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 they were to hift as they could, ailing away the next Day for other Adventures.

Captain Hawkins, and his unfortunate Companions, taid 19 Days upon this Iland, upplying themelves with both Fih and Fowl, uch as they were, at which Time came two Men in a Canoe, that had been left upon another marroon Iland near Benacca, who carry’d the Company at everal Times thither, it being more convenient in having a good Well of freh Water, and Plenty of Fih, &c. Twelve Days afterwards they py’d a Sloop off at Sea, which, upon their making a great Smoke, tood in, and took them off; he was the Merriam, Captain Jones, lately ecaped out of the Bay of Honduras, from being taken by the Spaniards.

At an Iland to the Wetward, the Pyrates clean’d their Ship, and ail’d towards the Iland of St. Chritophers, to wait for one Captain Moor, who commanded the Eagle Sloop, when he took Lowther’s upon the Careen, at Blanco; Spriggs reolved to put him to Death, whenever he took him, for falling upon his Friend and Brother, but intead of Moor, he found a French Man of War from Martinico upon the Coat, which Spriggs not thinking fit to contend with, run away with all the Sail he could make, the French Man crowded after him, and was very likely to peak with Mr. Spriggs, when unfortunately his Main-Top-Mat came by the Board, which obliged him to give over the Chace.

Spriggs then tood to the Northward, towards Burmudas, or the Summer Iles, and took a Scooner belonging to Boton; he took out all the Men and unk the Veel, and had the Impudence to tell the Mater, that he deigned to encreae his Company on the Banks of Newfoundland, and then would ail for the Coat of New-England in quet of Captain Solgard, who attack’d and took their Conort Charles Harris, Spriggs being then in Low’s Sloop,