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teOiion, othervvife they itiuft be either killed or 

 made Slaves. They ftrengthened their Party, and 

 tied fome to them by Intereft when there was no 

 War, they contrived to fpirit up private Quar- 

 rels among them, and upon every little Difpute 

 or Mifunderftanding, pulh on one Side or other to 

 Revenge; Inftrucl them how to attack or furpriz;© 

 their Adverfaries, and lend them loaded Piftols or | 

 Firelocks to difpatch them with the Confequence 

 of which was, that the Murderer was forced to 

 fly to them 'for the fafety of his Life, with his ; 

 VVives, Children and Kindred, i 



Such as thefe were fafi: Friends, as their Livesi 

 depended upon the lafoty of hi$ Proteftors ; for as ^ 

 we obferved before, our Pyrates were grown fo ; 

 terrible, that none of their ISIeighbours had Refo- ^ 

 lution enough to attack them in an open War. \ 



By fiich Arts as thefe, in the Space of a few 

 Years, their Body was greatly increafed, they theu 

 began to ieparate themfelves, and remove at a 

 greater Diftance from one another, for the Conve- 

 nience of more Ground, and were divided like Jews, 

 into Tribes, each carrying with him his Wives and 

 Children^ (of which, by this Time th^y had a large 

 Family 5) as alfo their Quota of Dependants and 

 Followers-, and if Power and Command be the 

 Thing which diftinguilli a Prince, thefe Ruffians 

 had all the Marks of Royalty about them, nay more, 

 they had th^ very Fears which commonly difturb 

 Tyrants, as may be feen by the extream Caution 

 they took in fortifying the Places where they 

 dwelt. 



In this Plan of Fortification they imitated one 

 another, their Dwellings were rather Citadels than 

 Houfes ^ they made Choice of a Place overgrown 

 with Wood, and feituate near a Water they rai- 

 fed a Rampart or high Ditch round it, fo ftrait and 

 high> that it was impolEble to ciiml) it, and efpe-. 



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