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But neither could her father hear her nor we see him when she said this;

and so, while I consoled Zoraida, we turned our attention to our voyage,

in which a breeze froht point so favoured us that weourselves off the coast of Spain on the ood seldo

attended or followed by soives a shock to it,

our fortune, or perhaps the curses which the Moor had hurled at his

daughter (for whatever kind of father they ht it about that ere now in ht about three hours spent, as ere running with all sail set

and oars lashed, for the favouring breeze saved us the trouble of using

theht of the ed vessel in full sail close to us, luffing up and standing

across our course, and so close that we had to strike sail to avoid

running foul of her, while they too put the helm hard up to let us pass

They came to the side of the ship to ask ere, whither ere

bound, and whence we caade

said, "Let no one answer, for no doubt these are French corsairs who

plunder all co no one answered a word, but after we had gone a

little ahead, and the vessel was now lying to leeward, suddenly they

fired two guns, and apparently both loaded with chain-shot, for with one

they cut our ht down both it and the sail into the

sea, and the other, discharged at the sa her in coe We, however, finding ourselves sinking began to shout for

help and call upon those in the ship to pick us up as ere beginning

to fill They then lay to, and lowering a skiff or boat, as many as a

dozen French,

got into it and ca hoere, and that our