The Night before he was killed, he set up and drank till the Morning, with some of his own Men, and the Master of a Merchant-Man, and having had Intelligence of the two Sloops coming to attack him, as has been before observed; one of his Men asked him, in Case any thing should happen to him in the Engagement with the Sloops, whether his Wife knew where he had buried his Money? He answered, _That no Body but himself and the Devil, knew where it was, and the longest Liver should take all._ Those 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, since 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; such a one was seen several Days amongst them, sometimes below, and sometimes upon Deck, yet no Man in the Ship could give an Account who he was, or from whence he came; but that he disappeared little before they were cast away in their great Ship, but, it seems, they verily believed it was the Devil. One would think these Things should induce them to reform their Lives, but so many Reprobates together, encouraged and spirited one another up in their Wickedness, to which a continual Course of drinking did not a little contribute; for in _Black-beard_'s Journal, which was taken, there were several Memorandums of the following Nature, sound writ with his own Hand.-- _Such a Day, Rum all out:--Our Company somewhat sober:--A damn'd Confusion amongst us!--Rogues a plotting;--great Talk of Separation.--So I look'd sharp for a Prize;--such a Day took one, with a great deal of Liquor on Board, so kept the Company hot, damned hot, then all Things went well again._ Thus it was these Wretches passed their Lives, with very little Pleasure or Satisfaction, in the Possession of what they violently take away from others, and sure to pay for it at last, by an ignominious Death. The Names of the Pyrates killed in the Engagement, are as follow. _Edward Teach_, Commander. _Phillip Morton_, Gunner. _Garrat Gibbens_, Boatswain. _Owen Roberts_, Carpenter. _Thomas Miller_, Quarter-Master. _John Husk_, _Joseph Curtice_, _Joseph Brooks_, (1) _Nath. Jackson_. All the rest, except the two last, were wounded and afterwards hanged in _Virginia_. _John Carnes, Joseph Philips,_ _Joseph Brooks, _(2)_ James Robbins,_ _James Blake, John Martin,_ _John Gills, Edward Salter,_ _Thomas Gates, Stephen Daniel,_ _James White, Richard Greensail._ _Richard Stiles, Israel Hands, _pardoned. _Cæsar, Samuel Odel_, acquited. * * *