Capt. Bartho. Roberts. §i§ . 



went ill that Boat, which was drove on Shore at 

 Cape MontT^erado. And at his fecond coming, \n 

 the Eliz,ahethj he heard Roberts order he fhould be 

 brought on Board in the ftrft Boat. ' 



Samuel Morwel fays, that he has heard him be- 

 wail his Condition, while on Board the Pyrate, 

 and defired one Thomas^ to ufe his Intereft with 

 Robert for a Difcharge, faying, his Employ, and 

 the little Fortune he had left at Home, would, he 

 hop'd, exempt him the further Trouble of feeking 

 Jiis Bread at Sea. 



Nicholas Butler y who had remained with the Py- 

 rates about 48 Hours, when they took the French 

 ^hips Whydah^ depofes, that in this Space the 

 ^ Prifoner addrelfed him in the French Language, feve* 

 ral Times, deploring the Wretchednefs^nd ill For- 

 tune of being confined in fuch Company. 



The Prifoner defiring Liberty of two or three 

 Queftions, askM, whether or no he had not expo- 

 stulated with Roberts^ foi; a Reafon of his obliging 

 Surgeons to lign their Articles, when heretofore 

 they did not Whether he had not expreffed him- 

 lelf glad of having formerly efcaped from them ? 

 Whether he had not faid, at taking the Ships 

 in Whydah Road, that he could like the Sport, 

 were it lawful ? And whether if he had not told 

 him, iliould the Company difcharge any Surgeon, 

 that he would infift on it as his Turn ? The Depo- 

 .nent anfwered, Yes, to e^rery Queftion feparately ; 

 and farther^ that he believes 5(;W^?7^<9re had not feen 

 WUfon when he firft came and found him out of the 

 Eliz^abeth* 



He added, in his own Defence, that being Surgeoh 

 with one JohnTarlton^ o^ Leverpool^ he was met a firft 

 Time on this Coaft of Guiney^ by Roberts the Pyrate ; 

 who, after a Day or two, told him, to his Sorrow, 

 that he was to ftay there, and ordered him to fetch 

 . his Cheft, (not Medicines^ as alTerted,) whic|i Qp- 

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