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 ignifying a Barbadian’s and a Martinican’s Head, as may be een in the Plate of Captain Roberts.

At Dominico, the next Iland they touched at, they took a Dutch Interloper of 22 Guns and 75 Men, and a Brigantine belonging to Rhode-Iland, one Norton Mater. The former made ome Defence, till ome of his Men being killed, the ret were dicouraged and truck their Colours. With thee two Prizes they went down to Guadalupe, and brought out a Sloop, and a French Fly-Boat laden with Sugar; the Sloop they burnt, and went on to Moonay, another Iland, thinking to clean, but finding the Sea ran too high there to undertake it with Safety, they bent their Coure for the North Part of Hipaniola, where, at Bennet’s Key, in the Gulf of Saminah, they cleaned both the Ship and the Brigantine. For tho’ Hipaniola be ettled by the Spaniards and French, and is the Reidence of a Preident from Spain, who receives, and finally determines Appeals from all the other Spanih Wet-India Ilands; yet is its People by no Means proportioned to its Magnitude, o that there are many Harbours in it, to which Pyrates may ecurely reort without Fear of Dicovery from the Inhabitants.

Whilt they were here, two Sloops came in, as they pretended, to pay Roberts a Viit, the Maters, whoe Names were Porter and Tuckerman, addresed the Pyrate, as the Queen of Sheba did Solomon, to wit, they had put in there to learn his Art and Widom in the Buines of pyrating, being Vesels on the ame honourable Deign with himelf; and hoped with the Communication of his Knowledge, they hould alo receive his Charity, being in want of Necesaries for uch Adventures. Roberts was won upon by the Peculiarity and Bluntnes of thee two