
             Misery
             of
             above
             an
             Hundred
             Thousand
             Seamen
             sick
             ,
             this
             War
             ,
             may
             owe
             its
             Birth
             ,
             half
             of
             it
             unto
             the
             two
             first
             mentioned
             Parents
             .
          
           
             And
             Fifthly
             ,
             That
             deadly
             misery
             ,
             and
             loss
             to
             the
             King
             and
             Nation
             ,
             and
             Seamens
             Families
             ;
             of
             above
             Forty
             Thousand
             Seamen
             dead
             this
             War
             ,
             as
             I
             will
             undertake
             to
             prove
             by
             the
             King's
             Pay-Books
             and
             Muster-Books
             .
             God
             knows
             ,
             If
             the
             two
             first
             miseries
             were
             not
             the
             Parents
             of
             above
             half
             these
             poor
             souls
             death
             ,
             few
             of
             them
             ,
             in
             comparison
             having
             been
             kill'd
             by
             sighting
             .
          
           
             And
             Sixthly
             ,
             Again
             ,
             the
             Sixty
             or
             Seventy
             Thousands
             Run
             out
             of
             their
             Pay
             ,
             as
             there
             have
             been
             this
             War
             ;
             as
             I
             will
             undertake
             to
             prove
             by
             the
             King's
             Pay-books
             and
             Muster-books
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             so
             order
             it
             ,
             that
             any
             Ship
             's
             Book
             may
             be
             examined
             by
             a
             Committee
             of
             Lords
             or
             Commons
             ,
             to
             know
             the
             Truth
             of
             it
             ;
             and
             it
             shall
             not
             cost
             His
             Majesty
             Two
             Pence
             for
             my
             pains
             ;
             for
             I
             do
             not
             this
             for
             my
             own
             Advantage
             ,
             but
             the
             King
             's
             and
             the
             Nation
             's
             ;
             that
             the
             Seamen
             may
             not
             be
             Ruined
             ,
             and
             we
             Ruined
             in
             their
             Fall
             ;
             For
             I
             look
             upon
             the
             Seamen
             of
             England
             ,
             tho
             they
             are
             many
             times
             despised
             worse
             than
             Dirt
             ,
             yet
             to
             be
             as
             good
             a
             sort
             of
             Dirt
             as
             the
             Walls
             of
             
               R●…nny
               Marsh
            
             ,
             that
             if
             they
             are
             broken
             down
             ,
             the
             Sea
             will
             overflow
             the
             whole
             Marshes
             ,
             and
             it
             will
             be
             then
             no
             matter
             how
             fine
             the
             Houses
             are
             therein
             ,
             or
             how
             great
             Estates
             any
             in
             that
             Marsh
             have
             gotten
             by
             helping
             the
             French
             this
             War
             to
             Intelligence
             ,
             and
             do
             them
             Service
             .
          
           
             I
             say
             ,
             the
             Water
             would
             overflow
             all
             the
             Marsh
             ,
             if
             the
             Walls
             were
             ruined
             .
             God
             grant
             the
             Loss
             of
             Forty
             Thousand
             Seamens
             Lives
             ,
             this
             War
             ,
             and
             the
             Ruining
             ,
             〈◊〉
             Running
             of
             Sixty
             or
             Seventy
             Thousands
             
             of
             their
             Pay
             ,
             to
             the
             Ruin
             of
             many
             of
             themselves
             ,
             and
             multi●…des
             of
             their
             Families
             ,
             may
             not
             provoke
             God
             in
             Judgment
             to
             send
             us
             such
             another
             Year's
             Loss
             as
             this
             last
             hath
             been
             .
             The
             Nation
             ,
             I
             fear
             ,
             will
             groan
             under
             it
             ,
             if
             God
             should
             scourge
             us
             so
             again
             ;
             and
             then
             it
             may
             be
             ,
             it
             will
             be
             thought
             worth
             while
             to
             consider
             what
             should
             be
             the
             Reason
             that
             the
             French
             ,
             with
             six
             or
             eight
             Ships
             ,
             should
             be
             so
             wise
             as
             to
             meet
             our
             
               East
               India
            
             Ships
             in
             three
             or
             Four
             several
             places
             ,
             so
             exactly
             ,
             to
             take
             them
             home
             to
             France
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             had
             been
             the
             Convoy
             ,
             and
             waited
             carefully
             for
             them
             ;
             and
             many
             of
             our
             Ships
             ,
             only
             to
             receive
             double
             Pay
             ,
             and
             keep
             the
             Seamen
             on
             Board
             Ship
             all
             the
             War
             ,
             until
             we
             have
             lost
             more
             men
             than
             would
             Man
             all
             our
             Fleet
             together
             ,
             if
             alive
             ;
          
           
             And
             we
             having
             about
             160
             Ships
             in
             Pay
             this
             Year
             ,
             it
             is
             a
             little
             strange
             ,
             and
             they
             not
             Ten
             Ships
             in
             a
             Body
             ,
             and
             yet
             they
             know
             where
             to
             meet
             our
             
               East
               India
            
             Ships
             ,
             and
             our
             
               West
               India
            
             Ships
             ,
             and
             our
             Gninea
             Ships
             ;
             and
             this
             is
             fatal
             to
             England
             ,
             that
             seems
             to
             be
             under
             the
             Judgment
             of
             Israel
             of
             Old
             ,
             Isaiah
             59.10
             .
             
               We
               grope
               for
               the
               Wall
               ,
               like
               the
               Blind
               ;
               we
               grope
               as
               if
               we
               had
               no
               Eyes
               ;
               we
               stumble
               at
               Noou
               Doy
               as
               in
               the
               Night
               ;
               we
               are
               in
               desolate
               places
               ,
               as
               dead
               men
               .
            
             And
             God
             deliver
             these
             Nations
             from
             what
             is
             mentioned
             in
             the
             Four
             Verses
             following
             .
          
           
             But
             Seventhly
             ,
             Another
             dreadful
             Misery
             attending
             the
             Two
             First
             ,
             is
             ,
             many
             Ships
             having
             had
             their
             Number
             of
             Men
             buried
             two
             or
             three
             times
             over
             before
             they
             are
             paid
             ;
             and
             some
             have
             had
             their
             Number
             of
             Men
             ,
             Eight
             or
             Ten
             times
             over
             ,
             before
             they
             are
             paid
             ,
             as
             I
             can
             prove
             by
             several
             Ship
             's
             Books
             ,
             if
             occasion
             be
             ;
             for
             if
             I
             know
             my
             own
             Heart
             ,
             I
             dare
             not
             assert
             any
             thing
             but
             such
             as
             my
             Conscience
             will
             witness
             ,
             to
             the
             best
             of
             my
             Understanding
             ,
             to
             be
             Truth
             ,
             and
             what
             may
             ,
             the
             most
             material
             part
             ,
             be
             proved
             by
             the
             King's
             Books
             ,
             and
             the
             others
             by
             the
             dreadful
             Experience
             of
             multitudes
             of
             miserable
             people
             .
             And
             ,
          
           
             Eighthly
             ,
             Another
             Misery
             is
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             ten
             or
             twenty
             Thousand
             knows
             not
             where
             to
             find
             their
             Relations
             ,
             (
             dead
             ,
             or
             gone
             out
             of
             several
             Ships
             ,
             as
             by
             the
             Ships
             Books
             will
             appaar
             .
             )
             Who
             are
             now
             looking
             after
             their
             Money
             ,
             except
             it
             may
             be
             some
             times
             those
             Cursed
             Plagues
             of
             the
             Seamen
             ,
             the
             Cheats
             ,
             and
             Ticket-buyers
             ,
             and
             Pursers
             ,
             and
             Knaves
             that
             agree
             together
             ,
             to
             have
             Two
             or
             Three
             Hundred
             Pounds
             Raised
             in
             a
             Ship
             ,
             as
             hath
             been
             made
             appear
             .
             But
             
               how
               sad
               is
               it
               for
               the
               poor
               Widows
               ,
               or
               Relations
               ,
               of
               those
               that
               carned
               their
               Money
               ,
               to
               have
               them
               prest
               from
               one
               Ship
               to
               another
               ,
               until
               they
               do
               not
               know
               where
               to
               find
               them
               ,
               or
               when
               they
               died
               .
            
             
             And
             it
             is
             to
             be
             feared
             there
             is
             Ten
             Thousand
             Seamen
             more
             dead
             this
             War
             in
             the
             King's
             Service
             than
             can
             be
             proved
             by
             the
             King'e
             Books
             ;
             some
             receiving
             their
             money
             by
             Letters
             of
             Attorney
             ,
             after
             they
             are
             dead
             ,
             to
             save
             Administring
             ;
             and
             as
             I
             said
             ,
             many
             being
             never
             enquired
             after
             at
             all
             ,
             looks
             as
             If
             they
             were
             dead
             .
          
           
             9.
             
             There
             is
             another
             misery
             ,
             by
             being
             turned
             from
             Ship
             to
             Ship
             ,
             and
             not
             paid
             ;
             and
             so
             the
             Captain
             of
             the
             Last
             Ship
             commands
             their
             Tickets
             from
             them
             for
             the
             other
             Ship
             ,
             and
             carrieth
             them
             away
             to
             the
             Straits
             ,
             or
             where
             he
             pleases
             ,
             that
             the
             poor
             miserablk
             Seamen
             have
             not
             liberty
             to
             have
             a
             Penny
             of
             money
             for
             their
             Tickets
             ,
             to
             buy
             themselves
             Cloaths
             ,
             or
             their
             Families
             Bread
             ;
             And
             it
             may
             be
             the
             other
             Ships
             they
             came
             out
             of
             are
             paid
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             ,
             and
             their
             Wives
             or
             Friends
             lose
             their
             Payment
             at
             Broadstreet
             ,
             because
             the
             Captains
             are
             at
             Sea
             ,
             and
             have
             their
             Tickets
             ;
             and
             whether
             ever
             the
             Seamen
             groaned
             under
             these
             miseries
             before
             ,
             I
             know
             not
             .
          
           
             10.
             
             When
             the
             poor
             miserable
             Wretches
             come
             from
             the
             Straits
             ,
             as
             many
             did
             lately
             ,
             and
             the
             Captains
             give
             them
             their
             Tickets
             again
             ,
             they
             have
             not
             one
             Days
             liberty
             and
             freedom
             from
             the
             Press
             ,
             to
             come
             up
             and
             look
             after
             any
             money
             for
             them
             ;
             and
             some
             men
             are
             paid
             off
             in
             the
             last
             Ship
             ,
             and
             yet
             have
             money
             due
             in
             2
             or
             3
             other
             Ships
             ,
             and
             not
             one
             days
             liberty
             to
             shew
             their
             Heads
             to
             get
             a
             Penny
             for
             the
             same
             .
             But
             if
             any
             Cursed
             Ticket-Buyer
             meets
             them
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             they
             must
             sell
             them
             their
             Pay
             due
             in
             a
             Ship
             or
             Two
             before
             ,
             at
             near
             half
             loss
             :
             And
             this
             War
             hath
             been
             the
             greatest
             Encouragement
             to
             Extortioners
             and
             Villains
             to
             Cheat
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             to
             Ruin
             the
             Seamen
             ,
             that
             ever
             was
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             if
             my
             Understanding
             fail
             me
             not
             .
             And
             again
             ,
          
           
             11.
             
             This
             Ruining
             so
             many
             Thousands
             of
             Seamen
             ,
             hath
             been
             a
             pretended
             Necessity
             to
             help
             Ruin
             the
             rest
             ,
             either
             in
             their
             Pay
             ,
             as
             aforesaid
             ,
             or
             by
             their
             totally
             losing
             all
             their
             Pay
             ,
             that
             are
             made
             Run
             ,
             and
             have
             no
             Friends
             to
             look
             after
             it
             ;
             For
             I
             can
             shew
             under
             the
             Hands
             and
             Seals
             of
             near
             Thirty
             in
             one
             Ship
             ,
             that
             are
             made
             Run
             in
             other
             Ships
             ,
             or
             in
             their
             own
             where
             they
             are
             still
             ;
             and
             they
             did
             desire
             to
             have
             the
             Books
             searched
             ,
             why
             ,
             or
             when
             they
             were
             made
             Run
             :
             But
             that
             would
             not
             be
             admitted
             without
             Petitioning
             ;
             and
             the
             Men
             cannot
             have
             leave
             to
             come
             up
             to
             Petition
             ;
             and
             so
             their
             Pay
             may
             be
             lost
             until
             Dooms
             Day
             .
             But
             whether
             the
             Nation
             will
             thrive
             the
             better
             ,
             God
             knows
             .
             Indeed
             we
             thrived
             better
             when
             we
             beat
             the
             French
             :
             But
             after
             that
             the
             Seamens
             miseries
             came
             〈◊〉
             thick
             and
             Threefold
             ,
             as
             may
             be
             seen
             in
             the
             last
             part
             of
             my
             Book
             :
             And
             how
             we
             have
             thrived
             since
             ,
             let
             the
             Smirna
             Fleet
             ,
             and
             the
             
               East
               India
            
             Ruines
             ,
             and
             
               West
               India
            
             and
             Guinea
             Losses
             
             speak
             ;
             For
             I
             believe
             God
             would
             have
             the
             Nation
             consider
             what
             he
             speaks
             by
             them
             .
             And
             ,
          
           
             12.
             
             Another
             misery
             to
             the
             Nation
             is
             ,
             That
             as
             Capt.
             
