i6 Of Captain SPRIG G^. 



who very fairly run for it. The Pyrate asFd the 

 Mafter ir he knew Captain Solgard^ who anfwering 

 Ko ; he ask'd another the fame Queftion, and then 

 a thirdf who faid he knevv him very well, upon 

 which ^r/^^j ordered him to be fweated, which was 

 done in the Manner before defcrih'd. 



Inftead of going to NewfomdUnd as the. Pirates 

 threatened, they canie back to the Iflands, rfnd to 

 Windward #f St. Chnfiofhers^ on the 4th of June 

 laft^ took a Sloop, Trot Mafter, belonging 



to St. Ezifimay atid wanting a little Diverfion, they 

 hoifted the Men as high as the Main and Fore Tops, 

 and let them run down amain, enough to break all 

 the Bon6s in their Skins, and aftef they had pret- 

 ty well crippled them by this cruel Ufage, and 

 whipp'd them about the Deck, they gave Trot his 

 Sloop, and let him go, keeping back only 2 of his 

 Men, befides the Plunder of the Velfel. 



Within two or three Days they took a Ship co- 

 ming from Rhode^IJland to St. Chrip-ophers^ loaden 

 with Provifidns and fome Horfes ^ the Py rates 

 mounted the Horfes and rid them about the Deck 

 backwards and forwards a full Gallop, like Mad- 

 men ztNew-Marhij curfing, fwearing, and hallow- 

 ing, at fuch a Rate, that made the poor Creatures 

 wild, and at length, two or three of them throw- 

 ing their Riders, they fell upon the Ship's Crew, 

 and whipp'd, and cut, and beat them in a barbarous 

 Manner, telling them, it was for bringing Horfes 

 without Boots and Spurs, for want of which they 

 were not able to ride them. 



This the laft Account we have had of Captain 

 ^prtggSy I lhall only add the two following Relations-^ 

 and conclude. 



ABrigantine belonging to Brrfiol^ one Afr* Row-^ 

 Mafter, had been trading at Gambia, m 

 jifrica^ and falling as low as Cape Mnunt^ to finiflii 



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