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 thought it reaonable that Glaby hould be acquitted; and o they all came over to his Opinion, and allowed it to be Law.

But all the Mitigation that could be obtained for the other Prioners, was, that they hould have the Liberty of chooing any four of the whole Company to be their Executioners. The poor Wretches were ty’d immediately to the Mat, and there hot dead, puruant to their villainous Sentence.

When they put to Sea again, the Prizes which had been detained only for fear of preading any Rumour concerning them, which had like to have been o fatal at Corvocoo, were thus dipoed of: They burnt their own Sloop, and mann’d Norton’s Brigantine, ending the Mater away in the Dutch Interloper, not diatified.

With the Royal Fortune, and the Brigantine, which they chritened the Good Fortune, they puhed towards the Latitude of Deeada, to look out for Proviions, being very hort again, and jut to their Wih, Captain Hingtone’s ill Fortune brought him in their Way, richly laden for Jamaica; him they carried to Berbudas and plundered; and tretching back again to the Wet-Indies, they continually met with ome Conignment or other, (chiefly French,) which tored them with Plenty of Proviions, and recruited their tarving Condition; o that tocked with this ort of Ammunition, they began to think of omething worthier their Aim, for thee Robberies that only upplied what was in contant Expenditure, by no Means anwered their Intentions; and accordingly they proceeded again for the Coat of Guiney, where they thought to buy Gold-Dut very cheap. In their Paage thither, they took Numbers of Ships of all Nations, ome of which they Rh