By this Time the Boatswain was dead; for as soon as _Philamore_ saw the Master laid hold on, he up with the axe, and cut off the Boatswain's head, which Noise soon brought the Captain upon Deck, whom _Cheesman_ saluted with the blow of a mallet, which broke his jaw-bone, but did not knock him down; upon which _Harradine_ came to the Carpenter's aid, when _Sparks_ the Gunner interposing, _Cheesman_ trips up his Heels, and flung him into the arms of _Charles Ivemay_, who at that moment threw him into the Sea; and at the same Time _Harradine_ throws Captain _Phillips_ after him, bidding the Devil take them both. This done, _Cheesman_ jumps from the deck into the Hold, to knock _Archer_ on the Head, when _Harry Gyles_ came down after him, desired his Life might be spared; which being agreed to, he was made a Prisoner, and secured. All being over, they altered their course from _Newfoundland_ to _Boston_, where they arrived the 3rd of _May_, to the great joy of the Province, and on the 12th of _May_, a special Court of Admiralty was held for the Trial of these Pirates, when _John Philamore_, _Edward Cheesman_, _John Cobs_, _Henry Gyles_, _Charles Joymay_, _John Bootman_, and _Henry Payne_, were honourably acquitted; as also three _French_ Men, _John Baptis_, _Peter Taffery_, and _Isaac Lassen_, as also three Negroes, _Pedro_, _Francisco_, and _Pierro_. _John Rose Archer_, the Quarter-Master, _William White_, _William Taylor_, and _William Phillips_ were condemned; altho' the two latter got a Reprieve, and the two former, _Archer_ and _White_, were executed the 2nd of _June_ following. [Illustration] [Illustration: CAPTAIN TEACH] [Illustration] CAPTAIN TEACH, _ALIAS_ BLACKBEARD _Edward Teach_ was a _Bristol_ Man, and had served many years in the late wars, in a Privateer fitted out from _Jamaica_, in which he had often distinguished himself for his boldness. He was never thought fit to be entrusted with any Command, till he went a-pirating in the Year 1716, when Captain _Benjamin Hornigold_ put him into a Prize Sloop, with whom he kept company till _Hornigold_ surrendered.