               St.
               Lo
            
             hath
             published
             to
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             to
             all
             the
             World
             in
             Print
             ,
             that
             it
             cost
             the
             Nation
             above
             Five
             Hundred
             Thousand
             Pound
             a
             Year
             ,
             the
             not
             paving
             off
             our
             great
             Ships
             every
             Year
             ,
             and
             yet
             he
             faith
             we
             might
             have
             a
             Winter
             Squadron
             besides
             ,
             of
             fifteen
             Third
             Rates
             ,
             and
             fourteen
             Fourth
             Rases
             ,
             besides
             all
             our
             Fifth
             and
             Sixth
             Rates
             ,
             and
             that
             would
             be
             Money
             saved
             .
          
           
             And
             13.
             
             The
             said
             Capt.
             
               St.
               Lo
            
             ,
             one
             of
             the
             Commissioners
             of
             the
             Navy
             ,
             hath
             published
             ,
             as
             aforesaid
             ,
             That
             it
             cost
             the
             Eing
             ,
             besides
             about
             sixty
             thousand
             Pound
             the
             Year
             pressing
             men
             ;
             and
             if
             there
             be
             prest
             Ten
             Thousand
             Men
             in
             a
             Year
             ,
             it
             cost
             the
             King
             ,
             by
             that
             Rule
             ,
             fix
             pound
             a
             Man
             for
             pressing
             of
             the
             said
             Ten
             Thousand
             Men.
             
          
           
             14.
             
             He
             saith
             ,
             That
             the
             Colliers
             give
             7
             or
             8
             l.
             a
             man
             for
             Seamen
             ,
             by
             Reason
             of
             the
             Press
             ;
             which
             before
             they
             did
             use
             to
             have
             for
             30
             s
             ,
             and
             likewise
             do
             sometimes
             give
             30
             or
             40
             s
             ,
             a
             man
             for
             men
             to
             bring
             them
             up
             the
             River
             ;
             and
             if
             so
             ,
             then
             I
             suppose
             I
             may
             modestly
             Judge
             ,
             that
             the
             Collier-Trade
             ,
             and
             Coasting
             Trade
             of
             England
             ,
             is
             at
             much
             more
             than
             an
             Hundred
             Thousand
             Pound
             the
             Year
             extraordinary
             Charge
             ,
             because
             of
             the
             Press
             .
             And
             ,
          
           
             15.
             
             It
             may
             be
             modestly
             supposed
             ,
             That
             if
             there
             be
             Forty
             Thousand
             Seamen
             more
             imployed
             in
             the
             Merchants
             service
             for
             other
             Voyages
             ,
             and
             they
             have
             about
             30
             l.
             the
             Year
             a
             peice
             ,
             which
             is
             50
             s.
             per
             month
             ;
             and
             they
             use
             to
             fail
             for
             30
             ;
             then
             there
             is
             20
             l.
             a
             Year
             extraordinary
             charge
             for
             every
             man
             in
             the
             Merchants
             service
             ;
             and
             that
             is
             Four
             Hundred
             and
             Eighty
             Thousand
             Pound
             the
             Year
             extraordinary
             charges
             ,
             because
             of
             the
             Ruin
             and
             scarcity
             of
             Seamen
             ,
             and
             because
             of
             the
             Press
             .
             And
             also
             the
             Merchant
             Ships
             are
             forced
             still
             ,
             for
             to
             supply
             the
             Ruin
             ,
             Destruction
             ,
             Death
             and
             Loss
             of
             the
             Seamen
             in
             the
             King's
             Ships
             .
          
           
             16.
             
             Whereas
             had
             the
             Seamen
             in
             the
             King's
             Ships
             been
             preserved
             ,
             incouraged
             and
             increased
             ,
             as
             it
             could
             not
             have
             been
             modestly
             computed
             ,
             but
             they
             should
             have
             increased
             30
             or
             40000
             Men
             this
             War
             ,
             if
             they
             had
             been
             paid
             off
             every
             Year
             ,
             as
             the
             French
             and
             Dutch
             do
             ,
             and
             their
             Lives
             saved
             on
             shoar
             ;
             and
             this
             Million
             of
             Money
             saved
             every
             Year
             ,
             would
             have
             been
             an
             help
             to
             England
             ,
             towards
             our
             Losses
             .
             But
             ,
          
           
             17.
             
             If
             the
             French
             save
             Five
             Millions
             of
             Money
             this
             War
             (
             that
             we
             wast
             )
             and
             have
             got
             (
             as
             it
             may
             be
             feared
             )
             Ten
             Millions
             of
             Shipping
             and
             Riches
             from
             us
             ,
             this
             must
             at
             Seven
             Years
             end
             be
             a
             sad
             difference
             ;
             but
             in
             the
             end
             of
             my
             Book
             ,
             I
             have
             shewed
             ,
             how
             Purser
             Maidman
             
             Published
             in
             Print
             ,
             That
             a
             French
             Marquess
             had
             told
             the
             French
             King
             ,
             he
             might
             make
             the
             English
             ruin
             themselves
             .
             But
             I
             hope
             that
             our
             Gracious
             King
             William
             ,
             and
             the
             Two
             most
             Honourable
             Houses
             ,
             will
             prove
             that
             Marquess
             a
             ●…yar
             for
             time
             to
             come
             .
             But
             indeed
             our
             Seamen's
             Miseries
             and
             Ruin
             hath
             been
             too
             great
             ,
             and
             too
             fruitful
             .
             And
             that
             ,
          
           
             18.
             
             Another
             Misery
             to
             the
             Seamen
             is
             ,
             when
             coming
             home
             of
             long
             and
             hard
             Voyages
             ,
             tr●y
             are
             Prest
             away
             before
             they
             come
             to
             Land
             ,
             and
             have
             not
             liberty
             t●…re●…esh
             themselves
             ,
             with
             fresh
             Air
             and
             fresh
             Provision
             ,
             neither
             to
             receive
             their
             Pay
             ;
             but
             it
             may
             be
             sent
             away
             of
             long
             Voyages
             again
             ,
             to
             the
             ●…langering
             of
             the
             ruin
             of
             their
             Health
             ,
             Lives
             ,
             and
             Pay
             ,
             and
             ventures
             cominng
             home
             .
             Many
             Masters
             paying
             them
             almost
             what
             they
             please
             ,
             or
             li●…arsed
             Villains
             make
             their
             Friends
             go
             to
             Law
             for
             their
             Wages
             ,
             and
             all
             because
             of
             the
             Press
             .
          
           
             19.
             
             This
             way
             of
             management
             hath
             been
             also
             very
             fatal
             to
             many
             Tradesmen
             and
             Inhabitants
             in
             this
             City
             and
             Suburbs
             ,
             concerned
             with
             Seamen
             ;
             for
             the
             Seamen
             are
             not
             safe
             one
             Day
             from
             the
             Press
             to
             shew
             their
             Heads
             ,
             after
             they
             are
             Paid
             ,
             if
             it
             were
             to
             save
             their
             Health
             ,
             and
             Lives
             ,
             and
             Money
             .
             And
             thus
             in
             Fifty
             Thousand
             Merchant
             Seamen
             kept
             from
             coming
             to
             London
             ,
             and
             about
             Forty
             Thousand
             imploy'd
             in
             Men
             of
             War
             ,
             and
             Tenders
             ,
             and
             paid
             most
             part
             on
             Board
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             modestly
             computed
             the
             Tradesmen
             and
             Inhabitants
             of
             London
             ,
             have
             lost
             several
             Years
             the
             taking
             of
             near
             a
             Million
             of
             Money
             a
             Year
             ,
             at
             Ten
             Pound
             a
             Man
             ,
             for
             Cloaths
             and
             Victuals
             ,
             and
             all
             Conveniences
             for
             to
             sit
             them
             again
             to
             Sea
             ,
             to
             serve
             his
             Majesty
             freely
             ;
             and
             many
             of
             them
             from
             laying
             out
             all
             their
             Money
             in
             Goods
             ,
             to
             return
             home
             to
             Scotland
             to
             their
             Friends
             .
             For
             it
             may
             be
             modestly
             judged
             ,
             a
             Fourth
             ,
             if
             not
             a
             Third
             part
             of
             our
             Seamen
             ,
             are
             Scotch
             .
          
           
             20.
             
             And
             what
             a
             Misery
             it
             is
             to
             have
             our
             Seamen
             so
             dwindled
             away
             as
             the
             Government
             ,
             to
             be
             forced
             at
             seven
             Years
             end
             ,
             to
             press
             ,
             and
             hawl
             ,
             and
             tear
             Seamen
             from
             all
             Merchant
             Ships
             coming
             home
             ,
             and
             all
             over
             the
             City
             of
             London
             and
             Suburbs
             ,
             and
             very
             many
             Watermen
             ,
             and
             the
             Collier-Trade
             to
             boot
             ;
             and
             that
             with
             more
             violence
             now
             ,
             when
             they
             have
             not
             Eight
             of
             their
             Enemies
             in
             a
             Body
             this
             Year
             ,
             and
             yet
             to
             be
             at
             more
             trouble
             to
             get
             Men
             for
             to
             fit
             out
             half
             a
             dozen
             Ships
             now
             ,
             then
             was
             to
             sit
             out
             the
             whole
             Fleet
             ,
             when
             they
             were
             well
             paid
             ,
             before
             they
             beat
             the
             French
             ;
             and
             yet
             ,
             though
             this
             work
             of
             Pressing
             hath
             been
             almost
             all
             this
             Year
             ,
             yet
             the
             scarcity
             of
             Searen
             hath
             been
             such
             ,
             that
             we
             have
             had
             Four
             or
             Five
             of
             our
             biggest
             Ships
             lain
             several
             Months
             not
             Mann'd
             enough
             to
             go
             out
             to
             Sea.
             And
             ,
          
           
           
             21.
             
             By
             this
             dreadful
             Press
             from
             Year
             to
             Year
             ,
             the
             Seamen
             of
             England
             are
             hindred
             from
             seeing
             their
             Families
             ;
             so
             that
             it
             may
             be
             sadly
             laid
             to
             Heart
             ,
             how
             at
             this
             rate
             of
             turning
             them
             from
             Ship
             to
             Ship
             ,
             until
             they
             die
             ;
             or
             if
             by
             the
             King
             paid
             off
             lovingly
             ,
             they
             shall
             be
             catched
             in
             a
             Day
             or
             two
             .
             How
             then
             it
             can
             ever
             be
             expected
             ,
             by
             any
             thinking
             Men
             ,
             that
             the
             
             Seamen's
             Wives
             ,
             Friends
             ,
             Parents
             ,
             or
             Relations
             ,
             can
             ever
             see
             their
             Husbands
             ,
             or
             Friends
             again
             ,
             either
             in
             London
             ,
             or
             any
             Sea-Port-Town
             of
             ●…gland
             or
             Scotland
             ,
             while
             this
             War
             lasteth
             .
          
           
             22.
             
             Except
             the
             Seamen
             fly
             away
             (
             as
             if
             they
             were
             afraid
             and
             ashamed
             to
             appear
             )
             by
             Hundreds
             or
             Thousands
             ,
             as
             they
             have
             been
             forced
             to
             do
             of
             late
             ;
             and
             as
             Joah
             said
             to
             David
             steal
             away
             as
             Men
             that
             flee
             in
             Battel
             ;
             which
             〈◊〉
             old
             David
             ,
             〈◊〉
             be
             of
             a
             sad
             consequence
             to
             him
             ;
             as
             they
             that
             prease
             may
             read
             〈…〉
             beginning
             of
             the
             19
             Chap.
             of
             the
             2
             
               d.
            
             Book
             of
             ●amuel
             :
             and
             therefore
             he
             advised
             David
             to
             speak
             comsortably
             to
             them
             .
          
           
             But
             by
             the
             present
             management
             of
             our
             Seamen
             ,
             they
             have
             been
             many
             of
             them
             ,
             forced
             to
             fare
             miserable
             card
             ,
             as
             it
             seems
             they
             did
             in
             several
             hips
             ,
             on
             small
             Beans
             ,
             called
             by
             them
             Horse-beans
             ,
             two
             Days
             in
             the
             Week
             ,
             and
             pinched
             for
             〈◊〉
             Ale
             ,
             called
             Water
             ,
             until
             they
             have
             six
             or
             seven
             Pound
             a
             Man
             due
             for
             Victuals
             and
             Water-money
             ,
             as
             by
             the
             King's
             Books
             will
             appear
             ,
             yet
             they
             are
             never
             like
             to
             come
             to
             see
             if
             His
             Majesty
             will
             pity
             any
             of
             their
             Miseries
             ,
             provided
             there
             be
             but
             so
             much
             care
             taken
             ,
             to
             set
             two
             or
             three
             Ships
             Companies
             to
             Press
             diligently
             in
             London
             ,
             it
             scares
             them
             away
             from
             the
             City
             ,
             worse
             than
             their
             Enemy's
             Guns
             ever
             did
             scare
             them
             from
             Fighting
             .
             But
             as
             some
             of
             them
             said
             ,
             when
             they
             had
             hid
             a
             Day
             or
             two
             ,
             to
             be
             kept
             as
             if
             they
             were
             in
             a
             Goal
             ,
             they
             could
             not
             indure
             ;
             and
             so
             ,
             as
             they
             came
             privately
             to
             London
             ,
             they
             stole
             away
             with
             speed
             and
             secresie
             .
             And
             they
             that
             can
             think
             they
             will
             ever
             come
             chearfully
             again
             into
             the
             Service
             ,
             must
             have
             a
             stronger
             Belief
             than
             mine
             ;
             whereas
             many
             of
             them
             said
             ,
             had
             they
             had
             but
             one
             Month's
             liberty
             to
             have
             spent
             their
             Money
             freely
             ,
             they
             would
             have
             as
             freely
             gone
             into
             the
             Service
             again
             .
             But
             not
             to
             have
             one
             Fourteen
             Days
             liberty
             ,
             now
             at
             7
             Years
             end
             ,
             for
             those
             poor
             Souls
             that
             escape
             with
             their
             Lives
             ,
             seems
             to
             me
             to
             be
             miserable
             miserable
             ,
             deplorably
             miserable
             :
             And
             whereas
             ,
             had
             they
             been
             paid
             off
             yearly
             ,
             and
             had
             liberty
             on
             Shoar
             ,
             and
             their
             Lives
             preserved
             ,
             multitudes
             of
             Seamen
             we
             might
             in
             reason
             have
             expected
             to
             have
             had
             to
             spare
             ,
             and
             save
             many
             hundred
             thousand
             Pound
             per
             Year
             ,
             as
             aforesaid
             .
             But
             ,
          
           
           
             23.
             
