Chapter II: Introduction

T_HE Danger of Commonwealths from an Increase of Pyrates_, 17. _Pyrates in the Times of_ Marius _and_ Sylla, 18. _Takes_ Julius Cæsar, 19. _The Barbarity of those Pyrates_, ib. _They spare_ Cæsar, _and why_, ib. _His Behaviour amongst them_, ib. Cæsar _obtains his Liberty for a Ransom_, ib. _Attacks and takes the Pyrates_, 20. _Hangs them at_ Troy, ib. _They increase again to a prodigious Strength_, ib. _Plunder at the Gates of_ Rome, 21. _The mock Homage they paid the_ Romans, ib. Pompey _the Great, appointed General against them_, 22. _A prodigious Fleet and Army assign'd him_, ib. _His Conduct and good Fortune_, ib, _The Gallantry of those Pyracies_, 23. _Receive an Overthrow_, ib. Barbarouse, _a Pyrate, his Beginning_, ib. _His great Strength_, 24. Selim Eutemi, _King of_ Algiers, _courts his Friendship_, ib. _Makes himself King, and how_, ib. _The King of_ Tunis _overthrown by him_, ib. _Leaves the Inheritance to his Brother_, ib. _The_ West-Indies _commodious for Pyrates, and why_, 24, 25. _The Explanation of the Word_ Keys, 25. _The Pyrates conceal their Booty on them_, ib. _The Pyrates Security in those Parts_, 26. _The Rise of Pyrates since the Peace of_ Utrecht _accounted for_, 26, 27. _An Expedition from_ Jamaica, _to plunder the_ Spaniards, 28. _The_ Spaniards _sue for Justice to the Government of_ Jamaica, ib. _The Plunderers turn Pyrates_, 29. _The_ Spaniards _make Reprisals_, ib. _The Names of Ships taken by them_, ib. _The plunder'd Seamen join the Pyrates_, ib. Providence _fixed on as a Place of Retreat by them_, 30. _That Island described_, ib. _The Lords Address to her late Majesty for securing_ Providence, ib. _An Order of Council in this Reign to the same Purpose_, 31. _A List of Men of War employ'd for the Defence of the Plantations_, 32. _Captain_ Woods Rogers _made Governor of_ Providence, ib. _The King's Proclamation for suppressing Pyrates_, 33, 34. _How the Pyrates used the Proclamation_, 34. _Great Divisions amongst them_, 35. _How made quiet_, ib. _Several of the Pyrates surrender to the Governor of_ Bermudas, ib. _The Fate of the rest_, ib. Woods Rogers _his Arrival at_ Providence, ib. Vane'_s Behaviour_, 36. Woods Rogers _employs the pardon'd Pyrates_, ib. _Their Conduct_, ib. _Some of them hang'd for new Pyracies_, 37. _Their strange Behaviour at the Place of Execution_, ib. _Some Proceedings betwixt the_ English _and_ Spaniards, 38. _The_ Spaniards _surprize the_ Greyhound _Man of War, and how_, ib. _Quit her_, 39. _The Crew of a_ Spanish Guarda del Costa _hang'd at_ Jamaica, _and why_, ib. _Sir_ Nicholas Laws _his Letter to the_ Alcaldes _of_ Trinidado, 39, 40. _Mr._ Joseph Laws, _Lieutenant of the_ Happy Snow _his Letter to the_ Alcaldes _of_ Trinidado, 41. _The_ Alcaldes _Answer to the Lieutenant's Letter_, 41, 42. _The Lieutenant's Reply to the_ Alcaldes _Answer_, 42, 43. _The_ Alcaldes _Answer again_, 43. _Some Account of_ Richard Holland, ib. _Prizes taken by him_, 44.

CHAP. I. Of Captain AVERY, and his CREW.

