foiir Look or two at choahng. Noj A merry Life and 

 a Ihort one, jhall be my Motto. Thus he preach'd 

 himfelf into an Approbation of what he at firft ab-^ 

 horr'd^ and being daily regalM with MuJfick, Drink^ 

 ingj and the Gaiety and Diverfions of his Coijipa- 

 Jiions^ thefe deprav'd Propenfities were quickly 

 edg'd and ftrengthen'd, to the extinguifhing of Feaf 

 and Confcience. Yet among all the vile and igno^ 

 itiinious Afts he had perpetrated, he is faid to have 

 had an Averfion towards forcing Men into that Ser- 

 vice, and had procured fome their Difchai*ge, not** 

 tvithftanding fo many made it their Plea* 



When Rokrts was gone, as tho' he had been the 

 Life and Soul of the Gang, their Spirits funk • 

 many deferted their Quarter^, and all ftupidly neg-^, 

 lefted any ]\^eans for Defence, or Efcape ; and their 

 Main-mafl fbon after being Ihot by the Board,they had 

 no Way left, but to furrender and call for Quar-^ 

 ters. The Swalloip kept aloof, while her Boat pai> 

 fed, and repaired for the Prifoners ; becaufe they 

 underftood they were under an Oath to blour up ; 

 and Ibme of the Defperadoes Ihewed a Willingnefs 

 that Way, Matches being lighted, and Sduifles hap- 

 pening between thofe who would, and thofe who 

 oppoled it : But I cannot ealily account for this 

 Humour, which can be term'd no more than a 

 falfe Courage^ fince any of them had Power to de* 

 ftroy his own Life, either by Piftol, or Drowning, 

 without involving others in the fame Fate, who 

 are in no Temper of Mind for it t And at beft, it 

 had been only dying, for fear Of Death. 



She had 40 Guns^ and 157 Men^ 45 whereof were 

 Kegroe^ ; three only were killed in the Aftion, 

 without any Lofs to the Shallow* There was found 

 upwards of 1000/. in Gold^Duft in her. The Flag 

 i^ould not be got eafily from under the fallen Maft, 

 and was therefore recover^ by the Swallow ^ it had 

 the Figure of a Skeleton m it^ and a Man pourt ray^d 



