Of Black-^eard. 85 



"^ed the reft from Deftruftion-, for before that 

 Teach hd^d little or no Hopes of efcaping, and 

 ther'efore had pofted a refolute Fellow, a Negroe, 

 whoiti he had bred up, with a lighted Match, hi 

 the Fowder-Room, with Commands to blow up, 

 when he ftiould give him Orders, which was as loon 

 as the Lientenant and his Men could have en- 

 tered, that fb he might have deftroy^d his Conque- 

 rors : and when the Negro found how it went 

 "with Black-beard^ he could hardly be perfwaded 

 from the rafli Aftion, by two Prifoners that were 

 then in the Hold of the Sloop. 



What leems a little odd, is, that feme of thefe 

 Men, who behaved fo bravely againft Black-heard^ 

 went afterwards a pyrating themfelves, and one 

 of them was taken along with Roberts ^ but I 

 do not find that any of them were provided for, 

 except one that was hanged 3 but this is a Di- 

 greffion. 



The Lieutenant caufed Black-beard^s Head to be 

 fevered from his Body, and hung up at the Bolt- 

 fprit End, then he failed to Bath-Towny to get Relief 

 for his wounded Men* 



It muft be oblerved, that in rummaging the Py- I 

 rate's Sloop, they found feveral Letters and writ- 

 ten Papers, which difcovered the Correfpondence 

 betwixt G ovf>rnnr FA en^h.^, Secretary and Col- 

 le£l:or, and'^alib IbmeTraders at Nsw-Tork^ and 

 Black-beard. It is likely he had Regard enough \ 

 for his Friends, to have deftroyed thefe Papers 

 before the Action, in order to hinder them from 

 falling into fuch Hands, where the Difcovery would 

 be of no Ufe, either to the Intereft or Reputation 

 of thefe fine Gentlemen, if it had not been his 

 fixed Refolution to have blown up together, when 

 he found no poffibility of efcaping. 



When the Lieutenant came to Bath^towriy he made 

 bold to feize in the Governor's Store-Houfe, the 



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