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 them from going to ome Country, where they were not known, and living on Shore all the ret of their Days in Plenty; they undertood what he meant: And in hort, they all agreed to bilk their new Allies, the Sloop’s Men, nor do I find that any of them felt any Qualms of Honour riing in his Stomach, to hinder them from conenting to this Piece of Treachery. In fine, they took Advantage of the Darknes that Night, teer’d another Coure, and, by Morning, lot Sight of them.

I leave the Reader to judge, what Swearing and Confuion there was among the Sloop’s Men, in the Morning, when they aw that Avery had given them the Slip; for they knew by the Fairnes of the Weather, and the Coure they had agreed to teer, that it mut have been done on purpoe: But we leave them at preent to follow Mr. Avery.

Avery, and his Men, having conulted what to do with themelves, came to a Reolution, to make the bet of their Way towards America; and none of them being known in thoe Parts, they intended to divide the Treaure, to change their Names, to go ahore, ome in one Place, ome in other, to purchae ome Settlements, and live at Eae. The firt Land they made, was the Iland of Providence, then newly ettled; here they taid ome Time, and having conidered that when they hould go to New-England, the Greatnes of their Ship, would caue much Enquiry about them; and poibly ome People from England, who had heard the Story of a Ship’s being run away with from the Groine, might upect them to be the People; they therefore took a Reolution of dipoing of their Ship at Providence: Upon which, Avery pretending that the Ship being fitted out upon the privateering Account, and having had no Succes, he had received Orders from the Owners, to dipoe of her to the bet tage,