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ragious Manner, putting them in bodily Fears, 

 Ibmetimes for the Ship, and Ibmetimes for them- 

 lelves i and in particular, Kreft charged it on Sutton^ 

 that he had ordered all their Gunner's Stores out^ 

 on which that Prifoner prefently interrupted, and 

 faid, he was perjured. That he had not tahn half. A 

 Reply, I believe, not defigned as any fawcy Way 

 of jefting, but to give their Behaviour an Appea- 

 rance of more Humanity than the Dutch would 

 allow. 



From Mr. Caftel^ JVingfeld and others, they were 

 proved to be diflinguilhed Men, Men who were 

 confiilted as Chiefs in all Enterprizes belonged 

 moft of them to the Houfe of Lords, ( as they calTd 

 ity) and could carry an Authority over others. 

 The former faid, particularly of Hardy, (Quar ter- 

 Mafter of the Kanger^ that when the Diligence 

 Sloop was taken, { whereto he belonged,) none was 

 bufier in the Plunder, and was the very Man 

 who fcuttled and funk that Veffel. 



From fome of the Prifoners acquitted, it was 

 farther demanded, whether the Acceptance or Re- 

 fufal of any Office was not in their own Option ? 

 And it was declared, that every Officer was chole 

 by a Majority of Votes, and might refufe, if he 

 pleafed, fince others gladly embraced what brought 

 with it an additional Share of Prize. Guilty 



The Court on the 3ifl: of March, remanded 

 the following fix before them, for Sentence, vix.. 

 Dav. Sympfon, Wm. Magnes, R. Hardy, Thomas Sutton^ 

 Chrifiopher Moody, and V'alen. Afloflant. 



To whom the Prefident fpoke to the following 

 Purpofe • The Crime of Pyracy, of which all of ye have 

 been juflly conviRed, is of all other Robberies the moft- ag- 

 gravating and inhumane, in that being removed from the 

 Fears of Surpriz,e, in remote and diflant Parts, ye do 

 in W^ntonnefs of power often add Cruelty to Theft. 



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