             If
             our
             Seamen
             be
             so
             scarce
             ,
             and
             so
             destroy'd
             ,
             when
             our
             Enemy's
             Fleet
             is
             all
             laid
             up
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             inquired
             what
             we
             shall
             want
             when
             their
             Fleet
             is
             all
             out
             .
             And
             if
             all
             our
             Ship
             's
             Books
             be
             examin'd
             ,
             what
             we
             have
             now
             ,
             and
             what
             number
             will
             be
             needful
             to
             fill
             them
             up
             with
             Men
             ,
             it
             will
             be
             found
             to
             be
             near
             fifteen
             Thousand
             Men
             ,
             notwithstanding
             all
             the
             extraordinary
             charge
             of
             some
             Millions
             of
             Money
             for
             time
             past
             :
             And
             if
             those
             in
             the
             Service
             now
             ,
             be
             never
             suffered
             to
             see
             their
             Families
             or
             Relations
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             considered
             by
             all
             thinking
             Men
             ,
             how
             those
             who
             do
             grow
             up
             for
             time
             to
             come
             ,
             will
             ever
             be
             incourag'd
             to
             come
             into
             the
             Service
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             so
             freely
             as
             others
             have
             done
             formerly
             ;
             seeing
             those
             that
             come
             into
             the
             publick
             Service
             ,
             must
             resolve
             to
             renounce
             Wife
             and
             Family
             .
          
           
             24.
             
             It
             may
             be
             inquired
             ,
             if
             Men
             are
             turn'd
             from
             Ship
             to
             Ship
             ,
             until
             they
             are
             Sick
             ,
             and
             then
             set
             on
             Shoar
             for
             cure
             ,
             and
             there
             dye
             ,
             and
             be
             then
             Qd.
             or
             Rd.
             out
             of
             their
             Pay
             ;
             how
             in
             this
             case
             it
             can
             be
             safe
             ,
             to
             be
             in
             the
             Service
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             for
             time
             to
             come
             ,
             or
             for
             any
             Tradesmen
             to
             trust
             them
             that
             are
             therein
             ,
             if
             there
             be
             not
             care
             taken
             to
             secure
             the
             Pay
             of
             those
             who
             are
             so
             miserably
             turned
             over
             from
             Ship
             to
             Ship
             ,
             until
             fallen
             sick
             ,
             and
             so
             sent
             on
             Shoar
             ,
             and
             so
             dye
             ,
             and
             Runn'd
             out
             of
             their
             Pay.
             
          
           
             25.
             
             And
             if
             there
             be
             sixty
             odd
             Thousand
             Quaeried
             and
             Runn'd
             out
             of
             their
             Pay
             ;
             if
             there
             be
             a
             Sitting
             to
             pretend
             to
             relieve
             them
             twice
             in
             a
             Week
             ,
             and
             there
             be
             twenty
             Petitions
             in
             a
             Week
             heard
             ,
             that
             is
             one
             Thousand
             in
             a
             Year
             ,
             and
             so
             at
             that
             rate
             ,
             if
             all
             Petition
             for
             Relief
             ,
             their
             Petitions
             will
             be
             sixty
             Years
             in
             hearing
             ,
             
               pro
               rato
            
             .
             And
             ,
          
           
             27.
             
             If
             some
             are
             kept
             a
             Year
             ,
             or
             more
             ,
             before
             they
             are
             Relieved
             ,
             whose
             case
             is
             just
             ,
             then
             it
             may
             be
             considered
             ,
             how
             very
             unjust
             and
             cruel
             it
             must
             be
             to
             delay
             Justice
             to
             them
             .
             And
             to
             prove
             the
             many
             Cruelties
             and
             Injustices
             put
             on
             Ruined
             Seamen
             ,
             those
             Certificates
             and
             Affidavits
             (
             laid
             up
             in
             the
             Navy-Office
             )
             of
             those
             who
             are
             Relieved
             ,
             will
             be
             sufficient
             witness
             ;
             besides
             the
             many
             Thousands
             whose
             dreadful
             case
             is
             such
             ,
             that
             can
             get
             no
             Relief
             .
          
           
             27.
             
             And
             if
             Sixty
             Thousand
             of
             the
             miserable
             Seamen
             are
             Run
             out
             of
             their
             Pay
             ,
             as
             by
             the
             several
             Ships
             Books
             will
             appear
             ,
             this
             may
             admit
             of
             a
             double
             serious
             Consideration
             :
             one
             of
             which
             God
             in
             Justice
             will
             require
             of
             the
             Nation
             ;
             let
             it
             be
             passed
             over
             as
             slightly
             as
             it
             will
             ,
             by
             those
             who
             have
             all
             along
             helped
             to
             ruin
             our
             Loyal
             Seamen
             and
             their
             Families
             ;
             and
             that
             is
             ,
             How
             many
             are
             unjustly
             ,
             and
             cruelly
             ,
             and
             shamefully
             ,
             and
             unmercifully
             Run
             out
             of
             their
             Pay
             ?
             And
             if
             but
             a
             
             sixth
             part
             are
             made
             Run
             wrongfully
             ,
             their
             Groans
             and
             Cries
             will
             cry
             louder
             to
             Heaven
             for
             Justice
             or
             Vengeance
             against
             the
             Nation
             ,
             than
             all
             the
             other
             five
             parts
             will
             do
             us
             good
             .
             And
             indeed
             ,
             the
             wise
             Man
             fuith
             ,
             Ecolus
             .
             34.22
             ,
             23.
             
             
               The
               bread
               of
               the
               needful
               is
               the
               life
               of
               the
               Poor
               ;
               he
               that
               defraudeth
               him
               thereof
               ,
               is
               a
               Murderer
               .
               He
               that
               taketh
               away
               his
               Neighbours
               living
               ,
               slayeth
               him
               ;
               and
               be
               that
               defraudeth
               the
               Labourer
               of
               his
               hire
               ,
               is
               a
               blood-shedder
               .
               And
               when
               one
               prayeth
               ,
               and
               another
               curseth
               ,
               whose
               Voice
               will
               the
               Lord
               hear
               ?
            
             Now
             this
             is
             Printed
             with
             our
             Church-Bibles
             ,
             and
             will
             witness
             to
             the
             World
             ,
             That
             it
             is
             a
             killing
             ,
             a
             bloody
             ,
             and
             blood-sucking
             thing
             ,
             to
             take
             away
             the
             Hire
             of
             the
             Labourer
             ,
             and
             not
             such
             a
             slight
             thing
             as
             some
             (
             that
             have
             risen
             almost
             from
             the
             dunghill
             ,
             on
             the
             ruins
             of
             others
             )
             may
             suppose
             ,
             and
             therefore
             worthy
             to
             be
             the
             more
             ●…ly
             inquired
             after
             ,
             and
             the
             more
             especially
             since
             there
             is
             a
             more
             pro●…
             Number
             of
             Ten
             Thousands
             of
             Men
             Run
             out
             of
             their
             Pay
             ,
             than
             ever
             the
             World
             saw
             in
             so
             few
             Years
             ,
             and
             such
             fatal
             Losses
             or
             Ships
             and
             Merchandize
             followed
             the
             same
             .
          
           
             But
             2dly
             ,
             Suppose
             the
             other
             Fifty
             Thousand
             be
             made
             Run
             Justly
             ,
             then
             it
             may
             be
             supposed
             greatly
             useful
             for
             the
             Information
             of
             the
             Honourable
             Houses
             (
             that
             would
             encourage
             the
             Seamen
             )
             to
             known
             and
             be
             informed
             what
             dreadful
             usage
             ,
             or
             Fatal
             Management
             ,
             or
             miserable
             discouragement
             the
             Seamen
             of
             England
             and
             Scotland
             have
             met
             with
             this
             War
             ,
             that
             should
             make
             them
             Run
             away
             so
             many
             times
             Ten
             Thousand
             out
             of
             the
             Service
             of
             so
             gracious
             a
             King
             ,
             and
             so
             good
             a
             Country
             ,
             where
             God
             ,
             Angels
             and
             Men
             will
             bear
             them
             Witness
             ;
             they
             will
             lay
             down
             their
             Lives
             at
             any
             time
             for
             the
             Seruice
             of
             both
             ;
             and
             that
             they
             have
             always
             been
             Lovers
             of
             King
             William
             ,
             and
             Couragious
             for
             their
             Countrey
             ,
             and
             will
             ,
             if
             led
             on
             ,
             go
             up
             to
             the
             Muzzels
             of
             their
             Enemies
             Guns
             ,
             in
             defence
             of
             their
             Couetrey
             ;
             and
             have
             never
             lost
             one
             Ship
             ,
             by
             their
             default
             ,
             this
             War
             ;
             and
             have
             never
             run
             away
             for
             fear
             of
             sighting
             ,
             or
             being
             kill'd
             :
             By
             which
             it
             appears
             there
             has
             been
             so
             great
             a
             number
             of
             miseries
             thrown
             on
             some
             of
             them
             this
             War
             ,
             which
             they
             esteem
             worse
             than
             Death
             ;
             and
             yet
             there
             is
             a
             further
             misery
             of
             their
             conversing
             with
             ten
             times
             more
             Death
             by
             sickness
             ,
             in
             some
             Voyages
             ,
             than
             by
             their
             fighting
             :
             For
             when
             there
             hath
             but
             about
             thirty
             or
             forty
             men
             come
             home
             alive
             ,
             that
             went
             out
             in
             a
             Ship
             ,
             and
             the
             Ship
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             buried
             Three
             ,
             Five
             ,
             or
             Seven
             Hundred
             Men
             in
             a
             Voyage
             ;
             and
             they
             that
             escaped
             with
             Life
             to
             come
             home
             ,
             have
             not
             had
             so
             much
             mercy
             shewn
             them
             ,
             as
             to
             be
             paid
             off
             on
             shoar
             ,
             to
             get
             a
             little
             〈…〉
             and
             Strength
             ,
             and
             to
             let
             the
             Wives
             ,
             or
             Relations
             of
             about
             Forty
             in
             Seven
             Hundred
             ,
             see
             that
             there
             was
             some
             escaped
             ,
             and
             come
             home
             again
             .
          
           
           
