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 down, for fear of another Broadide, which mut have been their Detruction, and the los of their Expedition. Mr. Maynard was the only Peron that kept the Deck, except the Man at the Helm, whom he directed to lye down nug, and the Men in the Hold were ordered to get their Pitols and their Swords ready for cloe fighting, and to come up at his Command; in order to which, two Ladders were placed in the Hatch-Way for the more Expedition. When the Lieutenant’s Sloop boarded the other, Captain Teach’s Men threw in everal new fahioned ort of Grenadoes, viz. Cae Bottles fill’d with Powder, and mall Shot, Slugs, and Pieces of Lead or Iron, with a quick Match in the Mouth of it, which being lighted without Side, preently runs into the Bottle to the Powder, and as it is intantly thrown on Board, generally does great Execution, beides putting all the Crew into a Confuion; but by good Providence, they had not that Effect here; the Men being in the Hold, and Black-beard eeing few or no Hands aboard, told his Men, ays he,

Whereupon, under the Smoak of one of the Bottles jut mentioned, Black-beard enters with fourteen Men, over the Bows of Maynard’s Sloop, and were not een by him till the Air cleared; however, he jut then gave a Signal to his Men, who all roe in an Intant, and attack’d the Pyrates with as much Bravery as ever was done upon uch an Occaion: Black-beard and the Lieutenant fired the firt Pitol at each other, by which the Pyrate received a Wound, and then engaged with Swords, till the Lieutenant’s unluckily broke, and tepping back to cock a Pitol, Black-beard, with his Cutlah, was triking at that Intant, that one of   Rh