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 no ways anwer the Comlines of his Peron, his Life being almot one continued Scene of Villany, before he was dicovered to have committed the horrid Murders we are now peaking of.

This inhumane Monter had been concerned with others, in inuring Ships to a great Value, and then detroying them; by which Means, and other Rogueries, he had got a little Money; and being Mate of a Ship, was dilligent enough in trading for himelf between Ireland and France, o that he was in a Way of getting himelf a comfortable Livelihood: But, as he reolved to be rich, and finding fair Dealing brought in Wealth but lowly, he contriv’d to put other Things in Execution, and certainly had murthered everal innocent Perons in the Proecution of his abominable Schemes; but as I have now forgot the particular Circumtances of thoe Relations, I hall confine my elf at preent to the Fact for which he uffer’d.

Roche getting acquainted with one Neal, a Fiherman at Cork, whom he found ready for any villainous Attempt, he imparted his Deign to him, who being pleas’d with the Project, brings one Pierce Cullen and his Brother into the Confederacy, together with one Wie, who at firt was very unwilling to come into their Meaures, and, indeed, had the leat Hand in the Perpetration of what follows.

They pitch’d upon a Veel in the Harbour, belonging to Peter Tartoue, a French Man, to execute their cruel Intentions upon, becaue it was a mall one, and had not a great Number of Hands on Board, and ’twas eay afterwards to exchange it for one more fit for Pyracy; and therefore they apply’d themelves to the Mater of her, for a Paage to Nantz, whereto the Ship was bound; and accordingly, the Beginning of November 1721, they went aboard; and when at Sea, Philip Roche being an experienced Sailor, the Mater of the Veel readily Rh