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 whether his Wife knew where he had buried his Money? He anwered,

Thoe of his Crew who were taken alive, told a Story which may appear a little incredible; however, we think it will not be fair to omit it, ince we had it from their own Mouths. That once upon a Cruize, they found out that they had a Man on Board more than their Crew; uch a one was een everal Days amongt them, ometimes below, and ometimes upon Deck, yet no Man in the Ship could give an Account who he was, or from whence he came; but that he diappeared little before they were cat away in their great Ship, but, it eems, they verily believed it was the Devil.

One would think thee Things hould induce them to reform their Lives, but o many Reprobates together, encouraged and pirited one another up in their Wickednes, to which a continual Coure of drinking did not a little contribute; for in Black-beard’s Journal, which was taken, there were everal Memorandums of the following Nature, ound writ with his own Hand.

Thus it was thee Wretches paed their Lives, with very little Pleaure or Satifaction, in the Poeion of what they violently take away from others, and ure to pay for it at lat, by an ignominious Death. The