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CHAP. I. 



OF 



Captain A V E R Y, 



i 



And his Crew. 



ONE of thefe bold Adventurers were 

 ever fo much talked of, for a while, as 

 Avery he made as great a Noife in the 

 World as Merheis does now, and was looked upon 

 to be a Perlbn of as great Confequence he was re- 

 prefented in Europe^ as one that had railed himfelf 

 to the Dignity of a King, and was likely to be the 

 Founder of a new Monarchy ^ having, as it was faid, 

 taken immenfe Riches, and married the Great Mo-- 

 gufs Daughter, who was taken in an Indian Ship, 

 which fell into his Hands and that he had by her 

 many Children, living in great Royalty and State ; 

 that he had built Forts, ere£led Magazines, and 

 was Mafter.of a ftout Squadron of Ships, mannM 

 with able and defperate Fellows of all ISJations- that 

 he gave Commiilions out in his own Name to the 

 Captains of his Ships, and to the Commanders of 

 his Forts, and was acknowledged by them as their 

 Prince. A Play was writ upon him, called, the Suc^ 

 cefsful Vyrate ^ and, thefe Accounts obtained fuch 

 Belief, that feveral Schemes were offered to the 

 Council for fitring out a Squadron to take him* 

 while others were for offering him and his Compa< 

 iiionsan Aft of G^*ace, and inviting them to Eng-* 

 landy with all their Treafuie, leaft his growing 



Greatnefs 



