"no repining-Dinner good-Mifs Fairchild con"verfes much with the Pagan Indian-perhaps no "better than he-how is the Vanity of out-fide "Comelinefs polluted with a filthy Soul?-bleffed be "the Lord for that Grace which he has shower'd on "his poor unworthy Servant.-Read one of Mather's "Sermons a pious Man, yet not like Mr. Maultext.

-Delight much in Dr. Watt's Hymns on the Love "of Chrift, brings Mr. Maultext to my Mind.-Drink "Tea.-The Captain loud and profane-afks me if "I have my Maidenhead-does he fufpect thy Servant, "Oh Lord-do thou conceal the Sins of thy Servant "for thy Mercies fake-very uneasy in Mind-sup little-go to Bed.

Friday the 9th. Mifs Lydia up.-Doctor Macpherfon comes to the Bed-fide-defires to feel the "Waters in my Belly-fufpect the Captain fent him "the Doctor reafons much on the Nature of a "Dropfy-tell him that is not my Cafe-he is prevailed "to go away-eat my Breakfaft with no Appetite"afraid of being difcovered-look too well for a Perfon "in a Dropfy-feek the Lord in Prayer-ftill uneafy; "fear they intend to expofe me; but wherefore fhould "I fear when Wickednefs compaffeth me about at << my Heels-walk a little on Deck-ftoop more for"ward than ufual-oh that the Voyage was past in "the Lord's Name-eat but little the Doctor asks

me if I'm worse than ordinary-no Smile on the "Faces of the Company-hope all is well-read a "Sermon-fing a Hymn whilft the Company paffes "their ungodly Time in ferving Satan at Cards"Mifs Lydia laughs, as if Cards were not the Devil's Books-oh Satan how powerful is thy Hold in "frail Hearts-drink Tea-fup well"Bed.

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Saturday the 10th. Waked by a Dream that "Dropfy was difcovered-fometime in recoveringglad to find it a Dream-thank the Lord most pow"erfully in Prayer for this Goodness-figh at the Thoughts of Mr.Maultext-find great Comfort in Mr. "Watts'sHymns--repeat one foftly on the Love of Chrift "rife-breakfast well-read Mr. Mather's Sermons

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-move little thro' Fear-dine well-retire to the "State-room whilft the Wickednefs of Card-playing goes on very fervent in Prayer-the Irish "Lieutenant defires me to give one Stroke more for him,- -these are his Words-- -Oh how blafphemous is the Tongue of Man- -drink Tea- -fup "well- go to Bed after a very long and very pow"erful feeking the Lord in Prayer.”

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IN this manner the whole Diary was written, filled with the true Ideas of a Saint on Earth amongst the Presbyterians, and we have placed it here, left in a Voyage of this Length, it might appear as it does in that of a great Commander round the World, whose Hiftorian was so attentive to praise his Hero, that he has forgotten his God; and thro' the whole Account afcribed the Effects of that which his Creator could only perform, to the Praife of him that had not been. at all the Author of it.

WHICH Thing left it might appear as impious in us as in him, we have here inferted the Journal of Mrs. Rachael Stiffrump, to prove that the Lord was not forgotten in this Voyage by thofe who performed, or those who have written it; and here we close this Chapter.

Introduced by a most magnificent Simile, which is followed by a very learned Debate, which drives two different Stories out of two very indifferent Heads.

H the edifying Journal of Mrs. Rachael Stiffrump,

AVING thus given to our pious Readers

we now proceed to entertain those of a lefs fpiritual Tafte in writing, and introduce a Story from the remaining Part of the Company; and here we confess it gives us much Affliction, that the Nature of Man appears to be fo depraved, that we almost fear this pious Episode may be looked upon as fomething need

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ing an Apology for its Infertion, in these Days of Iniquity.

WE left off, if we remember right, with the Story of Lieutenant Probit; and here, tho' Things feemed going on with the utmoft Harmony and Good-nature, every one having cough'd and hem'd, blow'd their Nofes, and fettled themfelves to liften to the next Story a fudden Stop was put to the Proceeding.

So have we feen at fome celebrated Concert in Dean-ftreet, when all was hufh'd as Death, attending fome fweet Solo from the skilful Hand of Digardino, or other great Master on the Violin, a fudden Snap of one String has inftantly fufpended the Performance, the Audience was difappointed, and the Fidler, frightened by the Flirt in his Face, was obliged to reinftate his Courage and his maimed Violin with a new Cat-gut; when with ftring-ftring-trang-trangftrong-ftrong ftrung-ftrung, three or four times over, having again put his Inftrument in Tune, he feized the Multitude as English Mastiffs do wild Boars, by the Ears, and proceeded.

