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Sir!
As the unhappy are glad to embrace the least Glimpse of hope, the condescending goodnes with which you was pleased to treat me the last time I had the Honour to speak to you, has a little aleviated the Dispair I have been in for some time that I should not be so happy as to accompany you in the intended voyage; and as the Objection you raised, was that of my being accommodated in the Other Ship,I flatter my Self Sir! that if there is no other Stronger one, it might: /by your benevolent Assistance:/ be overcome, for I should Sir! With Submission immagine, the the difference made by one person only among so many could not be a great deal more, especialy, as I would be as willing to put up with every difficulty and inconvenience as the meanest person on board, and would exert my utmost Endeavours to render my Self usefull with as much industry as the greatest: the Accommodation of a common Seaman, would be as much as I could either desire or expect. Inclosed Sir! I have taken the Liberty to Send you a trial I have been making to day [today], being a copy from Ansons Voyages, in Which method