They had not been long on this Coast before they were separated by a Storm, which held some Days. Off the Island of St. _Paul_ the _Whidaw_ spied a Sail, which she immediately gave Chase to; the Ship brought to and lay by for her, she prov'd a _French_ Man of 36 Guns, carrying Soldiers to _Quebeck_. The _Whidaw_ engag'd with great Resolution, and the _French_ did not shew less, for he boarded the _Whidaw_, and was twice put off, with the Loss of Men on both Sides. _Bellamy_ after two Hours Engagement thought the _Frenchman_ too hard a Match, and was for shaking him off; but his Enemy was not as willing to part with him, for he gave Chase, and as he sail'd altogether as well as _Bellamy_, the latter had certainly been taken and had received the due Punishment of his Crimes, had not the Night coming on favour'd his Escape: He lost in this Engagement 36 Hands, beside several wounded, the poor Minister of State, our before-mentioned Stroller, was in the Number of the slain. The _Whidaw_ returned to the Coast of _Newfoundland_, and off _Placentia_ Bay met with his Consort and the Prize. They resolved to visit again the Coast of _New England_, the _Whidaw_ being much shatter'd in the late Engagement, having receiv'd a great many Shot in her Hull; they ran down this Coast, and between St. _George_'s Banks and _Nantuket_'s Shoals, took the _Mary Anne_. The Master of the Vessel, taken formerly off _Cape Cod_, was left on board her, and as he was very well acquainted with the Coast, they order'd him to carry the Light and go a-head; and the Pyrates commonly kept him at Helm: He upon a Night of publick Rejoicing, seeing all the Pyrates drunk, laid hold on the Opportunity, and run his Vessel ashore about Midnight, near the Land of _Eastham_, out of which he alone escap'd with Life. The _Whidaw_ steering after the Light, met with the same Fate; the small Vessel ran into a sandy Bay, and the Men got ashore without Difficulty. When the _Whidaw_ struck, the Pyrates murder'd all their Prisoners, that is, all their forced Men; as it is concluded, from the mangled Carcasses which were wash'd ashore; but not a Soul escaped out of her or _William_'s, who was also lost. The Pyrates, to the Number of seven who escaped, were seiz'd by the Inhabitants, and on the Information of the Master who escap'd, and on their own Confession, were imprison'd, condemn'd, and executed. They were all Foreigners, very ignorant and obstinate; but by the indefatigable Pains of a pious and learned Divine, who constantly attended them, they were, at length, by the special Grace of God, made sensible of, and truly penitent, for the enormous Crimes they had been guilty of. As the Trial of these Pyrates, and their Behaviour while under Sentence, and at the Place of Execution, was printed at _Boston_, and is to be had in Town, I shall refer the curious Reader to that small Tract.