ing good Fortune, with an unfeigned Satisfaction. Upon enquiring after his Affairs, I found they had not been interfperfed with any very extraordinary Accidents; but that, in a settled Courfe of Traffic, he had made himself Master of a pretty Fortune; that the Scene of his Bufinefs had not been folely confined to Oporto; that he had frequently refided at Lisbon, from whence he had now brought a Cargo to Madeira, which having difpofed of to great Advantage, he had a Thought of taking Pasfage with us for Holland, from whence he would provide himself with another Cargo to Oporto: His Letters from England were of much later Date than any of mine, and from them I learnt my Father and all our Friends were well in Yorkshire, where Mr. Archer propofed to vifit us in about a Twelve-month, and, if Things went to his Mind, to fettle in London. I was charmed at his Propofal of going with us to Holland, and affured him, he should want no Accommodations, if I myself was forced even to fwing in a Hammock. Mr. Archer's Life hitherto had been one uniform Plan, wherein the Merchant had always the upper Hand; and, in the Confideration of rifing in his Profeffion, all the Starts and Paffions of the Soul were centered; indeed no Man feemed better cut out for Trade, having all the admired Principles of that Set of Men. As he had not mentioned a Word of Love in his whole Story, I could not imagine how

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he came to be attacked by the Bravoes, those Affaults being commonly the Refult of fome Amour ; and therefore I made fo free as to afk him, If he knew the Meaning of his being fet upon by them? He told me, he gueffed fomewhat of the Matter, and that his being careffed by Don Henriques, and his amiable Daughter, had raised the Hatred of Don Juan de Carvalho, a noble Portugueze, who had Pretenfions to her; and, Love and Jealousy being almost always united in the Portugueze, that he had thus contrived to take him off. We entered into a Difcourfe of the bafe Principles that animate this Nation, and from thence into another on Duelling, which is fo common in other Countries; and Mr. Saris obferved, that the Method of taking an Enemy off in this Manner, with the gloomy revengeful Portugueze, allowing for the different Notions of Things, that different People or Nations have, was equally honourable when confidered in this Light, that the fingle Combatant, as well as the Affaffinator, thinks nothing can retrieve his Honour but fpilling the Blood of his Antagonist. Indeed the generous Englishman, and the Frenchman, opposes his Man fingly, and Face to Face; but the fame Principles infpire his Breaft as do thofe of an Italian, when he flabs you behind with his Stilletto; for they pursue the fame Ends, but by different Routs. If any Thing, the Practice of the English and French

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French is more abfurd; for to have received an Injury, and, at the fame Time, to put it in the Power of your Enemy to take your Life, is either confounding Right and Wrong, or is depending upon the Affiftance of a Being in the Combat, who has declared, He that sheds Man's Blood, by Man fhall his Blood be fhed. Pity it is, that the utmoft Contempt does not fucceed fuch Encounters to both Parties, and that, by a public Brand, they were not feparated from Society, as Aliens and Strangers to thofe amiable Propenfities of human Nature, Mercy and Forgiveness of Injuries.

Captain Beeckman confenting at our Request to Mr. Archer's taking Paffage with him, we accommodated him as well as we could; and being quite recovered, and fettling his Affairs, fo as to find them as he wished, when he faw his Correfpondent at Lisbon, we took Leave of all Friends and Acquaintance, and, weighing, ftood for the Northeaft, and were soon out of Sight of the Ifland, running afore the Wind with a fine Gale, which gave us Hopes of foon concluding our tedious Voyage. Fair and ferene Weather continued during the Remainder of our Paffage, which, being at the moft pleasant Seafon of the Year, yielded us a great deal of Satisfaction; and fure no one can describe the many Starts and Motions of Joy that filled my Heart, in approaching Europe's happy Seats, after fo long an Abfence; nay, the fame Gladness,

Gladness shone in the Eyes of the meanest of our Crew, and even Mr. Saris, tho' oppreffed with a black and deadly Melancholy, feemed infpired with Pleasure. It is Providence, it is Heaven itself, who has placed in our Breafts, that Inclination to our native Country, that directs and ftimulates us in all our Actions; that amiable Propensity to defire and long to behold and enjoy the Happiness of living, of dying, where we were firft kindled into Life, and first became Members of Society! Even the frozen Laplander, and the Sun-burnt Hottentot, have the fame Sentiments, and deprived of their native, tho' comfortlefs Skies, are greatly unhappy, and, pining, feel the most pungent Sorrow.

We came to Anchor in that famous River, on which is feated the ever renowned Mart Amfterdam, and I thought, for a long Time, my Curiosity could never be fatisfied, in viewing all the Wonders of that great Metropolis, not only of the United Provinces, but, I may fay, also of the whole trading World; and my two Companions, who were also before Strangers to the Place and Country, were as eager, as myself, to gratify themselves in inspecting the Laws and Cuftoms of this wife and great People.

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Mr. Saris departs for Ireland.-Archer takes Leave of Thompson, and embarks for Oporto. He difpofes of his Diamond to great Advantage.-Vifits Rotterdam, and other Places.-Embarks in the Salisbury, Mac Kenzie, for London.-They are taken by the French.

R. Saris, having found an Opportunity to go

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to Ireland, by a Ship bound to Cork, laid hold of it, and, after taking the most tender Leave of each other, and promifing to keep up an epiftoJary Correspondence, embarked for that Place, leaving it to my Care to remit him the Effects he had in Truman's Hands, when I got to England, where I would have perfuaded him to accompany me; but he was very eager to fee his Son, and therefore I could not poffibly expect that Gratification. Soon after his Departure, Mr. Archer, having completed a valuable Cargo for Portugal, allo took his Leave of me, intrufting to my Care Letters to his Father, to mine, and my Mother, and Mr. Sharpley the elder. I parted with him, with great Regret, and his Reluctance to feparate was almost as great as mine; but we comforted each other, in the Confideration, that, in about a Twelvemonth,

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