Of Black-Be ARB. .87 



tion. ■ Being* asked the meaning of this, he 

 only aniweredjby damning them, that if he did mt 

 now and then kill one of them^ they would forget wh^ 

 he was. 



Hands being taken, was try'd and condemned, 

 but juft as he was about to be executed, a Ship 

 arrives at Virginia with a Proclamation for pro- 

 longing the Time of his Majefty's Pardon, to 

 fiichof the Py rates as ftiould furrender by a limi- 

 ted Time therein exprefled : Notwithftanding the 

 Sentence, Hmds pleaded the Pardon, and was al- 

 lowed the Benefit of it, and is alive at this Time in 

 London^ begging his Bread. 



Now that we have given fbme Account of Te^^Fs 

 Life and Attions, it will not be amifs, that we 

 fpeak of his Beard, lince it did not a little contri- 

 bute towards making his Name fo terrible in thofe 

 Parts. 



Plutarchy and other grave Hiftorians have taken 

 Notice, that feveral great Men amongft the Ro^ 

 mansy took their Sir-Names from certain odd Marks 

 in their Countenances as Cicero^ from a Mark or 

 Vetch on his Nofe-, fo our Her oe. Captain Teach^ 

 affumed the Cognomen of Blachbeardy from that 

 large Quantity of Hair, which, like a frightful Me- 

 teor, covered his whole Face, and frightened Ame-- 

 rica more than any Comet that has appeared there 

 a long Time. 



This Beard was black, which he fuffered to grow 

 of an extravagant Length ; as to Breadth, it came 

 up to his Eyes he was accuftomed to twift it with 

 Ribbons, in fmall Tails, after the Manner of our 

 Ramilies Wiggs, and turn them about his Ears : \n 

 Time of Aftion, he wore a Sling over his Shoul- 

 ders, with three brace of Piflols, hanging in Hol- 

 fters like Bandaliers 1^ and ftuck lighted Matches 

 under his Hat, ^ which appearing on each Side of 

 his Face, his Eyes^ naturally looking fierce and 



