_Notwithstanding the surprizing Adventures of this our_ British _Heroine,
of whom the following Pages fully and impartially treat; yet the Oddity of
her Conduct for preserving her Virtue was such, that it demands not only
Respect, but Admiration; and as there is nothing to be found in the
following Sheets, but what is Matter of Fact, it merits the Countenance
and Approbation of every Inhabitant of this great Isle, especially the
Fair Sex, for whom this Treatise is chiefly intended; and the Truth of
which being confirmed by our Heroines Affidavit, made before the Right
Hon. the Lord Mayor, the said Affidavit is hereunto annexed, in order to
prevent the Publick from being imposed upon by fictitious Accounts._
Hannah Snell, _born in the City of_ Worcester, _in the Year of our Lord
1723, and who took upon her the Name of_ James Gray, _maketh Oath, and
saith, That she this Deponent served his present Majesty King_ George, _as
a Soldier and Sailor, from the 27th of_ November, _One Thousand Seven
Hundred and Forty five, to the 9th of this Instant_ June, _and entered
herself as a Marine in Capt._ Graham_'s Company in Col._ Fraser_'s
Regiment, and went on board the_ Swallow, _his Majesty's Sloop of War, to
the_ East-Indies, _belonging to Admiral_ Boscawen_'s Squadron, where this
Deponent was present at the Siege of_ Pondicherry, _and all the other
Sieges during that Expedition, in which she received Twelve Wounds, some
of which were dangerous, and was put into the Hospital for Cure of the
same, and returned into_ England _in the_ Eltham _Man of War, Capt._ Lloyd
_Commander, without the least Discovery of her Sex._
_And this Deponent further maketh Oath, and saith, That she has delivered
to_ Robert Walker, _Printer, in the_ Little Old-Bailey, London, _a full
and true Account of the many surprizing Incidents, and wonderful Hardships
she underwent during the Time she was in his Majesty's Service as
aforesaid, to be by him printed and published._
_And this Deponent lastly saith, That she has not given the least Hint of
her surprising Adventures to any other Person, nor will she, this
Deponent, give any the Least Account thereof, to any Person whatsoever, to
be printed or published, save and except the above-mentioned_ Robert
Walker.
Sworn before me this 27th Day of _June_, 1750,
at _Goldsmith's Hall, London_,
J. BLACHFORD, Mayor.