t4 Of Bl ack-Be ard • 



nard'^s Men gave him a terrible Wound in the Necic 

 and Throat, by which the Lieutenant came off 

 with a fmall Cut over his Fingers. 



They were now clofely and warmly engaged, 

 the Lieutenant and twelve Men, againft Black- 

 beard and fourteen, till the Sea was tinttur'd with 

 Blood round the Veflel • Blachheard received a Shot 

 into his Body from the Piftol that Lieutenant May- 

 nard difcharg'd, yet he fiood his Ground, and fought 

 xvith gre^t Fury, till he received five and twenty 

 Wounds, and five of them by Shot. At length, 

 as he was cocking another Piftol, having fired le- 

 veral before, he fell down dead by which Time 

 eight more out of the fourteen droppM, and all the 

 reft, much wounded, jumpM over-board, and calFd 

 out for Quarters, which v/as granted, tho' it was 

 only prolonging their Lives for a few Days. The 

 Sloop Ranger came up, and attacked the Men that 

 remained in Black-beanTs Sloop, with equal Bra- 

 very, till they likewife cry'd for Quarters. 



Here was an End of that couragious Brute, who 

 might have pafsM in the World for a Heroe, had 

 he been employed in a good Caufe his Deftrudion, 

 which was of fuch Confequence to the Plantations, 

 was entirely owing to the Condud and Bravery ^ 

 of Lieutenant M^ynard and his Men, who might 

 have deftroy'd him with much lefs Lofs, had they ; 

 had a Veffel with great jCjuns y ^but they were^ 

 obliged to ufe fmall VelTels, becaufe the HoleS:; 

 and Place.s he lurkM in, would not admit of others^ 

 of greater Draught and it was no fpiall DJHiculty - 

 tor this Gentleman to get to him, having groun* 

 ded his Veffel, at leaft, a hundred times, in get- 

 ting up the River, befides other Difcouragements, 

 enough to have turn'd back any Gentleman with^- 

 out Diflionour, who was lefs refolute andbold thatk: 

 this Lieutenant. The Broadfide that did fo much, 

 Mifchief before they boarded, in all Probai)iliy fa- 



ved 



