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pany's ships, the Captain fwearing he would cut 

 him in pound Pieces, if he did not do it immediate- 

 ly but unable, was forced to bear their Scurility, 

 till they came up with them J and found they were 

 two Moor Ships%from Mufcaty with Horfes ^ they 

 brought the Captain of them, and Merchants, on 

 Board, torturing them, and rifling the Ships, 

 in order to dilcover Riches, as believing they 

 came from Mocha ^ but being baulked in their Ex- 

 peftation, and next Morning feeing Land, and at 

 the fame Time a Fleet 'in Shore plying to Wind- 

 ward, they were puzzled how to dilpofe of them ^ 

 to let them go, was to dilcover and ruin the Voyage,, 

 and it was cruel to link the Men and Horles with 

 the Ships, (as many of them were inclined to,) there- 

 fore, as a Medium, they brought them to an 

 Anchor, threw all their Sails over- board, and cut 

 one of the Ships Mafts half through. 



While they lay at an Anchor, and were all the 

 next Day employed in taking out Water, one of 

 the aforementioned Fleet bore towards them with 

 Englijh Colours, anfwered with a red Enlign from 

 the Py rates, but did not fpeak with one another. 

 At Night they left the Mufcatt Ships, weighed ' 

 with the Sea Wind, and flood to the Northward 

 after this Fleet : About four next Morning, juft 

 as they were getting under fail, with the Land 

 Wind, the Pyrates came amongft them, made no 

 flop, but fired their great and fmall Guns very 

 briskly, till they got through • and as Day -Light 

 cleared, were in a great Confternation in their - 

 Minds, having all along taken them for Angrias 

 Fleet-, what to do was the Point, whether run or 

 purfue ? They were fenfible of their Inferiority of 

 Strength, having no more than 300 Men in both 

 Ships, and 40 of them Negroes ^ befides, the Fi- 

 iloryhvid then four Pumps at Work, and muft in- 

 evitably been loft before, liad it not been for fome 



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