The PREFACE. 



in thk 'Btcjuiryy I Jhall therefore quit ity and fay fom^-: 

 thing of the following Sheet Sy which the Author may venture 

 to ajfure the Reader that they have one Thing to recommend 

 them J rdiich is Truth thofe FaBs which he himfelf was 

 not an Eye-Witnefs ofy he had from the duthentick Relati- 

 ons of the Perfons concern d in taking the Pyratesy as well 

 as from the Mouths of the Pyrates themfelvesy after they 

 were tahn^ and he conceives no Man can produce better, 

 Teflimonies to fupport the Credit of any Hifiory. 



It will be obfervedy that the A<^count of the Anions of 

 Roberts runs into a greater Lengthy than that of any other 

 TyratCy for which we can afftgntwo Reafonsy fir Sty becaufei 

 he ravaged the Seas longer than the refty and ofConfecjuence 

 there muFt be a greater Scene of Bufinefs in his Life \ Second-, 

 ly^ being refolved not to weary the Readery with tirefome 

 Repetitions: When we found the Circumftances in Roberts V 

 Ltfcy and other PyrateSy either as to pyratical ArticleSy or 

 any Thing el fey to be the fame y we thought it be Ft to give them 

 but onccy and chofe Roberts^ Life for that Purpofcy he ha^ 

 ving made more Noife in the Worldy than fome others. 



As to the Lives of ourtwq female PyrateSy we muft con- 

 fefs they may appear a little Extravagant y yet they aro^ 

 never the lefs true for feeming foy but as they were pub- 

 lickly try^d for their Pyraciesy there are living Witnejfes 

 enough to juftify what we have laid down concerning them y 

 it is certainy we have produced fome Particulars which were 

 not fo puhlickly knowny the Reafon isy we were more inquifi- 

 tive into the Circumftances of their paft Livesy than other 

 people y who had no other Defigriy than that of gratifying 

 their own private Curiofity : If there are fome Incidents and 

 Turns in their Storiesy which may give them a little the 

 Air of a Novel, they are not invented or contrived for 

 that PurpofCy it is a Kind of Reading this Author is but 

 little acquainted withy but as he himfelf was exceedingly 

 diverted with themy when they were related to himy he 

 thought they might have the fame EffeB upon the Reader* 



I pre fume we need make no Apology for giving the Name 

 of a H jiory to the following Sheets y though they contain no^ 



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