Two days after this, a small Vessel came into the River, and was taken by them: It was called the _Dispatch_ Captain _Wilson_, belonging to the Royal _African Company_. Mr. _Simon Jones_, formerly my first Mate, who had entered with the Pirates, (as I have before related) told them, on this occasion, “That he had once commanded a Ship, which was hired and freighted by the _African_ Company; and that he had been very unjustly used by them; so he desired the _Dispatch_ might be burned, that he might be revenged of them.” This being immediately consented to, and forthwith ordered to be executed, one _John Stubbs_, a witty brisk fellow, stood up, and desired to be heard first; saying, “Pray, Gentlemen, hold a little, and I will prove to you, if this Ship is burnt, you will thereby greatly serve the _Company_’s Interest.” This drawing every one’s attention, they bid him go on: Then he said, “The Vessel has been out these two years on her Voyage, being old and crazy, and almost eaten to pieces by the Worms; besides, her Stores are worth little, and as to her Cargoe, it consists only of a little Redwood and _Melegette-pepper_; so if she should be burned, the Company will lose little; but the poor People that now belong to her, and have been so long a Voyage, will lose all their Wages, which, I am sure, is three times the Value of the Vessel, and of her trifling Cargoe; so that the Company will be highly obliged to you for destroying her.” The rest of the Crew being convinced by these Reasons, the Vessel was spared, and delivered again to Captain _Wilson_ and his People, who afterwards came safe to _England_ in it. The 29th of _April_, such of the Pirates as were my Friends, sent me word on Shore, “That the Sale of Necessaries was to begin that day in the afternoon, in the _Windham-Galley_, Captain _Cocklyn_.” So I went on board in a large _Cannoe_, belonging to two Men that lived ashore, who went at the same time with me. At the Sale, several of the Pirates bought many Necessaries that had been mine, and gave them to me. Likewise, Mr. _James Griffin_, my Schoolfellow, was so civil as to beg from those that were not so kind to me, as he hoped they would have been. The two white Men that went with me in the Cannoe, minded their own business so well, that they got several great Bundles of Clothes and Goods, which they put into the Cannoe with mine.