R_Omantick Reports of his Greatness_, 45, 46. _His Birth_, 46. _Is Mate of a_ Bristol _Man_, 47, _For what Voyage design'd_, ib. _Tampers with the Seamen_, ib. _Forms a Plot for carrying off the Ship_, 47, 48. _Executes it, and how_, ib. _The Pyrates take a rich Ship belonging to the_ Great Mogul, 50. _The_ Great Mogul _threaten the_ English _Settlements_, 51. _The Pyrates steer their Course back for_ Madagascar, 52. _Call a Council. Put all the Treasure on Board of_ Avery'_s Ship_, ib. Avery _and his Crew treacherously leaves his Confederates; go to the Isle of_ Providence _in the_ West-Indies, 53. _Sell the Ship, go to_ North-America _in a Sloop_, 54. _They disperse_, Avery _goes to_ New-England, ib. _From thence to_ Ireland, ib. Avery _afraid to expose his Diamonds to sale. Goes over to_ England, ib. _Puts his Wealth into Merchants Hands, of_ Bristol, 55. _Changes his Name. Lives at_ Biddiford, ib. _The Merchants send him no Supplies_, ib. _Importunes them. Goes privately to_ Bristol, _they threaten to discover him_, ib. _Goes over to_ Ireland, _sollicites them from thence_, 56. _Is very poor, works his Passage over to_ Plymouth, _walks to_ Biddiford. _Dies a Beggar_, ib. _An Account of_ Avery'_s Confederates_, ib. _Their Settlement at_ Madagascar, 57. _They meet other Pyrates; an Account of them_, ib. _The Pyrates arrive to great Power. The Inhabitants described_, 58. _Their Policy, Government_, &c. _Places describ'd_, 59. _The Arrival of Captain_ Woods Rogers _at that Part of the Island_, 61. _Their Design of surprizing his Ship_, 62. _One of these Princes formerly a Waterman on the_ Thames, 63. _Their Secretaries, Men of no Learning. Could neither write nor read_, ib.

CHAP. II. Of Captain MARTEL, and his CREW.

W_AY to suppress Pyrates_, 64. _The Increase of Pyrates accounted for_, 65. _Where_ Martel _learned his Trade_, ib. _The Names of several Prizes taken, by him_, 65, 66, 67. _His Strength at_ Sancta Cruz, 67. _His Manner of fortifying himself there_, ib. _Is attack'd by the_ Scarborough _Man of War_, 68. _His defence by Land and Sea_, ib. _His desperate Escape_, 69. _His miserable End_, ib.

CHAP. III. Of Captain TEACH, alias BLACK-BEARD.

H_IS Beginning_, 70. _His Confederacy with_ Hornygold, ib. _The Confederacy broke_, 71. _Takes a large_ Guiney _Man_, ib. _Engages the_ Scarborough _Man of War_, ib. _His Alliance with Major_ Stede Bonnet, ib. _Deposes his new Ally_, ib. _His Advice to the Major_, ib. _His Progress and Success_, 72. _Takes Prizes in Sight of_ Charles-Town, 73. _Sends Ambassadors to the Governor of_ Carolina, _upon an impudent Demand_, ib. _Runs his Ship aground designedly_, 74. _His Cruelty to some of his own Companions. Surrenders to the King's Proclamation_, 75. _The Governor of_ North-Carolina'_s exceeding Generosity to him_, ib. _He marries_, ib. _The Number of his Wives then living_, ib. _His conjugal Virtues_, 75, 76. _Makes a second Excursion in the Way of pyrating_, 76. _Some State Legerdemain betwixt him and the Governor_, ib. _His modest Behaviour in the River_, 77. _His Frolicks on Shore_, ib. _The Merchants apply for a Force against him, and where_, 78. _A Proclamation with a Reward for taking or killing of Pyrates_, 79, 80. _Lieutenant_ Maynard _sent in pursuit of him_, 80. Black-beard'_s good Intelligence_, 81. _The Lieutenant engages_ Black-beard, ib. _A most execrable Health drank by_ Black-beard 82. _The Fight bloody; the Particulars of it_, 82, 83, 84. Black-beard _kill'd_, 84. _His Sloop taken_, ib. _The Lieutenant's Conduct_, 84, 85. _A Reflection on the Humours of Seamen_, 85. Black-beard'_s Correspondents discover'd by his Papers_, ib. Black-beard'_s desperate Resolution before the Fight_, ib. _The Lieutenant and Governor no very good Friends_, 86. _The Prisoners hang'd_, ib. Samuel Odel _saved, and why_, ib. _The good Luck of_ Israel Hands, 87. Black-beard'_s mischievous Frolicks_, ib. _His_ Beard _described_, ib. _Several Instances if his Wickedness_, 88, 89. _Some Memorandums taken from his Journal_, 89. _The Names of the Pyrates kill'd in the Engagement_, 90. _Of those executed_, ib. _The Value of the Prize_, ib.

