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 and at the Peril of his Life follow the Orders therein et down. This was an Air of Grandeur like what Princes practice to their Admirals and Generals.It was punctually complied with by Davis, who read it to the Ship’s Company; it contained no les than a generous Deed of Gift of the Ship and Cargoe, to Davis and the Crew, ordering him to go to Brail and dipoe of the Lading to the bet Advantage, and to make a fair and equal Dividend with the ret.

Davis propoed to the Crew, whether they were willing to follow their Directions, but to his great Surprize, found the Majority of them altogether avere to it, wherefore in a Rage, he bad them be damn’d, and go where they would. They knew that Part of their Cargoe was conigned to certain Merchants at Barbadoes, wherefore they teered for that Iland. When they arrived, they related to thee Merchants the unfortunate Death of Skinner, and the Propoal which had been made to them by Davis; upon which Davis was eized and committed to Prion, where he was kept three Months; however, as he had been in no Act of Pyracy, he was dicharged without being brought to any Tryal, yet he could not expect any Employment there; wherefore knowing that the Iland of Providence was a kind of Rendevouz of Pyrates, he was reolved to make one amongt them, if poible, and to that Purpoe, found Means of hipping himelf for that Iland; but he was again diappointed, for when he arrived there, the Pyrates had newly urrendered to Captain Woods Rogers, and accepted of the Act of Grace, which he had jut brought from England.

However, Davis was not long out of Buines, for Captain Rogers having fitted out two Sloops for Trade, one called the Buck, the other the Mumvil Trader; Davis found an Employment on Board of