low, Captain Abraham Pannell Commander; with whom I continued three years and a half, making a voyage or two into the Levant, and ſome other parts. When I came back, I reſolved to ſettle in London; to which Mr. Bates, my Maſter, encouraged me, and by him I was recommended to ſeveral Patients. I took part of a ſmall Houſe in the Old Jury; and being adviſed to alter my condition, I married Mrs. Mary Burton, ſecond Daughter to Mr. Edmund Burton Hoſier, in Newgate-Street, with whom I received four hundred Pounds for a Portion.
But, my good Maſter Bates dying in two Years after, and I having few Friends, my Buſineſs began to fail; for my Conſcience would not ſuffer me to imitate the bad Practice of too many among my Brethren. Having therefore conſulted with my wife, and ſome of my Acquaintance, I determined to go again to Sea. I was Surgeon ſucceſſively in two Ships. and made ſeveral Voyages, for ſix Years,to