CHAP. IV. Of Major STEDE BONNET, and his CREW.

B_RED a Gentleman_, 91. _Supposed to be disorder'd in his Senses_, ib. _His Beginning as a Pyrate_, ib. _Takes Prizes_, 92. _Divisions in his Crew_, ib. _Meets_ Black-beard, ib. _Is deposed from his Command_, 93. _His melancholy Reflections_, ib. _Surrenders to the King's Proclamation_, ib. _His new Project_, ib. _Saves some Pyrates marroon'd_, 94. _Begins the old Trade again_, 95. _An Account of Prizes taken by him_, 95, 96. _Colonel_ Rhet _goes in Quest of Pyrates_, 97. Yates _the Pyrate surrenders_, 98. _An Engagement betwixt Colonel_ Rhet _and Major_ Bonnet, 100. _An Account of the kill'd and wounded_, ib. _The Prisoners carried to_ Charles-Town, ib. _The Major and the Master Escape_, ib. _Taken again by Colonel_ Rhet, 101. _A Court of Vice-Admiralty held_, ib. _The Names of those arraign'd_, 102, 103. _The Form of their Indictment_, 104. _Their Defence_, 105. _The Names of those who received Sentence_, 106. _An excellent Speech made by the Lord Chief Justice on pronouncing Sentence on the Major_, 107 _to_ 112.

CHAP. V. Of Capt. EDW. ENGLAND, and his CREW.

H_IS Beginning and Character_, 113, 114. _A most barbarous Action of his Crew_, 114, 115. _The Names of Prizes taken by him_, 115, 116. _The Misfortunes of his Confederates_, 116, 117. England'_s Progress half round the Globe_, 117, 118. _A short Description of the Coast of_ Malabar, ib. _What they did at_ Madagascar, 118. _Takes an_ East-India _Man_, ib. _The Particulars of the Action in Captain_ Mackra'_s Letter_, 119 _to_ 122. _Captain_ Mackra _ventures on Board the Pyrate_, 122. _Is in Danger of being murder'd_; 123. _Preserv'd by a pleasant Incident_, ib. _The Pyrates Generosity to him_, ib. _Captain_ England _deposed, and why_, 124. _Maroon'd on the Island_ Mauritius, ib. _Some Account of that Island_, ib. _The Adventures of the Company continued_, 124 _to_ 126. Angria, _an_ Indian _Pyrate_, 127. _his Strength by Land and Sea_, ib. _The_ East-India _Company's Wars with him_, 127, 128. _The Pyrates go to the Island of_ Melinda, 129. _Their barbarous Behaviour there_, ib. _Hear of Captain_ Mackra'_s Designs against them_, ib. _Their Reflections thereupon_, 130. _Sail for_ Cochin, _a_ Dutch _Settlement_, ib. _The Pyrates and the_ Dutch _very good Friends_, 131. _Mutual Presents made betwixt the Pyrates and the Governor_, ib. _The Pyrates in a Fright_, 133. _Almost starv'd_, ib. _Take a Prize of an immense Value_, 134. _Take an_ Ostend East-India _Man_, ib. _A short Description of_ Madagascar, 135, 136. _A prodigious Dividend made by the Pyrates_, 136. _A Fellow's Way of increasing his Diamonds_, ib. _Some of the Pyrates quit, and join the Remains of_ Avery, ib. _The Proceedings of the Men of War in those Parts_, 137, 138. _Some_ Dutch _Men petition to be among the Pyrates_, 138. _The Pyrates divided in their Measures_, 139. _Break up_, ib. _What became of them_, 139, 140.

