oner did the news of his captivity
reach the ears of his subjects, than they flocked to him from all parts,
administered to his necessities in prison, and daily visited him till his
departure.

This, and the thoughts of the many new scenes and adventures which he was
likely to encounter, whereby he might have an opportunity of making his
name as famous in America as it was already in Europe, often filled his
mind with too-pleasing reflections to regret his fate, though he could
have liked to have performed the voyage under more agreeable
circumstances; whenever the thought of being cruelly separated from his
beloved wife and daughters glanced on his mind, the husband and father
unmanned the hero, and melted him into tenderness and fear; the
reflection too of the damage his subjects might sustain by his absence,
and the disorder the whole community would be put in by it, filled him
with many disquietudes.

Thus, between pleasing ideas and heartfelt pangs, did he pass his time
till the day arrived that he was to be conducted on board the Julian,
Captain Froade, commander. But how, gentle reader, shall I describe the
ceremony of parting--the last farewell of that dreadful day!

Leaving the reader, therefore, to suppose all these fine things, behold
the sails already spread, and the vessel cutting the waves; but, as if
fate had opposed itself to the banishment of our hero, the winds soon
proved contrary, and they were obliged to stay more than a fortnight in
Falmouth harbour for a fair wind, and from thence, in eleven weeks, they
arrived safely at Maryland, after a disagreeable voyage.

The first place they touched at was Hampton, between Cape Charles and
Cape Henry, where the captain went on shore and got a pilot; and after
about two days stay there, the pilot brought the vessel down Mile's
River, and cast anchor in Talbot county, when the captain ordered a gun
to be fired as a signal for the planters to come down, and then went
ashore. He soon after sent on board a hogshead of rum, and ordered all
the men prisoners to be close shaved against the next morning, and the
women to have their best head-dresses put on, which occasioned no little
hurry on board; for, between the trimming of beards, and putting on of
caps, all hands were fully employed.

Early in the morning the captain ordered public notice to be given of the
day of sale; and the prisoners, who were pretty near a hundred, were all
ordered upon deck, where