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 their Hands on Board; and alo might prevail with ome Ship to pare them ome, on Conideration of their pretended Diater.

In going to Cales they were in Ditres by the Weather, and being near Libon, they made Complaint to a Ship, but obtained no Aitance. They were then obliged to ail back for England, and put into the Port of Dartmouth; but then they were in fear leat they might be dicovered, therefore to prevent that, they reolve to alter the Ship, and getting Workmen, they take down the Mizzen-Mat, and build a Spar Deck, and made Rails, (on pretence that the Sailors had been wah’d overboard) to ecure the Men. Then they took down the Image of St. Peter at the Head of the Ship, and put up a Lion in its Place, and painted over the Stern of the Ship with Red, and new nam’d her the Mary Snow. The Ship being thus alter’d that they thought it could not be known, they fancy’d themelves pretty ecure; but wanting Money to defray the Charge of thee Alterations, Roche, as Mater of the Veel, and Andrew Cullen, as Merchant, apply themelves to the Officers of the Cutoms for Liberty to dipoe of ome of the Cargo, in order to pay the Workmen; which they having obtained, they old fifty eight Barrels of Beef, and having hired three more Hands, they et Sail for Otend, and there having old more Barrels of Beef, they teer their Coure to Rotterdam, dipoe of the ret of the Cargo, and took in one Mr. Annely, who freighted the Ship for England; but in their Paage, in a tormy Night, it being very dark, they took up Mr. Annely their Paenger, and threw him into the Sea, who wam about the Ship a pretty while, calling out for Life, and telling them they hould have all his Goods, if they would receive him again into the Veel: But in vain were his Cries!