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 A large lion was swimming towai ds 
 the boat, when Crusoe shot him, a fid 
 he swam back wounded to the shore, 
 where they dare not land, because of 
 the noise of wild beasts, which came 
 to drink of the water and wash in the 
 stream. During the day time we filled 
 our jars with water, killed hares a ad 
 other animals we could find for food. 
 We also killed a large lion, and a leo- 
 pard, their skins were useful to sleep 
 upon. We prevailed on some naked 
 savages to supply us with food aid 
 water,and at length were taken on board 
 a Portuguese vessel, and used most 
 kindly. The captain purchased tjhe 
 boat and skins, and we sailed to the 
 Brazils. I lived with the owner of a 
 sugar plantation, and learned the artlof 
 making sugar; I planted tobacco and 
 sugar canes, and prevailed on the ca > 
 tain on his next voyage to purchase in 
 
 kill next. As the savages were loosing 
 the next man to murder him, we both 
 fired, and killed three and wounded 
 five ; we again fired, and killed two ; 
 the others ran screaming about in ter- 
 ror. We then unbound their prisoner, 
 gave him a sword and pistol, which he 
 used violently against his enemies; 
 Friday killed two, and but four escaped 
 to sea in a canoe. In getting into one 
 of their canoes to pursue them, Friday 
 
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 Captain presented him with £200. 
 After this, Crusoe sailed to the Brazils, 
 and recovered much of his property 
 and plantations, and returned to En- 
 gland very rich. He sailed to his 
 beloved island in a ship he had given 
 to his nephew, and took many useful 
 articles for the inhabitants, divided the 
 island among them, and recommended 
 religion and good fellowship as their 
 guide. 
 
 After many perils and mishaps, inj 
 their passage to China, Siberia,Muscoj 
 vy, and other places, they arrived a| 
 London on the 1 1th of January, 17051 
 in Crusoe's 72nd year of his age,' 
 when he retired to an estate in the 
 country, and lived some years in peace, 
 in the true worship of God, who had 
 protected and delivered him out of all 
 his troubles. 
 
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 /UP ft 
 
 FINIS. 
 
 LIFE AND ADVENTUEES OF 
 
 'obinson Crusoe. 
 
 Robinson Crusoe was born of a re- 
 spectable family i n York, where his 
 lather, a native of Bremen, had settled • 
 paving by merchandise obtained a for- 
 tune. Robinson had early wandering 
 thoughts, and could not be prevailed 
 onto settle in business; but was de- 
 sirous of going to sea, which gave his 
 parents much trouble : he hardened 
 himself m his undutiful course, his 
 
 BANBURY : 
 PRINTED BY J, G. RUSHER. 
 
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 bably a few seeds), and some time 
 after the rainy season was surprised at 
 seeing a few blades of corn springing 
 up : by preserving the produce of which 
 for future seed, I was years afterwards 
 enabled to supply myself with bread. 
 I was ill, and, during my illness, found 
 a Bible in a seaman's chest, a very 
 pleasant help in trouble, a source of 
 peace and comfort. 
 
 After recovery, I went further from 
 my habitation, and found some fine sa- 
 vannas, melons, grapes, cocoa, orange 
 and citron trees, and limes ; much of the 
 fruit I put into my cot : I caught a 
 young parrot, and taught it to speak ; 
 and found some hares, goats, pigeons, 
 and turtles. 
 
 A tamed goat became one of my 
 companions ; my corn fields required 
 much watching, to defend it from the 
 hares and the birds, in which my dog 
 
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 was of great service. I had difficulty 
 in getting in my harvest. After this, I 
 burned my clay -made articles, earthen 
 pipkins, &c, and could dress my dinner 
 tolerably well. My next harvest yielded 
 20 bushels of barley and 20 of rice. I 
 made a rough boat out of a large tree, 
 which I could not take to the sea; 
 afterwards a smaller one, with which I 
 had better success, or rather worse, for 
 in it I was taken by the current farther 
 
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 for a long period. Friday became a 
 good Christian and wished Crusoe to go 
 to his country to teach vile mans to 
 be good, sober, tame mans ; to know 
 God, and lead a new life. After Ro- 
 binson had been 27 years upon the 
 island, he one morning sent Friday to 
 the shore to look for a turtle, who ran 
 back to say 21 savages and 3 prisoners 
 had arrived in three canoes ! I gave 
 Friday two fowling pieces, and loaded 
 four muskets and two pistols, with my 
 sword at my side, and Friday took the 
 hatchet. I went up the hill, resolved 
 to kill them, and ordered Friday to keep 
 close and be silent, and do as I told 
 i him. I entered the wood, and bade 
 j Friday bring me word what they were 
 doing ; he informed me they were 
 \ round the fire, devouring one of the 
 prisoners, and that a bearded man lay 
 bound on the ground, whom they would 
 
 En gland tools, cloths, stuffs, and other 
 articles. I also purchased two slaves 
 anc a servant, and grew richer every 
 year. Some merchants and myself 
 fitted up a vessel for the purchase of 
 slaves on the coast of Guinea, in which 
 a violent hurricane drove us beyond 
 our knowledge, the ship struck upon 
 a sc.nd, and the sea broke over her : we 
 took the ship's boat, which capsized, 
 and I alone, was, after many perilous 
 
