Capt. Bartho. Roberts. 



under th6 Direftion of Lieutenant Sun^ an expert 

 enced Officer, as to let J^he Ranger come up with 

 her, when they thought they had got fo far as not 

 to have their Guns heard by her Confort at the 

 Cape. The Py rates had luch an Opinion oF their 

 own Courage, that they eould never dream any 

 Body would ufe a Stratagem to fpeak with them, 

 and fo was the more eafily drawn into the Snare. 



The Pyrates now drew nigh enough to fire their 

 ChaftGuns -, they hoifted the black Flag that was 

 worn in Whydah Road, and got their Spritfail Yard 

 ^long-ihips, with Intent to board ; no one having 

 ever asked, all this whije, what Country Ship they i 

 f3ok t le Chafe to be; they would have her to be 

 a Tortuguefe^ (Sugar being then a Commodity among 

 them,) and were fwearing every Minute at the 

 Wind or Sails to expedite fo Iweet a Chale ^ but, 

 alafi, all turned four in an Inftant : It was with 

 ^ehe i^tmoft Conftefnation they faw her fudden- 

 ly bring to^ and hawl up her lower Ports, bow with- 

 in Piftoi-ihot, and ft ruck their black Flag upon it 

 direftly. After the firft Surprize was over, they 

 kept firing at a Diftance, hoifted it again, and va- 

 poured vvith their Gutlaflies on the Poop; tho' 

 wifely endeavouring at the fame Time to get away^ 

 Being now at their Wits end, boarding was pro- 

 pofedby the Heads of them, and fo to make one 

 defperate Pufli but the Motion not being well fe- 

 conded, and their Main-Top-Maft coming down by 

 a Shot, after two Hours firing, it was declinM ^ 

 they grew Sick, ftruck their Colours, and called 

 put for Quarters^ having had lo Men killed obt 

 jight, and 20 wounded, without the lofi or hurt 

 pf one of the King's Men. She had 32 Gnns, 

 mann'd with 16 French Men, 20 Negroes, and 77 

 Bngli^. The Colours were thrown over board, 

 ^that they might not rife in Judgment^ npr be dil^ 

 f lay'd in TryunSph over them* 

 ^ • ' While 



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