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 Sacrifice, and in a few Days their Wihes were accomplihed; for at Duns Hole, they found a mall Sloop at an Anchor, belonging to Bermudas: They made bold and went aboard, and Evans informed the Folks that belonged to her, that he was Captain of the Veel, which was a Piece of News they knew not before. After they had put their Affairs in a proper Dipoition aboard, they went ahore to a little Village for Refrehments, and lived jovially the remaining Part of the Day, at a Tavern, pending three Pitols, and then departed. The People of the Houe admired at the merry Guets they had got, were mightily pleaed, and wihed for their Company at another Time, which happened too oon for their Profit; for, in the middle of the Night, they came ahore all Hands, rifled the Houe, and carried what they could aboard their Sloop.

The next Day they weighed in the Sloop, aboard of which they mounted four Guns, called her the Scowerer, and ailed to Hipaniola; on the North Part of which Iland they took a Spanih Sloop, which proved an extraordinary rich Prize, as it fell among o few Perons as this Company conited of, for they hared upwards of 150 l. a Man.

In Puruance of the Game, and beating up for the Windward Ilands, the Scowerer met with a Ship from New-England, bound to Jamaica, 120 Tons, called the Dove, Captain Diamond Mater, off Porto Rico: They plundered her, and trengthened their own Company, by taking out the Mate, and two or three other Men; they dicharged the Prize, and run into one of the Ilands for freh Water and Necearies, and taid there ome Time.

The next Prize they made, was the Lucretia and Catherine, Captain Mills, of 200 Ton Burthen; they came up with her near the Iland Dieada, January 11th. Upon eizing of this Ship, the Pyrates be-