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 fide, which was retiiraed by Captain Edwards very 

 br/ively, and the Engagement held for an Hour ; 

 but Captain Edwards^ finding the Pyrate too ftroog 

 for him, and fearing the Conlequence of too ob- 

 ftinare a Reliftance againft thofe lawlefs Fellows, 

 Ordered his Enfigii to be ftruck. The Py rates 

 Boat came aboard, and not only rifled the Ship, but 

 whipp'd, beat, and cut the M©i in a cruel Manner, 

 turned them aboard their own Ship, and then 

 fet Fire to their^s. 



In cruifing about the Bay, they met and took le- 

 veral other Veflels without any Refiftance, viz^ 

 two Brigantines of Bofton in jjSfewEnglandy one of 

 which they burnt, and iimk the other; a Sloop 

 belonging to Conm^lcnty Captain Airsy which they 

 ^Ko burnt j a Sloop of Jantdca^ Captain Hamihcn^ 

 they took for their own Ufe; a Sloop of Vtrginla 

 they unladed, and was fo generous as to give her 

 back to the Maifter that own^d her. They took 

 a Sloop of I GO Ton, belonging to Fhod^ Ipivd^ 

 which they were plealed to keep, and mount 

 with eight Carriage, and ten Swivel Guns/ 



With this little Fleet, vix^ Admiral hmther^ in 

 the Hii^ Delivery ; Captain Xw, in the Rhode Ipmd 

 Sloop; Captain Harris ^ (who was iecond Mate in 

 the Greyhound when taken,^ in Hamtlren^s Sloops and 

 the little Sloop fbrmeriy mentioned, lerving as a 

 Tender ; I lay, with this Fleet the Pyrates left 

 theBay, and came to Port M^^o in the Gulph of 

 Matiqucy and there made Preparations to csjreen ; 

 they carried afhore all their Sails, and made Tents 

 by the Water-Side, wherein they laid their Plunder, 

 Stores, 0*c. and fell to work ; and at the Time 

 that the Ships were upon the Heel, and the good 

 Folks employed in heaving down, Jfcrubing, tallow- 

 ing, and fo forth ; of a fiidden came down a confi- 

 derable Body of the Natilves, and attacked the Py- 



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