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He faid fo many other obliging Things, and I knew him to be fo honed a Man, that I could not rejed his Pro-: pofal : the Third I had of feeing- the World, notwithftanding my paft Mif- fortunes, continuing as violent as ever. The only Difficulty that remained, was to perfuade my Wife, whole Confent, however, I at laft obtained, by the Pro- fpeft of advantage (he propofed to her Children.
W e fet out the 5 th Day of Auguft> 1706. and arrived at Fort St. George , the nth of April, 1707. flayed there three Weeks to rcfrcfli our Crew* many of whom were fick. From thence wc went to Tmqutn, where the Captain re- folved to continue fome time, becaufc many of the Goods he intended to buy were not ready, nor could he ejeped to be difpatched in fome Months. There- fore in hopes to defray fome of the Charges he muft be at, he bought a Sloop, loaded it with fevcral forts of B 2 Goods,
