I20 Of Capt. England. 



^heir hUcik and bloody Flags hanpng over uSy without the 

 haB appearance of efcaping being cut to Pieces. But Gody 

 in his good Providence y determined otherwife for notwith- 

 fianding their Super io'(Uyy we engaged ^em both about three 

 HourSy during which y the biggeB received fome Shot betwixt^ 

 Wind and Watery which made her hep ojf a little to flop 

 her Leah* 'The other endeavoured all Jbe could to board 

 nsy by rowing with her OarSy being within half a Ship^s 

 Jjength of us above an Hour ^ but by good fortune we fliot 

 all her Oars to Pieces y which prevented thenty and by con'* 

 fequence faved our Lives. 



About Four 0^ Clocky moFt of the Officers and Men 

 , fofled on the Quarter-Deck being killed and woundedy the 

 largeB Ship maUng up to us with all Diligence y being ftill 

 within a Cable'' s Length ofusy often giving us a Broadfidcy 

 and no hopes of Capt. Kirby'i coming to our AjfifiancCy we 

 endeavoured to run afhoar , and tho* we drew four Foot Wa^ 

 ter more than the PyratCy it pl^afed God that he fiuckfajt 

 on a higher Ground than we hofpily fell in with 'y fo was 

 difappointed a fecond time from hoarding m> Here we 

 had a more violent Engagement than before. AH my Of-^ 

 fcerSy and mofl of my Meny behaved with unexpeU:ed Cou^ 

 rage ; and as we had a confiderable Advantage by having a 

 £roadfide to his BoWy we did him great Damage y fo that 

 had Capt. Kirby come in theny 1 believe we jhould have 

 tahn bothy for we had onje of them fure ; but the other Py- 

 rate {who was (llll filing at us^ f^^^'^g the Greenwich did 

 not offer to ajjift usy he fupplied his Confort with three 

 Boats full of frejh Men. About Fi/ve in the Evening the 

 Greenwich flood clear away to Seay leaving m fl^^ggl^^g 

 hard for Life in the "se-ry Jaws of Death y which the other 

 Pyratey that was afhaty fecingy got a-warp outy and was 

 }]0urmg under our Stern ^ by which time many of my Men 

 being billed and woundedy and no Hopes left us from being 

 all murdered by enraged barbarous ConquerorSy J ordered all 

 fhat could^ to get into the Long-Boat under the Cover of the 

 Smoak of our Guns \ fo that with what fome did in BoatSy 

 i^nd others ky fwimmingy mofl of us that were able got a-' 



