5o8 Capt. Bart HO. Roberts. 



^bout 1 2 Months paft ; this, he is fure, moft of the 

 old Pyrates knew, and that he was for fome Time 

 as ficic of the Change as any Man ^ but Ciiftom and 

 ill Company had altered him, owning very frankly, 

 that he was at the Attack, and taking of the Klt^g 

 Solomon J that he did cut her Cable, and that none 

 were forced on thofe Occalions. 



As to the laft Expedition in the Ranger^ he con- 

 feffes he went on Board of her, but that it was by 

 Roberts^ Order y and in the Chace loaded oneGun^ 

 to bring her to, but when he faw it was a Bite, he 

 declared to his Comrades, that it was not worth 

 while to refift, forbore firing, and affifted to reeve 

 the Braces, in order, if they could, to get away, in 

 which fort of Service he was bufied, when a Shot 

 from the Man of War took off his Leg : And be- 

 ing asked, that fuppoling the Chace had proved a 

 fortuguefe ? Why then, fays he, 1 dont know what 

 1 might have done, intimating withal, that every 

 Body then would have been ready enough at 

 plundering. Guilty. 



Peter Scudamore. 



IYArry Glasby^ Jo. Wingfield^ and Nicholas Brattle^ 

 depofe thus nfuch, as to his being a Voluntier 

 with the Py rates, from Capt. Rollsy at Calabar. Firft, 

 That he quarrelled with Moody y (one of the Heads 

 of the Gang) and fought with him, becaufe he 

 oppofed his going, asking Rolls^ in a leering man- 

 ner, whether he would not be fo kind, as to put 

 him into the Gaz^ettCy when he came Home. And, 

 at another Time, when he was going from the 

 Pyrate Ship, in his Boat, a Turnado arofe, / wifljy 

 lays he, the Rafcal may he drovonedy for he is a great 

 R&gue^ and has endeavoured to do me all the ill Offices he 

 ■ mdd among thefe Gentlemeny e. Pyrates. ) 



And fecondly. That he had figned the Pyrate'^s 

 Articles with a great deal of Alacrity, and gloried 



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