N01600:171
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 I shall single out some, that are more Notorious Transgressors in the Ways of Dishonesty; and assure them, that they belong to the Tribe of Evil-doers.
[…] sure, the PIRATE at Sea, and […] the Robber on Shore, is one who […] to get Riches and not by Right. […] here it may be complained, That […] the Laws reach the lesser Pirates […] Robbers, there are, as one of them too truly told the Execrable Alexander, much Greater Ones, whom no Humane Laws presume to meddle withal: Monsters, whom we dignify with the Title of Hero's: Conquerors and Emperors, but yet no other than a more splendid sort of Highway-man. Of these, Many have done abominably; But thou, the Leviathan lately at Versailles, hast excelled them all.
〈…〉 sure, the PIRATE at Sea, and 〈…〉 the Robber on Shore, is one who 〈…〉 to get Riches and not by Right. 〈…〉 here it may be complained, That 〈…〉 the Laws reach the lesser Pirates 〈…〉 Robbers, there are, as one of them too truly told the Execrable Alexander, much Greater Ones, whom no Humane Laws presume to meddle withal: Monsters, whom we dignify with the Title of Hero's: Conquerors and Emperors, but yet no other than a more splendid sort of Highway-man. Of these, Many have done abominably; But thou, the Leviathan lately at Versailles, hast excelled them all.
But it must also be asserted, That he who loves to Oppress, or to Extort from another, what he has no Legal Claim unto, the same is Brother to a Thief. When 'tis become Necessary for a Man to have such or such a Commodity, and his Neighbour takes advantage of his Necessity, to screw unreasonably upon him; When a Man takes advantage from his Neighbours