The History of the Pyrates. Vol. II.: Containing the lives of Captain Misson, Captain Bowen, Captain Kidd, Captain Tew, Captain Halsey, Captain White, Captain Condent, Captain Bellamy, Captain Fly, Captain Howard, Captain Lewis, Captain Cornelius, Captain Williams, Captain Burgess, Captain North, and their several crewsDefoe, Daniel
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The History of the Pyrates. Vol. II.: Containing the lives of Captain Misson, Captain Bowen, Captain Kidd, Captain Tew, Captain Halsey, Captain White, Captain Condent, Captain Bellamy, Captain Fly, Captain Howard, Captain Lewis, Captain Cornelius, Captain Williams, Captain Burgess, Captain North, and their several crews
Defoe, Daniel
Pirates -- Early works to 1800
At his return to _Madagascar_, _White_ was taken ill of a Flux, which in
about 5 or 6 Months ended his Days; finding his Time was drawing nigh,
he made his Will, left several Legacies, and nam'd three Men of
different Nations, Guardian to a Son he had by a Woman of the Country,
requiring he might be sent to _England_ with the Money he left him, by
the first _English_ Ship, to be brought up in the Christian Religion in
hopes he might live a better Man than his Father. He was buried with the
same Ceremony they use at the Funerals of their Companions, which is
mention'd in the Account of _Halsey_. Some Years after an _English_ Ship
touching there, the Guardians faithfully discharged their Trust, and put
him on board with the Captain, who brought up the Boy with Care, acting
by him as became a Man of Probity and Honour.
OF
Captain _CONDENT_,
And his CREW.
Captain _Condent_ was a _Plymouth_ Man born, but we are as yet ignorant
of the Motives, and Time of his first turning Pyrate; he was one of
those who thought fit to retire from _Providence_ (on Governor _Roger_'s
Arrival at that Island) in a Sloop belonging to Mr. _Simpson_, of _New
York_, a _Jew_ Merchant, of which Sloop he was then Quarter-Master. Soon
after they left the Island, an Accident happened on board, which put the
whole Crew into Consternation; they had among them an _Indian_ Man, whom
some of them had beat; in revenge, he got most of the Arms forward into
the Hold, and designed to blow up the Sloop. Upon which, some advised
scuttling the Deck and throwing Grenade Shells down, but _Condent_ said,
that was too tedious and dangerous, since the Fellow might fire thro'
the Decks and kill several of them; he, therefore, taking a Pistol in
one Hand, and his Cutlash in the other, leaped into the Hold; the
_Indian_ discharged a Piece at him, which broke his Arm, but, however,
he ran up to and shot the _Indian_. When he was dead the Crew hack'd him
to Pieces, and the Gunner ripping up his Belly, tore out his Heart,
broiled and eat it.
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