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 he hould fire a Pitol thro’ the Governor’s Window, to tart up at once and ecure the Arms in the Guard-Room.

When Davis arrived, Dinner not being ready, the Governor propoed that they hould pas their Time in making a Bowl of Punch till Dinner-Time: It mut be oberved, that Davis’s Coxen waited upon them, who had an Opportunity of going about all Parts of the Houe, to ee what Strength they had, he whipered, there being no Peron then in the Room, but he, (Davis) the Mater, the Doctor, the Coxen and Governor; Davis on a udden drew out a Pitol, clapt it to the Governor’s Breat, telling him, he mut urrender the Fort and all the Riches in it, or he was a dead Man. The Governor being no Ways prepared for uch an Attack, promied to be very Paive, and do all they deired, therefore they hut the Door, took down all the Arms that hung in the Hall, and loaded them. Davis fires his Pitol thro’ the Window, upon which his Men, without, executed their Part of the Scheme, like Heroes, in an Intant; getting betwixt the Soldiers and their Arms, all with their Pitols cock’d in their Hands, while one of them carried the Arms out. When this was done, they locked the Soldiers into the Guard-Room, and kept Guard without.

In the mean Time one of them truck the Union Flag on the Top of the Catle, at which Signal thoe on Board ent on Shore a Reinforcement of Hands, and they got Poeion of the Fort without the leat Hurry or Confuion, or o much as a Man lot of either Side.

Davis harangued the Soldiers, upon which a great many of them took on with him, thoe who refued, he ent on Board the little Sloop, and becaue he would not be at the Trouble of a Guard for them, he ordered all the Sails and Cables Rh