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Gut of her^ wliich might hinder them from attempt-* 



3r.g to get away. 



This Day was fpent in a Und of Rejoycing, the 

 Caftie ifiring her Gun*? to folate the Ship^ and the 

 Ship the Caftle *^ but ^he next Day they minded 

 their Bufinef -j that is, they fell to plundering, but 

 they found Things fall vaitly jhort of their Ex- 

 ped^ifion ^ for they difcovered, that a great deal of 

 Money had ^been lately fent away ^ however, they 

 rnet with the Value of about two thouliind Pounds 

 S^rerHng m Bar Gold, and a great many other rich 

 felieets : Every Th^ng they liked, which was por- 

 table, they brought aboard their Ship-^ fome Things 

 which they h^d uo Ufe for, they were fo ger.erous 

 to moke a Prefent of, to the Mafier and Orew of the 

 little Sloop, to whom they alfo returned his v^'elfel 

 kgain, and then they fell to work hi difmbunting 

 the Guns, and demoliihing the Fortificatioi^s. 

 ' After they had done as much Mifchief as they 

 tould^ anci were weighing Anchor to be gone, the^ 

 fpyM a Ship bearing down upon them in full Sail; 

 they loon got rheir Anchor^s up, and were in a 

 Readinefs to receive her. This Ship prov'd to be 

 a French Pyrate of fourteen Guns and fixty fc>ur 

 Hanas^ half French^ half Negroes; the Captain's 

 JSJame was La Bcufe ; he expeaed no lefs than a rich 

 trizej^ which made him fo eager in the Chace ; but 

 when he came near enough to fee their Guns, and 

 the K^uiTiber of their Hands upon Deck, he began 

 to thnik he fliould catch a 'Tartar ^ and f^|>pofed her 

 to be a fmall EngUlh Man of War ; however, fince 

 there vvas no efcaping, he refolved to do a bold and 

 defperate A£tion, which was to board Davis. As 

 he was making towards her, for this Purpofe, he 

 fired a Gun, and hoifted his black Colours I)avis 

 Returned the Salute, and hoifted his black Colours 

 kliOi The Fre}7ch Man was not a little pleafed at this 

 hip^y Mifiake j they both hoifted out their Boats, 



