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come on board himſelf only, which we did allow, but none of his men, with whom we expoſtuated the matter how unreaſonable it was to preſs men outward bond, who had protctions, and in their captains abſence, and having a deal of his hands preſſed from him before that, while he lay at the tail of the bank below Greenock; to which the ſaid captain Gentle replied, that he would only take a man out of every five of them, to which one Ninian Stewart a furious mad fellow, who ſtood all the time in the gang way, with his cutleſs in his hand ſwore bloodily if he touched a man there, he would cut off both his arms, and kick him over board, then ſaid the captain to the mate, if you’ll give me that fellow I’ll ſeek no more, ſo command your men to obey your orders, to which the mate anſwered he was but one man; and they being ſo enraged, could ſoon command him: then ſaid he I'll engage the ſhip as ſoon as I go aboard, which he accordingly did, and he began to fire upon us, and we in return did the ſame but finding we were too many for them, droped the quarel, and ſeing the captain was not on board, they haled up the boats and went aſhore with their ſmall arms to defed themſelves, if need ſhould be, the tender ſeeing this, maned their boats and went after them to Stonrawer, but durſt not atack them, for they drew up on the ſhore where they all loaded, and told they reſolved to die every man or one of them ſhould be taken, our captain came on board directly for fear of his ſhip, and one of their boats and the lievtenant came on board again, and aſked the captain where he had his men, to which he ſaid he had frighted them all away but the mate one boy and
