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 true Design of bringing them on Board again was to make them
discover where some Things lay, which they could not readily find, as
particularly Mr. _Carr_'s Watch and Silver Snuff-Box; but he was soon
obliged to inform them in what Corner of the Cabin they lay, and there
they were found, with some Journals and other Books, which they knew how
to make no other Use of, but by turning into Cartridges.--Then they
began to question _Thomas Rich_ about a Gold Watch which had once been
seen in his Possession on Shore at _Providence_; but he protested that
it belonged to Captain _Gale_, who was Commander of the Guard-Ship
called the _Delicia_, to which he then belonged; but his Protestations
would have availed him little, had it not been that some on Board who
belonged also to the _Delicia_ knew it to be true, which put an End to
his Beating; and so they were all discharged from their Punishment for
the present.
Some Time after, fancying the Pyrates to be in better Humour, they
begg'd for something to eat, for they had none of them had any
Nourishment that Day or the Night before; but all the Answer they
received was, that such Dogs should not ask such Questions: In the mean
Time, some of the Pyrates were very busy endeavouring to persuade
Captain _Greenway_ to engage with them, for they knew him to be an
excellent Artist, but he was obstinate and would not; then it was
proposed what should be done with him, and the Word went for marrooning,
which was opposed by some, because he was a _Bermudian_, meaning, that
he might perhaps swim away, or swim on board his Vessel again, for the
_Bermudians_ are all excellent Swimmers; but as he represented, that he
could not hurt them by his Swimming, he obtain'd the Favour for himself
and the other Officers, to be set ashore with _Turnley_, _Carr_, and
_Rich_. Accordingly they were put into the same Boat without Oars, to
the Number of eight, and were ordered to make the best of their Way on
Shore.
The Pyrates, the next Day, having examined all their Vessels, and
finding that _Greenway_'s Sloop was not fit for their Purpose, shifted
every Thing out of it; those that were sent on Shore could see from
thence what they were doing, and when they saw them row off, _Greenway_
swam on Board the Sloop, it is likely, to see whether they had left any
Thing behind them. They perceiv'd him, and fancied, he repented his
refusing to join with them, and was come to do it now; wherefore some of
them return'd back to the Sloop, to speak to him, but they found him of
the same Opinion he was in before; however he wheedled them into so much
good Humour, that they told him he might have his Sloop again, in which,
indeed, they had left nothing except an old Main-Sail, and old
Fore-Sail, four small Pieces of _Irish_ Beef, in an old Beef Barrel, and
about twenty Biscuits, with a broken Bucket which was used to draw Water
in, telling him that he and the rest must not go on Board till they were
sail'd.
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