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the pyrating Account with only one imall Veffelj 

 but by the Prizes he tookj he gaiaM immenfe Riches, 

 lb that getting a great Kumber of large Ships, 

 all the bold and diilblute Fellows of thofe Iflands 

 flockM to him, and lifted in his Service, for the 

 Hopes of Booty ^ fo that his Strength was increa-r 

 led to a formidable Fleet : With thefe he performed 

 flich bold and adventurous Aftions, that he beipame 

 the Terror of the Seas. About this Time it hap- 

 pened that Selim Eutemly King of Algiers^ having rer 

 fufed to pay the accuftomed Tribute to the Sfani" 

 ards^ was apprehenfive of an Invalion from thence ; 

 wherefore he treated with Barharoufe^ upon the Foot 

 of an Ally, to come and affift him, and deliver him 

 from paying this Tribute Barbaroufe readily came 

 into it, and failing to Algiers with a great Fleet^ 

 |ie put part of his Men on Shore, and having laid a 

 Plot to iiirprize the City, he effefted it with great 

 Succefs, and murder'd Selim in a Bath foOn .after 

 which, he was himfelf crowned King of Algiers *, 

 after this he niade War upon Ahdilabde^ King of 

 Tmis^ and overthrew him in Battle ^ he extended 

 his Conquefts on all Sides ^ and thus from a Thief 

 became a mighty King : and tho' }ie was at laft kill'd 

 in Battle, yet he had lb well eftablillfted himfelf up- 

 on that Throne, that, dying without IfTue, he left 

 the Inheritance of ^he KingdQjiji to his Brother, 

 another Pyrate. 



I come now to fpeak of the Pyrates infefting the 

 WeB-Indiesj where they are more numerous than in 

 any othpr Parts of the World, on feveral Realbns : 



jP/rf?, Becaufe there are lb many uninhabited 

 little Iflands and Keys, with Harbours convenient 

 and fecure for cleaning their Veffels, and abounr 

 ding with what they often want, Provifion I mean 

 Water, Sea-Fowl, Turtle, Shell, and other Filh ^, 

 where, if they carry in but ftrong Liquor, they 



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