5^4 Of Otpt. Geoi^qe Lowther^ 



t^caule it was a Place where Traders did not com- 

 monly ufe, fo took the Advantage of attacking 

 her, as Ihe was then unprepared the £4^/^ having 

 fired a Qun to oblige her toih?w her Colours, the 

 IPy rate hoifted the St, Georgis Flag at their Topmaft-* 

 H^ad, it were to bid Defiance to her but when 

 they found Moore and his Crew refolded to board 

 them in good earneft, the Pyrates cut their Cable 

 and haw led their Stern 0x1 Shore, which obliged 

 tjie Eagle to come to an Anchor a-thwart their 

 Hawfe, where flie engaged them till they called 

 for Quarter and ftruck at which Time Lowther 

 and twelve of the Crew made their Elcape out of 

 the Cabin Window. The Mafter of the Eagle got 

 the Pyrate Sloop off, fecured her, and went 

 alhore with 25 Hands, in Purfiiit of Lowther md his 

 Gang v but after five Day ^s fearch, they could find 

 but five of them, which they brought aboard, 

 and then proceeded with the Sloop and Pyrates to 

 • Ow^;?^ aforefaid, where they loon arrived. 



The Spam[b Governor being informed of this 

 brave Aftion, condemned the Sloop to the Captor^ 

 and f^nt a fmall Sloop with 23 Hands to fcower 

 the Buflies and other Places of the Ifland of Blanco^ 

 for the Pyrates that remained there, and took four 

 more, with leven fiijtall Arms, leaving behind them 

 Captain Lowther^ three Men, and a little Boy, which 

 they coiild not take • the above four the Spaniards 

 try '4^^ and condemned to Slavery for Life; three to 

 the Gallies, and the other to the Caftle of jir^ 

 raria* 



The SloQp brought all their Prifoners af- 



terwards to Chrifiofheri's^ wh^re the follpvving 

 were try'd by a Court of Vice Admiralty, there 

 held March the iith, 1722, vlz.> John Churchilly 

 Edward Mackdonaldy Nicholas Lewis ^ Richard Wefi^ 

 Sam* L^vercotty Robert White ^ Jchn Shaw^ And ew Hun^ 

 ter^ Jonathan Delve ^ Matthew Freeyarit^ Henry IVat^ 



