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C H A P. XVIL 



O F 



Captain John Phillips, 



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And his Crew. 



Jo H N Phillips was bred a Carpenter, and fail- 

 ing to Newfoundland in a Weft-Couhtry Ship, 

 was taken by An ft is in thor^Jood Fortune Brigan- 

 tine, the next Day after lie had left his Confbrt 

 and Commadore, Captain Roberts. Phillips was fooh 

 reconciled to the Life of a Pyrate, and being a brisk 

 Fellow, was appointed Carpenter of the Veffel, for 

 at firft his Ambition reached no higher ; there 

 he remained till they broke up at Takago^ and was 

 one of thofe who. came home in a Sloop that we 

 have mentioned to be funk in Briflol Channel. 



His Stay was not long in^Englandy for whilft he 

 tvas paying his firft Vifits tp his Friends in Devon-* 

 Jhirey he heard of the Misfortune of fbme of his 

 Companions, that is, of their being taken and com- 

 mitted to Briftol Goal and there being good Rea- 

 ibn for his apprehending Danger from a Wind that 

 blew from the lame Quarter, he mov'd off imme- 

 diately to Topjljamj the rieareft Port, and there 

 IhippM himfelf with one Captain Wadhanty for a 

 Voyage to Newfoundlandy and home again j which, 

 by the way, Mr. Phillips never defign'd to perform, 



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