CHAP. VI. Of Capt. CHARLES VANE, and his CREW.

VANE'_s Behaviour at_ Providence, 141. _The Names of Prizes taken by him_, 141, 142. _Is deserted by his Consort_ Yates, 143. Yates _surrenders at_ Charles-Town, ib. _A Stratagem of_ Vane'_s_, 144. Black-beard _and_ Vane _meet_, 145. _They salute after the Pyrates Manner_, ib. Vane _deposed from his Command, and why_, 146. 15 _Hands degraded, and turned out with him_, ib. _A Sloop given them_, 147. _They sail in Quest of Adventures, and take Prizes_, ib. Vane _cast away upon an uninhabited Island_, ib. _Meets with an old Acquaintance_, 148. Vane _seiz'd with a Qualm of Honour_, ib. _Ships himself on Board a Vessel, passing for another Man_, ib. _Is discover'd, with the Manner how_, 149. _Carried to_ Jamaica, _and hang'd_, ib.

CHAP. VII. Of Capt. RACKAM, and his CREW.

RACKAM'_s beginning as a Pyrate_, 150, 151. _An Account of Prizes taken by him_, 151. _Is attack'd by a_ Spanish _Guard Ship_, ib. _His Stratagem to escape_, 152. _More Prizes taken by him_, 153. _Is taken, and how_, 154. _Tried, condemned, and executed at_ Jamaica, ib. _The Names of his Crew condemn'd with him_, 154. _An extraordinary Case of nine taken with him_, ib. _Some Account of the Proceedings against them_, 154, 155.

The LIFE of MARY READ.

MARY Read_'s Birth_, 157. _Reasons for dressing her in Breeches_, 158. _Waits upon a Lady; goes into the Army_, 159. _Her Behaviour in several Engagements_, ib. _She falls in Love with her Comrade_, ib. _Her Sex discovered; the two Troopers married_, 160. _Settles at_ Breda, ib. _Her Husband dies, she reassumes the Breeches_, ib. _Goes to_ Holland. _To the_ West-Indies, 161. _Turns Pyrate_. Anne Bonny, _another Pyrate, falls in Love with her_, 162. _Her Adventures to_ 165.

The LIFE of ANNE BONNY.

ANNE Bonny _born a Bastard_, 166. _Her Mother's Intrigues strangely discover'd_, 167. _Her Father lies with his own Wife, by mistake_, 169. _She proves with Child; the Husband jealous_, 170. _He separates from his Wife; lives with_ Anne Bonny_'s Mother_, 171. Anne Bonny _put into Breeches for a Disguise, how discovered_, ib. _The Father becomes poor. Goes to_ Carolina, 172. _Improves his Fortune_. Anne Bonny _marries against his Consent. Her fierce Temper_, ib. _Goes to_ Providence _with her Husband_, ib. _Enticed to Sea in Men's Cloaths, by_ Rackam _the Pyrate_, 173. _Reproaches_ Rackam _with Cowardice at his Execution_, ib.

CHAP. VIII. Of Capt. HOWEL DAVIS, and his Crew.

T_HE Original of_ Davis, 174. _Is taken by the Pyrate_ England, ib. England_'s Generosity to him_, 175. _Is cast into Prison at_ Barbadoes, _and why_, ib. _Goes to_ Providence, ib. _Employ'd in a trading Vessel, seizes the Ship_, 176. _An Instance of his great Courage and good Conduct_, 177, 178. _Goes to_ Cape de Verd Islands, ib. _Take several Prizes_, ib. _Take the Fort of St._ Jago _by Storm_, 180. _A Council call'd_, ib. _Sail for_ Gambia, 181. _Takes_ Gambia _Castle by Stratagem_, 181 _to_ 184. _Meets_ La Bouche, _a_ French _Pyrate_, 184. _His Adventures with_ Cocklyn _the Pyrate, at_ Sierraleone, 185. _The Fort attack'd and taken, by three Confederate Pyrates_, 186. _The Pyrates quarrel and part_, ib. _The laconick Speech of_ Davis _to them_, ib. _His fierce Engagement with a large_ Dutch _Ship_, 187. _An Account of several Prizes taken by him_, ib. _A Description of the Island of St._ Thome, Del Principe, _and_ Annobono, _from_ 188 _to_ 204. _The_ Dutch _Governor of_ Acra _taken by_ Davis, 205. Davis _well received by the Governor of_ Princes, ib. _His Stratagem to come at the Wealth of the Island_, 206. _Is counterplotted and kill'd, by an Ambuscade_, 207.

