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Sea Wind^and Night, favouring, they feparated, 

 lone to the Northward, the other to the Southward, 

 thinking to enciofe her l^etwe^n : But to their 

 Aftonilhinent, and contrary to Expectation, when 

 Day broke, infteadof the Chace, found themfelves 

 very near five Sail of tall Ships, who immediately 

 makihg a Signal for thePyrates to bear down, put 

 them in the utmofl: Confufion, particularly T^/«?r's 

 Ship, becaufe their Conlbrt was at a Diftance from 

 them, (at leaft three Leagues to the Southward) 

 they flood to one another, and joined, and then tc^ 

 gether made thebeft of their Way frdm the Vleet^ 

 whom they judged to be commanded by Cap ta 111 

 Macha\ of whole Courage having Experie ice^ 

 they were glad to ihun any farther Tafte ofl 



In thfee Hours Chace, none of the Fleet o;aininat 

 ^3pon them, excepting one Gr^ib, their dejeSed 

 Countenances cleared up again, the more, in that 

 a Calm fucceeded for the Remainder of that Bay - 

 and in the Night, with the Land Wind, they ran 

 dire£Hy off Shore, and found next Day, to their 

 great Confolation, that they had loft Sight of all 

 the Fleet. 



This Danger efcaped, they propofed to fpend 

 Chriflmas (the Chrifimas of 1720) in Carowzing 

 and Forgetfulnefs, and kept it for three Days in a 

 wanton and riotous Way, not only eating, but 

 wafting their frefh Provifions in fb wretched and 

 inconfiderable a Manner, that when they, had^ 

 agreed after this to proceed to Mauritmsj they were* 

 in that PafTage at an Allowance of a Bottle of Wa- 

 ter per Diemj and not above two Pounds of Beef^ 

 and a fmall Quantity of Rice, for ten Men for a 

 Day lb that had it not been for the leaky Ship, 

 (\^hich Qnce they were about to have quitted, and 

 had done, but for a Quantity of Arrack and Sugar 

 She had -on Board, j theymuft moft of them have 

 ^erifhed. 



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