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 in his Ship, and the Pyrate Captain had two, therefore thought it a good Opportunity to recover his Ship, and directly took up a Handpike and truck Phillips over the Head, giving him a dangerous wound, but not knocking him down, he recovered and wounded Mortimer with his Sword; and the two Pyrates that were aboard coming in to Captain Phillips’s Aitance, Captain Mortimer was preently cut to Pieces, while his own two Men tood by and did nothing.

This was the firt Voyage that Mortimer had the Command of a Veel, by whoe Death is a poor diconolate Widow made mierable, more in regard of the mutual Love and Fidelity they lived in, than the Los of what would have been a handome and comfortable Proviion for themelves and Children, which, I think, now ought to be made up by the Publick, ince ’twas in the publick Service he fell; for had his Attempt ucceeded, in all Probability he would not only have regained his own Ship, but entirely ubdued and detroy’d the Enemy, there being everal, as it afterwards proved, that would have econded uch an Enterprize when ever they found a Beginning made.

This Affair ended without any other Conequence than a trict Search after a Brother of Captain Mortimer, who was on Board, in order to have put him likewie to death; but he had the good Fortune to meet with a Townman among the Crew, who hid him for four and twenty Hours in a Stay-Sail, till the Heat of their Fury was over, and by that Means happily mied of the Fate deigned him.

Out of the other Virginia Man before poken of, they took one Edward Cheeeman, a Carpenter, to upply the Place of their late Carpenter, Fern. He was a modet ober young Man, very avere to their unlawful Practice, and a brave gallant Fellow.