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" thought it realbnable that Glasby fhould be ac- 

 quitted • and lb they all came over to his Opinion, 

 and allowed it to be Law. 



But all the Mitigation that could be obtained 

 for the other Prifbners, was, that they fhould have 

 the Liberty of choofing any four of the whole 

 Company to be their Executioners. The poor 

 Wretches were ty'd immediately to the Maft, and 

 there {hot dead, purfuant to their villainous Sen- 

 tence. 



Whea they put to Sea again, the Prizes which 

 had been detained only for fear of fpreading any 

 Rumour concerning them, which had like to have 

 been fo fatal '^t Corvocooy were thus difpoftd of: 

 They burnt their own Sloop, and mann'd Norton's 

 Brigaritiiie, fending the Mafter away in the Dutch 

 lnt5er!oper, not dilTatisfied. 



With the Royal Fortune^ and the Brigantine, which 

 they chriftened the Good Fortune ^ they puihed to- 

 wards the Latitude of Defeada^ to look out for Pro- 

 vifions, being very fhort again, and juft to their 

 Wifh, Captain Hlngfione^s ill Fortune brought hini 

 in their Way, richly laden for Jamaica \ him 

 they carried to Berbudas and plundered v and 

 ftretching back again to the Wefl'Indles^ they con- 

 tinually met with fome Confignment or other, 

 (chiefly Frenchj) which ftored them with Plenty 

 ot Provifions, and recruited their ftarving Con- 

 dition \ fo that flocked with this fort of Am- 

 munition, they began to think of fomething wor- 

 thier their Aim, for thefe Robberies that only 

 Tupplied what was in conftant Expenditure, by 

 no Means anfwered their Intentions \ and accor- 

 dingly they proceeded again for the Coaft of 

 Cuiney^ where t1iey thought to buy Gold-Duft very 

 cheap. In their Paffage thither, they took Num- 

 bers of Ships ot all Kations, fome of which they 



Q. 4 burnt 



