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
This Island is about nine Miles in Circumference, and about three Miles
broad in the widest Place; it is overgrown with wild Cabbage and Palmuta
Trees, and great Variety of other Herbs and Fruits, so that there is
Plenty of Food for the Nourishment of such Animals; but the Trees lying
so close together, makes it but bad Hunting, so that they kill'd but one
Hog, which, however was of a monstrous Size.
The Hunters returned on Board their Ships again before Seven, having
first divided the Hog, and sent part on Board each Vessel for Supper
that Night. After Supper, Captain _Greenway_ and Captain _White_ came on
Board of Captain _Augur_'s Sloop, in order to consult together, what
Time to sail, and being all of Opinion, that if they weigh'd Anchor
betwixt the Hours of ten and eleven, it would be Day before they would
come up with the Shoals; they agreed upon that Hour for setting Sail,
and so return'd to their own Vessels.
Soon after, _Phineas Bunch_, and _Dennis Macarty_, with a great many
others, came from _White_'s Sloop on Board of _Augur_'s; their Pretence
was, that they came to see _Richard Turnley_ and Mr. _James Carr_, who
had formerly been a Midshipman in the _Rose_ Man of War under Captain
_Whitney_, and being a great Favourite of Governor _Rogers_, he had
appointed him Supercargo this Voyage. They desired to be treated with a
Bottle of Beer, for they knew Mr. _Car_ had some that was very good in
his Care, which had been put on Board, in order to make Presents of, and
to treat the _Spanish_ Merchants with.
As it was not suspected they had any Thing else in View, Mr. _Carr_
readily went down, and brought up a Couple of Bottles of Beer: They sat
upon the Poop with Captain _Augur_ in their Company, and were drinking
their Beer; before the second Bottle was out, _Bunch_ and _Macarty_
began to rattle, and talk with great Pleasure, and much boasting of
their former Exploits when they had been Pyrates, crying up a Pyrate's
Life to be the only Life for a Man of any Spirit. While they were
running on in this Manner, _Bunch_ on a sudden started up, and swore
damn him, he would be Captain of that Vessel; _Augur_ answered him the
Vessel did not want a Captain, for he was able to command her himself,
which seem'd to put an End to the Discourse for that Time.
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