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CHAP. XIL 



O F 



Captain AN ST I S, 



And his Crew. 



THOMAS Anfiis fliipM himfelf at ProvUencc 

 in the Year 1718, aboard the Buck Sloop, 

 and was one of fix that conlpired together 

 to gooff a py rating with the Velfel the reft were, 

 Ifomel JDaviSj Roberts^s Predecelfor, killed at the 

 Ifland of Princes'^ DemisToppng^ killed at the taking 

 of the rich P ortuguefe Sh-i^^ on the Coaft of Brajll*^ 

 Walter Kennedy ^ hanged at Execution-Dock^ and two 

 others, which I forbear to name, becaufe, I under- 

 ftand they are at this Day employ'd in an honeft 

 Vocation in the Gity. 



What followed concerning Anftns Pyracies, has 

 been included in the two preceeding Chapters ; I 

 ihall Only obferve that the Combination of thefe 

 fix Men abovementioned, was the Beginning of that 

 Company, that afterwards proved fb formidable 

 under Captain Roberts^ from whom Anfiis feparated 

 the 1 8th of Afril 1721, in the Good Fortune Bri- 

 gantine, leaving his Commadore to purfue his Ad- 

 ventures upon the Coali of Guiney^ whilft he re- 

 turned to the Wefi'lndiesy upon the like Defign. 



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