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Deg. of Longitude, he espied a Sail that made Signals of Distress;
whereupon he came up to her, and found her so near Sinking, that he
had only just Time to save the Persons belonging to her, (who were to
the Number of 61) for he had no sooner taken them on board his own
Vessel, but the other foundered in the Sea. The Persons thus
providentially saved, informed him:
That they were for the most part indented Servants and set Sail
from _Cork_ for _Boston_, the 29th of _March_ last, on board the said
Vessel, which was called the Speedwell, of which _William Stockdale_
had been Master. That about the 7th of _May_, their Water and Bread
beginning to fall short, they were obliged to touch at the Island of
St. _Michael_'s, and having lain there at Anchor, about 5 Days, a
boisterous and violent Wind, blowing S W (while the Captain and
Super-Cargo, and several others belonging to the Vessel were on
Shore) forced her out to Sea, leaving her Anchor and Cable behind.
That it was 21 Days before she could recover the Island, and being
arrived there, which was on a Friday, those on board were informed,
that the Master and those before mentioned, to have been left ashore,
had set Sail for _Lisbon_ the Friday before, on Board one Capt.
_Gillegan_. That thereupon the Persons, who had then the Care of the
Vessel, put to Sea in order to proceed on their Voyage to _Boston_.
That having met with a hard Gale of Wind, which caused the Vessel's
Larboard Quarter to give way, they were obliged to keep two Pumps a
going without Intermission, during the Space of three Days, when they
most providentially met with the _Rose_, that saved their Lives,
which otherwise were inevitably lost.
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