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 (or the Sect’s) to fight, unles with Art and Colluion; he managed thee Weapons well till he arrived at the Capes, and afterwards four of the Pyrates went off in a Boat, which they had taken with them, for the more eaily making their Ecapes, and made up the Bay towards Maryland, but were forced back by a Storm into an obcure Place of the Country, where meeting with good Entertainment among the Planters, they continued everal Days without being dicovered to be Pyrates. In the mean Time Captain Knot leaving four others on Board his Ship, (who intended to go to North-Carolina,) made what hat he could to dicover to Mr. Spotwood the Governor, what ort of Paengers he had been forced to bring with him, who by good Fortune got them eized; and Search being made after the others, who were revelling about the Country, they were alo taken, and all try’d, convicted and hang’d, two Portuguee Jews who were taken on the Coat of Brail, and whom they brought with them to Virginia, being the principal Evidences. The latter had found Means to lodge Part of their Wealth with the Planters, who never brought it to Account: But Captain Knot urrendered up every Thing that belonged to them, that were taken aboard, even what they preented to him, in lieu of uch Things as they had plundered him of in their Paage, and obliged his Men to do the like.

Some Days after the taking of the Virginia Man lat mentioned, in cruiing in the Latitude of Jamaica, Kennedy took a Sloop bound thither from Boton, loaded with Bread and Flower; aboard of this Sloop went all the Hands who were for breaking the Gang, and left thoe behind that had a Mind to purue further Adventures. Among the former were Kennedy, their Captain, of whoe Honour they had uch a dipicable Notion, that they were about