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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B27667	The London-master, or, The Jew detected containing I. A true discovery by what tricks and devices the ship Laurel, of London ... was cast away ... in the river of Killmare in Ireland, II. The evil motives of lucre that instigated them to that wickedness, III. Their bloody designs to have sixteen innocent persons question'd for their lives ..., IV. A brief apology to the clergy, the army, and the London- masters, V. An appendix to prove every allegation, directed by the margent.	Orpen, Richard, 1652-1716.	1694 (1694)	Wing O467	79,021	141

vvas concern'd in the Stratagem or not They gave an account that on the 27th of January 1693 in the morning they were four Leagues to the West of the Bull Cow and Calf appendix page 18 when first they made them and believ'd them to be the Skellox until they were undeceiv'd by the Main Land so near them and tho' they declar'd a Resolution for Kinsale and to lye there appendix page 18 until some Ship of War could come and receive them into her care and convoy them safe for London yet one may conclude that they shap't an extravagant careless Course to stand for the River of Killmare vvhereas the wind being at West four leagues to the west of the Bull c. appendix page 18 They might sail in a manner right before it for the Old Head of Kinsale The heavens acted nothing to the contrary and had they designed vvhat they pretended It 's very manifest by Scale and Flovver-de-luce and by the accompts of the Winds and the sufficient good order of the Ship that she might have arrived there vvith less difficulty then she did in Killmare But Killmare was the place alloted for the fatal knock which without Resolution or premeditated intention could not be well accomplish'd in that River by reason of the many Harbours gaping on every side thereof to receive and entertain any Ships whatever and by reason of the boldness of the Shores upon the River and all these Harbours so as a Ship Turning up the River or into the Harbours may safely dare to Nose every Rock with her Boltsprit I say not appendix page 18 well to be accomplisht especially while the wind held its own at W. the River lying W. S. W. and E. N. E. but two points from blowing directly up the River and might very well serve for putting into any of these Harbours Capanacossy is the only Shole and lyeth near the upper end of the River But so landlockt that there is no manner of Danger because the greatest Winds appendix page 12 have not power to create Seas or to make any appendix page 5 more then a small cockling of the water And 't is to be observed for ever that it 's the Seas and not the Winds can do a Ship any considerable prejudice in cases of distress of this kind for let the Winds be never so violent a Ship shall never beat in smooth Waters Into this River as the place of Execution they arrived on the 27th of January 1693 in the evening and dropt their best Bower and so came to an Anchor under Rossmore-point about mid-way up the River where as the winds continued still at West she might ride well enough as she did all that night for they were not resolved to cast her away untill they had fix'd upon a convenient shore to save themselves and their mony in their long boat That evening they had a full prospect of the greatest part of the River and the openings of the several Harbours Next morning a little after Six a clock they cut their Cable pretending that she would not ride for want of the Mizen-Mast for they had taken care to cut That by the board before she came into the River to prevent her yawing as she sayl'd afore the winds as tho' nothing could prevent it but the cutting away of that Mast But the reasons why they wounded and hackt the main-yard the fore-yard and the fore-top-saile-yard in several places about the middle of the yards are yet appendix page 18 kept to themselves But would they speak ingeniously they must say 't was done that they might crack and break in sunder when the sails should appendix page 22 fill with the violent winds and thereby make the greater shew of distress Having cut the Cable she drove up along the north side of the River and coming towards Black-Water a very good Harbour and right afore the wind which appendix page 6 now veer'd to the S.W. they made ready and the appendix page 12 Master Passengers and the whole Ships company appendix page 6 got out with their Treasure of Gold and Silver and in their long-boat they came ashore at Black-Water appendix page 6 and presently sunk their boat and marcht appendix page 12 up by land along the River side about two miles from Black-Water to the house of one Dermot mac Owen at Cappanacossy about seven a Clock that morning but their Ship was got appendix page 6 to Cappanacossy almost as soon as they without appendix page 11 a Soul on board her where she drove to and fro appendix page 6 before their faces with the Flood and Ebb all appendix page 12 that day while the Master Passengers and appendix page 21 Company divided the Treasure among themselves appendix page 22 to every one a share and sent for Liquor appendix page 1 from on board to make themselves and appendix page 12 the Country People merry Renouncing their Ship and declaring her a Wreck in a place appendix page 3 where a Ship could not be lost but by some Sinister means But their greatest concern was how to provide Horses and Conveniencyes to carry themselves appendix page 12 and their Treasure out of the Country without any manner of regard to their Ship or Cargo They mockt and spurn'd at every body that advised them to betake themselves to their Ship And such as were importunate to have her saved appendix page 2 they caused to be soundly drubb'd Having spent that day in jollity and carrousing after the Treasure was distributed The appendix page 13 Master at length was prevail'd upon to write to Mr. Thomas Palmer a Minister and one of the Justices of the peace of that County living about three miles up the River side from Capponacossy And in his letter he pretended some appendix page 31 distress and that he had not a sail left tho' at appendix page 18 the same time there was a whole suit on board appendix page 25 Whereupon Mr. Palmer went to him in the evening and told him that his Ship was in very appendix page 13 ●tle danger and advis'd him to get his men to●ether appendix page 33 and go on board again But the Ma●er seem'd to despair of ever getting her out of appendix page 7 ●at place and desir'd that some of the Country appendix page 12 ●eople might make the most they could of her ●ut Mr. Palmer bid him still be of good courage ●nd told him that she could be saved without any ●anner of difficulty And then by further discourse ●e understood that they had great quantityes of ●old and Silver at Dermot mac Owen's house ●d did therefore alarm them to go on board appendix page 33 ●ith their Treasure telling them that the ●untry abounded with Toryes and that their appendix page 7 ●ip was the best Garison in those parts upon appendix page 13 ●hich apprehension of the Toryes the Master appendix page 7 ●ssengers and Seamen repair'd again to their appendix page 33