Now, ’tis very unlikely that a captain of a man of war, of double the force, and in a harbour of his own nation, should beg leave in so obsequious a manner for conveniencies, which he might easily command; and I know of no conveniencies there, except the house which _Randal_ burn’d; for _Shelvocke_ owns himself, p. 57. that he saw no house or fortification, except the woods. And whereas he (for reasons best known to himself) will have it that _Hatley_ was so odious to the _Portuguese_ inhabitants, charging him with things quite foreign to the truth; it was not his case alone: we were all equally hated by them; for they were by this time acquainted with the ill treatment the _Portuguese_ captain met with from us; as he himself plainly allows, p. 45. saying, “I made no doubt but that captain _Hatley_’s affair would be reported to this gentleman, by some of the inhabitants; and therefore told him, that I expected he would go and vindicate himself to the _Portuguese_ captain, to prevent any disturbances that might arise, by the account of his mismanagement on board the _Portuguese_ we met at sea. To which he readily replied, that he would. Therefore to give him an opportunity of doing it, I sent a complement by Monsieur _La Riviere_.” Now had the business with the _Portuguese_, off of _Cape Frio_, been a fair merchandize, as _Shelvocke_ relates it, p. 16. how comes he here to call it mismanagement, and cautiously to send _Hatley_ with a complement to vindicate himself? A _Creolian Spaniard_, servant to one of captain _Jonquiere_’s lieutenants, having robb’d his Master of a hundred quadruples, each of which is four pistoles, absconded in the woods, designing to take his passage with us round _Cape Horne_, to his own country again. _La Jonquiere_ and the lieutenant applied to _Shelvocke_, desiring, that in case the servant should be found, and the money upon him, he would secure him and take it from him; giving _Shelvocke_ directions how to remit the money to _France_, on his arrival in _Europe_, all which he faithfully promised to perform. As soon as the _Ruby_ sail’d, the fellow appear’d to our men at the watering place, with one moiety of the money in his pocket, designing, I suppose, to pay for his passage with it: but _Shelvocke_ not content with that, order’d him to be seiz’d to the jears, where he was whipp’d and pickled, which was repeated every _Munday_ for a month: but the fellow, who had run the risque of hanging for it, and knew the value of money as well as the captain, stood the lash without confessing he had any more: so he remain’d on board and had his passage. Thus was _Shelvocke_, with his wholesome severities, teaching the _Spaniard_ the heinousness of defrauding his master; when we all very well knew _Shelvocke_ deserved the same discipline himself: which brings to my mind an excellent distich of Dr. _Garth_. _But little villains must submit to fate, That great ones may injoy the world in state._