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proposd to me by your Lordship to go to the South Seas again if his Majesty should think proper to send ships to perfect the discovery that had been begun in the last voyage, I Joyfully Embraced a proposal of all others the best suited to my disposition & pursuits; I pledged myself then to your Lordship & have since by the whole tenor of my Conversation & correspondence pledg'd myself to all Europe, not only to go the Voyage but to take with me as many able artist as the income of my fortune would allow me to pay

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