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GIL B L A S. rijr
d»ks to a private piase, wJiere, after a pretty
ctptinate combat, I r.in him through the body,
in three places, and left him breathlefs on the fpot.
[ _Dpn Hubertp finding himfelf mortally wounded,
fixed his laft looks upon me, and faid he received
the death I had given him, as a juft puniftiment
lor tb? crime he had committed againft the bo-
waur of my motherk He confefled that he had
jrjfoJved upon her deftruiftion, to be revenged of
her fcorn ; and expired, aftcing pardon of heaven,
Don Anaftafto, Eftephania, and me. I did not
think proper to return, in order to inform my mo-
iher of what had happened : I left that to fame j
and pading the mountains, repaired to Malaga,
adhere I embarked with the captain of a privateer,
juft ready to fail on a cruize. He thought I did.
not look like one who wanted courage, and gladly
contented that I fliould join his volunteers.
We foon found an opportunity of fignalizing
ourfelves. Near the iftand of Albouran,* we met
a corfair of Mellila, in her return to the coaft of,
Africa, with a Spanifti fhip richly laderi,..which
<he had taken off Garthagena-f-. We vigoroiifty at-
:tacked the African, and mads ourfelves matters of
* Albouran, a (hull jflandin the Mediterranean, on
the. coaft of the kingdom of Fez. Mellila is a little city
if. the fame part cf Barbary.
f Garthsgena, or New Carthage, an ancient city^'in
the kingdom of Murcia, fitoated on the coaft of the
^Mediterranean fea. It was built by a colony of the Car--
thaginians, and taken by Scipio, iiq years before the
b.rth of Chrift. Here it was, that great commander
Ijave that admirable proof of bis moderation, whujl
hath been trarifmltted to^pofterity in the ftpry of tbe-
f-autifift captive whom be fo gcneioufly reftorid to
bo»&
d»ks to a private piase, wJiere, after a pretty
ctptinate combat, I r.in him through the body,
in three places, and left him breathlefs on the fpot.
[ _Dpn Hubertp finding himfelf mortally wounded,
fixed his laft looks upon me, and faid he received
the death I had given him, as a juft puniftiment
lor tb? crime he had committed againft the bo-
waur of my motherk He confefled that he had
jrjfoJved upon her deftruiftion, to be revenged of
her fcorn ; and expired, aftcing pardon of heaven,
Don Anaftafto, Eftephania, and me. I did not
think proper to return, in order to inform my mo-
iher of what had happened : I left that to fame j
and pading the mountains, repaired to Malaga,
adhere I embarked with the captain of a privateer,
juft ready to fail on a cruize. He thought I did.
not look like one who wanted courage, and gladly
contented that I fliould join his volunteers.
We foon found an opportunity of fignalizing
ourfelves. Near the iftand of Albouran,* we met
a corfair of Mellila, in her return to the coaft of,
Africa, with a Spanifti fhip richly laderi,..which
<he had taken off Garthagena-f-. We vigoroiifty at-
:tacked the African, and mads ourfelves matters of
* Albouran, a (hull jflandin the Mediterranean, on
the. coaft of the kingdom of Fez. Mellila is a little city
if. the fame part cf Barbary.
f Garthsgena, or New Carthage, an ancient city^'in
the kingdom of Murcia, fitoated on the coaft of the
^Mediterranean fea. It was built by a colony of the Car--
thaginians, and taken by Scipio, iiq years before the
b.rth of Chrift. Here it was, that great commander
Ijave that admirable proof of bis moderation, whujl
hath been trarifmltted to^pofterity in the ftpry of tbe-
f-autifift captive whom be fo gcneioufly reftorid to
bo»&
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Description | Thousands of printed books from the Antiquarian Books of Scotland collection which dates from 1641 to the 1980s. The collection consists of 14,800 books which were published in Scotland or have a Scottish connection, e.g. through the author, printer or owner. Subjects covered include sport, education, diseases, adventure, occupations, Jacobites, politics and religion. Among the 29 languages represented are English, Gaelic, Italian, French, Russian and Swedish. |
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