CHAP. IX. Of Capt. BAR. ROBERTS, and his CREW.

H_IS Beginning_, 208. _Elected Captain in the Room of_ Davis, 209. _The Speech of Lord_ Dennis _at the Election_, ib. _Lord_ Sympson _objects against a Papist_, ib. _The Death of_ Davis _reveng'd_, 210. Roberts _sails Southward, in Quest of Adventures_, 211. _The Names of the Prizes taken by them_, ib. Brasil _describ'd, from_ 211 _to_ 221. Roberts _falls into a Fleet of_ Portuguese, 221. _Boards and takes the richest Ship amongst them_, 222. _Make the_ Devil_'s Islands_, 223. _An unfortunate Adventure of_ Roberts, 224. Kennedy_'s Treachery_, 225. Irishmen _excluded by_ Roberts _and his Crew_, 230. _Articles sworn to by them_, ib. _A Copy of them from_, 230 _to_ 233. _Some Account of the Laws and Customs of the Pyrates_, 233, 234. _An Instance of_ Roberts _his Cunning_, 234. _He proceeds again upon Business, and takes Prizes_, 235. _Narrowly escapes being taken_, 236. _Sails for the Island_ Dominico, ib. _Another Escape_, 237. _Sails for_ Newfoundland, ib. _Plunders, sinks and burns_ 22 _Sail in the Harbour of_ Trepassi, ib. _Plunders ten Sail of_ French _Men_, 238. _The mad Behaviour of the Crew_, 238, 239. _A Correspondence hinted at_, 240. _The Pyrates caress'd at the Island of St._ Bartholomew, ib. _In extream Distress_, 241, 242. _Sail for_ Martinico, 243. _A Stratagem of_ Roberts, ib. _The insolent Device in his Colours_, 244. _And odd Compliment paid to_ Roberts, ib. _Three Men desert the Pyrates, and are taken by them_, 245. _Their Tryal_, 245, 246. _Two executed, and one saved_, 247. _The Brigantine deserts them_, 248. _Great Divisions in the Company_, 248, 249. _A Description of_ Sierraleone _River_, 250. _The Names of_ English _settled there, and Way of Life_, 251, 252, 253. _The_ Onslow, _belonging to the_ African _Company taken_, 254. _The Pyrates Contempt of Soldiers_, ib. _They are for entertaining a Chaplain_, ib. _Their Skirmish with the_ Calabar _Negroes_, 256. _The_ King Solomon, _belonging to the_ African _Company, taken_, 258. _The Frolicks of the Pyrates_, ib. _Take eleven Sail in_ Whydah _Road_, 259. _A comical Receipt given by the Pyrates_, 260. _A cruel Action of_ Roberts, 261. _Sails for_ Anna Bona, 262. _The Progress of the_ Swallow _Man of War, in Pursuit of_ Roberts, _from_ 262 _to_ 267. Roberts _his Consort taken_, 267. _The Bravery of_ Skyrme, _a_ Welch _Pyrate_, 268. _The surly Humour of some of the Prisoners_, 268, 269. _The_ Swallow _comes up with_ Roberts, 270. Roberts _his Dress described_, 271. _Is kill'd_, 272. _His Character_, ib. _His Ship taken_, 273. _The Behaviour of the Pyrates, when Prisoners_, 275. _A Conspiracy of theirs discovered_, 276, 277. _Reflections on the Manner of trying them_, 278, 279, 280. _The Form of the Commission for trying the Pyrates_, 281. _The Oath taken by the Commissioners_, 282. _The Names of those arraign'd taken in the Ship_ Ranger, 282, 283, 284. _The Form of the Indictment_, 284, 285. _The Sum of the Evidence against them_, 285, 286. _Their Defence_, 287, 288. _The Names of the Prisoners of the_ Royal Fortune, 288, 289, 290. _Proceedings against them_, 291 _to_ 304. Harry Glasby _acquitted_, 304. _The particular Tryal of Captain_ James Skyrme, 304, 305. _Of_ John Walden, 305 _to_ 308. _Of_ Peter Scudamore, 308 _to_ 311. _Of_ Robert Johnson, 311, 312. _Of_ George Wilson, 312 _to_ 317. _Of_ Benjamin Jeffries, 317, 318. _Of_ John Mansfield, 318, 319. _Of_ William Davis, 319 _to_ 321. _The Names of those executed at_ Cape Corso, 321, 322. _The Petition of some condemn'd_, 323. _The Courts Resolution_, ibid. _The Form of an Indenture of a pardon'd Pyrate_, 324. _The Names of those pardon'd upon Indenture to serve seven Years_, 325. _The Pyrates how disposed of_, 326. _The dying Behaviour of those executed_, 326 _to_ 329.

