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dron went down to Bombay ^ were faluted by ' thd 

 Fort, and came home. 



The Py rates, I meanthofe of the Caffdndray Xidvr 

 Captain Taylor ^ fitted the Portuguefe Man of War, 

 and refolved upon another Voyage to the Indies^ 

 nOtwithftanding the Riches they had heaped up ;^ 

 but as they were preparing to fail, they heard of 

 . the four Men of War coming after them to thofe 

 Seas, therefore they altered their Minds, failM for 

 the Main of Africa^ and put in at a Httle Place;^ 

 jcfalled Delagoa^ near the River de Spiritu SanSto^ on 

 the Coaft of Monomotapa^ in 26^ South Latitude. ' 

 They believed this to be a Place of Security, in ' 

 i^^gard that the Squadron could not poffibly get/ 

 Intelligence of them, there being no Correfpon- 

 dence over Land, nor any Trade carried on by 

 Sea, between that and the Cape, where the Men 

 of War were then fuppofed to be. The Py rates ' 

 came to in the Evening, and were furprized with a 

 ft w Shot from the Shore, not knowing of any 

 Fortification or Eurofean Settlement in that Part of 

 the World - lb they anchored at a Diftance that 

 Kight, and perceiving, in the Morning, a fmall 

 Fort of fix Guns, they run up to it, and bat- 

 tered it down. 



This Fort was built' and fettled by the Dutch 

 Eafi-Indla Company, a few Months before, for 

 what Purpofe, I kiiow not, and having left 150 

 Men upon the Piade',' they were theti dwindled to a 

 third Part by Sicknefs and Cafualties, and nev^r 

 after received any Relief or Neceffaries fo th&t 

 Sixteen of thofe that were left, upon their hum- 

 ble Petition, were admitted on Board the Pyrates, 

 and iall the reft would have had the fame Favour 

 (they faid) had they been any other than Dutch. 

 1 mention this, as an Iriftance of their Ingratitude, 

 who had been fo much obliged to their Country- 

 men for Support. 



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