             And
             to
             be
             plain
             ,
             this
             kind
             of
             stewing
             to
             death
             in
             Ships
             ,
             tho
             it
             have
             been
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             ten
             times
             more
             fatal
             to
             the
             Seamen
             than
             fighting
             ;
             yet
             it
             is
             not
             such
             a
             Death
             as
             the
             Seamen
             expect
             or
             love
             ;
             and
             it
             is
             a
             death
             of
             no
             profit
             to
             the
             Nation
             ;
             it
             weakens
             ,
             and
             is
             the
             way
             to
             Ruin
             our
             Seamen
             ,
             but
             kills
             not
             one
             Enemy
             .
             If
             Forty
             Thousand
             of
             our
             Seamen
             be
             turn'd
             from
             Ship
             to
             Ship
             ,
             until
             they
             die
             ,
             this
             killeth
             not
             one
             Enemy
             ;
             but
             if
             they
             lose
             their
             Lives
             in
             sight
             ,
             they
             do
             usually
             kill
             a
             greater
             Number
             of
             their
             Enemies
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             something
             of
             Comfort
             ;
             and
             their
             Wives
             ,
             or
             Aged
             Parents
             ,
             use
             to
             get
             Bounty-money
             ,
             and
             not
             be
             basely
             run
             out
             of
             their
             Pay
             ,
             after
             they
             are
             dead
             :
             And
             I
             must
             faithfully
             declare
             my
             Opinion
             ,
             that
             they
             that
             would
             hide
             the
             dreadful
             Ruin
             and
             Destruction
             of
             the
             Ten
             Times
             Ten
             Thousand
             Seamen
             Ruined
             in
             their
             Health
             ,
             Lives
             and
             Pay
             ,
             and
             would
             not
             let
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             the
             Two
             most
             Honourable
             Houses
             of
             Parliament
             know
             the
             Truth
             of
             their
             Misery
             and
             Destruction
             ,
             are
             Enemies
             to
             God
             ,
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             to
             the
             Nation
             ,
             to
             common
             Justice
             and
             Equity
             ;
             yea
             ,
             to
             common
             Moral
             Honesty
             and
             prudent
             Policy
             ;
             For
             the
             Seamen
             of
             England
             must
             be
             made
             use
             of
             as
             long
             as
             England
             is
             an
             Island
             ,
             both
             in
             Peace
             and
             War
             ;
             and
             there
             is
             not
             one
             Soul
             in
             England
             safe
             ,
             in
             Life
             and
             Estate
             ,
             if
             our
             Seamen
             were
             destroyed
             :
             And
             if
             by
             our
             Blessed
             Saviour
             himself
             ,
             it
             was
             declared
             to
             be
             a
             damnable
             thing
             of
             those
             who
             should
             be
             bid
             to
             depart
             at
             the
             Last
             Day
             ,
             as
             accursed
             ,
             that
             did
             not
             give
             meat
             to
             the
             Hungry
             ,
             and
             drink
             to
             the
             Thirsty
             ,
             and
             Clothes
             to
             the
             Naked
             and
             Strangers
             ,
             and
             Visits
             to
             the
             Sick
             ;
             then
             I
             would
             appeal
             to
             all
             Mankind
             ,
             how
             much
             more
             a
             damnable
             thing
             it
             must
             be
             ,
             instead
             of
             giving
             ,
             to
             take
             away
             the
             Bread
             from
             the
             Hungry
             ,
             or
             be
             so
             unmerciful
             to
             the
             Strangers
             and
             Widows
             ,
             to
             run
             them
             out
             of
             their
             Pay
             wrongfully
             ,
             and
             then
             make
             them
             wait
             a
             Year
             or
             Eighteen
             Months
             for
             Justice
             ,
             and
             pawn
             some
             of
             those
             Clothes
             that
             should
             help
             to
             cover
             their
             Nakedness
             ,
             to
             help
             them
             while
             they
             petition
             ,
             and
             give
             5
             s.
             a
             peice
             to
             a
             Fellow
             or
             two
             set
             to
             take
             in
             their
             Petitions
             ,
             and
             get
             them
             answered
             ,
             as
             many
             have
             done
             ;
             I
             do
             really
             declare
             I
             have
             sometimes
             thought
             that
             
             Dives's
             Dogs
             might
             be
             several
             Degrees
             kinder
             to
             poor
             Lazarus
             than
             such
             Fellows
             are
             to
             poor
             Ruined
             Seamens
             Wives
             ;
             for
             they
             Kindly
             licked
             his
             Sores
             ;
             and
             did
             not
             snap
             and
             snarl
             at
             him
             ,
             and
             tear
             his
             Clothes
             off
             his
             back
             ;
             and
             besides
             ,
             Lazarus
             came
             to
             beg
             mercy
             ,
             these
             come
             to
             ask
             but
             Justice
             ;
             and
             that
             which
             the
             Nation
             will
             smart
             for
             ,
             I
             fear
             ,
             by
             some
             severer
             strokes
             ,
             if
             they
             have
             it
             not
             ;
             and
             in
             plain
             honest
             love
             to
             our
             gracious
             King
             William
             ,
             and
             good
             Old
             English
             Interest
             ;
             and
             to
             Honesty
             and
             Policy
             ,
             I
             will
             declare
             my
             Opinion
             faithfully
             ,
             That
             if
             there
             be
             not
             wiser
             ,
             or
             honester
             Tools
             to
             be
             
             found
             in
             England
             ,
             than
             those
             who
             on
             the
             one
             hand
             help
             to
             Ruin
             ,
             or
             have
             helped
             to
             Ruin
             so
             many
             Scores
             of
             Thousands
             of
             Seamen
             in
             their
             Lives
             or
             Pay
             ;
             and
             on
             the
             other
             hand
             ,
             have
             not
             either
             Wit
             enough
             or
             Honesty
             enough
             to
             have
             our
             extraordinary
             Rich
             Merchant
             Ships
             waited
             for
             as
             carefully
             ,
             with
             all
             our
             many
             Scores
             of
             Men
             of
             War
             ,
             to
             secure
             them
             home
             to
             England
             ,
             as
             the
             French
             can
             do
             with
             Eight
             or
             Ten
             Ships
             to
             secure
             them
             home
             to
             France
             .
             I
             say
             ,
             in
             short
             ,
             if
             there
             be
             not
             better
             Tools
             ,
             God
             Almighty
             knows
             when
             there
             will
             be
             better
             work
             ;
             For
             our
             Case
             is
             like
             to
             be
             sad
             ,
             and
             I
             would
             say
             as
             Christ
             did
             to
             the
             Pharisees
             ,
             concerning
             St.
             John
             Baptist's
             Ministry
             (
             tho
             in
             another
             Case
             )
             ,
             
               If
               our
               Losses
               be
               from
               Heaven
               ,
               they
               are
               dreadful
               ;
               and
               if
               from
               ●…en
               ,
               they
               are
               shameful
               and
               scandalous
               ,
               and
               ruining
               and
               miserable
               :
            
             And
             if
             ,
             as
             St.
             Paul
             saith
             ,
             
               a
               little
               Leaven
               will
               leaven
               the
               whole
               Lump
            
             ;
             then
             the
             Almighty
             God
             knoweth
             in
             what
             places
             or
             Nations
             a
             man
             or
             two
             in
             half
             a
             Score
             ,
             may
             poyson
             ,
             mislead
             and
             befool
             all
             the
             rest
             .
             And
             now
             I
             think
             of
             this
             ,
             there
             is
             a
             place
             of
             Scripture
             comes
             into
             my
             mind
             ,
             concerning
             Israel
             of
             old
             ,
             that
             God
             did
             threaten
             them
             to
             
               do
               a
               marvellous
               work
               ,
               and
               a
               wonder
               ,
            
             Isa
             .
             29.14
             ,
             25.
             
             
               For
               the
               wisdom
               of
               the
               wise
               men
               shall
               perish
               ,
               and
               the
               Vnderstanding
               of
               the
               Prudent
               shall
               be
               hid
               :
               and
               woe
               to
               them
               that
               seek
               deep
               to
               hide
               their
               Counsel
               from
               the
               Lord
               :
               and
               their
               works
               are
               in
               the
               dark
               ;
               and
               they
               say
               ,
               who
               seeth
               us
               ,
               and
               who
               knoweth
               us
               .
            
             And
             indeed
             ,
             to
             make
             no
             Application
             (
             wanting
             parts
             )
             I
             must
             leave
             it
             to
             the
             Wise
             and
             Learned
             to
             Judge
             of
             the
             meaning
             of
             this
             place
             ,
             and
             that
             before
             mentioned
             ,
             
               of
               groping
               as
               the
               blind
               that
               have
               no
               eyes
               .
            
             And
             indeed
             in
             England
             we
             have
             a
             kind
             of
             a
             Proverb
             ,
             
               That
               there
               is
               none
               so
               blind
               as
               they
               that
               will
               not
               see
               .
            
             And
             if
             that
             be
             a
             true
             saying
             ,
             there
             's
             certainly
             much
             more
             danger
             of
             the
             King
             's
             being
             cheated
             ,
             when
             they
             that
             should
             see
             to
             have
             it
             punished
             ,
             do
             all
             they
             can
             to
             have
             it
             smuggled
             up
             ,
             as
             some
             in
             Offices
             of
             the
             Navy
             Concerns
             have
             been
             publickly
             accused
             to
             do
             in
             the
             business
             of
             stealing
             the
             King's
             Stores
             at
             Portsmouth
             ;
             and
             if
             our
             Ships
             that
             are
             in
             the
             King's
             Service
             ,
             cannot
             see
             the
             French
             in
             a
             great
             while
             ,
             when
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             a
             Merchant
             Ship
             is
             not
             safe
             to
             go
             40
             Leagues
             on
             our
             own
             Coast
             ,
             but
             is
             in
             danger
             to
             see
             a
             French
             Ship
             ,
             and
             be
             taken
             ,
             which
             hath
             been
             a
             great
             Riddle
             to
             me
             all
             this
             War
             ;
             and
             I
             have
             wondred
             at
             it
             ,
             and
             have
             consulted
             how
             another
             Nation
             might
             be
             so
             served
             ;
             and
             my
             Reason
             tells
             me
             ,
             they
             might
             be
             so
             served
             several
             ways
             ,
             as
             one
             is
             by
             giving
             Men
             of
             War
             Command
             to
             lye
             in
             such
             and
             such
             a
             place
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             Cruise
             all
             over
             the
             Channel
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             ,
             if
             people
             had
             a
             continual
             Correspondence
             with
             their
             Enemy
             from
             a
             Sea-Port
             Town
             ,
             as
             Deip
             may
             be
             in
             France
             ,
             to
             Rye
             in
             England
             ;
             then
             if
             the
             one
             Nation
             
             did
             know
             the
             station
             of
             the
             Ships
             of
             the
             other
             Nation
             ,
             they
             might
             ply
             up
             and
             down
             in
             other
             parts
             free
             and
             safe
             ;
             and
             if
             a
             Ship
             or
             two
             come
             almost
             into
             the
             Harbours
             ,
             and
             takes
             away
             a
             Prize
             ,
             and
             there
             be
             a
             Man
             of
             War
             or
             two
             ,
             there
             ready
             to
             go
             out
             after
             them
             ,
             yetif
             the
             Commanders
             of
             the
             Men
             of
             War
             will
             not
             go
             out
             after
             them
             ,
             as
             a
             Captain
             or
             Two
             would
             not
             lately
             ,
             either
             for
             want
             of
             Will
             or
             want
             of
             Orders
             ,
             at
             Margate
             in
             Kent
             ;
             then
             the
             Enemies
             Ships
             may
             be
             safe
             enough
             .
             And
             indeed
             ,
             I
             have
             many
             times
             thought
             ,
             That
             when
             Thieves
             come
             so
             near
             the
             House
             ,
             it
             is
             very
             dangerous
             to
             have
             any
             of
             their
             Friends
             within
             doors
             :
             And
             it
             may
             be
             sometimes
             they
             have
             too
             many
             ,
             the
             more
             the
             pity
             .
             But
             I
             wondred
             at
             one
             thing
             ,
             which
             is
             ,
             of
             all
             the
             Intelligence
             that
             is
             carried
             to
             and
             again
             from
             Rye
             to
             France
             ,
             I
             knew
             but
             one
             Commander
             that
             was
             set
             to
             catch
             them
             ,
             that
             took
             any
             ,
             and
             that
             was
             Capt.
             Grantham
             ,
             and
             he
             took
             the
             Owler
             that
             carried
             over
             that
             Mournful
             News
             to
             England
             ,
             and
             Joyful
             News
             to
             France
             ,
             last
             Year
             ,
             of
             her
             most
             gracious
             Majesty's
             Death
             ,
             before
             it
             was
             publickly
             known
             in
             England
             ,
             and
             Capt.
             Grantham
             was
             presently
             turned
             on
             t
             of
             his
             Imployment
             ;
             and
             ,
             as
             he
             said
             ,
             
               The
               Lords
               of
               our
               Admiralty
               never
               sent
               him
               word
               what
               it
               was
               for
               .
            
             And
             indeed
             ,
             if
             it
             were
             to
             please
             the
             people
             of
             Rye
             ,
             or
             those
             Sea-Port
             Towns
             ,
             they
             ought
             in
             Gratitude
             and
             Thankfulness
             to
             acknowledge
             their
             Lordships
             Kindness
             ,
             and
             endeavour
             to
             make
             them
             amends
             .
             But
             it
             seems
             Capt.
             Grantham
             never
             was
             sent
             for
             ,
             neither
             ever
             went
             to
             enquire
             the
             Cause
             ;
             and
             he
             is
             not
             a
             beggarly
             Fellow
             to
             cry
             Peccavi
             ,
             for
             taking
             the
             Owler
             ,
             or
             examining
             her
             Men
             separately
             (
             if
             that
             were
             his
             Crime
             :
             )
             and
             whether
             there
             were
             another
             Owler
             taken
             before
             ,
             all
             this
             War
             ,
             I
             know
             not
             ,
             or
             whether
             there
             were
             Men
             set
             to
             watch
             ,
             that
             would
             not
             ,
             or
             could
             not
             see
             them
             .
          
