春菜老师个人简历

《 春菜老师个人简历》

　　When they came up to the ship, and began to row round her, theydiscovered us all hard at work on the outside of the ship's bottomand side, washing, and graving, and stopping, as every seafaringman knows how. They stood for a while gazing at us, and we, whowere a little surprised, could not imagine what their design was;but being willing to be sure, we took this opportunity to get someof us into the ship, and others to hand down arms and ammunition tothose that were at work, to defend themselves with if there shouldbe occasion. And it was no more than need: for in less than aquarter of an hour's consultation, they agreed, it seems, that theship was really a wreck, and that we were all at work endeavouringto save her, or to save our lives by the help of our boats; andwhen we handed our arms into the boat, they concluded, by that act,that we were endeavouring to save some of our goods. Upon this,they took it for granted we all belonged to them, and away theycame directly upon our men, as if it had been in

　　About two o'clock in the morning we heard one of our men making aterrible noise on the shore, calling out, for God's sake, to bringthe boat in and come and help them, for they were all like to bemurdered; and at the same time I heard the fire of five muskets,which was the number of guns they had, and that three times over;for it seems the natives here were not so easily frightened withguns as the savages were in America, where I had to do with them.All this while, I knew not what was the matter, but rousingimmediately from sleep with the noise, I caused the boat to bethrust in, and resolved with three fusees we had on board to landand assist our men. We got the boat soon to the shore, but our menwere in too much haste; for being come to the shore, they plungedinto the water, to get to the boat with all the expedition theycould, being pursued by between three and four hundred men. Ourmen were but nine in all, and only five of them had fusees withthem; the rest had pistols and swords, indeed, but they were

　　Here I had the mortification to see the ship set sail without me;however, my nephew left me two servants, or rather one companionand one servant; the first was clerk to the purser, whom he engagedto go with me, and the other was his own servant. I then took agood lodging in the house of an Englishwoman, where severalmerchants lodged, some French, two Italians, or rather Jews, andone Englishman. Here I stayed above nine months, considering whatcourse to take. I had some English goods with me of value, and aconsiderable sum of money; my nephew furnishing me with a thousandpieces of eight, and a letter of credit for more if I had occasion,that I might not be straitened, whatever might happen. I quicklydisposed of my goods to advantage; and, as I originally intended, Ibought here some very good diamonds, which, of all other things,were the most proper for me in my present circumstances, because Icould always carry my whole estate about me.