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CHAP. II. 



, OF 



Captain MART EL, 



And his Crew, 



Y Come now to the Pyrat(^s that have! irofe fince 

 H the Peace of Vtrecht ^ in War Time there is nd 

 JBi room for any, becaufe all thdfe of a roving 

 advent'rous Difpofition find Employment in Pri- 

 vateers^ fo there is no Opportunity for Pyrates ^ 

 like our Mobs in London ^ when they come to any 

 Height, our Superiors order out the Train Bands, 

 and when once they are raifed, the others are fup- 

 prelTed of Courfe ^ I take the Reafbn of it to be, 

 that the Mob go into the tame Army^ and immedi- 

 ately from notorious Breakers of the Peace^ be- 

 come, by being put into order, fblemn Prefer- 

 vers of it. And fhould our Legiflators put fome 

 of the Pyrates into Authority, it would not only 

 leffen their Number, but, 1 imagine, let them upon 

 the reft, and they would be the likelieft People to 

 find them out, according to the Proverb, fep a Thief 

 to catch a Thief. 



To bring this about, there needs no other Encou*- 

 ragement, but to give all the Elfeiis taken aboard a 

 Pyrate Veifel to the Captors ; for in Cafe of Plunder 

 and Gain, they iike it as well from Friends, as Ene- 

 mies, but are not fond, as Things are carry M, of rum^ 

 in^ poor Fe/lowes^ f ly the Greoleans^ wkh no Advantage 

 themfehesc Th^ 



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