That they did in the King's Ship, at break of Day, on _Monday_, the 5th of _February_, 1721-2, discover three Ships at Anchor, under Cape _Lopez_, on the Southern Coast of _Africa_; the Cape bearing then W. S. W. about three Leagues, and perceiving one of them to have a Pendant flying, and having heard their Morning-Gun before, they immediately suspected them to be _Roberts_ the Pyrate, his consort, and a _French_ Ship, they knew had been lately carried out of _Whydah_ Road. The King's Ship was obliged to hawl off N. W. and W. N. W. to avoid a Sand, called, the _French Man's Bank_, the Wind then at S. S. E. and found in half an Hour's time, one of the three had got under Sail from the Careen, and was bending her Sails, in a Chace towards them. To encourage this Rashness and Precipitancy, they kept away before the Wind, (as though afraid,) but with their Tacks on Board, their Main-Yard braced, and making, at the same Time, very bad Steerage. About half an Hour after Ten, in the Morning, the Pyrate Ship came within Gun-shot, and fired four Chace Guns, hoisted a black Flag at the Mizen-Peek, and got their Sprit-sail Yard under their Bowsprit, for boarding. In half an Hour more, approaching still nigher, they Starboarded their Helm, and gave her a Broadside, the Pyrate bringing to, and returning the same. After this, the Deponents say, their Fire grew slack for some Time, because the Pyrate was shot so far a Head on the Weather-Bow, that few of their Guns could Point to her; yet in this Interval their black Flag was either Shot away, or hawled down a little Space, and hoisted again. At length, by their ill Steerage, and Favour of the Wind, they came near, a second Time; and about Two in the Afternoon shot away their Main-topmast. The Colours they fought under, besides a black Flag, were a red _English_ Ensign, a King's Jack, and a _Dutch_ Pendant, which they struck at, or about, Three in the Afternoon, and called for Quarters; it proving to be a _French_ built Ship of 32 Guns, called the _Ranger._ _Isaac Sun_, _Ralph Baldrick_, _Daniel Maclauglin._ When the Evidence had been heard, the Prisoners were called upon to answer, how they came on Board this Pyrate Ship; and their Reason for so audacious a Resistance, as had been made against the King's Ship.