Mr. James Janeway's legacy to his friends containing twenty seven famous instances of Gods…

For the truth, I have heard it acknowed by Captain Trankmore's own mouth, at my House in Bristol; and farther, the same Snytal was my Predecessors Son, and I have heard his Mother-in-law speak of it to several, and hath affirmed it to me for a truth.

23. The Bristol Frigate, when Captain Fen was Commander, being in the Straits in Chase of Captain Popoctiene, a Spanish Knight of Malta, whom that time our Squadron took and brought Prisoner to the Tower; in pursuit of which Chase, the Wind began to rise, the Captain Commands presently to get the Top-gallant sails abroad; and the Yards being not then Aloft, three men run up presently, ⟨p. 53⟩where one stood on the top of the Shroud, under the main Top-mast-cross-trees, a second stood a top of the Cross-trees, and the other stood by the Top-gallant-mast on the Cape, at the main Top-mast head; all expediting their work in getting the Top-gallant-sail abroad; at which time the wind freshened, and carried our Maintop-mast by the board; in which disaster, the man that was lower-most, and least in danger, fell over-board, and was drowned; and the other two which was in greatest danger, one of their names was Roger Dennis, under the denomination of a Quaker, instead of being bruised, and their bones broken all to pieces, which the eye of Reason could not otherwise imagine by such a fall; they both fell forward upon the Bunt of the Main-course, and one catches hold of the main Buntlines, and the other of the Leech-lines, and slack of a bowling, and so both comes down to the Deck, and neither of them in the least prejudiced.

23. The Bristol Frigot, when Captain Fenn was Commander, being in the Straits in Chace of Captain Popoctiene, a Spanish Knight of Malto, whom that time our Squadren took and brought Prisoner to the Tower; in pursuit of which Chace, the Wind began to rise, the Captain Commands presently to get the Top-gallant sails abroad; and the Yards being not then Aloaft, three men run up presently, ⟨p. 53⟩where one stood on the top of the Shroud, under the main Top-mast-cross-trees, a second stood a top of the Cross-trees, and the other stood by the Top-gallant-mast on the Cape, at the main Top-mast head; all expediting their work in getting the Top-gallant-sail abroad; at which time the wind freshen'd, and carryed our Maintop-mast by the board; in which disaster, the man that was lower-most, and least in danger, fell over-board, and was drowned; and the other two which was in greatest danger, one of their names was Roger Dennis, under the denomination of a Quaker, instead of being bruis'd, and their bones broaken all to pieces, which the eye of Reason could not otherwise imagine by such a fall; they both fell forward upon the Bunt of the Main-course, and one catches hold of the main Buntlines, and the other of the Leech-lines, and slacke of a bowling, and so both comes down to the Deck, and neither of them in the least prejudiced.