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A Remarkable RELATION OF A Cockatrice crush'd in the Egg.

A Vessel of that sort which they call, a Snow, belonging to certain Merchants in Bristol, and commanded by John Green, of that City, sailed from Jamaica, some time in April, 1726. bound for Guinea. The Boatswain, William Fly, having before concerted with some aboard, (in a way of Revenge, they said, for Bad Usage) the Destruction of the Master and the Mate, and the proper Consequences, on May 27. about One a Clock in the Morning, he, with one Alexander Mitchel, went into the Cabin, and seizing on the Master, held his Hands, while Mitchel wounded him. Then they hauled him up; who perceiving their Intention to throw him overboard, begged, For the Lord's sake, don't throw me overboard; For if you do, you throw me into Hell immediately. But Fly bid him say, Lord, Have Mercy on my Soul! And when he seized the Mainsheets with his Hand, to prolong his Time, the merciless Monsters, with a Cooper's Broad-axe, cut off his Hand, and threw him over-board. While this was a doing, one Samuel Cole, presently assisted with Mitchel and one Winthrop, secured the Mate, whose Name was ⟨p. 2⟩Thomas Jenkins, and brought him upon Deck, telling him, that he should go after the Master. Accordingly, having first cut him down the Shoulder with a Broad-axe, they threw him over, just before the Main Shrouds. After he was thrown over, he cried out unto the Doctor, For the Lord's sake, to fling him a Rope. But Fly soon secured the Doctor, and put him in Irons; and confined the Gunner also and the Carpenter, who were not for their Turn.

A Vessel of that sort which they call, a Snoe, belonging to certain Merchants in Bristol, and commanded by John Green, of that City, sailed from Jamaica, some time in April, 1726. bound for Guinea. The Boatswain, William Fly, having before concerted with some aboard, (in a way of Revenge, they said, for Bad Usage) the Destruction of the Master and the Mate, and the proper Consequences, on May 27. about One a Clock in the Morning, he, with one Alexander Mitchel, went into the Cabin, and siezing on the Master, held his Hands, while Mitchel wounded him. Then they hawled him up; who perceiving their Intention to throw him overboard, beg'd, For the Lord's sake, don't throw me overboard; For if you do, you throw me into Hell immediately. But Fly bid him say, Lord, Have Mercy on my Soul! And when he siezed the Mainsheets with his Hand, to prolong his Time, the merciless Monsters, with a Cooper's Broad-axe, cut off his Hand, and threw him over-board. While this was a doing, one Samuel Cole, presently assisted with Mitchel and one Winthrop, secured the Mate, whose Name was