These Orders were put in Execution with the greatest Dispatch and Secrecy; so that the Town was invested, before any Advice was given of the Approach of an Enemy. The General told the King, it was in his Choice to have Peace or War with his Master, since it depended on the Delivery of the White Man.
The King thus surpriz'd, was obliged, however contrary to his Inclinations, to give _Williams_ up to the General, who return'd with him to _Dempaino_, without committing any Hostilities; tho' he threatned to besiege the Town, and put all but the Women and Children to the Sword, if the King of _Maratan_ did not pay the Expence of his Master's sending for the White Man, which he rated at 100 Slaves, and 500 Head of Cattle, the King objected to this as a hard Condition and an unjust Imposition, but was obliged to acquiesce in it.
One Thing, remarkable enough, had like to have slipp'd me; which is, the King of _Maratan_ sent _Williams_ to the General without any Attendance, which made him ask, if the White Man was a Slave? The King answered, he had not used him like one. I may very well, said the General, be of a contrary Opinion, since you have sent no Body to wait upon him: Upon which Reprimand, the King sent _Williams_ a Present of a Slave.
He was received by _Dempaino_ with a great many Caresses, was handsomely cloathed according to the Country Manner, had Slaves allotted to wait on him, and every Thing that was necessary and convenient; so that King _Dempaino_ was at the Trouble of sending 6000 Men, one would think, for no other End than to shew the great Value and Esteem he had for the _Europeans_. He continued with this Prince till the Arrival of a Ship, which was some Years after his leaving _Maratan_; when the _Bedford_ Galley, a Pyrate, commanded by _Achen Jones_, a _Welshman_, came on the Coast, on board of which Ship _Williams_ was permitted to enter; they went to _Augustine_, where, laying the Ship on Shore, by Carelessness they broke her Back, and lost her. The Crew lived here till the Arrival of the _Pelican_, another Pyrate, mentioned in _North_'s Life; some of them went on board this Ship, and steer'd for the _East-Indies_. _Williams_ shifted out of this on board the _Mocha_ Frigate, a Pyrate, commanded by Captain _Culliford_, and made a Voyage; then, returning to St. _Mary_'s, they shared the Booty they had got in the Red Seas. I shall not here mention the Particulars of this last Expedition, designing to write Captain _Culliford_'s Life, which it more properly belongs to.