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and at the Peril of his Life follow the Orders there- 

 in fet down. This was an Air of Grandeur like 

 what Princes practice to their Admirals and Gene- 

 rals. It was punftually complied with by Davis^ 



who read it to the Ship's Company ; it contained 

 no lels than a generous Deed of Gift of the Ship 

 and Cargoe, to Davis and the Crew, ordering hira 

 to go to Brapl and difpofe of the Lading to the beft 

 Advantage, and to make a fair and equal Dividend 

 with the refl:. 



Davis propoled to the Crew, whether they were 

 willing to follow their Direftions, but to his great 

 Surprize, found the Majority of them altogether 

 averfe to it, wherefore in a Rage, he bad them be 

 damnM, and go where they would. They knew 

 that Part of their Cargoe was configned to certain 

 Merchants at Barbadoes^ wherefore they fleered 

 for that Ifland. When they arrived, they related 

 to thefe Merchants the unfortunate Death of Skin-* 

 ner^ and the Propofal which had been made to tliem 

 by Davis upon which Davis was feized and com- 

 mitted to Prifbn, where he was kept three Months j 

 however, as he had been in no Aft of Py racy, he was 

 difcharged without being brought to any Tryal, 

 yet he could not expeft any Employment there ; 

 wherefore knowing that the Ifland of Providence was 

 a kind of Rendevouz of Pyrates, he was refblv^d 

 to make one amongfl: them, it pollible^ and to that 

 Purpoft, found Means of fhipping himfelf for that 

 Iliand; but he was again difappointed, for when , 

 he arrived there, the Pyrates had newly furren- 

 dered to Captain Woods Rogers^ and accepted of the 

 Aft of Grace^ which he had juft brought from 

 England^ 



However, Davis was not long out of Bufinefs, 

 for Captain Rogers having fitted out two Sloops 

 for Trade, one called the Bucky the other the Mum- 

 vil Trader-^ Davis found an Emplovnient on Board 



of 



