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Instructions to the living, from the condition of the dead. A brief relation of…
Instructions to the living, from the condition of the dead. A brief relation of remarkables in the shipwreck of above one hundred pirates, who were cast away in the ship Whido, on the coast of New-England, April 26. 1717. And in the death of six, who after a fair trial at Boston, were convicted & condemned, Octob. 22. And executed, Novemb. 15. 1717. : With some account of the discourse had with them on the way to their execution. And a sermon preached on their occasion.
Boston: printed by John Allen for Nicholas Boone, 1717
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But Brown, behaved himself at such a rate, as one would hardly imagine that any Compos Mentis, could have done so. He broke out into furious Expressions, which had in them too much of the Language he had been used unto. Then he fell to Reading of Prayers, not very pertinently chosen. At length he made a Short Speech, which every body trembled at; Advising Sailors, to beware of all wicked Living, such as his own had been; especially to beware of falling into the Hands of the Pirates: But if they ⟨p. 38⟩did, and were forced to join with them, then, to have a care whom they kept, and whom they let go, and what Countries they come into.
In such amazing Terms did he make his Exit! With such Madness, Go to the Dead!
The rest said Little, only Vanvoorst, having (with Baker) Sung a Dutch Psalm, Exhorted Young. Persons to Lead a Life of Religion, and keep the Sabbath, and carry it well to their Parents.
Behold, Reader, The End of Piracy!