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this Confufion he enquired for the Prifojier, of 

 whom he had before 'heard a good Charaflter ; and 

 thinks he rendered all the Service in his Power^ 

 for preventing it ; in particular, he underftood by 

 all Hands, that he had feized, and taken, from one 

 ^ames PhilipSy a lighted Match, at the Inftant he 

 was going down to the Magazine, fwearing, that 

 he Ihould fend them all to H- — 1 together. He 

 Jiad heard alfb, that after j^oherts was killed, the 

 Prifoner ordered the Colours to be ftruck and had 

 lince ihown, how oppolite his Practice and Principles 

 had been, by dilcovering who were the greateft 

 Kogues among thern. 



The Prifoner, in his own Defence, fays, whea 

 he had the Misfortune of falling into the Pyrates 

 Hands, he was chief Mate of the Samuel ^ ot Lon-r 

 don^ Captain Cary *, and when he had hid himlelf, 

 to prevent the Defign of carrying him away, they 

 found him, and beat and threw him over-board. 

 3even Days afterwards, upon his objecting againft, 

 and refufing to lign their Articles, he was cut and 

 3,busM again : That tho' after this he ingratiated him- 

 ielf, by a more humble Carriage, it was only to mak^ 

 Life eafy the Shares they had given him, having 

 been from Time toTiipe returned again to fuchPri^- 

 loners a§ fell in his Way till of late, indeed, he had 

 made a fmall Refervation, and had defired Captain 

 Loan to take two or three Moidoresfrom him, to car- 

 ry to his Wife. He was once taken, he fays, at ma- 

 king his Efcape, in the WeB-hdles^ and, with two 

 more, lentenced to be fhot for it, by a drunken 

 Jury ^ the latter a£tually fuff(#ed^ and he was pre* 

 lerved ohly by one of the chief Pyrates taking a 

 fiidden Liking to him, and bullying the others. A 

 lecond time he ran away at Hiffaniola^ carrying 

 a Pocket Compafs, for conducing him through 

 the Woods ; but that being a moft delblate and 

 wild P3rt: of th^ Ifland h? fgU upon, and be igno- 

 rant 