CHAP. X. Of Capt. ANSTIS, and his CREW.

H_IS Beginning as a Pyrate_, 330. _A most brutish Action supposed to be committed by his Crew_, 331. _Civil Discords amongst them_, 332. _The Pyrates Term of_ Round Robin _explain'd_, ib. _They land on an uninhabited Island_, ib. _A Petition for Pardon agreed on_, ib. _The Form of that Petition_, 333. _Their Diversions, and Manner of living on the Island_, 334, 335. _Their mock Tryal of one another_, 336 _to_ 338. _They put to Sea again_, 338. _Their Petition not answer'd_, ib. _The_ Morning Star _Wreck'd_, ib. Anstis _narrowly escapes being taken_, 339. _A Plot discover'd_, ib. _The Crew gathers Strength again_, 340. _Surprised by the_ Winchelsea _Man of War at_ Tobago, ib. _Fire one of their Ships_, ib. Anstis _escapes_, ib. _Is killed by a Conspiracy of his own Men_, 341. _The Ship surrender'd at_ Curaco, ib. _Several hang'd there_, ib. Fen _hanged at_ Antegoa, ib. _The good Luck of those who fled to the Woods_, ib.

CHAP. XI. Of Capt. WORLEY, and his CREW.

H_IS mad Beginning_, 342. _His Success_, 343, 344. _Bind themselves by Oath to take no Quarters_, 344. _A false Alarm at_ James-Town, 345. Worley _catches a_ Tartar, ib. _The desperate Resolution of the Pyrates_, 346. Worley _hanged_, ib.

CHAP. XII. Of Capt. GEO. LOWTHER, and his CREW.

H_IS Beginning_, 347. _Plots with_ Massey, 349. Massey'_s Conduct_, 350, 351. Lowther'_s Proposal_, 351. _A Copy of Articles drawn up, and sworn to_, 352. _The Pyrates going by the Ears_, 354. _How Rogues are made Friends_, ib. Lowther _and_ Massey _part_, 355. _A Digression concerning_ Massey'_s mad Conduct_, 355 _to_ 357. Lowther _and_ Low _meet_, 358. _An Alliance betwixt them_, ib. _A List of Prizes taken by them_, 359. _An unlucky Adventure at_ Cape Mayo, 359, 360. Lowther _and_ Low _break the Alliance, and part_, 361. _The Bravery of Captain_ Gwatkins, ib. _The Pyrates much reduced_, 362. _Winter in_ North-Carolina, ib. _Put to Sea again_, ib. _Make for the Island of_ Blanco, 363. _The Island described_, ib. _Are surprised and taken_, 364. Lowther _escapes_, ib. _The Names of the Prisoners, and Fate_, ib. Lowther'_s Death_, 365.

CHAP. XIII. Of Capt. LOW and his CREW.

