54 Of Captain AV EUr. 



tage, lie foon met with a Purchafer, and immedi- 

 ately bought a Sloop. 



la this Sloop, he and his Companions embarqMj^ 

 they touched at feveral Parts of Jimerka^ where no 

 Per Ion lufpefted them \ and fome ot them went on 

 Shore, and oifjperfed themfelves about the Country, 

 having recewed fuch Dividends as Avery would give 

 them *, for he coi/cealed the greateft Part of the Dia- 

 monds froip themj which in the firit Hurry of plun- 

 dering the Ship, they did iot much regard, as not 

 knowing their Value. 



At leiigth he came to Bcfron^ in New-England^ and 

 ftem'd to have a Deli re oi fettling in thoie Parts, 

 and fome of his Companions went on Shore there 

 alfb, but he changed h^'s Refolution, and propofed 

 to the few of h s Companions who were left, to fail 

 lor JyeUnd^ which they confented to : He found out 

 that New-England was not a proper Place for him, 

 becaufe a great deal ofhis Wealth lay in Diamonds ; 

 and fl-iould he have produced them there, he would 

 have certainly been feiz'd on Sufpicion of Pyracy. 



In their Voyage to Ireland^ they avoided St. 

 George'^s Gliannel, and failing North about, they put 

 into one of the Northern Ports of that Kingdom ^1 

 there they difpofed of their Sloop, and coming on 

 Shore they feparated themfelves, fome going to Corky 

 and Ibme to Dublin^ 7 8 of whom obtained their Pardons 

 afterwards of K. William. When Avery had remained 

 fome Time in this Kingdom, he was afraid to offer his 

 Diamonds to fale, leaft an Enquiry into his Manner 

 df coming by them fhould occafion a Difcovery ; 

 therefore conlideiing with himfelf what was beft 

 to be done, he fancied there were Ibme Perfons at 

 'Bri(lclj ^hom he might venture to truft • upon 

 which, he refblved to pafs over into England he 

 did fb, and going into Devonjljire, he fent to one of 

 i;hefe Friends to meet him at a Town called Biddl- 



