The line that best describes the author's attitude towards the proud and profane young man's death is:
But pleased God before they came half seas over to smite this young man with a grievous disease, of which he died in a desperate manner.
From this excerpt, we can easily tell that the dead man had a very bad attitude when he was alive. He is described as haughty, cruel and without pity. He often threatened to throw poor people overboard.
With these bad characters, it is no wonder that the author did not feel any empathy at his end. From his words, it is obvious that he found the man's death a delight.
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