           
             But
             for
             the
             people
             of
             Rye
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             Town
             or
             place
             ,
             if
             they
             do
             correspond
             with
             France
             ,
             and
             do
             help
             to
             betray
             us
             ,
             in
             my
             mind
             ,
             they
             are
             worse
             than
             Beasts
             ,
             to
             betray
             their
             Native
             Countrey
             ;
             for
             ,
             as
             the
             Scripture
             faith
             ,
             
               The
               Ox
               knoweth
               his
               Owner
               ,
               and
               the
               Ass
               his
               Master
               's
               Cribb
            
             ;
             so
             none
             but
             worse
             than
             Beasts
             would
             betray
             such
             a
             brave
             Country
             as
             ours
             is
             ,
             into
             the
             hands
             of
             the
             worst
             of
             mankind
             ,
             that
             hath
             Really
             plagued
             the
             Christian
             World
             ,
             and
             destroyed
             more
             Hundreds
             of
             Thousands
             of
             Men
             ,
             and
             more
             Hundreds
             of
             Towns
             and
             Cities
             ,
             and
             more
             of
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             ,
             in
             Twenty
             Five
             Years
             ,
             than
             the
             Turks
             have
             done
             this
             Hundred
             Years
             .
             And
             this
             may
             be
             plainly
             known
             by
             those
             who
             are
             conversant
             in
             the
             History
             of
             this
             last
             hundred
             years
             ,
             and
             the
             Weekly
             Villany
             of
             the
             French
             for
             this
             Twenty
             Five
             Years
             :
             And
             I
             
             cannot
             with
             my
             Eyes
             and
             Spectacles
             ,
             see
             how
             the
             biggest
             Traytor
             and
             Villain
             in
             England
             can
             secure
             to
             himself
             Two
             pence
             of
             what
             he
             hath
             ,
             if
             our
             Seamen
             were
             Ruined
             ,
             and
             the
             French
             prevail
             over
             us
             ;
             For
             if
             an
             Irish
             ,
             or
             a
             Popish
             ,
             or
             
               French
               Rogue
            
             ,
             or
             Jesuit
             comes
             ,
             he
             may
             disposses
             those
             that
             were
             their
             greatest
             Friends
             ;
             and
             the
             French
             King
             cannot
             be
             expected
             to
             be
             kinder
             to
             the
             English
             than
             he
             was
             to
             his
             own
             Loving
             
               Protestant
               Subjects
            
             ,
             who
             did
             help
             to
             keep
             him
             in
             the
             Throne
             when
             his
             Uncle
             would
             have
             put
             him
             by
             ,
             for
             being
             a
             Bastard
             ;
             and
             yet
             ,
             like
             an
             ungrateful
             Wretch
             ,
             he
             hath
             Ruined
             them
             ,
             in
             their
             Religion
             and
             Estates
             more
             effectually
             than
             all
             the
             bloody
             butchering
             Persecutors
             ever
             did
             ;
             and
             his
             Dragoons
             hath
             out-done
             all
             the
             Heathen
             Tyrants
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             for
             Rooting
             out
             Religion
             effectually
             :
             And
             therefore
             I
             do
             look
             on
             his
             Friends
             in
             England
             to
             be
             void
             of
             Grace
             and
             Reason
             ,
             and
             Honesty
             and
             Policy
             ,
             and
             common
             Sense
             .
             And
             so
             much
             for
             that
             .
          
           
             But
             I
             had
             almost
             forgot
             the
             Remainder
             of
             our
             Seamens
             Groans
             ;
             for
             I
             think
             I
             may
             in
             the
             next
             place
             ,
          
           
             28.
             
             Represent
             in
             part
             the
             dreadful
             misery
             ,
             in
             their
             being
             turn'd
             over
             so
             many
             Hundred
             times
             ,
             to
             the
             Loss
             of
             their
             Pay
             ,
             in
             their
             dreadful
             waiting
             ,
             till
             they
             meet
             with
             those
             fatal
             plagues
             of
             the
             Seamen
             ,
             the
             Ticket
             Extortioners
             ,
             who
             have
             swallowed
             up
             a
             great
             deal
             of
             their
             pay
             at
             half
             Loss
             ,
             to
             the
             shame
             of
             the
             very
             Name
             of
             Common
             Moral
             Heathen
             Honesty
             ,
             and
             which
             will
             certainly
             cry
             for
             Vengeance
             ,
             if
             those
             oppressed
             be
             not
             relieved
             ;
             for
             by
             this
             turning
             men
             over
             ,
             as
             I
             said
             ,
             so
             many
             Hundred
             Thousand
             times
             ,
             it
             causeth
             many
             Hundred
             Thousand
             of
             Extraordinary
             Troubles
             in
             their
             waiting
             ;
             and
             many
             poor
             and
             wretched
             Seamen
             have
             been
             removed
             into
             three
             or
             four
             Ships
             in
             six
             or
             eight
             months
             time
             ;
             and
             it
             often
             falls
             out
             ,
             that
             one
             of
             those
             payments
             due
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             but
             for
             thirty
             or
             forty
             shillings
             ,
             is
             paid
             part
             one
             year
             ,
             and
             part
             another
             ;
             so
             that
             if
             their
             poor
             Wives
             ,
             or
             Relations
             ,
             wait
             a
             year
             or
             two
             ,
             as
             they
             oft
             times
             do
             ,
             for
             the
             first
             payment
             ,
             then
             they
             are
             liable
             to
             wait
             another
             year
             for
             the
             second
             part
             of
             the
             said
             thirty
             or
             forty
             shillings
             due
             at
             the
             same
             time
             to
             the
             Seamen
             in
             the
             said
             Ship
             ,
             as
             the
             King's
             Books
             will
             make
             appear
             ;
             only
             it
             may
             be
             Twenty
             Shillings
             before
             April
             ,
             and
             Ten
             Shillings
             after
             ;
             or
             it
             may
             be
             Fifteen
             Shillings
             before
             Michaelmas
             ,
             and
             Sixteen
             Shillings
             after
             ;
             and
             it
             is
             so
             managed
             ,
             that
             the
             Ships
             having
             not
             any
             set
             days
             appointed
             to
             pay
             such
             a
             Ship
             ,
             (
             as
             sometimes
             it
             falls
             out
             )
             they
             expect
             a
             Ship
             will
             be
             paid
             next
             week
             ,
             and
             perhaps
             it
             is
             a
             month
             ;
             or
             next
             day
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             a
             Week
             or
             Fortnight
             ,
             and
             all
             these
             help
             to
             plague
             and
             torment
             the
             poor
             Ruined
             Seamens
             Families
             ,
             
             who
             in
             Five
             Hundred
             Thousand
             Turnings
             over
             ,
             may
             be
             forced
             to
             wait
             ,
             suppose
             but
             Ten
             Days
             for
             each
             payment
             ,
             is
             Five
             Millions
             of
             Trouble
             ;
             which
             would
             be
             saved
             ,
             if
             the
             Seamen
             were
             ,
             as
             formerly
             ,
             kept
             to
             their
             Ships
             a
             Year
             or
             two
             ,
             and
             then
             paid
             .
             But
             now
             another
             dreadful
             misery
             is
             ,
             by
             this
             turning
             over
             :
             It
             is
             common
             to
             protend
             to
             pay
             a
             Ship
             ,
             and
             it
             may
             be
             there
             is
             left
             Nine
             Months
             in
             hand
             ;
             and
             perhaps
             not
             fifty
             men
             in
             that
             Ship
             hath
             money
             due
             so
             long
             :
             But
             they
             that
             have
             a
             year
             ,
             or
             two
             years
             ,
             or
             more
             pay
             due
             ,
             are
             turn'd
             into
             other
             Ships
             ;
             and
             when
             I
             think
             of
             the
             Seamens
             miseries
             this
             War
             ,
             if
             I
             were
             to
             represent
             them
             at
             large
             ,
             I
             might
             write
             a
             Volume
             as
             big
             as
             a
             Church
             Bible
             ;
             therefore
             what
             I
             have
             written
             ,
             or
             can
             write
             ,
             is
             like
             a
             painted
             Fire
             on
             a
             Wall
             ,
             they
             and
             their
             Families
             feel
             the
             Heat
             of
             the
             devouring
             Flames
             ,
             in
             their
             Lives
             and
             pay
             ;
             and
             it
             may
             be
             some
             will
             ,
             to
             paliate
             the
             business
             ,
             say
             ,
             
               That
               it
               is
               subject
               to
               all
               men
               to
               die
               .
            
             Now
             to
             that
             I
             will
             answer
             ,
             it
             is
             true
             ;
             and
             I
             have
             suppos'd
             the
             dying
             of
             people
             in
             the
             Bills
             of
             Mortality
             ;
             wherein
             suppose
             there
             dieth
             Twenty
             Five
             Thousand
             in
             a
             year
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             most
             ;
             and
             there
             be
             a
             Million
             of
             people
             in
             all
             ,
             it
             is
             but
             one
             in
             Forty
             ;
             and
             many
             Count
             the
             City
             more
             sickly
             than
             the
             Countrey
             ;
             and
             if
             so
             ,
             it
             is
             but
             the
             whole
             Number
             of
             people
             dead
             in
             Forty
             Years
             ,
             which
             is
             about
             a
             sixth
             part
             every
             Seven
             Years
             .
             But
             our
             Sea-Affairs
             ,
             by
             the
             Ships
             Books
             ,
             will
             prove
             ,
             that
             there
             hath
             been
             more
             buried
             in
             Seven
             Years
             than
             the
             Honourable
             House
             of
             Commons
             hath
             reckoned
             will
             man
             the
             whole
             Fleet
             the
             next
             Year
             ;
             and
             yet
             I
             suppose
             not
             above
             one
             in
             twenty
             ,
             with
             sighting
             against
             their
             Enemies
             :
             And
             except
             those
             two
             or
             three
             thousand
             poor
             Seamen
             dead
             in
             France
             ;
             the
             rest
             are
             all
             dead
             among
             those
             that
             should
             be
             their
             Friends
             ,
             and
             by
             their
             Death
             have
             not
             hurt
             one
             of
             their
             Enemies
             .
          
           
             And
             now
             I
             speak
             of
             those
             who
             die
             in
             France
             ,
             I
             will
             mention
             one
             misery
             ,
             and
             deplorable
             misery
             more
             .
          
           
             29.
             
             Of
             the
             most
             dreadful
             Number
             of
             Seamen
             taken
             into
             France
             in
             men
             of
             War
             and
             Merchant
             Ships
             ,
             lost
             this
             War
             ,
             those
             who
             escaped
             with
             their
             Lives
             ,
             and
             were
             brought
             back
             to
             Plymouth
             again
             ,
             those
             poor
             Souls
             had
             not
             one
             penny
             of
             money
             ,
             nor
             a
             Rag
             of
             Cloaths
             ,
             but
             such
             Lousie
             ones
             as
             the
             French
             gave
             them
             ,
             were
             forced
             to
             beg
             or
             starve
             to
             London
             ;
             and
             if
             they
             perish
             on
             the
             Road
             ,
             as
             the
             Lord
             knoweth
             who
             hath
             ,
             and
             who
             hath
             not
             :
             But
             beg
             or
             starve
             is
             generally
             the
             Word
             ;
             and
             when
             they
             come
             to
             London
             ,
             here
             they
             must
             have
             no
             money
             ,
             nor
             
             cloaths
             ,
             but
             wait
             Orders
             what
             Ship
             to
             go
             into
             next
             ,
             naked
             as
             they
             came
             .
             And
             if
             the
             Citizens
             of
             London
             will
             trust
             them
             for
             cloaths
             ,
             they
             may
             ;
             but
             if
             they
             do
             ,
             they
             must
             expect
             to
             be
             threatned
             to
             be
             shot
             ,
             or
             have
             their
             Boats
             staved
             at
             the
             Ships
             sides
             at
             Pay-Day
             ,
             if
             they
             go
             for
             their
             money
             ,
             or
             come
             to
             bring
             Cloaths
             to
             sell
             the
             Seamen
             ,
             which
             is
             a
             common
             practice
             of
             late
             .
             So
             that
             the
             dreadful
             misery
             of
             the
             Seamen
             ,
             as
             I
             said
             before
             ,
             begets
             more
             miseries
             ;
             For
             if
             they
             have
             not
             money
             nor
             Cloaths
             before
             ,
             nor
             cannot
             be
             supplied
             at
             Pay-Day
             ,
             this
             is
             adding
             misery
             to
             misery
             :
             And
             another
             thing
             I
             would
             observe
             by
             the
             way
             ,
             That
             before
             the
             giving
             about
             Sixty
             Thousand
             pound
             a
             Year
             to
             the
             Double-pay
             Officers
             ,
             under
             whose
             management
             (
             it
             seems
             )
             the
             Nation
             hath
             lost
             near
             an
             Hundred
             Ships
             :
             I
             say
             ,
             before
             that
             ,
             the
             Seamen
             taken
             into
             France
             ,
             had
             the
             Forty
             shillings
             a
             peice
             his
             most
             gracious
             Majesty
             used
             to
             allow
             them
             ,
             when
             taken
             in
             the
             men
             of
             War
             ,
             which
             is
             now
             denied
             ,
             and
             taken
             away
             from
             them
             ;
             which
             makes
             me
             wonder
             what
             is
             the
             real
             meaning
             of
             that
             saying
             of
             the
             Wise
             King
             
               Solomon
               ,
               Prov.
            
             22.16
             .
             
               He
               that
               oppresseth
               the
               Poor
               to
               increase
               his
               Riches
               ,
               and
               he
               that
               giveth
               to
               the
               Rich
               ,
               shall
               surely
               come
               to
               want
               .
            
             Now
             this
             Text
             is
             fit
             for
             the
             Learned
             to
             consider
             of
             ,
             whether
             the
             Ruining
             ,
             and
             Running
             our
             Seamen
             out
             of
             their
             pay
             ,
             after
             they
             have
             been
             turn'd
             from
             Ship
             to
             Ship
             ,
             until
             they
             fall
             sick
             ,
             and
             then
             sent
             on
             shore
             ,
             and
             there
             die
             ,
             with
             several
             other
             miseries
             thrown
             upon
             them
             ,
             be
             the
             way
             to
             increase
             our
             Riches
             any
             more
             than
             giving
             double
             Pay
             to
             many
             that
             it
             may
             be
             never
             saw
             a
             Gun
             fired
             in
             Anger
             this
             whole
             War.
             
