me, that I have no need to be afraid of being taken with him; for
that whenever it is likely to come to this, he will infallibly
blow up the Ship with his own Hands;--After this, I presume, you
will be perfectly easy, that I am in no Danger of going to
_Sallee_;"

This is exquisitely _rich_; The brave and odd Fancy of the _English_
Captain, in finding out for himself, and _privately_ communicating to
_Voiture_, this Method of Security from Slavery, abounds with the
highest _Humour_; At the same time the honest Tar, as a _Projecter_,
is excessively open to _Ridicule_, for his Scheme to blow them all
up, in order to prevent their being taken Prisoners; There is besides
these, a very full _Raillery_, which _Voiture_ here opens upon
_himself_; For as this Adventure, which he is going to be engaged in,
has been attended, as yet, with no Mischief; nor is certain to be so,
the whole is to be consider'd, at present, as only a slight Scrape;
especially as he exhibits it in this manner himself, and invites you
to make it the Object of your Pleasure, and _Raillery_;--It may also
be observ'd, that the _Humour_ in this Subject, which flows from the
_Captain_, is adorn'd with a very peculiar, and pleasing _Propriety_;
As it is not barely a _Whim_, or the Result of an _odd Sourness_ or
_queer Pride_, but the Effect of his _Courage_, and of that Freedom
from all Terror at Death, which is perfectly amiable in his Character.

There are other Combinations of _Wit_, _Humour_, _Raillery_, _Satire_,
and _Ridicule_, where _four_ of them, or all _five_, are united in
one Subject;--Like various _Notes_ in _Music_, sounding together, and
jointly composing one exquisite Piece of Harmony;--Or like different
_Rays_ of _Light_, shining together in one _Rainbow_: It is pleasant
to _divide_ these _Combinations_, and to view as with a _Prism_, the