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 attempts to save myself, washed ashbre 
 on a steep rock, whence 1 had gi'eat 
 difficulty to ascend, or escape ; when I 
 heartily thanked God for my deliver- 
 ance. I found a spring of clear water 
 to allay my parching thirst, and climed 
 a tree for my repose. The ship during 
 the night had been driven near the 
 rock from which I made my escape. 
 I swam to the ship and satisfied my 
 hunger with provisions, made a raft 
 with spars of wood, and landed vjhat 
 provisions or goods were in the sjiip, 
 seamen's and carpenters' chests, nails, 
 clothes, guns, pistols, powder, s^ot, 
 swords, and other articles. I found no 
 wild beasts to devour me, so built a 
 hut in the hollow side of a rock, like 
 the entrance of a cave, and piled the 
 chests around, to secure me from the 
 weather, and attacks from without, in- 
 closing about a 100 yards in breadth 
 
 wretches dragged within the circle, one 
 was knocked down, but the other ran 
 swiftly towards me ; three men pursued 
 him, and I shot one of them, and 
 knocked the other down with my gun, 
 and beckoned tothepursuedman to stop : 
 this happened to be my man Friday, 
 who afterwards lived with me as a 
 faithful companion and servant for 
 years. I taught him to speak to me, 
 which was a comfort I had not enjoyed 
 
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 than I intended, and, but for the change 
 of wind and current, might have been 
 lost. I often visited my boat, and one 
 day at noon was surprised at the print 
 of a man's naked foot, larger than my 
 own, on the shore, on the sand ! I 
 seemed thunderstruck — listened — 
 looked — could hear or see nothing ! 
 I doubled my fortifications, loaded 
 my muskets, planted new stakes, did 
 every thing to add to my security, and 
 put my goats in a new enclosure, in 
 the middle of a wood. 
 
 I afterwards saw the shore spread 
 with various parts of bodies, and 
 the apparent remains of human sacri- 
 fice. Several parties of sava 
 came after this. A ship was wrecked 
 and I went in my boat to examine the 
 vessel,and took two chests, containing 
 money, liquor, &c. Five canoes o 
 savages came to the island, and I saw 
 30 dancing round a fire, and two poor 
 
 and 200 yards descending to the sea, 
 and ascended by a ladder from my 
 abode. Many goats and wild pigeons 
 were on the island, which I shot for 
 food. Here I landed 30th of Septem- 
 ber, 1659, and had no other companion 
 than two cats and a dog, I found in 
 the ship. An earthquake sadly dam- 
 aged my building and cave in the rock. 
 I shook out an old bag of rubbish by 
 the side of my cabin (containing pro- 
 
mother much indulged him, and "both 
 parents persuaded him to remain in 
 that business, by which they had be- 
 come rich. He was one day at Hull, 
 with one of his companions, who was 
 going to sea in his father's ship, and 
 was easily persuaded to accompany 
 him on a voyage, bound for London, 
 on the first of September, 1651, without 
 his father's knowledge.When out of the 
 Umber, the sea ran mountains high, 
 and Crusoe was sadly sick and sorry 
 for his imprudence and disobedience. 
 The waves appeared ready to swallow 
 him, and he vowed that if it should 
 please God to spare his life this voyage 
 he would return to his father and mo- 
 ther, and live with them. 
 When his sickness wore off, 
 
 He was jeer'd by the crew so ; 
 Till a storm did arise, 
 
 Then in prayer was Crusoe. 
 
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 ie the ship was my own, for his deli- 
 ferance from death. Those whom the 
 Japtain could not again trust in the 
 lip were put ashore, and Crusoe in- 
 structed them and his two subjects as 
 to their living and defence. 
 
 Crusoe and his man Friday set sail 
 with the Captain and such of his crew 
 as he could depend on, arrived in En- 
 gland, and found two sisters and two of 
 Crusoe's brother's children living; the 
 
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 discovered his father at the bottom, tied 
 hand and foot ! their joy was excessive : 
 we gave him food and water, and with 
 the other released prisoner, who was a 
 Spaniard, I had an apparent kingdom, 
 with three dutiful subjects. Some 
 time after this an English ship anchored 
 near the island, the crew of which had 
 mutinied and bound the officers, and 
 intended to leave them on the island 
 at the return of the tide. The officers 
 sat under a tree, near Crusoe, and the 
 men regaled themselves at a distance ; 
 they were soon asleep, when Crusoe 
 and Friday approached the officers and 
 tendered their assistance. Each officer 
 and the Crusoites were soon armed, 
 and killed those the captain said were 
 the most incorrigible, and the others 
 craved for mercy ; those left in the 
 ship were thankful to save their lives 
 by submission, and the Captain told 
 
 to 
 
 Robinson at length became a Guinea 
 trader, and bought enough gold-dust 
 su Bcient to realise £200; he was at 
 lerjgth taken prisoner, near the Canary 
 Islands, by pirates, when he was taken 
 Sallee, by the Moors. 
 
 |He was ta'en by a pirate, 
 
 In slavery too, so 
 Zury pushed off the ship's boat, 
 And escaped with Crusoe. 
 
 'Crusoe was a good fisherman, so the 
 nperor sent him in a boat, with pro- 
 ions, and nets to catch fish, and pow- 
 der and shot and guns for shooting wild 
 fovl, for the Emperor and his friends. 
 
 Robinson contrived on this occasion 
 to put a quantity of food and water 
 arfd other articles in the cabin, that, if 
 ho should escape, with his assistant 
 Zury, they might be useful to them. 
 
 I A Moor was soon desired to swim 
 afjhore, and the escape was effected. 
 
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