_Lowther_ did all that he could do, and said all that he could say, to disswade _Massey_ from so rash and dangerous an Attempt; pointing out to him the Hazard the Company would run, and the Consequences to them all, if he should not succeed, and the little Likelihood there was to expect Success from the Undertaking: But 'twas all one for that, _Massey_ would go and attack the _French_ Settlements, for any thing _Lowther_ could say against it; so that he was obliged to propose the Matter to the Company, among whom _Massey_ found a few Fellows as resolute as himself; however, a great Majority being against it, the Affair was over-ruled in Opposition to Captain _Massey_, notwithstanding which, _Massey_ grew fractious, quarrelled with _Lowther_, and the Men divided into Parties, some siding with the Land Pyrate, and some with the Sea Rover, and were all ready to fall together by the Ears, when the Man at the Mast-head cry'd out, A Sail! A Sail! then they gave over the Dispute, set all their Sails, and steered after the Chace. In a few Hours they came up with her, she being a small Ship from _Jamaica_, bound to _England_; they took what they thought fit out of her, and a Hand or two, and then _Lowther_ was for sinking the Ship, with several Passengers that were in her, for what Reason I know not, but _Massey_ so that he interposed, prevented their cruel Fate, and the Ship safely arrived afterwards in _England._ The next Day they took a small Sloop, an interloping Trader, which they detain'd with her Cargo. All this while _Massey_ was uneasy, and declar'd his Resolution to leave them, and _Lowther_ finding him a very troublesome Man to deal with, consented that he should take the Sloop, last made Prize of, with what Hands had a Mind to go with him, and shift for himself. Whereupon _Massey_, with about ten more Malecontents, goes aboard the Sloop, and comes away in her directly for _Jamaica._ Notwithstanding what had passed, Captain _Massey_ puts a bold Face upon the Matter, and goes to Sir _Nicholas Laws_, the Governor, informs him of his leaving _Lowther_ the Pyrate, owns, _That he assisted in going off with the Ship, at the River_ Gambia; but said, _'twas to save so many of his Majesty's Subjects from perishing, and that his Design was to return to_ England; _but_ Lowther _conspiring with the greater Part of the Company, went a pyrating with the Ship; and that he had taken this Opportunity to leave him, and surrender himself and Vessel to his Excellency._ _Massey_ was very well received by the Governor, and had his Liberty given him, with a Promise of his Favour, and so forth; and, at his own Request, he was sent on Board the _Happy_ Sloop, Captain _Laws_, to cruise off _Hispaniola_, for _Lowther_; but not being so fortunate as to meet with him, Captain _Massey_ returned back to _Jamaica_ in the Sloop, and getting a Certificate, and a Supply of Money, from the Governor, he came home Passenger to _England._