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them from going to fome Country, where they 

 ' were not known, and living on Shore all the reft of 

 their Days in Plenty ^ they underftood what he 

 nleant : And in Ihort, they all agreed to bilk their 

 new Allies, the Sloop's Men, nor do I find that any 

 of them felt any Qualms of Honour rifing in his 

 Stomach, to hinder them from confenting to this 

 Piece of Treachery. In fine, they took Advantage 

 of the Darknefs that Night, fteer'd another Courle,, 

 and, by Morning, loft Sight of them. 



I leave the Reader to judge, what Swearing and 

 Confufion there was" aniong the Sloop's Men, in 

 the Morning, when they faw that Avery had given 

 them the Slip * for they knew by the Fairnefs of 

 the Weather, and the Courfe they had agreed to 

 fteer, that it muft have been done on purpofe : But 

 we leave them at prefent to follow Mr. Avery. 



Averyy and his Men, having confulted what to do 

 with themfelves, came to a Refblution, to make the 

 beft of their Way towards America \ and none of them 

 being known in thole Parts, they intended to divide 

 the Treafure, to change their Names, to go aflaore, 

 fome in one Place, fome in other, to purchale fbme 

 Settlements, and live at Eafe. The fijrft Land they 

 made, was the Ifland of Providence ^ then newly 

 fettled ; here they ftaid fome Time, and having 

 conlidered that when they ftiould go to Nerv-Eng" 

 land J the Greatnefs of their Ship, would caufe much 

 Enquiry about them and poffibly fome People 

 from England^ who had heard the Story of a Ship's 

 being run away with from the Groine^ might fuf. 

 pefl: them to be the People they therefore took a 

 Refolution of difpofing of their Ship at Trovidence : 

 Upon which, Avery pretending that the Ship being 

 fitted out upon the privateering Account, and ha- 

 ving had no Succefs, he had received Orders from 

 the Ownersj to difpofe of her to the beft Advan- 



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