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very hot Engagement followed, which lafted from 

 one a Clock at Noon, till nine next; Morning, , 

 when the Butch Man ftruck, and yielded her/felf 

 their Prize. 



Davis fitted up the jDutch Ship for his own 

 Ufe, and called her the Rover y aboard of which he 

 mounted thirty two Guns, and twenty leven Swi- 

 vels, and proceeded with her and the King James^ 

 to Anamahoe:^ he entered the Bay betwixt the Hours 

 of twelve and one at ISIoon^ and found there three 

 Ships lying at Anchor, who were trading for Ne- 

 groes, Gold and Teeth : The Names of thefe Ships 

 were the Hink Pink, Captain Hall Commander, the 

 Trincefs^ Captain Tlnmh^ of which RohertSy who will 

 make a confiderable Figure in the fequel of this 

 Hiftory, was fecond Mate, and the Morrice Sloop, 

 Captain Tin \ he takes thefe Ships without any Re- 

 iiftance, and having plundered them, he makes a 

 Prefeat of one of them, vix.. the Morrice Sloop, to 

 the Dutch Men, on Board of which alone were found, 

 a hundred and forty Negroes, belides dry Goods, 

 and a confiderable Quantity of Gold-Duft. 



It happened there were feveral Canoes along Side 

 of this lail, when Davis came in, who faved them- 

 felves and got aihore thefe gave Notice at the 

 Fort, that thefe Ships were Pyrates, upon which 

 the Fort fired upon them, but without any Exe-^ 

 cution, for their Mettle was not of Weight enough 

 to reach them ^ Davis therefore, by Way of De- 

 fiance, hoifled his black Flag and returned their 

 Compliment. 



The fame Day he failM with his three Ships, 

 making his Way down the Coafl: towards Princes^ a 

 f ortuguefe Colony ; But, before vve proceed any far^ 

 ther in Davis'% Story, we fhall give owr Reader an 

 Account of the Tortuguefe Settlements on this Coaft, 

 with other curious Remarks, as they were commu- 

 nicated to me by an ingenious Gentleman, lately ar- 

 red from thofe Part?* A De^ 



