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CHAP. 



O F 



SPRIGGS, 



And his C?ew. 



T'^iggs lailed with for a pretty while^ ant| 

 I believe eaaie away froirt I^awther^ along with^ 

 him • he was Quarter-Mafter to the Cpmpa^^ 

 riy, and coafeqiiently had a great Share in all the 

 Barbarities GQinmitted by that execrable Gang, til| 

 the Time they parted • which was about Chrifi-f 

 mas hiky when Lorn took a Ship of 12 Guns on the 

 Coaft otGuineyy called the D^/?^r,^fornierly the Scjuvt:'^ 

 rcl M^ix of War,), comraanded by Captain Hjint. 

 Sfriggs took Poiieffion of the Ship with eighteen 

 Men, lett Low in the Nighty and came to theiF>#^ 

 Indies. This Separation occalioned by a Quar- 

 rel with Low J concerning a^ ?iece of Ju.ftice ^riggs 

 would have executed upon one of! tne Crew, for 

 Killing a Manin cold Blood, as they call it, one in^ 

 fifting that he Hiould be hangM^.i^idl the other^tjiat. 

 heflxouid i^ot. 



A Day or two after they parted, Spriggs chofe 

 CJaptain by the reft, and a black E^ilign was made^^ 

 which they called Jolly Roger ^ with the fameuDe^ 

 vice that Captain Low carried, viz.* a white Slceliton 

 $a the Middle of it, with a Dar|4i|^!Q5e J^and flrik^ 



