92 Of Major Stede Bonnet. 



Mo ney, Ammunition, &c. in particular the jinne^ 

 Captain Montgomery^ Jxova Clafi:ow :^ the Titrhet fto^ 

 JBarbadoeSy which for Country fake, after they had 

 taken out the principal Part of the Lading, the 

 Pyrate Crew fet- hereon Fire-, the Endenvour^ Cap- 

 tain Scot^ from Brifvoly and the Young from Leith. 

 From hence they went to NewTork^ and off the 

 Eaft End of Long-Ifland^ took a Sloop bound for the 

 Weft- Indies y after which they flood in and landed 

 Ibme Men at Gardner'^s Ijland^ but in a peaceable 

 Manner, and bought Provifions for the Company's 

 Ufe^ which they paid for, and fo went off again 

 without Moleftation. 



Some Time after, which was in Auguft 171 7, Bon- 

 net c^me o^i the ^2ir of South-Carolina^ and took a 

 Sloop and a Brigantine bound in • the Sloop belong- 

 ed to Barbadoesy Jofefh fdnxr Matter, laden with 

 Rum, Sugar and Negroes ^ and the Brigantiae came 

 from New-Englandy Thomas Porter Maftef, whom they 

 plundered, and thendifmifs'd \ but they failed away 

 "with the Sloop, and at an Inlet in North-Carolina 

 careened by her, and then fet her on Fire. 



After thie Sloop had cleaned, they put to Sea, 

 but came to no Refolution what Courfe to take • 

 the Crew were divided in their Opinions, fome be- 

 ing for one Thing, and fome another, fo that nothing 

 but Confufion feem'd to attend all their Schemes. 



The Major was no Sailor as was fud before, and 

 therefore had been obliged to yield to many Things 

 that were impofed on him, during their Underta- 

 king, for want of a competent Knowledge in mari- 

 time Affairs at length happening to fall in Com- 

 pany with another Pyrate, one Edward Teach ^ (who 

 for his remarkable black ugly Beard, was more com- 

 monly called Black-Beard : ) This Fellow was a good 

 Sailor, but a moft cruel hardened Villain, bold and 

 daring to the laft Degree, and would not Itick at the 

 perpetrating the moit abominable Wickednefs ima- 



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