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 who very fairly run for it. The Pyrate ask’d the Mater if he knew Captain Solgard, who anwering No; he ask’d another the ame Quetion, and then a third, who aid he knew him very well, upon which Spriggs ordered him to be weated, which was done in the Manner before decrib’d.

Intead of going to Newfoundland as the Pyrates threat’ned, they came back to the Ilands, and to Windward of St. Chritophers, on the 4th of June lat, took a Sloop, Nicholas Trot Mater, belonging to St. Eutatia, and wanting a little Diverion, they hoited the Men as high as the Main and Fore Tops, and let them run down amain, enough to break all the Bones in their Skins, and after they had pretty well crippled them by this cruel Uage, and whipp’d them about the Deck, they gave Trot his Sloop, and let him go, keeping back only 2 of his Men, beides the Plunder of the Veel.

Within two or three Days they took a Ship coming from Rhode-Iland to St. Chritophers, loaden with Proviions and ome Hores; the Pyrates mounted the Hores and rid them about the Deck backwards and forwards a full Gallop, like Madmen at New-Market, curing, wearing, and hallowing, at uch a Rate, that made the poor Creatures wild, and at length, two or three of them throwing their Riders, they fell upon the Ship’s Crew, and whipp’d, and cut, and beat them in a barbarous Manner, telling them, it was for bringing Hores without Boots and Spurs, for want of which they were not able to ride them.

This is the lat Account we have had of Captain Spriggs, I hall only add the two following Relations, and conclude.

Brigantine belonging to Britol, one Mr. Rowry Mater, had been trading at Gambia, in Africa, and falling as low as Cape Mount, to finih