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 they did not tir, fired her Arms down the Hold amongt them, killing one, and wounding others.

This was part of the Evidence againt her, which he denied; which, whether true or no, thus much is certain, that he did not want Bravery, nor indeed was he les remarkable for her Modety, according to her Notions of Virtue: Her Sex was not o much as upected by any Peron on Board, till Anne Bonny, who was not altogether o reerved in point of Chatity, took a particular liking to her; in hort, Anne Bonny took her for a handome young Fellow, and for ome Reaons bet known to herelf, firt dicovered her Sex to Mary Read; Mary Read knowing what he would be at, and being very enible of her own Incapacity that Way, was forced to come to a right Undertanding with her, and o to the great Diappointment of Anne Bonny, he let her know he was a Woman alo; but this Intimacy o diturb’d Captain Rackam, who was the Lover and Gallant of Anne Bonny, that he grew furiouly jealous, o that he told Anne Bonny, he would cut her new Lover’s Throat, therefore, to quiet him, he let him into the Secret alo.

Captain Rackam, (as he was enjoined,) kept the Thing a Secret from all the Ship’s Company, yet, notwithtanding all her Cunning and Reerve, Love found her out in this Diguie, and hinder’d her from forgetting her Sex. In their Cruize they took a great Number of Ships belonging to Jamaica, and other Parts of the Wet-Indies, bound to and from England; and when ever they meet any good Artit, or other Peron that might be of any great Ue to their Company, if he was not willing to enter, it was their Cutom to keep him by Force. Among thee was a young Fellow of a mot engageing Behaviour, or, at leat, he was o in the Eyes of Mary Read, who became o mitten with his Peron and Addres, that he could neither ret, Night