Accidents > Life and most surprising adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, mariner, who lived eight and twenty years in an uninhabited island on the coast of America, near the mouth of the great river Oroonoque

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one time being at Hull, I met a fchool-fellow of
mine, going along with his father, who w; malter
of a {hip, to London : And acquainting him with my
wandering defrres, he affured me of my free p. fbge,
and a plentiful fhare of what was neceliary. fnus,
without imploring a bluffing, or taking a farewell of
my parents, I took {hipping on the firll ot Siptember
1651. When our fhip having no fooner left the
Humber a-ftern, but there arofe fuch a violent florin,
and being extremely feu fide, I thought the judg¬
ments of God defervedly followed me for my dif-
obedience to my dear parents. It was then only
I called to mind the good advice of my father j
how eafy and comfortable was a middle hate of life j
and if it pleafed God to fet me on dry land once
more, I would return to my parents, implore their
forgivenefs, and bid a final adieu to my wandering
inclinations.
Such were my thoughts while the florm conti¬
nued but thefe good refolutions decreafed with the
danger. More efpecially, when my companion came
to me, clapping me on the fhoulder : What, Bob !
faid he, fare you was not frightened laji night with
■fcarce a capfuli of wind r And do you, cry’d I,
call fuch a violent form a cap full of wind ? A
form, you fool you, faid he, this is nothing ; a good
fhip and fea room always bnfjle fuch 1 fohjh fquail
of wind as that r But you're a frejh-water Jailor:
Come, boy, turn out, fee what fine weather we have
now, and a good bowl of punch will drown all your
paf [arrows. In fhort, the punch was made ; I was
drunk, and in one night’s time drowned both my
repentance and my good refolutions, entirely for¬
getting the vows and promifes I made in my diilrefs:
And whenever any refledfions would return on me,
what by company and drinking, I foon mattered
*hofe fits, as I deridingly called them. But this only
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