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 her; who upon eeing the black Flag hoited, truck his Sail and came to, under the Stern of Teach the Commadore. She was called the Adventure, from Jamaica, David Harriot Mater. They took him and his Men aboard the great Ship, and ent a Number of other Hands with Irael Hands, Mater of Teach’s Ship, to Man the Sloop for the pyratical Account.

The 9th of April, they weighed from Turniff, having lain there about a Week, and ailed to the Bay, where they found a Ship and four Sloops, three of the latter belonged to Jonathan Bernard, of Jamaica, and the other to Captain James; the Ship was of Boton, called the Protetant Cæar, Captain Wyar Commander. Teach hoited his Black Colours, and fired a Gun, upon which Captain Wyar and all his Men, left their Ship, and got ahore in their Boat. Teach’s Quarter-Mater, and eight of his Crew, took Poeion of Wyar’s Ship, and Richards ecured all the Sloops, one of which they burnt out of pight to the Owner; the Protetant Cæar they alo burnt, after they had plundered her, becaue he belonged to Boton, where ome Men had been hanged for Pyracy; and the three Sloops belonging to Bernard they let go.

From hence the Rovers ailed to Turkill, and then to the Grand Caimanes, a mall Iland about thirty Leagues to the Wetward of Jamaica, where they took a mall Turtler, and o to the Havana, and from thence to the Bahama Wrecks, and from the Bahama Wrecks, they ailed to Carolina, taking a Brigantine and two Sloops in their Way, where they lay off the Bar of Charles-Town for five or ix Days. They took here a Ship as he was coming out, bound for London, commanded by Robert Clark, with ome Paengers on Board for England; the next Day they took another Veel coming out of Charles-Town, and alo two Pinks coming into   Town;