"At that Answer I sat me down upon my Chest and burst into Tears, and had such a Combat in my Mind that bereav'd me of the Power even of thinking for some time."
The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Robert Boyle
W. R. Chetwood, <u>The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Robert Boyle, In several Parts of the World. Intermix'd with The Story of Mrs. Villars, an English Lady with whom he made his surprizing Escape from Barbary; The History of an Italian Captive; and the Life of Don Pedro Aquilio, &c. Full of various and amazing Turns of Fortune. To which is added, The Voyage, Shipwreck, and Miraculous Preservation, of Richard Castelman, Gent. With a Description of the City of Philadelphia, and the Country of Pensylvania</u>. (London: Printed for John Watts, 1726). &lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004896127.0001.000">Link to EEBO-TCP</a>&gt;<br>
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