A general history of the pyrates : $b from their first rise and settlement in the island of Providence, to the present timeJohnson, Charles, active 1724-1731
History
A general history of the pyrates : $b from their first rise and settlement in the island of Providence, to the present time
Johnson, Charles, active 1724-1731
Pirates -- Early works to 1800
H_IS Beginning_, 70. _His Confederacy with_ Hornygold, ib. _The
Confederacy broke_, 71. _Takes a large_ Guiney _Man_, ib. _Engages the_
Scarborough _Man of War_, ib. _His Alliance with Major_ Stede Bonnet, ib.
_Deposes his new Ally_, ib. _His Advice to the Major_, ib. _His Progress
and Success_, 72. _Takes Prizes in Sight of_ Charles-Town, 73. _Sends
Ambassadors to the Governor of_ Carolina, _upon an impudent Demand_, ib.
_Runs his Ship aground designedly_, 74. _His Cruelty to some of his own
Companions. Surrenders to the King's Proclamation_, 75. _The Governor of_
North-Carolina'_s exceeding Generosity to him_, ib. _He marries_, ib. _The
Number of his Wives then living_, ib. _His conjugal Virtues_, 75, 76.
_Makes a second Excursion in the Way of pyrating_, 76. _Some State
Legerdemain betwixt him and the Governor_, ib. _His modest Behaviour in the
River_, 77. _His Frolicks on Shore_, ib. _The Merchants apply for a Force
against him, and where_, 78. _A Proclamation with a Reward for taking or
killing of Pyrates_, 79, 80. _Lieutenant_ Maynard _sent in pursuit of him_,
80. Black-beard'_s good Intelligence_, 81. _The Lieutenant engages_
Black-beard, ib. _A most execrable Health drank by_ Black-beard 82. _The
Fight bloody; the Particulars of it_, 82, 83, 84. Black-beard _kill'd_, 84.
_His Sloop taken_, ib. _The Lieutenant's Conduct_, 84, 85. _A Reflection on
the Humours of Seamen_, 85. Black-beard'_s Correspondents discover'd by his
Papers_, ib. Black-beard'_s desperate Resolution before the Fight_, ib.
_The Lieutenant and Governor no very good Friends_, 86. _The Prisoners
hang'd_, ib. Samuel Odel _saved, and why_, ib. _The good Luck of_ Israel
Hands, 87. Black-beard'_s mischievous Frolicks_, ib. _His_ Beard
_described_, ib. _Several Instances if his Wickedness_, 88, 89. _Some
Memorandums taken from his Journal_, 89. _The Names of the Pyrates kill'd
in the Engagement_, 90. _Of those executed_, ib. _The Value of the Prize_,
ib.
CHAP. IV. Of Major STEDE BONNET, and his CREW.
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