i26 Capt. Bartho. Roberts. 



ciple (or the Seal's) to fight, unlefs with Art and 

 CoUulion ; he managed thefe Weapons well till 

 he arrived at the Capes, and afterwards four of 

 the Py rates went off in a Boat, which they had 

 taken with them, for the more eafily making 

 their Efcapes, and made up the Bay towards Mdry- 

 landj but were forced back by a Storm into an ob- 

 fcure Place of the Country, where meeting with 

 good Entertainment among the Planters, they con- 

 tinued feveral Days without being diftovered to 

 be Py rates. In the mean Time Captain iT/^or leav- 

 ing four others on Board his Ship, (who intended 

 ^ to go to North-Carolina^ made what haft he could 

 to difcover to Mr. Sfotfwood the Governor, what 

 Ibrt of Paffengers he had been forced to bring with 

 him, who by good Fortune got them leized^ and 

 Search being made after the others, who were 

 revelling about the Country, they were alfo taken, 

 and all try'd, convifted and hang'd, two Portu- 

 guefe Jews who were taken on the Coaft of Braftly 

 and whom they brought with them to Virginia^ oe- 

 ing the principal Evidences. The latter had found 

 Means to lodge Part of their Wealth with the 

 Planters, who never brought it to Account : But 

 Captain Knot furrendered up every Thing that 

 belonged to them, that were taken aboard, even 

 what they prefented to him, in lieu of fuch Things 

 as they had plundered him of in their PafTage, 

 and obliged his Men to do the like. 



Some Days after the taking of the Virginia Man 

 laft mentioned, in cruifing in the Latitude of ^a- 

 maicay Kennedy took a Sloop bound thither from 

 JBofiony loaded with Bread and Flower ^ aboard of 

 this Sloop went all the Hands who were for breaking 

 the Gang, and left thofe behind that had a Mind 

 to purfue further Adventures. Among the for- 

 mer were Kennedy^ their Captain, of whole Honour 

 they had fuch a difpicable Notion, that they vvere 



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