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by Seven o’Clock. When the Pyrates came aboard, they cut three of our wounded Men to Pieces. I, with a few of my People, made what hate I could to the King’s-Town, twenty five Miles from us, where I arrived next Day, almot dead with Fatigue and Los of Blood, having been orely wounded in the Head by a Musket Ball.

At this Town I heard that the Pyrates had offered ten thouand Dollars to the Country People to bring me in, which many of them would have accepted, only they knew the King and all his chief People were in my Interest. Mean time, I caued a Report to be pread, that I was dead of my Wounds, which much abated their Fury. About ten Days after, being pretty well recovered, and hoping the Malice of our Enemies was nigh over, I began to conider the dimal Condition we were reduced to, being in a Place where we had no Hopes of getting a Paage home, all of us in a manner naked, not having had Time to get another Shirt, or a Pair of Shoes.

Having obtained Leave to go on Board the Pyrates, and a Promie of Safety, everal of the Chief of them knew me, and ome of them had ailed with me, which I found of great Advantage; becaue, notwithtanding their Promie, ome of them would have cut me, and all that would not enter with them, to Pieces, had it not been for the chief Captain, Edward England, and ome others I knew. They talked of burning one of their Ships, which we had o entirely diabled, as to be no farther ueful to them, and to fit the Caandra in her room; but in the End I managed my Tack o well, that they made me a Preent of the aid hattered Ship, which was Dutch built, called the Fancy, about three hundred Tons, and alo a hundred and twenty nine Bales of the Company’s Cloth, tho’ they would not give me a Rag of my Cloathes.

They ailed the d of September; and with Jury-Mats, and uch old Sails as they left me, I made hift to do the like on the th, together with forty three of my Ship’s Crew, including two Paengers and twelve Soldiers, having but five Tons of Water aboard; and after a Paage of forty