The Night of the Good Hope

'As soon as he was over the threshold, ten strong arms had seized and bound him,' writes Lord Foxham. 'In two minutes more, with his limbs trussed one to another, and a good gag in his mouth, he had been tumbled neck and crop into a neighboring hay barn.' The sound of furious shouting from the shore showed that a part at least of the semen had discovered the loss of their skiffs. But it was now too late, whether for recovery or revenge. Out of some forty fighting men now mustered in the stolen ship, eight had been to see, and could play the part of mariners. With the eight of these, a slice of sail

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