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 eminent Deliverance: But intead thereof, vented a Million of Oaths and Cures upon the Captain of the Greyhound, vowing to execute Vengeance upon all they hould meet with afterwards, for the Indignity he put upon them.

The firt Prey that they met with, after their Flight, was a mall Sloop belonging to Nantucket, a Whale-Fihing, about 80 Miles from Land; the Mater of which, one Nathan Skiff, a brisk young Fellow, the Pyrates cruelly whipp’d naked about the Deck, making his Torture their Sport; after which they cut ofoff [sic] his Ears, and lat of all hot him through the Head, and then unk his Veel; putting the ret of the Hands into their Whale-Boat, with a Compas, a little Water, and a few Biskets; and it being good Weather, they providentially got afe to Nantucket, beyond all Expectation.

There was another Whale-Boat belonging to this Sloop lat mentioned, which happened to be at ome Ditance from her, and perceiving what was doing, rowed with all peed to another Sloop not far off, to acquaint her with the Mifortune, that the Men might take Care of themelves; and he happily got away in Time. Some Days after, Low took a Fihing-Boat off of Block Iland, but did not perpetrate o much Cruelty to her, contenting himelf with only cutting off the Mater’s Head: But after taking two Whale-Boats near Rhode Iland, he caued one of the Mater’s Bodies to be ripp’d up, and his Intrails to be taken out; and cut off the Ears of the other, and made him eat them himelf with Pepper and Salt; which hard Injunction he comply’d with, without making a Word. Several other Perons he would have murthered, but Humanity prevailing in the tender Hearts of his Companions, they refued to put his avage Orders in Execution. Rh