66 Of Captain Martel. 



call'd the "john md Martha^ Captain Wilforty which 

 they attacked under the pyratical Black-Flag, 

 and made themfelves Matters of her. They put 

 lc)me of the Men aftiore, and others they detain'd, 

 as they had done leveral Times, to encreale their 

 Company ^ but Captain Martel^ charged Captain 

 Wilfon^ to advife his Owners, that their Ship would 

 anfwer his Purpofe exa£tly, by taking one Deck 

 down, ai d as for the Cargo, which coniifted chiefly 

 of Log^wood and Sugar, he would take Care it 

 ihouid be carry'd to a good Market. 



Having fitted up the aforefaid Ship, as they de- 

 fign'd, they mounted her with 22 Guns, 100 Men, 

 and left 25 Hands in the Sloop, and fo proceeded 

 to Cruize oif the Leeward Iflands, where they met 

 with but too much Succefs. After the taking of 

 a Sloop and a Brigantine, they gave Chafe to a 

 ftout Ship, which they cahie up with, and, at Sight 

 of the Py rate's Flag, fhe ftruck to the Robbers, 

 being a Ship of 20 Guns, call'd the Dolphin j bound 

 for ISlewfoundland. Captain Martel made the Men 

 Prifbners, and carry'd the Ship with him. 



The middle of December the Pyrates took ano- 

 ther Galley in her Voyage home from "jamaicay called 

 the Kent^ Captain Lavpton^ and Ihifted her Provi- 

 lions aboard their own Ship, and let her go^ which 

 obliged her to Sail back to Jamaica for a Supply for 

 her Voyage. After this they met with a fmall Ship 

 and a Sloop, belonging to Barbadoes^ out of both 

 they took Provifions, and then parted with them, 

 having firft taken out fome of their Hands, who 

 were willing to be forced to go along with them. 

 The Greyhour/d GMey of London^ Captain Et/^;;/, from 

 Cuiney to Jamaica^ was the next that had the Mis- 

 fortune to fall in their Way, which they did not 

 detain iong, for as fboiias they could get out all hetf^ 

 Gold Duft, Elephant's Teeth, and 40 Slaves, they 

 leiit her onwar<ls upon her Voyage, 