I like manner at the Moment Parfon Pugh the Chaplain was going to begin his Story, Surgeon Macpherfon, by a fudden rifing up, interrupted him in his Narration.

"Captain," fays the Surgeon, "in a' the Authors "I have read upon this Subject, I ne'er ken'd that "the Kirk has taken Precedence of Medicine; and I "ca' to Meend, Sir, that Mr. Maclaurin on his Trea"tife on Fluxions in a Chapter purposely upon that "Heed, has deceeded the Cafe in Preference of Me"dicine; befides Sir, I ken that in a' Companies ye "have never heard, the three Profeffions, otherwife

pronounced than in this Manner, Law, Phyfic, and Divinity; therefore, as I shall anfwer, Sir, I can na' gie up my Right of Preference as a Phyfician, to a Student in Divinity, and therefore, Sir, I fhall take the Liberty of beginning my Story." At these "Words, the Parfon Pugh who was a little choleric by Nature, and from the Leek-diet of his Youth, rofe up, and began, "Faith, Captain, this whas prave toings inteed, lock you, what is a Surchon that is

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no more than a Curer of Podies, to tell his Story, "look you, pefore a Curer of Souls? his not the Soul petter has the Pody, and his not the Soul-Toctor petter has the Pody-Toctor? Codamochee hur tid "nefer hear fuch Takings in hur Life.

"IF you whas a Captain or a Liftenant, Mr. Macpherfon, who toes not mind Soul or Pody, hur would "nock hunder, but as the Soul whas petter as the Pody, fo the Soul-Toctor whas pefore as the Pody"Toctor. Oh fy for Shame upon you, Mr. Macpherfon, whas not the Church petter has a Polus, and Piple petter as the Trifpenfatory? Indeed hur whas "" not hused to ferfed fo, inteed hur will take hur

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THIS the Divine pronounced with a Tone of Voice, which favoured much lefs of Non-refistance, than the Words of a Quaker whofe Confcience is unprovoked; and probably the Arm of Flesh would have fupported that of the Spirit, the Parfon being fully as well qualified to enforce his Arguments by his Hands, as by his Eloquence and Understanding; indeed he was of the Church-militant, which never leaves the Deck in the Day of Battle to pass away the Time in Prayer below; in fact, in all Engagements, the Parfon being bred to killing Game as well as Preaching, and probably a much better Markfman in the first than the laft, had never quitted the Deck but exercifed his Talent of hooting by killing his Enemies, to keep his Hand in on the Ocean, against the Time of his landing to kill Growse and Woodcocks.

THIS Difpute, however, would probably have ran very high, the Captain tho' no lover of Fighting himfelf, being very defirous of looking on in Battles by other People; had not Lieutenant Probit decided the Affair, by obferving, that he apprehended this Difference of Opinion in these two Gentlemen, arose from their different Education; that the Doctor being bred. in Scotland where the Church had preferved no Dignities belonging to it, muft naturally conclude that the Profeffion of Phyfic ought to precede Divinity; but that an Englishman or Welchman being educated where Honors are still belonging to the Church, the Bishops

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fitting in the House of Lords, muft of Confequence conceive Divinity above Phyfic, as it really was in England, and therefore the Chaplain ought to have the Preference in this Cafe.

THE Doctor notwithstanding this, did not readily give up, he talked much upon the Nature of the Union, with Quotations of many Authors Names who never wrote on the Subject, infifting that each Part of Britain had an equal Right to their Customs, not forgeting fome farcaftic Strokes on the Welsh and St. David, which the Parfon returned with equal Wrath on Scotland and St. Andrew; neither of them however daring to mention the Itch as an Opprobrium to the other in the whole Difpute. In this imitating Rivals in a contefted Return of an Election, who agree to leave out all mention of Bribery, because it belongs equally to each Side.

AT length it was decided in favour of the Divine, and the Captain defiring Parfon Pugh to begin his Story, the Chaplain had fo warmed his Welch Blood, that he could not recollect one Word of what he intended to relate, when being in great Wrath, he cried out to the Surgeon, "Codamochee you have spoilt "hur Story, tell hur hown in the Naame of Cod, "and pe hanged, look you." But alas ! fuch is the Fate of Things, what had diffipated one had diffipated the other Story, fo that neither of them being able to proceed, we are obliged to conclude this Chapter for want of Materials, with faying only, that all the other Company laughed exceffively at the Acciས dent

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