$6 Of Captain AVERT, 



lb that pur Merchants were as good Py rates at 

 Land as he was at Sea. 



Whether he was frightened by thefe Menaces, 

 or had fe^n feme Body elfe he thought knew him, 

 is not known but he went immediately over to 

 JreUndy and from thence foUicited his Merchants 

 very hard for a Supply, but to no Purpofe, for he 

 was even reduced to beggary : In this Extremity 

 he was refolved to return and caft himfelf upon 

 them, let the Confequence be what it would. He^ 

 put himfelf on Board a trading VelTel, and work'd 

 his Faffage over to Plymouth y frojn whence he tra- 

 velled on Foot to Blddifordy where he had been but 

 a few Days before he fell fick and died-, not being 

 worth as much as would buy him a Coffin, 



Thus have 1 given all that could be collected 

 of ar^y Certainty concerning this Man rejefting 

 the idle Stories which were made of his fantaftick 

 Gjeatnefsj by which it appears, that his Actions 

 were more inconfiderable than thofe of other Py- 

 rates, fince him, though he made more Noife in 

 the World, 



l^Jpw we lhall turn back and give our Readers 

 fome Account of what became ot the twp Sloops. 



We took Notice of the Rage and Confufion, 

 which muft have feized them, upon their miffing 

 ot Avery^ however, they continued their Courfe, 

 ibme of them ftill flattering themfelves that he 

 had only out failed them in the Night, and that 

 they fliQuld find him at the Place of Rende?ivous : 

 But when they came there, and could hear no Ty- 

 dings of him, there was an End of Hope. It was 

 Time to confider what they ftould do with them* 

 felves, their Stock of Sea Provifion was almoft fpent, 

 and tho' there was Rice and Fifh, and Fowl to 

 be had alliore, yet thelq would not keep for Sea, 

 without being properly cured with Salt, which 

 they had no Coiweniency of d^ing j tjierefore, 



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