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Prizes, to depart in her, Ihe being then bound for 

 that Ifland. 



After this Cruize, they went into a fmalT Ifland 

 and cleaned, and Ipent their Chrijlmas ailiore, drink- 

 ing and carouiing as long as they had any Liquor 

 left, and then went to Sea again for more, where 

 they fucceeded but too well, though they took no 

 extraordinary Prize, for above two Months, ex- 

 cept a Ship iaden with Thieves from Newgate^ 

 bound for the Plantations, which, in a few Days, was 

 retaken with all her Cargo, by an Englijh Man of 

 War. 



Rackam flood off towards the Ifland of" Burmudas^ 

 and took a Ship bound to England from Carolinay 

 and a fmall Pink from New-Englandy and brought 

 them to the Bahama Iflands, where with the Pitch, 

 Tar, and Stores, they clean'd again, and refitted 

 their own VefTel ^ but flaying too long in that 

 l^eighbourhood, Captain Rogers^ who was Gover- 

 nor of Providence^ hearing of thefe Ships being ta- 

 ken, ient out a Sloop well mann'd and arm'd, 

 which retook both the Prizes, and in the mean 

 while the Pyrate had the good Fortune to ef- 

 cape. 



From hence they failed to the Back of Cuba^ 

 where Rackam kept a little kind of a Family, at 

 which Place, they flaid a confiderable Time, li- 

 ving afliore with their Dalilahs, till their Money 

 and Provilion were expended, and then they con*, 

 eluded it Time to look put : They repaired to their 

 Veffel, and was making ready to put Sea, when a 

 Gnarda del Cofta came^n with a fmall Englljfj Sloop, 

 which flie had taken as an Interloper on the Coafl, 

 The Spanijh Guardfliip attack'd the Pyrate, but 

 Rackam being clofe in behind a little Ifland, {he 

 could do but little Execution where flie lay, there- 

 fore the Spaniard warps into the Channel that Eve- 

 ning, in order to make fure of her the next Mor- 



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