_Lowe's_ ship was overset a-careening, so that he was reduced to his old Schooner, aboard of which there went about an hundred as bold rogues as ever was hanged, and sailed to the _West-Indies_, where they took a rich _Portugueze_ ship bound Home from _Bahia_, putting to the torture several of the men, who confest the Captain flung into the sea a bag of 11000 Moidores. This made _Lowe_ swear a thousand oaths; and after cutting off his lips, he murdered him and all his Crew, being 36 men. After this, they cruised to the Northward, and took several Vessels and then steered for the Bay of _Honduras_, where they took Five _English_ Sloops, and a Pink, and a _Spaniard_ of 6 Guns and 70 men, whom they killed every man; which being done they rummaged the _Spanish_ Ship, bringing all the booty on board their own vessel. In the next cruise, between the _Leeward Islands_ and the Main, they took two Snows from Jamaica to Liverpool, and just after a Ship called the _Amsterdam Merchant_, the Captain thereof he slit his Nose, cut his Ears off, and then plundered the ship and let her go. Afterwards he took a Sloop bound to _Amboy_, of whose Men he tied lighted matches between the fingers, which burnt the flesh off the bones, and afterwards set them ashore in an uninhabited part of the country, as also other ships which fell a prey to those villains. One of His Majesty's Men-of-War called the _Greyhound_, of 20 guns and 120 men, hearing of their barbarous actions, went in search of them and, seeing the Pirates, allowed _Lowe_ to chase them at first, till they were in readiness to engage him, and when he was within gunshot, tacked about and stood towards him. The Pirates edged away under the Man-of-War's stern, making a running fight for about two hours. But little wind happening, the Pirates gained from her; thereupon the _Greyhound_ left off firing, and turned all her hands to her oars, and came up with them, when the fight was renewed with a brisk fire on both sides, till the _Ranger's_ main-yard was shot down; upon which, the _Greyhound_ pressing close, _Lowe_ bore away and left his consort, who seeing the cowardice of his Commadore, and that there was no possibility of escaping, called out for quarters.