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Secondly, another Reafon why thefe Seas are 

 chofe by Pyrares^ is the great Commerce thither 

 hy French^ Spaniards^ Dutch^ and efpecially Englijh 

 Ships : They are fure in the Latitude of thefe tra- 

 ding Iflands, to meet with Prizes, Booties of Pro- 

 vifion, Cioathing, and Naval-Stores, and fbme^ 

 times Money ; there being great Sums remitted 

 this Way to England ; (the Returns of the AffientOj^ 

 and private Slave-Trade, to the Sfanijh Weft-Indies : ) 

 And in Ihort, by fome one or other, all the Riches 



of Potofi. 



A third Reafon, is the Inconveniency and Diffi- 

 culty of being purfued by the Men of War, the 

 many fmall Inlets, Lagoons and Harbours, on thefe 

 folitary Wands and Keys, is a natural Security. 



'Tis generally here that the Pyrates begin their 

 Enterprizes, letting out at firft with a very foiall 

 Force ; and by infefting thefe Seas, and thofe of 

 the Continent of North-Jmericay in a Year's Yime, 

 if they have gbod luck on their Sides, they accu- 

 mulate liich Strength, as enables them to make 

 foreign Expeditions : The firft^ is ufaally toGuiney^ 

 taking the Az^ores and Cafe de Verd Iflands in their 

 Way, and then to Braz^il and the Eafi-Indlesy where 

 if they meet with profperous Voyages, they fet 

 down at Madagafcary or the neighbouring Iflands, 

 ^nd enjoy their ill gotten Wealth, among their 

 elder Brethren, with Im^iity. But that I may 

 not give too much Encouragement to the Profef- 

 £on, I muft inform my maritime Readers, that tjie 

 far greater Part of thefe Ravers are cut fhort in the 

 Pur(uit, by a iiidden Precipitation into the other 

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The Rife of thefe Rovers, fmce the Peace of 

 Vtrecht^ or at leaft, the great Encreafe of them, may 

 Jufily be computed to the Sfanijh Settlements in the 

 Weft-Indies the Governors of which, being often 

 fome hungry Courtiers, fent thither to repair or 

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