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 and found that all, or the greatet part of the Crew, were afe ahore, whereupon he came to an Anchor, in order to fetch them off; and having brought Fenn the Captain, Philips the Carpenter, and a few others aboard, two Men of War came down upon them, viz. the Hector and Adventure, o that the Brigantine had but jut Time to cut their Cable, and get to Sea, with one of the Men of War after her, keeping within Gun-hot for everal Hours. Antis and his Crew were now under the greatet Conternation imaginable, finding the Gale frehen, and the Man of War gaining Ground upon them, o that, in all Probability, they mut have been Prioners in two Hours more; but it pleaed God to give them a little longer Time, the Wind dying away, the Pyrates got out their Oars, and row’d for their Lives, and thereby got clear of their Enemy.

The Hector landed her Men upon the Iland, and took 40 of the Morning Star’s Crew, without any Reitance made by them; but on the contrary, alledging, they were forc’d Men, and that they were glad of this Opportunity to ecape from the Pyrates; the ret hid themelves in the Woods, and could not be found. George Bradley the Mater, and three more, urrender’d afterwards to a Burmudas Sloop, and were carried to that Iland.

The Brigantine, after her Ecape, ail’d to a mall Iland near the Bay of Honduras, to clean and refit, and, in her Way thither, took a Rhode Iland Sloop, Captain Durfey, Commander, and two or three other Veels, which they detroy’d, but brought all the Hands aboard their own.

While he was cleaning, a Scheme was concerted between Captain Durfey, ome other Prioners, and two or three of the Pyrates, for to eize ome of the Chiefs, and carry off the Brigantine; but the ame being dicovered before he was fit for ailing, their Deign was prevented: However, Captain Rh