OF Captain _William Fly_, And his CREW. As to the Birth of this Pyrate, we can discover nothing by the Enquiries we have hitherto made; and, indeed, had we succeeded in our Search, could it have been of any great Consequence? For, its certain, by the Behaviour of the Man, he must have been of very obscure Parents; and, by his Education, (as he was no Artist) very unfit, in all Respects, except that of Cruelty, for the villainous Business he was in. We have been inform'd, that he had been a Pyrate in a private Capacity, and having escaped Justice, had an Opportunity of repenting his former Crimes, and, as a foremast Man, or petty Officer, of getting his Bread in a warrantable Way: But no; ignorant as he was of Letters, he was ambitious of Power, and capable of the most barbarous Actions to acquire it. Captain _Green_ of _Bristol_, in _April_ 1726, shipp'd this _Fly_ as Boatswain, at _Jamaica_, being bound, in the _Elizabeth_ Snow of _Bristol_, for the Coast of _Guinea_. _Fly_, who had insinuated himself with some of the Men, whom he found ripe for any Villainy, resolved to seize the said Snow, and murder the Captain and Mate, and, taking the Command on himself, turn Pyrate. He proposed this his Design to his Brothers in Iniquity, who approving it, he, having the Watch at one o' Clock in the Morning, on the 27th Day of _May_, went up to one _Morrice Cundon_, then at the Helm, accompanied by _Alexander Mitchel_, _Henry Hill_, _Samuel Cole_, _Thomas Winthrop_, and other Conspirators, and swore damn him, if he spoke one Word, or stirr'd either Hand or Foot, he would blow his Brains out; and, tucking up his Shirt above his Elbow, with a Cutlass in his Hand, he, with _Mitchel_, went into the Captain's Cabbin, and told him, he must turn out. The Captain asking what was the Matter, was answered, by _Mitchel_, they had no Time to answer impertinent Questions; that if he would turn out, and go upon Deck quietly, it would save 'em the Trouble of scraping the Cabbin; if he would not, a few Buckets of Water and a Scraper would take his Blood out of the Decks. That they had chosen Captain _Fly_ for Commander, and damn his Blood, they would allow of no other, and would not waste their Provisions to feed useless Men.