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give the preference, whether to such as these, ⟨who⟩ have had the opportunity of knowing the ⟨Christian⟩ religion; or to the savages herein after ⟨described⟩, who profane not the gospel, or boast humanity; and if they act in a more brutal and (illegible text) manner, yet it is to their enemies, for sake of plunder and the rewards offered them their principles are alike—the love of sordid ⟨sin⟩ being both their motives. The ship being a sand bank, which did not-give way to let deeper, we lay in the same deplorable condition until morning, when, though we saw the ⟨land⟩ of Cape May, at about a mile’s distance, we ⟨knew⟩ not what would be our fate.
⟨The⟩ wind at length abated, and the captain, ⟨unwilling⟩ to lose all her cargo, about ten o’clock, some of his crew in a boat to the ship’s side ⟨bearing⟩ us on shore, where we lay in a sort of a ⟨heap⟩, made of the sails of the vessel, and such ⟨other⟩ things as we could get. The provisions ⟨lasted⟩ us until we were taken in by a vessel bound Philadelphia, lying on this island, as well as ⟨I can⟩ recollect, near three weeks. Very little ⟨of the⟩ cargo was saved undamaged, and the vessel was entirely lost.
When arrived and landed at Philadelphia, the ⟨capital⟩ of Pennsylvania, the captain had people (illegible text)gh who came to buy us. He, sold us at ⟨about £16⟩ per head. What became of my
