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 Low, who takes up a loaded Muquet and fires at the Captain, but miing him, hot another poor Fellow thro’ the Head, then put off the Boat, and with his twelve Companions goes to Sea: The next Day they took a mall Veel, and go in her, make a black Flag, and declare War againt all the World.

They then proceeded to the Iland of the Grand Caimanes, intending to have fitted up their mall Veel, and prepare themelves as well as their Circumtances would permit, for their honourable Employment; but falling in Company with George Lowther, another Pyrate there, who paying his Compliments to Low, as great Folks do to one another when they meet, and offering himelf as an Ally; Low accepted of the Terms, and o the Treaty was preently ign’d without Plenipo’s or any other Formalities.

We have already given an Account of their joynt Pyracies, under Lowther as chief Commander, till the 28th of May, 1722, when they took a Brigantine of Boton, bound thither from St. Chritophers, at which Time they parted, and Edward Low went into the Brigantine, with forty four others, who choe him their Captain: They took with them two Guns, four Swivels, ix Quarter-Casks of Powder, Proviions and ome Stores, and o left Lowther to proecute his Adventures, with the Men he had left.

Their firt Adventure in the Brigantine, was on Sunday the 3d Day of June, when they took a Veel belonging to Amboy, John Hance Mater, whom he rifled of his Proviions, and let go; the ame Day he met with a Sloop, James Calquhoon Mater, off of Rhode Iland, bound into that Port, whom he firt plundered, and then cut away his Boltprit, and all his Rigging, alo his Sails from the Yards, and wounded the Mater, to prevent his getting