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 Enign and Pendant flying, (being this Royal Fortune,) who on Sight of them, had their Boats paing and repaing, from the other two, which they uppoed to be with Men: The Wind not favouring the aforeaid King’s Ship, he was obliged to make two Trips to gain nigh enough the Wind, to fetch in with the Pyrates; and being at length little more than random Shot from them, they found he lipped her Cable, and got under Sail.

At Eleven, the Pyrate was within Pitol-Shot, a Breat of them, with a black Flag, and Pendant hoited at their Main-topmat Head. The Deponents ay, they then truck the French Enign that had continued hoited at their Staff all the Morning till then; and diplay’d the King’s Colours, giving her, at the ame Time, their Broadide, which was immediately returned.

The Pyrate’s Mizen-topmat fell, and ome of her Rigging was torn, yet he till out ailed the Man of War, and lid half Gun-Shot from them, while they continued to fire without Intermiion, and the other to return uch Guns as could be brought to bear, till by favour of the Winds, they were advanced very nigh again; and after exchanging a few more Shot, about half an Hour pat one, his Main-Mat came down, having received a Shot a little below the Parrel.

At Two he truck her Colours, and called for Quarters, proving to be a Ship, formerly call’d the Onlow, but by them, the Royal Fortune; and the Prioners from her, aured them, that the mallet Ship of the two, then remaining in the Road, belong’d to them, by the Name of the Little Ranger, which they had deerted on this Occaion.

Iaac Sun, Ralph Baldrick, Daniel Maclaughlin.