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jhbar iy Seven Clock* When the Pyrates came aboard^ 

 they cut three af mr wounded Men to Pieces. /, with a 

 fern. of fHy People^ made what hafle I could to the King's- 

 TbwDj twenty five Miles from nSy where I arrived next 

 jDayy almoFl dead with Fatigue and Lofs of Bloody having 

 been forely woundxdin the Head by a Mmht Ball. 



yit this Town I heard that the Pyrates had offered ten 

 thou fond Dollars to the Country People to bring me in^ which 

 tnany of them would harue accepted^ only they knew the 

 King and all his chief People were in my IntereFt. Mean 

 fimcy I caufed a Report to be fpreadj that 1 was dead of my 

 Wounds^ which much abated their Fury. About ten Days 

 after^ being pretty well recovered^ and hoping the Malice 

 tf mr Enemies was nigh o'ver^ I began to confider the difr- 

 mal Condition we were reduced to^ being in a Place where 

 we had no Hopes of getting a Paffage home^ all of us in 

 manner nakedy not having had Time to get another Shirty 

 ^r a Pair of Shoes. 



Having obtained League to go on Board the Pyrates^ and 

 A Promife of Safety^ feveral of the Chief of them knew me^ 

 and fome of them had failed with me^ which I found of 

 great Advantage ^ becaufe^ notwithfianding their Promife^ 

 fome of them would have cut me^ and all that would not 

 enter with them^ to Pieces^ had it not been for the chief 

 Captain y Edward England^ and fome others I knew. They 

 talked of burning one of their Ships ^ which we had fo entire-- 

 iy difabledj as to be no farther ufeful to them^ and to fit the 

 Caflandra in her room \ but in the End I managed my Tack 

 fo welly that they made me a Prefent of the faid Jhattered 

 Shipy which was Dutch built y called the Fancy, about three 

 hundred TonSy and alfo a hundred and twenty nine Bales of 

 the Company s Clothy tho^ they would not giveme a Rag 

 of my Cloathes. 



They failed the ^4 <?/ September ^ and with Jury-Mafls^ 

 4nd fuch old Sails as they left mey I made Jhift to do the 

 like on the Sthy together with forty three of my Ship'^s 

 CreWy including two Pajfengers and twelve Soldier Sy having 

 but five Tons of Water aboard y and after a Pajfage of 



forty 



