He embarks on board his Ship in order to go and fight the Dutch, having left all his Money, his Jewels and every Thing he had in the World to this virtuous Creature , whom at the ſame Time he recommends to the Care of his ſuppos'd faithful Friend. Nevertheleſs the real Man of Honour whom he ſuſpects ſo unaccountably, goes on board the Ship with him; and the Miſtreſs on whom he would not beſtow ſo much as one Glance, diſguiſes herſelf in the Habit of a Page, and is with him the whole Voyage, without his once knowing that ſhe is of a Sex different from that ſhe attempts to paſs for, which, by the Way, is not over natural.
The Captain having blown up his own Ship in an Engagement, returns to England abandon'd and undone, accompanied by his Page and his Friend, without knowing the Friendſhip of the one, or the tender Paſſion of the other. Immediately he goes to the jewel among Women, who he expected had preſerv'd her Fidelity to him, and the Treaſure he had left in her Hands. He
