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
The King thus surpriz'd, was obliged, however contrary to his
Inclinations, to give _Williams_ up to the General, who return'd with
him to _Dempaino_, without committing any Hostilities; tho' he threatned
to besiege the Town, and put all but the Women and Children to the
Sword, if the King of _Maratan_ did not pay the Expence of his Master's
sending for the White Man, which he rated at 100 Slaves, and 500 Head of
Cattle, the King objected to this as a hard Condition and an unjust
Imposition, but was obliged to acquiesce in it.
One Thing, remarkable enough, had like to have slipp'd me; which is, the
King of _Maratan_ sent _Williams_ to the General without any Attendance,
which made him ask, if the White Man was a Slave? The King answered, he
had not used him like one. I may very well, said the General, be of a
contrary Opinion, since you have sent no Body to wait upon him: Upon
which Reprimand, the King sent _Williams_ a Present of a Slave.
He was received by _Dempaino_ with a great many Caresses, was handsomely
cloathed according to the Country Manner, had Slaves allotted to wait on
him, and every Thing that was necessary and convenient; so that King
_Dempaino_ was at the Trouble of sending 6000 Men, one would think, for
no other End than to shew the great Value and Esteem he had for the
_Europeans_. He continued with this Prince till the Arrival of a Ship,
which was some Years after his leaving _Maratan_; when the _Bedford_
Galley, a Pyrate, commanded by _Achen Jones_, a _Welshman_, came on the
Coast, on board of which Ship _Williams_ was permitted to enter; they
went to _Augustine_, where, laying the Ship on Shore, by Carelessness
they broke her Back, and lost her. The Crew lived here till the Arrival
of the _Pelican_, another Pyrate, mentioned in _North_'s Life; some of
them went on board this Ship, and steer'd for the _East-Indies_.
_Williams_ shifted out of this on board the _Mocha_ Frigate, a Pyrate,
commanded by Captain _Culliford_, and made a Voyage; then, returning to
St. _Mary_'s, they shared the Booty they had got in the Red Seas. I
shall not here mention the Particulars of this last Expedition,
designing to write Captain _Culliford_'s Life, which it more properly
belongs to.
Some of the Crew, being _West Indians_, having an Opportunity, returned
home; but _Williams_ remain'd here till the Arrival and taking of Capt.
_Forgette_, which has been already mentioned: He was one of those who
took the _Speaker_, (the Manner has been told before, in another Life)
went a Voyage in her, and returned to _Maratan_, as is said in _North_'s
Life. Here the King seeing him, ask'd what Present he intended to make
him for former Kindness? _Williams_ answered, he had been over paid by
the Prince whom he took him from and by his Services, which Answer so
irritated his _Maratanian_ Majesty, that he ordered him to quit his
Country; and he could hardly after that see him with Patience.
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