By the same Fleet，my two Merchant Trustees shipp'd me 1 200 Chests of Sugar，800 Rolls of Tobacco，and the rest of the whole Accompt in Gold.
I might well say，now indeed，That the latter End of Job was better than the Beginning. It is impossible to express pere the Flutterings of my very Heart，when I look'd over these Letters，and especially when I found all my Wealth about me；for as the Brasil Ships come all in Fleets，the same Ships which brought my Letters，brought my Goods；and the Effects were safe in the River before the Letters came to my Hand. In a Word，I turned pale，and grew sick；and had not the old Man run and fetch'd me a Cordial，I believe the sudden Surprize of Joy had overset Nature，and I had dy'd upon the Spot.
Nay after that，I continu'd very ill，and was so some Hours，'till a Physician being sent for，and something of the real Cause of my illness being known，he order'd me to be let Blood；after which，I had Relief，and grew well：But I verily believe，if it had not been eas'd by a Vent given in that Manner，to the Spirits，I should have dy'd.
I was now Master，all on a Sudden，of above 5000 l. Sterling in Money，and had an Estate，as I might well call it，in the Brasils，of above a thousand Pounds a Year，as sure as an Estate of Lands in England：And in a Word，I was in a Condition which I scarce knew how to understand，or how to compose my self，for the Enjoyment of it.