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 ome French and ome Englih, and then ail’d for the Wet-Indies; in one of thee Veels they took out one John Roe Archer, who having been a Pyrate under the famous Black-beard, was immediately preferr’d over other People’s Heads, to be Quarter-Mater to the Company; which udden Promotion o diguted ome of the older Standers, epecially Fern, the Carpenter, that it occaioned ome Michief to follow, as we hall hew by and by.

The Pyrates came off Barbadoes the beginning of October, and cruied there, and among other Ilands, above three Months, without peaking with a Veel, o that they were almot tarv’d for want of Proviions, being reduc’d to a Pound of Meat a Day between ten; at length they fell in with a Martinico Man of 12 Guns and 35 Hands, far uperior in Force, and what they would not have ventur’d on at another Time, but ; they were reolved to hew the French Men their black Flag; and if that would not do, they mut eek out elewhere; accordingly, they boldly ran up a-long-ide of the Sloop, with their pyratical Colours flying, and told them, if they did not trike immediately, they would give them no Quarters; which o intimidated the Frenchmen, that they never fired a Gun. This proved a eaonable Supply; they took her Proviions, and four of her Men, and let her go. They took preently after, a Sloop belonging to New-York, and a Virginia Man, Huffam Mater.

Having now occaion to clean their Veel, Phillips propos’d Tobago, where the Company he formerly belong’d to, under Antis and Fenn, broke up; to induce them to it, he told them when he left the Iland, there was left behind ix or eight of their Company that were not willing to go to England, with three Negroes: Whereupon they ail’d to the Iland, and after a careful Search, found only