          
           
             And
             another
             Misery
             on
             some
             poor
             Seamen
             ,
             or
             small
             Officers
             is
             ,
             If
             a
             Man
             be
             a
             small
             Officer
             ,
             though
             it
             be
             but
             30
             or
             40
             Shillings
             per
             Month
             ,
             and
             have
             several
             Lodgers
             that
             he
             hath
             Fed
             and
             Clothed
             ,
             when
             they
             had
             no
             Money
             ,
             if
             they
             leave
             a
             power
             for
             the
             Friend
             or
             Landlord
             ,
             to
             receive
             their
             Pay
             ,
             it
             shall
             not
             be
             paid
             ,
             because
             he
             is
             a
             small
             Officer
             ;
             though
             by
             the
             way
             ,
             those
             small
             Officers
             that
             never
             had
             an
             opportunity
             to
             Cheat
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             the
             Seamen
             ,
             in
             their
             Tickets
             and
             Pay
             ;
             these
             have
             no
             double
             Pay
             ,
             neither
             a
             Penny
             more
             than
             formerly
             :
             And
             yet
             ,
             if
             any
             poor
             Widow
             in
             Scotland
             desires
             one
             of
             these
             Officers
             of
             30
             or
             40
             Shillings
             a
             Month
             ,
             to
             receive
             her
             dead
             Husband's
             Money
             ,
             it
             shall
             not
             be
             paid
             ,
             which
             to
             me
             seems
             to
             be
             a
             punishing
             the
             Righteous
             with
             the
             wicked
             ,
             which
             Abraham
             did
             believe
             God
             himself
             would
             not
             serve
             the
             Sodomites
             .
             And
             ,
          
           
           
             30.
             
             Another
             way
             of
             depriving
             poor
             ,
             miserable
             ,
             ruined
             Seamen
             of
             their
             Pay
             is
             ,
             though
             they
             are
             discharged
             fairly
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             Sickness
             or
             Distraction
             ,
             and
             stand
             fair
             in
             the
             Ships
             Book
             ,
             and
             have
             Tickets
             given
             them
             ,
             regularly
             Signed
             by
             all
             the
             Officers
             ,
             to
             receive
             their
             Money
             ,
             yet
             if
             the
             Commissioner
             will
             please
             but
             to
             ask
             they
             that
             have
             these
             powers
             and
             Tickets
             ,
             where
             such
             a
             Man
             is
             ,
             or
             in
             what
             Ship
             ,
             and
             they
             do
             not
             know
             ?
             As
             who
             can
             tell
             where
             a
             Man
             is
             a
             Year
             or
             two
             after
             he
             is
             discharged
             ,
             (
             when
             it
             may
             be
             he
             has
             been
             in
             several
             Ships
             ,
             )
             then
             the
             Commissioner
             will
             not
             pay
             one
             Penny
             of
             the
             poor
             Man's
             Pay
             ;
             so
             that
             if
             the
             management
             of
             the
             
               Seamens
               Pay
            
             be
             examined
             ,
             I
             am
             afraid
             it
             will
             be
             found
             to
             be
             all
             Will
             and
             Pleasure
             ,
             alias
             all
             Arbitrary
             :
             And
             ,
             indeed
             ,
             many
             Thousands
             have
             found
             it
             so
             ;
             and
             that
             makes
             me
             think
             of
             the
             Thousands
             of
             Prentices
             in
             the
             Navy
             ,
             if
             they
             be
             poor
             Watermens
             ,
             or
             
               Widows
               Prentices
               ,
               &c.
            
             if
             the
             Commissioner
             pleaseth
             ,
             he
             will
             pay
             the
             Prentice
             ,
             notwithstanding
             the
             Indenture
             .
             But
             if
             it
             be
             such
             as
             the
             Commissioner
             pleaseth
             to
             stop
             the
             Money
             on
             board
             of
             Ship
             ,
             by
             Indenture
             ,
             the
             Prentice
             shall
             have
             not
             a
             Penny
             ,
             though
             it
             may
             be
             his
             Master
             hath
             not
             been
             at
             Twelve
             Pence
             Charge
             in
             a
             Year
             ,
             for
             the
             Prentice
             ,
             so
             that
             there
             is
             no
             certain
             Rule
             ,
             but
             all
             left
             to
             will
             and
             pleasure
             ,
             whoever
             is
             ruined
             .
          
           
             Now
             it
             may
             be
             some
             will
             think
             ,
             I
             have
             met
             with
             Difficulties
             in
             the
             Pay
             of
             the
             Fleet
             my self
             .
             Now
             as
             to
             that
             ,
             I
             never
             used
             to
             complain
             in
             my
             own
             Cause
             ;
             neither
             did
             I
             ever
             petition
             the
             Navy-Board
             for
             but
             one
             Run
             ,
             of
             all
             that
             ever
             I
             was
             concerned
             with
             ,
             and
             that
             was
             for
             a
             poor
             Widow
             at
             Lynn
             ;
             and
             had
             it
             answered
             ,
             but
             it
             was
             2
             or
             3
             Years
             past
             .
          
           
             And
             indeed
             ,
             I
             have
             received
             a
             Thousand
             ,
             or
             Fifteen
             Hundred
             Payments
             ,
             of
             
               Seamens
               Pay
            
             ,
             my self
             ,
             as
             the
             King's
             Books
             will
             make
             appear
             ,
             and
             I
             bless
             God
             ,
             I
             never
             had
             any
             Complaint
             against
             me
             ,
             to
             be
             called
             before
             them
             :
             For
             I
             bought
             most
             part
             of
             what
             I
             bought
             ,
             at
             Two
             Shillings
             ,
             or
             half
             a
             Crown
             profit
             ,
             and
             some
             at
             Three
             Shillings
             profit
             in
             the
             Pound
             ;
             and
             I
             do
             not
             know
             of
             one
             above
             that
             profit
             ;
             for
             I
             bless
             God
             ,
             I
             always
             hated
             Extortion
             and
             Oppression
             ;
             and
             had
             I
             gotten
             half
             in
             half
             ,
             as
             some
             cursed
             Extortioners
             did
             ,
             I
             had
             ,
             as
             I
             received
             at
             first
             2
             or
             3
             Thousand
             
               Pound
               per
            
             Year
             ,
             doubled
             it
             ,
             and
             doubled
             it
             ,
             to
             have
             made
             it
             up
             above
             
               Twenty
               Thousand
               Pound
            
             by
             this
             time
             ,
             and
             so
             have
             had
             a
             cursed
             great
             Estate
             ,
             as
             it
             may
             be
             some
             others
             have
             ,
             out
             of
             the
             ruines
             of
             the
             Poor
             ,
             and
             the
             Cheating
             of
             their
             Country
             :
             For
             there
             
             be
             some
             who
             have
             grown
             up
             like
             Pumpkins
             ,
             from
             a
             Dunghill
             ,
             to
             a
             prodigious
             bigness
             ,
             and
             are
             like
             Maggots
             in
             the
             poor
             Sheeps
             backs
             ,
             that
             the
             bigger
             the
             Maggots
             grow
             ,
             the
             more
             the
             poor
             Sheep
             is
             eaten
             up
             .
             But
             I
             pray
             the
             God
             of
             Heaven
             and
             Earth
             ,
             to
             stir
             up
             some
             publick
             Spirited
             Persons
             ,
             to
             consider
             how
             dreadful
             a
             thing
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             our
             Maritime
             Sheep
             should
             be
             thus
             eaten
             up
             ,
             and
             devoured
             ,
             for
             want
             of
             looking
             after
             .
          
           
             And
             now
             I
             will
             return
             to
             the
             poor
             Seamen
             .
             I
             found
             by
             sad
             Experience
             ,
             That
             so
             soon
             as
             the
             Seamen
             had
             beaten
             the
             French
             ,
             their
             Miseries
             began
             to
             be
             multiplied
             ,
             as
             I
             might
             shew
             more
             largely
             ;
             and
             I
             was
             not
             easie
             to
             buy
             their
             Pay
             at
             dearer
             Rates
             ,
             than
             I
             would
             sell
             ,
             If
             I
             had
             been
             to
             sell
             and
             lose
             to
             another
             :
             For
             that
             is
             the
             Rule
             that
             Christ
             himself
             saith
             is
             the
             Substance
             of
             the
             Law
             and
             the
             Prophets
             ,
             
               To
               do
               as
               we
               would
               be
               done
               unto
               ,
            
             and
             that
             is
             in
             the
             Church-Catechism
             ;
             and
             which
             Rule
             ,
             I
             believe
             ,
             is
             planted
             by
             God
             himself
             ,
             in
             the
             Law
             of
             Nature
             ,
             and
             by
             which
             all
             Mankind
             shall
             be
             Judged
             at
             the
             great
             Day
             :
             And
             if
             these
             Nations
             will
             not
             learn
             their
             Catechisms
             ,
             I
             believe
             God
             will
             whip
             them
             :
             I
             said
             so
             last
             Year
             of
             the
             
             East-India-Company's
             Concerns
             ,
             that
             God
             did
             Command
             all
             Mankind
             ,
             To
             do
             as
             they
             would
             be
             done
             unto
             .
             And
             what
             they
             learned
             ,
             God
             knows
             ;
             they
             have
             ,
             I
             am
             sure
             ,
             been
             so
             whipped
             this
             Year
             ,
             that
             they
             ,
             nor
             their
             Fathers
             ,
             never
             knew
             the
             like
             .
             And
             God
             will
             ,
             I
             believe
             ,
             plead
             the
             Cause
             of
             the
             Poor
             .
          
           
             It
             were
             well
             now
             ,
             under
             this
             searching
             Rod
             ,
             since
             it
             appears
             God
             is
             risen
             up
             in
             Judgment
             against
             our
             Sea-Affairs
             ,
             that
             we
             would
             oblige
             our selves
             ,
             as
             Christians
             ,
             to
             seek
             and
             enquire
             after
             all
             the
             Causes
             of
             it
             ,
             if
             possible
             ,
             both
             of
             Sin
             ,
             the
             procuring
             Cause
             ,
             and
             Men's
             Knavery
             ,
             Foolery
             ,
             or
             Negligence
             on
             the
             other
             hand
             .
             But
             this
             ,
             by
             the
             way
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             I
             bless
             God
             ,
             instead
             of
             taking
             advantage
             of
             the
             misery
             of
             ruined
             Seamen's
             Pay
             ,
             to
             buy
             it
             at
             half
             loss
             ,
             I
             have
             left
             off
             buying
             any
             at
             all
             ,
             for
             near
             three
             Years
             ,
             neither
             ever
             will
             buy
             any
             in
             this
             World
             ;
             and
             for
             the
             next
             ,
             as
             Job
             saith
             ,
             there
             the
             weary
             are
             at
             rest
             ,
             and
             there
             the
             wicked
             cease
             from
             troubling
             .
             There
             Mankind
             will
             not
             cheat
             and
             ruine
             ,
             and
             plague
             and
             oppress
             one
             the
             other
             .
          
           
             And
             now
             I
             have
             said
             this
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             some
             will
             say
             ,
             I
             am
             mad
             indeed
             ,
             to
             lose
             the
             getting
             of
             so
             many
             Thousands
             of
             Pounds
             ,
             and
             now
             to
             trouble
             my self
             with
             the
             misery
             ,
             the
             knavery
             ,
             and
             ruins
             of
             Mankind
             ,
             and
             get
             nothing
             by
             it
             ,
             but
             rather
             run
             the
             hazard
             (
             if
             any
             will
             be
             my
             Enemies
             )
             for
             telling
             the
             truth
             ,
             to
             be
             ruined
             my self
             .
             And
             in
             
             answer
             to
             that
             ,
             it
             is
             true
             ,
             I
             do
             in
             the
             presence
             of
             the
             Eternal
             Blessed
             Jehovah
             declare
             ,
             in
             whose
             prosence
             I
             write
             ,
             That
             I
             do
             not
             know
             of
             one
             Falshood
             or
             Lye
             ,
             in
             whatever
             I
             have
             written
             ,
             as
             represented
             by
             me
             ;
             and
             I
             know
             that
             God
             will
             bring
             every
             work
             to
             Judgment
             ,
             with
             every
             secret
             thing
             ,
             whether
             it
             be
             Good
             or
             Evil
             ;
             and
             so
             I
             would
             write
             every
             Line
             ,
             as
             that
             which
             may
             be
             brought
             to
             be
             known
             to
             these
             Nations
             ,
             for
             to
             be
             considered
             of
             ,
             and
             as
             that
             which
             I
             would
             have
             it
             ,
             all
             found
             Truth
             in
             the
             great
             Day
             .
          
           
             And
             now
             ,
             having
             said
             this
             ,
             and
             considered
             of
             what
             I
             have
             represented
             ,
             of
             the
             dreadful
             Ruins
             and
             Destruction
             of
             our
             English
             and
             Scotch
             Seamen
             ,
             and
             there
             is
             not
             one
             Soul
             of
             them
             knoweth
             what
             I
             write
             for
             them
             :
             And
             indeed
             ,
             it
             is
             a
             mercy
             they
             do
             not
             know
             their
             miseries
             together
             ;
             and
             while
             they
             know
             it
             apart
             ,
             they
             groan
             under
             it
             apart
             .
             And
             for
             those
             who
             are
             dead
             ,
             they
             cannot
             complain
             ;
             and
             those
             who
             have
             been
             so
             far
             provoked
             to
             go
             away
             ,
             and
             serve
             other
             Nations
             ,
             they
             will
             not
             come
             again
             ,
             I
             suppose
             quickly
             ,
             to
             complain
             :
             and
             indeed
             ,
             as
             Job
             said
             ,
             6.
             
