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 Day at the Wetern Ilands, viz. the Greyhound, Captain Glas, and the Joliff, Captain Aram; the former of which was deigned to be fitted for the pyratical Trade to Brail, if Things had happened to their Minds. They mann’d the Sloop, and ent her in Quet of one or both of thee Ships to the Wetern Ilands aforeaid, whilt they carreen’d their Ship Roe, at one of the Cape de Verds: But now Fortune that had hitherto been o propitious to them, left her Minions, and baffled for the preent all their Hopes, for the Sloop miing of their Prey, was reduced to great Neceities for want of Proviions and Water, o that they ventured to go ahore at St. Michael’s for a Supply, and pas for a Trader; but they play’d their Parts o aukwardly, that they were upected by the Governor to be what they really were, and he was oon put out of doubt by a Viit ome Portuguee made them, who happened unluckily to be Paengers in Captain Carter’s Ship, when Low took her, and knew the Gentlemen’s Faces very well; upon which the whole Crew was conducted into the Catle, where they were provided for as long as they liv’d.

Low, in the mean Time, did not fare quite o ill, but had his intended Voyage to Brail poil’d, by the overetting of his Ship, when he was upon the Careen, whereby he was lot, o that he was reduc’d to his old Scooner, which he called the Fancy, aboard of which they all went, to the Number of 100, as vile Rogues as ever ended their Lives at Tyburn. They proceeded now to the Wet-Indies, but before they had gotten far on their Voyage, they attack’d a rich Portuguee Ship, call’d the Notre Signiora de Victoria, bound home from Bahia, and after ome Reitance, took her. Low tortur’d everal of the Men, to make them declare where the Money, (which he uppos’d they had on Board) lay, and extorted by that Means, a Con-