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A Wonderful And Tragical Relation Of , A Voyage From The Indies.*
does , as you know , belong to me ; spare nothing of it to serve her , and with these notes , if ever that you arrive at Rotterdam , though ail in this cargo be lost , you shall be ' plentifully rewarded . ' His auditors , after shedding a flood of tears , were about to answer him , when he drew a pistol from his pocket , which he so unexpectedly discharged , that they had no time to prevent it , and shot himself in the headof which wound he immediateldied .
, y The cry they made at his fall , and the noise of the pistol , were quickly heard by the rest of the ship ' s crew , which soon called them thither ; nor was his wife long absent , who , poor lady , 'had been preparing herself for her end , which , by this less pleasing disaster , she saw prevented . The tears she shed , and extravagancies she acted , at so dismal a tragedywere but needless to recountsince none are so
, , hard-hearted but may in some measure judge : she fainted and almost died with grief , and begged to be her OAVU executioner . She was too narrowly watched by her servant and Carpinger , to effect so cruel a purpose ; their eyes never left her , and their cares were more for her preservation than their own . But in vain was all their watchfulness against the enemy from withoutwhen she harboured
, in her own breast a foe sufficient to destroy a greater strength than grief had left her ; for no intreaties could persuade her to feed on that dear corpse she had so-often cherished , but what share thereof the hardship of her fate allowed her for her food , she embalmed AA'ith her tears , and by renewed vows promised to share fortunes with it , and be buried in the same unwonted grave in which Avas distributed
that flesh which she once so much admired . Tins she haa nearly accomplished , having had no 'food in that time but two rats , which were fortunately taken , and presented to her by Carpinger . When the fatal lot was to take its second round , she resolved , notwithstanding all the intreaties of Carpinger and her servant to the contrary , to . take her chance with the rest ; and ,-unfortunately , drew again a second time her own sentencewhich she welcomed more than a bridal
, day ; and beingjust ready to yield her throat to the executioner ' s . knife , she had certainly fallen , had not Carpinger , with ttvo more whom he hired , stepped in , and resolutely withstood the execution . Upon this a quarrel ensued : they drew their faulchions , and four persons were slain , amongst . whom the faithful servant was one . This Avas a sufficient morsel for the presentand staid the bloody hunger of the survivors
, , who were HOAV reduced to live or six persons besides the lady . With the bodies of the slain they Avere then fed more plenteous !} ' than for some months preceding ; but such Avas the rigour of their fate , that by the unusual diet , most of their men died , just as they got sight of the Eand ' s-end of England ; and having but very few hands to work their vessel , they found that , from the dangers they had been %
so long in , a second threatened them from the severity , of the season , for , the icd being there in very great flakes , they found thentseh'es drove amidst the same towards the shore , from whence they could not disengage the ship . At - this time , Carpinger , being . a person of a voluble tongue , and'formerly Avell bred at Stepney , near London , where ' nip father , Captain Carpinger , had long lived , used
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
A Wonderful And Tragical Relation Of , A Voyage From The Indies.*
does , as you know , belong to me ; spare nothing of it to serve her , and with these notes , if ever that you arrive at Rotterdam , though ail in this cargo be lost , you shall be ' plentifully rewarded . ' His auditors , after shedding a flood of tears , were about to answer him , when he drew a pistol from his pocket , which he so unexpectedly discharged , that they had no time to prevent it , and shot himself in the headof which wound he immediateldied .
, y The cry they made at his fall , and the noise of the pistol , were quickly heard by the rest of the ship ' s crew , which soon called them thither ; nor was his wife long absent , who , poor lady , 'had been preparing herself for her end , which , by this less pleasing disaster , she saw prevented . The tears she shed , and extravagancies she acted , at so dismal a tragedywere but needless to recountsince none are so
, , hard-hearted but may in some measure judge : she fainted and almost died with grief , and begged to be her OAVU executioner . She was too narrowly watched by her servant and Carpinger , to effect so cruel a purpose ; their eyes never left her , and their cares were more for her preservation than their own . But in vain was all their watchfulness against the enemy from withoutwhen she harboured
, in her own breast a foe sufficient to destroy a greater strength than grief had left her ; for no intreaties could persuade her to feed on that dear corpse she had so-often cherished , but what share thereof the hardship of her fate allowed her for her food , she embalmed AA'ith her tears , and by renewed vows promised to share fortunes with it , and be buried in the same unwonted grave in which Avas distributed
that flesh which she once so much admired . Tins she haa nearly accomplished , having had no 'food in that time but two rats , which were fortunately taken , and presented to her by Carpinger . When the fatal lot was to take its second round , she resolved , notwithstanding all the intreaties of Carpinger and her servant to the contrary , to . take her chance with the rest ; and ,-unfortunately , drew again a second time her own sentencewhich she welcomed more than a bridal
, day ; and beingjust ready to yield her throat to the executioner ' s . knife , she had certainly fallen , had not Carpinger , with ttvo more whom he hired , stepped in , and resolutely withstood the execution . Upon this a quarrel ensued : they drew their faulchions , and four persons were slain , amongst . whom the faithful servant was one . This Avas a sufficient morsel for the presentand staid the bloody hunger of the survivors
, , who were HOAV reduced to live or six persons besides the lady . With the bodies of the slain they Avere then fed more plenteous !} ' than for some months preceding ; but such Avas the rigour of their fate , that by the unusual diet , most of their men died , just as they got sight of the Eand ' s-end of England ; and having but very few hands to work their vessel , they found that , from the dangers they had been %
so long in , a second threatened them from the severity , of the season , for , the icd being there in very great flakes , they found thentseh'es drove amidst the same towards the shore , from whence they could not disengage the ship . At - this time , Carpinger , being . a person of a voluble tongue , and'formerly Avell bred at Stepney , near London , where ' nip father , Captain Carpinger , had long lived , used