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with our plunder, infulted us with his raillery, which we did not feel half fo much as the necellity that compelled us to bear it.—After a thoufand jokes, he ordered the bottles of wine which we had cooled at the fountain, and which the people had taken care to feize, to be brought to him, and began to empty them with his crew, drinking to our health by way of de- rifion.
During this conjun&ure, the countenances of my comrades.expreffed the pain they felt; and their fla- very mortiftech them the more, becaufe they had forlned the mod delightful idea of their .voyage to the illand of Majorca, where they had laid their account with leading a tftod.delicious life—As„fov me, I had fortitude enough to project a plan of coaduvT lor my. felf; and, lefs afraid than my fellows, entered into converfation. with the rallier, and even returned his jokes with a good grace. Pleafcd with my behaviour,
Young man (faid. he) I like thy difppfition; for, in the main., inftead of fighing.aud groaning, it is better for one to arm hiinfelf with patience, and fail with the dream,—Play to us a fmall air. (added he, obfei v- ing that,I.had a guitar;) let us fee what thou cand do.” I obeyed him, as loon, as he had ordered iny arms to be unchained, and began to thrum upon my guitar in fuch a manner as acquired, his applaufe.—• I. had, indeed, learned under the bed mafter in Madrid, and played on that inllrument pretty well.—I fang likewife, and my voice gave no lefs fatisfadlion.
«—AH the Turks-in the veflel expreded the ple&fure they felt in hearing me, by geftures of admiration; a circumftance from which I concluded, that their talle for mulick was not extremely delicate, The pirate whilpered to me, that I Ihould not be an unhappy flave; and that one ol my talents might depend upon an employment that would make my captivity very fupportable.
I felt fome joy at thefe words; but flattering as they ■were, X ,bad .abundance of uneafuief* oiube (core of
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