QfCapt. George LowTHER. 557 



, On th^ 5 th of July 1723, he was brought to his 

 Tryal, at a Court of Admiralty held at the Old^ 

 JBally y when Captain Rujfel^ Governor Whitney^% 

 Son, and others, appeared as Evidences, by whom 

 the Indictment was plainly proved againft him ; 

 which, if it had not been done, the Captain was of 

 ^ch an heroick Spirit, that he would have deny'd 

 nothing ;i for inftead of making a Defence, he on- 

 ly entertained the Court with a long Narrative of 

 his Expedition, from the firft letting out, to his Re- 

 turn to Er^land^ mentioning two Afts of Pyracy 

 committed by him, which he was not charged with, 

 often challenging the Evidences to contradift him, 

 if in any Thing he related the leaft Syllable of an 

 Untruth ; and inftead of denying the Crimes fet 

 forth in the Indictment, he charged himfelf with 

 various Circumftances, which fixed the Fafts more 

 home upon him. Upon the whole, the Captain 

 was found Guilty, received Sentence of Death, 

 and was executed three Weeks after, at Executi- 



We return now to Lowthery whom we left crui- 

 Ung off Hifpaniola^ from whence he plyed to Wind- 

 ward, and, near Pono Ricoy chafed two Sail, and Ipoke 

 with them ; they proving to be a fmall Brifiol Ship, 

 commanded by Captain Smithy and a Spampj Pyrate, 

 who had made Prize of the faid Ship. Lowther exami- 

 ned into the *^^;?/Ws Authority for taking an ErjgUjh 

 VelTel, and threatened to put every Man of them to 

 death J for lb doing • fo that the Spaniards fancied 

 themielves to be in a very pittiful Condition, till 

 Matters cleared up, and they found their Mafters 

 as great Rogues as themfelves, from whom Ibme 

 Mercy might be expected, in regard to the near 

 Relation they flood with them, as to their Profel^ 

 fion ^ in ftiort, Lowther firft rifled, and* then burnt 

 hoththe Sh^ps, lending the Spamards away in their 



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