ve in the Captain; but I will spare
my Sense of it, and leave it to my Reader to judge as he pleases. It may
be easily guess'd, in what Manner the Prince resented this Indignity,
who may be best resembled to a Lion taken in a Toil; so he raged, so he
struggled for Liberty, but all in vain: And they had so wisely managed
his Fetters, that he could not use a Hand in his Defence, to quit
himself of a Life that would by no Means endure Slavery; nor could he
move from the Place where he was ty'd, to any solid Part of the Ship,
against which he might have beat his Head, and have finish'd his
Disgrace that Way. So that being deprived of all other Means, he
resolv'd to perish for want of Food; and pleas'd at last with that
Thought, and toil'd and tir'd by Rage and Indignation, he laid himself
down, and sullenly resolv'd upon dying, and refused all Things that were
brought him.

This did not a little vex the Captain, and the more so, because he found
almost all of 'em of the same Humour; so that the Loss of so many brave
Slaves, so tall and goodly to behold, would have been very considerable:
He therefore order'd one to go from him (for he would not be seen
himself) to _Oroonoko_, and to assure him, he was afflicted for having
rashly done so unhospitable a Deed, and which could not be now remedied,
since they were far from Shore; but since he resented it in so high a
Nature, he assur'd him he would revoke his Resolution, and set both him
and his Friends ashore on the next Land they should touch at; and of
this the Messenger gave him his Oath, provided he would resolve to live.
And _Oroonoko_, whose Honour was such, as he never had violated a Word
in his Life himself, much less a solemn Asseveration, believ'd in an
Instant what this Man said; but reply'd, He expected, for a Confirmation
of this, to have his shameful Fetters dismis'd. This Demand was carried
to the Captain; who return'd him Answer, That the Offence had been so
great which he had put upon the Prince, that he durst not trust him with
Liberty while he remain'd in the Ship, for fear, lest by a Valour
natural to him, and a Revenge that would animate that Valour, he might
commit some Outrage fatal to himself, and the King his Master, to whom
the Vessel did belong. To this _Oroonoko_ reply'd, He would engage his
Honour to behave himself in all friendly Order and Manner, and obey the
Command of the Captain, as he was Lord of the King's Vessel, and General
of those Men und