"Well, I know that too, William, said I; but the Captain is a Man will be ruled by Reason; what have you to say to it?."
The Life, Adventures, and Pyracies, Of the Famous Captain Singleton
At least 3 entries in the ESTC (1720, 1737, 1768).<br>
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See Daniel Defoe, <u>The Life, Adventures, and Pyracies, Of the Famous Captain Singleton: Containing an Account of his being set on Shore in the Island of Madagascar, his Settlement there, with a Description of the Place and Inhabitants: Of his Passage from thence, in a Paraguay, to the main Land of Africa, with an Account of the Customs and Manners of the People: His great Deliverances from the barbarous Natives and wild Beasts: Of his meeting with an Englishman, a Citizen of London, among the Indians, the great Riches he acquired, and his Voyage Home to England: As also Captain Singleton's Return to Sea, with an Account of his many Adventures and Pyracies with the famous Captain Avery and others</u> (London: Printed for J. Brotherton, J. Graves, and A. Dodd, 1720).