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 bound to Martinico, which by Hornigold’s Conent, Teach went aboard of as Captain, and took a Cruize in her; Hornigold returned with his Sloop to Providence, where, at the Arrival of Captain Rogers, the Governor, he urrendered to Mercy, puruant to the King’s Proclamation.

Aboard of this Guiney Man Teach mounted no Guns, and named her the Queen Ann’s Revenge; and cruiing near the Iland of St. Vincent, took a large Ship, called the Great Allen, Chritopher Taylor Commander; the Pyrates plundered her of what they thoughthought [sic] fit, put all the Men ahore upon the Iland above mentioned, and then et Fire to the Ship.

A few Days after, Teach fell in with the Scarborogh Man of War, of 30 Guns, who engaged him for ome Hours; but he finding the Pyrate well mann’d, and having tried her trength, gave over the Engagement, and returned to Barbadoes, the Place of her Station; and Teach ailed towards the Spanih America.

In his Way he met with a Pyrate Sloop of ten Guns, commanded by one Major Bonnet, lately a Gentleman of good Reputation and Etate in the Iland of Barbadoes, whom he joyned; but in a few Days after, Teach, finding that Bonnet knew nothing of a maritime Life, with the Conent of his own Men, put in another Captain, one Richards, to Command Bonnet’s Sloop, and took the Major on aboard his own Ship, telling him, that.

At Turniff ten Leagues hort of the Bay of Honduras, the Pyrates took in freh Water; and while they were at an Anchor there, they aw a Sloop coming in, whereupon, Richards in the Sloop called the Revenge, lipped his Cable, and run out to meet Rh