LOW'_s Original_, 366, 367. _The Virtues of his Family, ib. His bold Beginnings_, 368. _Declares War against the whole World_, ib. _His Success_, 369, 370. _Like to perish by a Storm_, 371, 372. _Sail for the Western Island_, 373. _Treats with the Governor of St._ Michael _for Water_, ib. _Several Instances of their wanton Cruelty_, 374. Low'_s Consort taken, and how_, 376. _A horrid Massacre committed by_ Low. 376, 377. _Takes a Multitude of Prizes_, 377. _Another barbarous Massacre_, 379. _More Cruelties_, 379, 380. Low _and his Consort attack'd by the_ Greyhound _Man of War_, 380, 381. Low _deserts his Consort_, 381. _The Consort taken_, ib. _Carried to_ Rhode Island, 382. _The Names, Age, and Places of Birth, of the Prisoners_, 382, 383. _A Compliment paid to Captain_ Solgard, _by the Corporation of_ New-York, 384. _The Resolution of the Mayor and Common-Council_, ib. _The Preamble of the Captain's Freedom_, 385. _More Instances of_ Low'_s Cruelty_, 388, 389. _His Adventures continued to_ 390.

CHAP. XIV. Of Capt. JOHN EVANS and his CREW.

B_EGINS with House-breaking_, 391. _Seizes a Sloop_, 392. _Robs a House the same Night_, ib. _Put to Sea, and take valuable Prizes_, 393. Evans _shot dead by his Boatswain_, 394, _His Death reveng'd_, ib. _The Company breaks up_, 395.

CHAP. XV. Of Capt. JOHN PHILLIPS, and his CREW.

PHILLIPS _his Original_, 396. _How he became a Pyrate_, ib. _His Return to_ England _accounted for_, ib. _Ships again for_ Newfoundland, ib. _Deserts his Ship in_ Peter _Harbour_, 397. _He and four others seize a Vessel_, ib. _Sail out a pyrating_, ib. _Articles sworn to upon a Hatchet_, ib. _A Copy of the Articles_, 397, 398. _Ill Blood amongst them, and why_, 399. _Are almost starved_, ib, _Take Prizes_, ib. Phillips _proposes to clean at_ Tobago, _and why_, ib. _Meets an old Acquaintance_, 400. _Frighten'd from the Island_, ib. _A Conspiracy to run away with the Prize_, ib. _A Skirmish_, ib. _The Carpenter's Dexterity in cutting off Legs_, ib. Fern _kill'd by_ Phillips, _and why_, 401. _The Danger of attempting an Escape among the Pyrates_, ib. _Captain_ Mortimer'_s Bravery, and hard Fate_, 401, 402. _Captain_ Mortimer'_s Brother escapes, and how_, 402. Cheeseman'_s Steps for overthrowing the Pyrates Government_, 403. _A Digression concerning_ Newfoundland, _and its Trade_, 403, 404. _The Pyrates recruited with Men from thence_, 405. Phillips _his Conscience pricks him_, ib. Dependence Ellery, _a Saint, oblig'd to dance by the Pyrates_, 406. _A brave Action perform'd by_ Cheesemen, 407. _Carries the Pyrate Ship into_ Boston, 408. _The dying Declarations of_ John Rose Archer, _and_ William White, 408, 409.

CHAP. XVI. Of Captain SPRIGGS, and his CREW.

SPRIGGS _his Beginning_, 411. _How he set up for himself_, ib. _Sweats his Prisoners for Diversion_, 412. _The Pyrates mistake in drinking Healths_, 413. _Take_ Hawkins _a second time_, 414. _Burn his Ship, and why_, ib. _An odd Entertainment given him by the Pyrates_, ib. _Captain_ Hawkins _how disposed of_, 414, 415. Spriggs _barbarous Usage of his Prisoners_, 415, 416. _Takes a Ship loaden with Horses_, 416. _An odd Frolick of the Pyrates_, ib. _Two particular Relations of Pyracy, from_ 417 _to_ 424.

THE HISTORY OF THE PYRATES.