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 Third, _Dennis Mackarthy_, aged 28, who had also been formerly a
Pyrate, but accepted of the King's Act of Grace; and the Governor had
made him an Ensign of the Militia, being recommended as a sober
civiliz'd Person, which Commission he had at the Time of his joining the
Pyrates, which very much aggravated his other Crimes. During his
Imprisonment, he behaved himself tolerably well; but when he thought he
was to die, and the Morning came, without his expected Reprieve, he
shifted his Cloaths, and wore long blue Ribbons at his Neck, Wrists,
Knees, and Cap; and when on the Rampart, look'd cheerfully round him,
saying, _He knew the Time when there were many brave Fellows on the
Island, who would not have suffered him to die like a Dog_; and at the
same Time pull'd off his Shooes, kicking them over the Parapet of the
Fort, saying, _He had promis'd not to die with his Shooes on_; so
descended the Fort Wall, and ascended the Stage, with as much Agility
and in a Dress of a Prize-Fighter; when mounted, he exhorted the People,
who were at the Foot of the Walls, to have Compassion on him, but,
however willing, they saw too much Power over their Heads to attempt any
Thing in his Favour.
The Fourth, _William Dowling_, of about 24 Years of Age, had been a
considerable Time amongst the Pyrates, of a wicked Life, which his
Majesty's Act of Grace did not reform; his Behaviour was very loose on
the Stage, and after his Death, some of his Acquaintance declared, he
had confess'd to them, that he had murder'd his Mother before he left
_Ireland_.
The Fifth, _William Lewis_, aged about 34 Years, as he had been a hardy
Pyrate and Prize Fighter, affected an Unconcern at Death; but heartily
desired Liquors to drink with his Sufferers on the Stage, and with the
Standers by.
The Sixth, _Thomas Morris_, aged about 22, had been a very incorrigible
Youth and Pyrate, and seem'd to have very little Anxiety of Mind by his
frequent Smiles when at the Bar, being dress'd with red Ribbons as
_Mackarthy_ was with blue, he said, going over the Ramparts, _We have a
new Governor, but a harsh One_; and a little before he was turn'd off,
said aloud, _that he might have been a greater Plague to these Islands,
and now wish'd he had been so_.
The Sixth, _George Bendall_, aged about 18, tho' he said, _he had never
been a Pyrate before, yet he had all the villainous Inclinations that
the most profligate Youth could be infected with_; his Behaviour was
sullen.
The Eighth, _William Ling_, aged about 30, not taken Notice of before
the last Attempt, behaved himself as becoming a true Penitent, and was
not heard to say any other than by Reply to _Lewis_, when he demanded
Wine to drink, _that Water was more suitable to them at that Time_.
It was observed that there were but few (beside the Governor's
Adherents) among the Spectators, who had not deserved the same Fate, but
pardon'd by his Majesty's Act of Grace.
_Of Captain_ VANE.
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