             &
             5.
             
             
               Doth
               the
               wild
               Ass
               bray
               ,
               when
               he
               hath
               Grass
               ,
               or
               loweth
               the
               Ox
               over
               his
               Fother
               .
            
             If
             the
             poor
             miserable
             ruined
             Creatures
             ,
             lose
             the
             Grass
             and
             Fother
             at
             home
             ,
             with
             Q's
             and
             R's
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             they
             will
             bray
             ;
             and
             since
             they
             beat
             the
             French
             ,
             and
             are
             so
             dreadfully
             ruined
             in
             their
             Pay
             and
             Liberty
             ,
             some
             have
             Sworn
             by
             their
             Damnation
             ,
             They
             would
             serve
             the
             French
             ,
             or
             any
             Nation
             ,
             rather
             than
             be
             ruined
             at
             home
             .
             Who
             can
             help
             their
             Swearing
             :
             Solomon
             saith
             ,
             
               Oppression
               maketh
               wise
               Men
               mad
            
             .
             And
             if
             so
             ,
             who
             can
             expect
             any
             other
             from
             them
             ,
             that
             are
             not
             over-wise
             .
             And
             when
             I
             have
             represented
             a
             few
             of
             their
             miseries
             ,
             if
             the
             Lords
             of
             the
             Admiralty
             were
             ordered
             to
             lay
             before
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             the
             method
             of
             some
             Commanders
             abusing
             the
             Seamen
             ,
             or
             cheating
             them
             ,
             or
             their
             Families
             ,
             or
             the
             Nation
             ,
             in
             the
             Seamens
             Tickets
             and
             Pay
             ,
             which
             some
             have
             been
             accused
             of
             publickly
             :
             and
             also
             ,
             the
             Commissioners
             of
             the
             Navy
             ,
             were
             to
             represent
             what
             number
             of
             Petitions
             the
             poor
             ,
             and
             distressed
             ,
             and
             miserable
             Seamens
             Wives
             ,
             Widows
             ,
             or
             Relations
             ,
             have
             laid
             before
             them
             ,
             for
             Tickets
             kept
             from
             the
             Seamen
             for
             their
             Pay
             ;
             and
             let
             the
             Account-Books
             ,
             and
             Ship-Books
             ,
             be
             also
             searched
             ,
             to
             see
             how
             many
             hundreds
             of
             Pounds
             worth
             of
             Seamens
             Tickets
             have
             been
             received
             publickly
             ,
             by
             ,
             or
             for
             the
             Commanders
             of
             some
             Ships
             ,
             while
             they
             had
             liberty
             to
             receive
             them
             without
             so
             much
             trouble
             as
             to
             forge
             Powers
             ,
             with
             all
             that
             other
             cursed
             Villains
             have
             forged
             ;
             and
             how
             this
             misery
             hath
             helped
             to
             make
             the
             Seamen
             
             miserable
             in
             the
             loss
             of
             their
             Pay
             :
             and
             to
             make
             their
             Families
             more
             miserable
             ,
             by
             pretending
             to
             hinder
             the
             poor
             ruined
             Seamens
             Wives
             from
             getting
             a
             Clerk
             to
             search
             the
             Ship
             's
             Books
             their
             Husbands
             belonged
             to
             ,
             or
             dyed
             in
             ,
             to
             see
             whether
             they
             be
             standing
             fast
             ,
             or
             run
             out
             of
             their
             Pay.
             This
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             would
             be
             a
             means
             for
             the
             Parliament
             and
             Nation
             to
             see
             something
             of
             Cheating
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             the
             Seamen
             publickly
             .
          
           
             And
             as
             I
             said
             the
             Seamens
             miseries
             are
             fruitful
             ,
             so
             is
             their
             being
             Cheated
             of
             their
             Pay
             made
             a
             help
             to
             their
             misery
             .
          
           
             For
             though
             there
             be
             perhaps
             Forty
             or
             Fifty
             Clerks
             and
             Clerks
             Boys
             can
             see
             the
             Books
             ,
             and
             though
             the
             Captains
             Clerks
             of
             every
             Ship
             ,
             and
             the
             Purser
             of
             every
             Ship
             ,
             hath
             Books
             of
             all
             the
             Seamens
             Names
             ,
             and
             can
             give
             out
             Copies
             of
             what
             Names
             they
             please
             to
             those
             that
             can
             forge
             powers
             to
             receive
             Seamens
             pay
             ,
             to
             the
             value
             of
             Two
             or
             Three
             Hundred
             pound
             in
             a
             Ship
             ,
             and
             the
             Captains
             and
             Pursers
             make
             out
             Tickets
             for
             the
             same
             ,
             to
             offer
             to
             Sale
             ,
             without
             powers
             ,
             and
             to
             keep
             men
             open
             upon
             the
             Ship
             's
             Book
             a
             whole
             
               West
               India
            
             Voyage
             after
             they
             are
             gone
             :
             Yet
             these
             Things
             ,
             though
             proved
             ,
             are
             not
             minded
             to
             be
             represented
             to
             the
             Parliament
             .
          
           
             But
             if
             a
             poor
             Seaman's
             Wife
             ,
             or
             a
             poor
             Seaman
             in
             the
             Hospital
             ,
             would
             see
             whether
             he
             be
             run
             out
             of
             his
             pay
             ,
             or
             whether
             it
             be
             received
             by
             one
             or
             another
             ,
             they
             may
             petition
             the
             Navy-board
             ,
             and
             give
             the
             Clerk
             of
             the
             Petitions
             a
             shilling
             for
             the
             petition
             ,
             and
             his
             Boy
             six
             pence
             ,
             to
             remember
             his
             Worship
             ,
             that
             he
             may
             put
             his
             Master
             in
             mind
             ,
             that
             such
             a
             man
             in
             such
             an
             Hospital
             desires
             to
             Know
             whether
             he
             be
             not
             Run
             out
             of
             his
             Money
             in
             such
             and
             such
             a
             Ship
             's
             Book
             ,
             where
             he
             was
             sick
             ,
             or
             turn'd
             over
             .
          
           
             And
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             ,
             in
             this
             time
             of
             extraordinary
             need
             of
             Seamen
             ,
             the
             poor
             Seaman
             is
             prest
             away
             again
             ,
             with
             the
             Hospital-Certificate
             in
             his
             Pocket
             ,
             and
             that
             taken
             from
             him
             ,
             and
             he
             sent
             on
             Board
             of
             the
             Ketch
             ,
             to
             be
             carried
             away
             before
             he
             get
             the
             Book
             searched
             .
          
           
             But
             if
             he
             be
             Old
             and
             Crasie
             ,
             and
             have
             not
             money
             to
             buy
             himself
             off
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             Shame
             ,
             or
             Fear
             ,
             will
             make
             them
             clear
             him
             again
             ;
             and
             then
             he
             may
             look
             after
             his
             petition
             again
             ;
             and
             that
             is
             a
             better
             misery
             than
             ordinary
             ,
             to
             be
             miserable
             enough
             ,
             to
             be
             sent
             to
             the
             Hospital
             in
             London
             ,
             and
             have
             liberty
             to
             look
             after
             his
             money
             due
             in
             two
             other
             Ships
             .
          
           
           
             whereas
             ,
             had
             he
             not
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             he
             would
             ,
             if
             Living
             ,
             and
             like
             to
             come
             again
             ,
             have
             been
             Run
             out
             of
             it
             ,
             if
             gone
             away
             ,
             they
             expecting
             he
             would
             not
             come
             again
             ,
             they
             then
             set
             down
             in
             the
             Book
             ,
             paid
             the
             Party
             .
          
           
             And
             how
             many
             of
             these
             paying
             the
             parties
             there
             hath
             been
             this
             War
             ,
             that
             the
             party
             never
             had
             a
             Groat
             of
             I
             know
             not
             ;
             neither
             what
             a
             fatal
             misery
             it
             hath
             been
             to
             poor
             Seamen's
             Wives
             ,
             the
             not
             having
             liberty
             to
             be
             rightly
             informed
             how
             their
             Husbands
             stood
             in
             the
             Book
             ,
             without
             petitioning
             the
             Navy-Board
             ;
             as
             if
             the
             Wives
             being
             truly
             inform'd
             by
             one
             of
             the
             Clerks
             ,
             (
             tho
             she
             never
             look
             into
             the
             Books
             )
             would
             be
             the
             blowing
             up
             of
             the
             whole
             Book
             :
             But
             if
             I
             am
             not
             mistaken
             ,
             if
             I
             had
             not
             left
             off
             Ticket-buying
             above
             three
             years
             ago
             ,
             but
             had
             taken
             all
             the
             Advantages
             of
             Sea-mens
             miseries
             ,
             this
             Trick
             it self
             might
             have
             helped
             me
             (
             with
             a
             good
             Friend
             )
             to
             get
             the
             Books
             searched
             privatly
             and
             so
             have
             bought
             Seamens
             miserable
             pay
             at
             the
             same
             cursed
             price
             ,
             as
             some
             others
             have
             bought
             it
             at
             :
             But
             blessed
             be
             God
             that
             my
             Mother
             taught
             me
             the
             Catechism
             to
             defy
             the
             Devil
             and
             all
             his
             Works
             ,
             the
             vain
             pomps
             and
             vanities
             of
             this
             wicked
             World.
             
          
           
             And
             now
             I
             think
             of
             the
             Church
             Catechism
             ,
             of
             defying
             the
             Devil
             and
             all
             his
             Works
             ,
             and
             teaching
             us
             to
             do
             to
             all
             men
             as
             we
             would
             they
             should
             do
             to
             us
             ,
             makes
             me
             think
             also
             how
             honest
             men
             may
             Buy
             the
             Seamens
             pay
             ,
             at
             two
             or
             three
             Shillings
             in
             the
             pound
             profit
             ,
             as
             I
             did
             ;
             and
             so
             long
             as
             they
             do
             ,
             as
             they
             would
             be
             done
             unto
             ,
             may
             serve
             the
             King
             the
             Nation
             ,
             and
             the
             Seamen
             therein
             :
             But
             those
             that
             buy
             at
             ten
             or
             twelve
             shillings
             in
             the
             pound
             loss
             to
             the
             poor
             Seamen
             ,
             (
             as
             many
             have
             done
             since
             the
             Seamen
             beat
             the
             French
             ;
             )
             those
             I
             do
             take
             to
             be
             such
             as
             the
             ministers
             and
             people
             ,
             and
             whole
             Church
             of
             England
             are
             bound
             to
             curse
             every
             Year
             ;
             for
             I
             find
             in
             the
             Book
             of
             Common-prayer
             ,
             that
             in
             the
             Comination
             there
             are
             these
             several
             Curses
             .
          
           
           
             
               
                 Cursed
                 is
                 he
                 that
                 removeth
                 his
                 Neighbours
                 Land-mark
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Cursed
                 is
                 he
                 that
                 maketh
                 the
                 Blind
                 to
                 go
                 out
                 of
                 his
                 way
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Cursed
                 is
                 he
                 that
                 perverteth
                 the
                 Judgment
                 of
                 the
                 Stranger
                 ,
                 the
                 Fatherless
                 and
                 the
                 Widow
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Cursed
                 is
                 he
                 that
                 smiteth
                 his
                 Neighbour
                 secretly
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Cursed
                 are
                 the
                 unmerciful
                 and
                 extortioners
                 .
              
            
          
           
             Now
             there
             is
             not
             a
             Minister
             in
             England
             allowed
             to
             take
             upon
             him
             the
             Cure
             of
             Souls
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             but
             is
             bound
             to
             declare
             his
             assent
             and
             consent
             to
             this
             by
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             ;
             and
             these
             Curses
             are
             to
             be
             read
             once
             every
             year
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             people
             are
             bound
             to
             say
             ,
             Amen
             .
          
           
             Now
             the
             proving
             that
             the
             generality
             of
             seamen
             have
             been
             extorted
             out
             of
             half
             their
             pay
             ,
             by
             Ticket-buyers
             ,
             and
             been
             very
             unmercifully
             dealt
             with
             ,
             will
             prove
             to
             all
             mankind
             ,
             that
             they
             that
             have
             been
             unmerciful
             to
             them
             ,
             and
             they
             that
             have
             been
             Extortioners
             to
             them
             and
             their
             Families
             ,
             are
             a
             cursed
             Generation
             by
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             whole
             Church
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             Assent
             and
             Consent
             of
             near
             ten
             Thousand
             Ministers
             ;
             and
             then
             again
             ,
             if
             this
             so
             solemn
             a
             Curse
             be
             dreadful
             as
             being
             the
             work
             of
             the
             whole
             Church
             ;
             and
             if
             one
             Accursed
             Act
             of
             Achan
             did
             trouble
             the
             whole
             Host
             of
             Israel
             ,
             and
             made
             them
             flee
             before
             their
             Enemies
             until
             it
             was
             Discovered
             ,
             and
             the
             Author
             punished
             ;
             then
             who
             can
             tell
             how
             dangerous
             it
             may
             be
             to
             these
             Nations
             ,
             to
             let
             such
             unmercifulness
             ,
             cursed
             unmercifulness
             and
             cruelty
             go
             unpunished
             ;
             for
             if
             God
             Requires
             the
             Authors
             of
             such
             horrid
             miseries
             to
             be
             found
             out
             and
             punished
             ,
             he
             expects
             it
             should
             be
             done
             ,
             or
             this
             Nation
             ,
             must
             surely
             expect
             to
             be
             Corrected
             ,
             for
             
               St.
               Paul
            
             saith
             ,
             
               God
               is
               not
               mocked
               ,
               for
               whatsoever
               a
               Man
               sows
               ,
               that
               shall
               he
               also
               reap
               .
            
