The P R E F A C E. 



'thing but the Anions of h Parcel of Robbers^* It is Srd^ 

 very and Stratagem in War which make Ai^lons worthy of 

 Record ^ in which Senfe the Adventures here related will 

 he thought deferring that Name. Plutarch is very cir^ 

 cumftantial in relating theAStions of Spartacus, the Slave^ 

 and makes the ConqueSiofhim^ one of the greatest Glories 

 of Marcus CralTus ^ and it is probablcy if this Slave had 

 livd a little longer^ Plutarch would have given m his 

 Life at large. Rome, the Mi/lrefs of the Worldy was no 

 more at frft than a Refuge for Thieves and Outlaws ; and 

 if the Progrefs of our Pyrates had been equal to their Be^ 

 ginning \ had they all united^ and fettled in fonte of thoft 

 JJlands^ they mighty by this Ttmey have been honoured with 

 the Name of a Commonwealth^ and no Power in thofe Parts 

 ^f the World could have been able to diffute it with them* 



If we have feem^d to glance^ with fome Freedom^ at the 

 Behaviour of fome Governors of Provinces abroad^ it has 

 been with Caution ^ and^ perhapSy we havey not declard ^ 

 much as we knew : Hfiwevery we hope thofe Gentlemen in the 

 fame Stationy who have never given Occajion for the like 

 CenfurCy will take no Offence^ tho^ the Word Governor ii 

 fometimes made ufe of 



p. S. It will be necejfary to add a Word or two to this ^ 

 Prefaeey in order to inform the Reader y that there are fe^ 

 veral material Additions made to this fecond Imprejfton^ 

 which fwelUng the Book in Bulky muB of Confequence add a 

 fmall Matter to its Price. 



The jirTt Jmprcffion having been received with fo much 

 ^uccefs by the Publicky occasioned a very earnefi Demand 

 for a fecond : In the mean TirhCy ftveral Perfons who had 

 been taken by the Pyratesy as well as (Others who had been 

 concerned in taking of themy have been fo kind to commu^ 

 nicate fever al Facts and Circumfiances to usy which had 

 efcaped us in the jirft Jmprejfion. 'This occafioned fome De^^ 

 layy therefore if we have pot brought it outy as foon as 

 wi^ dj it was to render it the more compleat. 



We fu^ -not enter into a Detail of all the new Matter 

 i^iferted herey but the Defer i^ticn of the Jjlands SV* Thome, 



