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 ixty Hogheads of Sugar, and from honet Mr. Knight, twenty; which it eems was their Dividend of the Plunder taken in the French Ship; the latter did not long urvive this hameful Dicovery, for being apprehenive that he might be called to an Account for thee Trifles, fell ick with the Fright, and died in a few Days.

After the wounded Men were pretty well recover’d, the Lieutenant ailed back to the Men of War in James River, in Virginia, with Black-beard’s Head till hanging at the Bolt-prit End, and fiveteen Prioners, thirteen of whom were hanged. It appearing upon Tryal, that one of them, viz. Samuel Odell, was taken out of the trading Sloop, but the Night before the Engagement. This poor Fellow was a little unlucky at his firt entering upon his new Trade, there appearing no les than 70 Wounds upon him after the Action, notwithtanding which, he lived, and was cured of them all. The other Peron that ecaped the Gallows, was one Irael Hands, the Mater of Black-beard’s Sloop, and formerly Captain of the ame, before the Queen Ann’s Revenge was lot in Topail Inlet.

The aforeaid Hands happened not to be in the Fight, but was taken afterwards ahore at Bath-Town, having been ometime before diabled by Black-beard, in one of his avage Humours, after the following Manner.One Night drinking in his Cabin with Hands, the Pilot, and another Man; Black-beard without any Provocation privately draws out a mall Pair of Pitols, and cocks them under the Table, which being perceived by the Man, he withdrew and went upon Deck, leaving Hands, the Pilot, and the Captain together. When the Pitols were ready, he blew out the Candle, and croing his Hands, dicharged them at his Company; Hands, the Mater, was hot thro’ the Knee, and lam’d for Life; the other Pitol did no tion