          
           
           
             And
             I
             am
             sure
             ,
             since
             the
             running
             and
             ruining
             of
             the
             Seamen
             and
             their
             Families
             ,
             our
             poors
             Book
             is
             risen
             to
             be
             twenty
             Seaven
             months
             to
             the
             Year
             ,
             and
             we
             are
             also
             in
             Debt
             ,
             so
             that
             I
             doubt
             our
             poors
             books
             next
             year
             ,
             must
             be
             about
             twenty
             eight
             ,
             or
             Thirty
             months
             in
             the
             Year
             to
             get
             us
             out
             of
             Debt
             for
             our
             poors
             Tax
             and
             since
             we
             have
             had
             so
             miserable
             a
             number
             of
             poor
             ruined
             seamens
             .
             Widows
             or
             Children
             ,
             our
             poors
             Taxes
             are
             so
             exceeding
             high
             ,
             and
             our
             Trade
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             is
             so
             way-laid
             ,
             that
             when
             his
             Majesty
             ordered
             the
             payment
             of
             several
             Ships
             ,
             it
             hath
             been
             so
             managed
             ,
             that
             tho
             the
             men
             are
             discharged
             and
             paid
             off
             ,
             the
             King
             is
             put
             to
             the
             charge
             to
             pay
             them
             off
             near
             thirty
             miles
             from
             London
             ,
             and
             the
             City
             and
             Country
             way-laid
             to
             catch
             them
             if
             they
             come
             to
             London
             ;
             and
             those
             poor
             souls
             who
             escaped
             with
             their
             Lives
             ,
             where
             an
             Hundred
             or
             two
             in
             a
             ship
             died
             ,
             and
             several
             scores
             sent
             on
             shore
             sick
             ,
             when
             they
             came
             in
             to
             be
             paid
             ,
             yet
             not
             a
             sonl
             of
             them
             safe
             from
             the
             Press
             one
             day
             for
             their
             poor
             Wives
             to
             take
             care
             of
             them
             ,
             or
             they
             to
             bring
             their
             mony
             to
             their
             Wives
             ,
             or
             to
             eat
             fresh
             provision
             ,
             and
             get
             a
             little
             strength
             to
             Recruit
             again
             before
             they
             go
             out
             ,
             or
             to
             lay
             out
             their
             mony
             at
             best
             hand
             in
             London
             ,
             or
             to
             return
             it
             home
             to
             Scotland
             ;
             but
             when
             the
             King
             pays
             them
             ,
             they
             are
             ,
             many
             of
             them
             ,
             prest
             away
             in
             a
             day
             or
             two
             very
             miserably
             ,
             and
             the
             City
             of
             London
             and
             Subarbs
             ,
             (
             who
             must
             supply
             them
             with
             Bread
             and
             Cloaths
             when
             they
             come
             from
             Captivity
             ,
             or
             they
             may
             starve
             ,
             )
             are
             disappointed
             in
             taking
             any
             of
             their
             mony
             ;
             and
             I
             think
             if
             we
             have
             lost
             above
             a
             Thousand
             merchant
             ships
             ,
             and
             near
             an
             Hundred
             men
             of
             War
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             modestly
             computed
             ,
             that
             there
             hath
             been
             near
             twenty
             Thousand
             carried
             Captives
             to
             France
             this
             War
             ;
             and
             yet
             let
             the
             City
             supply
             them
             what
             they
             will
             in
             their
             distress
             ,
             they
             shall
             be
             sure
             to
             be
             paid
             far
             enough
             off
             from
             their
             taking
             any
             of
             their
             mony
             ,
             so
             that
             tho
             the
             City
             of
             London
             hath
             been
             always
             Loyal
             and
             Faithful
             to
             K.
             William
             ,
             and
             ready
             to
             assist
             him
             with
             their
             purses
             and
             persons
             ,
             and
             the
             seamen
             of
             England
             always
             Loyal
             and
             Ready
             to
             lay
             down
             their
             Lives
             at
             any
             time
             for
             His
             Majesty
             and
             the
             Nation
             ,
             if
             led
             on
             to
             the
             muzels
             of
             their
             Enemies
             Guns
             ;
             and
             
             yet
             I
             will
             challenge
             all
             mankind
             to
             shew
             such
             Examples
             of
             the
             Cities
             being
             deprived
             of
             the
             seamens
             Trade
             ,
             and
             the
             sea-mens
             being
             so
             Ruined
             in
             their
             pay
             in
             their
             Liberty
             ,
             and
             in
             their
             Lives
             with
             such
             fatal
             Ruin
             ,
             and
             for
             so
             long
             continuance
             ,
             since
             England
             was
             a
             Nation
             .
          
           
             And
             indeed
             ,
             however
             it
             comes
             to
             pass
             ,
             the
             providence
             of
             God
             ,
             by
             my
             extraordinary
             Zeal
             to
             assist
             all
             Seamen
             to
             serve
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             these
             Nations
             ,
             hath
             enabled
             me
             to
             know
             more
             of
             their
             Cases
             than
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             any
             private
             man
             in
             England
             ;
             For
             as
             I
             have
             assisted
             Thousands
             ,
             and
             that
             as
             cheap
             as
             for
             ready
             money
             ,
             to
             encourage
             them
             chearfully
             in
             the
             Service
             :
             so
             among
             their
             Deaths
             ,
             and
             being
             turned
             over
             ,
             or
             prest
             from
             Ship
             to
             Ship
             ,
             I
             shall
             lose
             about
             a
             Thousand
             pound
             ,
             and
             that
             by
             about
             Four
             Hundred
             men
             ;
             and
             of
             all
             those
             Four
             Hundred
             men
             ,
             there
             are
             near
             Three
             Hundred
             and
             Forty
             Dead
             ,
             or
             gone
             I
             know
             not
             where
             ;
             and
             I
             ,
             bless
             God
             ,
             that
             I
             buy
             my
             Experience
             of
             the
             Seamens
             miseries
             ,
             thus
             dear
             ,
             for
             instead
             of
             Repining
             against
             his
             holy
             providence
             ,
             I
             find
             he
             fitteth
             me
             with
             Content
             ,
             and
             with
             an
             Heart
             to
             compassionate
             the
             miseries
             of
             those
             that
             I
             have
             lost
             so
             much
             by
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             rest
             of
             their
             Ruined
             Companions
             .
          
           
             And
             I
             may
             almost
             admire
             how
             some
             that
             have
             been
             Raised
             up
             in
             the
             Ruines
             of
             the
             poor
             and
             miserable
             Seamen
             ,
             can
             have
             their
             Hearts
             so
             hard
             and
             obdurate
             ;
             yea
             I
             say
             ,
             Case-hardened
             :
             as
             to
             help
             Ruine
             them
             more
             and
             more
             ,
             and
             ,
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             ,
             smother
             up
             what
             they
             can
             of
             his
             Majesties
             and
             the
             Nations
             Loss
             in
             our
             Seamen
             ;
             and
             the
             King
             and
             Nations
             being
             cheated
             of
             a
             multitude
             of
             money
             or
             Stores
             .
          
           
             I
             had
             written
             much
             more
             largely
             ,
             of
             the
             miserableness
             of
             the
             Seamen
             ,
             and
             the
             method
             of
             the
             King
             's
             being
             cheated
             ,
             and
             the
             Seamen
             being
             cheated
             ,
             but
             that
             I
             was
             afraid
             it
             was
             too
             large
             to
             trouble
             the
             Two
             most
             Honourable
             Houses
             with
             ,
             and
             so
             haue
             ,
             in
             these
             I
             ast
             Four
             Days
             ,
             drawn
             up
             this
             short
             Breviate
             of
             what
             part
             of
             their
             miseries
             came
             readily
             to
             my
             mind
             ,
             having
             not
             time
             nor
             patience
             to
             look
             over
             my
             other
             
             book
             ,
             considering
             that
             every
             misery
             that
             is
             Represented
             ,
             the
             Cause
             being
             found
             out
             ,
             the
             Cure
             will
             be
             quickly
             understood
             .
          
           
             It
             doth
             seem
             strange
             to
             me
             ,
             that
             the
             Nation
             ,
             which
             doth
             all
             in
             general
             agree
             ,
             such
             as
             are
             men
             of
             Sense
             ,
             Honesty
             and
             Love
             to
             their
             Countrey
             ,
             and
             the
             true
             Protestant
             Religion
             ,
             that
             they
             have
             Cause
             to
             bless
             and
             admire
             at
             the
             good
             ,
             miraculous
             and
             gracious
             providence
             of
             God
             ,
             in
             Raising
             up
             our
             most
             gracious
             King
             William
             ,
             to
             be
             a
             means
             of
             a
             Deliverance
             for
             us
             ,
             and
             a
             Defence
             for
             these
             Nations
             ,
             and
             oppressed
             Christendom
             .
          
           
             I
             say
             it
             is
             strange
             that
             we
             should
             see
             Cause
             to
             bless
             God
             for
             this
             ,
             and
             even
             enjoy
             our selves
             under
             our
             own
             Vines
             and
             Fig-Trees
             ,
             and
             yet
             at
             the
             same
             time
             let
             the
             Seamen
             of
             England
             be
             Ruined
             and
             dwindled
             away
             so
             many
             Ten
             Thousands
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             not
             mind
             them
             ,
             and
             yet
             call
             them
             the
             Walls
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             as
             if
             it
             could
             be
             safe
             and
             secure
             to
             dwell
             in
             any
             House
             in
             the
             World
             after
             the
             Walls
             are
             thrown
             down
             :
             For
             my
             part
             ,
             I
             do
             faithfully
             declare
             my
             Opinion
             before
             God
             and
             man
             ,
             That
             if
             these
             abide
             not
             in
             the
             Ships
             (
             as
             St.
             Paul
             said
             of
             the
             Mariners
             that
             were
             with
             him
             in
             the
             storm
             )
             ,
             there
             is
             none
             can
             be
             safe
             ;
             and
             I
             am
             sure
             our
             Scamen
             cannot
             abide
             in
             the
             Ships
             ,
             if
             they
             are
             kept
             until
             they
             are
             stifled
             to
             Death
             for
             want
             of
             fresh
             Air
             and
             fresh
             provisions
             ,
             and
             so
             thrown
             half
             of
             them
             over
             Board
             .
          
           
             Neither
             will
             they
             ,
             I
             fear
             ,
             abide
             in
             the
             Ships
             ,
             many
             of
             them
             ,
             if
             they
             see
             their
             ships
             are
             prisons
             for
             seven
             years
             ,
             without
             Fourteen
             Days
             Release
             ,
             and
             especially
             if
             they
             see
             many
             of
             their
             Prison-Keepers
             beat
             and
             abuse
             some
             of
             them
             like
             Dogs
             ,
             and
             it
             may
             be
             call
             them
             Dogs
             ,
             and
             eternal
             damn'd
             Dogs
             ,
             into
             the
             Bargain
             ;
             and
             if
             ,
             as
             Purser
             Maidman
             says
             ,
             in
             his
             book
             called
             ,
             
               Naval
               Speculations
            
             ,
             printed
             by
             Mr.
             Gilliflower
             ,
             That
             in
             some
             ships
             the
             Officers
             must
             live
             like
             slaves
             in
             Algier
             ,
             if
             they
             cannot
             ,
             like
             Spaniels
             ,
             fawn
             enough
             on
             the
             Captains
             .
             I
             say
             ,
             if
             the
             Officers
             live
             so
             ,
             what
             must
             the
             poor
             sea-men
             do
             ,
             that
             are
             liable
             to
             be
             beaten
             by
             Captains
             and
             inferiour
             Officers
             also
             .
          
           
           
             But
             however
             ,
             we
             have
             some
             worthy
             Admirals
             and
             Commanders
             ,
             that
             will
             not
             abuse
             the
             seamen
             ,
             neither
             suffer
             the
             Officers
             to
             abuse
             them
             ;
             and
             this
             I
             speak
             to
             their
             praise
             .
          
           
             And
             now
             coming
             to
             a
             Conclusion
             ,
             I
             bless
             God
             ,
             who
             hath
             put
             it
             into
             the
             King's
             Heart
             to
             speak
             for
             the
             seamen
             ,
             and
             that
             for
             their
             encouragement
             .
          
           
             And
             thus
             I
             have
             plainly
             laid
             down
             some
             of
             their
             miseries
             .
             And
             I
             might
             begin
             again
             ;
             for
             more
             of
             their
             miseries
             crowd
             in
             upon
             me
             .
             But
             these
             before-mentioned
             ,
             if
             well
             redressed
             ,
             will
             remedy
             most
             of
             the
             rest
             .
             But
             when
             all
             is
             done
             ,
             if
             any
             of
             the
             Tools
             ,
             who
             have
             helped
             to
             Ruine
             them
             already
             ,
             be
             left
             to
             Ruine
             them
             again
             ,
             I
             cannot
             help
             it
             ;
             my
             book
             is
             done
             ,
             and
             the
             Lord
             Jehovah
             bless
             our
             Gracious
             King
             William
             ,
             the
             Loyal
             Lords
             and
             Commons
             ,
             and
             these
             Nations
             :
             so
             prays
          
           
             
               W.
               Hodges
               .
            
             
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