Capt. Bartho. Roberts. nij 



about to throw him over-board, Vv'heii they found 

 him in the Sloop, as fearing he might betray them 

 all, at their return to England he having in his 

 Childhood been bred a Pick-pocket, and before 

 he became a Pyrate, a Houfe-breaker ; both Pro- 

 feffions that thefe Gentlemen have a very mean 

 Opinion of. However, Captain Kennedy^ by ta^ 

 king fblemn Oaths of Fidelity to his Companions^ 

 was fuffered to proceed with them. 



In this Company there tvas but one that pretend- 

 ed to any skill in Navigation, (for Kennedy could nei-« 

 ther write nor read, he being preferred to the 

 Command merely for his Courage, which indeed 

 he had often fignalizd, particularly in taking 

 the Portuguefe Ship, ) and he proved to be a 

 Pretender only; for iliaping their Courfe to Ire-^ 

 landy where they agreed to land, they ran away 

 to the North-Weft Coaft of Scotland^ and there 

 were toft about by hard Storms of Wind for le*» 

 veral Days, without knowing where, they were^i 

 and in great Danger of perifliing : At length they 

 puflied the Ve/Tel into a little Creek, and went all 

 afhore, leaving the Sloop at an Anchor for the 

 next Comers. 



The whole Company refrefh'd themfelves at a 

 little Village about five Miles from the Place 

 where they left the Sloop, and palTed there for 

 Ship-wreck'd Sailors, and no doubt might have 

 travelled on without Sufpicion ; but the mad and 

 riotous Manner of their Living oil the Road^^ 

 occa£on'd their Journey to be cut ihort, as we lhall 

 obferve prefently. 



Kennedy and another left them here, and travel- 

 ling to one of the Sea-Ports, ihip'd themfelves for 

 Ireland^ and arriv'ed there in Safety. Six or fe\ren 

 wifely withdrew from the reft, travelled at their 

 leafure, and got to their much defired Port of ton^ 

 don^ without being difturbed or fufpe3:ed but the 



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