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 Examination of _James Kerr_, Gent. upon Oath saith, That he being
Supercargo in Trust, and outward bound from _Providence_, a trading
Voyage in the Sloop _Mary_, and in about two Days Sail from the said
Island, did arrive at _Green Key_ with two other Vessels in Company,
bound also on the said trading Account, where, on the 6th of _October_
last, one _Phineas Bunce_, one of the said Vessel's Company, and the
head Mutineer of the Pyrates now at the Bar, but since deceas'd, did
then and there come on board the said Sloop _Mary_, and very vilely
treat this Deponent, and in the Evening did turn the Deponent ashore
upon the said _Green Key_, a desolate Island; and this Deponent farther
saith, that _Dennis Mackarthy_, one of the Prisoners now at the Bar, was
the only Person of all the said Pyrates and Mutineers who shew'd this
Deponent any civil Treatment, and that the said _Mackarthy_ did not
reflect on the King and Government as others of them now at the Bar did,
in this Deponent's Hearing.
Wm. Greenaway.
The Examination of Captain _William Greenaway_ upon Oath saith, That on
the 6th of _October_ last _John Hipps_, one of the Prisoners now at the
Bar, with some others of them, came on board the Vessel under this
Deponent's Command, and then riding at _Green Key_, with Pretensions of
getting Tobacco, and told this Deponent, that Mr. _Kerr_ had a Mind to
sail that Night; and this Deponent having order'd his Boat to go on
board the Scooner, then belonging to the said Company, to give them
Notice of the said _Kerr_'s Design; in which Interim came on board _John
Augur_ and _George Rounsivel_, both Prisoners now at the Bar, _James
Matthews_ and _John Johnson_, who wanted this Deponent to go on board
the Scooner, which he did, where _Phineas Bunce_, since dead, met this
Deponent at the Side; upon which, this Deponent demanded of the said
_Bunce_, the Reason he did not prepare for sailing, as the rest did.
Whereupon _Bunce_, the head Mutineer, asked this Deponent to walk down
into the Cabbin, and, when there, _Bunce_ asked him to sit down by him;
whereupon the said _Bunce_ told this Deponent, he was his Prisoner; upon
which, _Dennis Macarthey_, now Prisoner at the Bar, presented a Pistol
at this Deponent's Breast, and told him, if he spoke a Word, he, this
Deponent, was a dead Man; and the said _Phineas Bunce_ told this
Deponent, he had best be easy, for that the better Part of the People
belonging to the Sloop _Mary_ was on his Side, as were some of the
People he had with him. And then the said _Phineas Bunce_, with others,
the Mutineers, went on board the Sloop _Mary_, and took her. But this
Deponent cannot particularize the Names of the Men who were with
_Bunce_, being Night-time. Afterwards the said _Bunce_, and the
Prisoners now at the Bar, except _John Hipps_, put Mr. _James Kerr_,
_Richard Turnly_, _Thomas Rich_, _John Taylor_, and _John Cox_, all
ashore at _Green Key_, a desolate Island, and had the Boat ready
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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 — John Shaqi
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