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
_Halsey_; _White_'s Death, 137. His Will, 138.
Of Captain CONDENT.
His Birth; he leaves _Providence_; Resentment of an _Indian_;
_Condent_'s Bravery; he is wounded, 139. A shocking Piece of Inhumanity;
the Duke of _York_ taken; the Crew divides; _Condent_ chosen Captain of
one Party; makes for the _Cape de Verd_ Islands; takes a Ship from
_Maderas_; arrives at the Isle of _May_, and takes 20 Sail; turns
Justice of Peace; sails to St. _Jago_, takes and goes on board a _Dutch_
Ship; makes several Prizes on the _Brazil_ Coast, 140. Takes the
_Wright_ Galley, a _Portuguese_ and a _Dutch East India_ Man; steers for
the Island _Ferdinando_, discharges Captain _Spelt_; sails again for the
_Brazil_ Coast; engages a 70 Gun Ship; takes another _Portuguese_ and a
_Frenchman_, 141. Some of his Men seized in the River of Plate; forc'd
Men get away; Cruelty to the _Portuguese_, and the Reason; goes to the
_Guiney_ Coast, and takes Captain _Hill_; stands away for the _East
Indies_; takes an _Ostender_; arrives at _Madagascar_; meets with some
of _Halsey_'s Crew which increases his Number, goes for the _East
Indies_; stops at _Johanna_, 142. Assists in taking the _Cassandra_;
touches at _Mascarenas_, takes a 70 Gun Ship; goes to the Coast of
_Zanguebar_, razes a _Dutch_ Fortification, makes Conditions with the
Governor of _Mascarenas_, marries his Sister, comes to _Europe_, settles
at St. _Maloes_, 143.
Description of MAGADOXA.
The Reason of Captain _Beavis_'s coming on the _Zanguebar_ Coast, 144.
His third Mate goes ashore, 145. He describes the People at his Return
on board, 146. The fourth Mate and a Molatto go ashore and return; he
goes further to the Westward, 147. The third Mate and Gunner land again,
come back with 3 Antilopes and two _Guiney_ Hens; the Ship weighs, they
spy some Men; but they avoid the Boat's Crew, 148. They discover, and
anchor before a Town; the Men sent, civilly treated, 149. They return to
the Ship with a Present from the King's Son; the third Mate, Gunner, and
Molotto, ensnared, 150. The Ship's Boat seized, 151. The first Mate goes
towards the Shore, the Natives discharge their Arrows at the Boat, and
he returns to the Ship, 152. The Captain's Method to be inform'd of his
People, 153. The Natives fire at the Boat, 154. The Captain despairing
of his Men, weighs and keeps along Shore, 155. Sails for _Johanna_, 156.
The Manner of the Mate, &c. being betray'd; the Molotto is carried
before the King, 157. His Examination; Description of the Prison, 158.
The Molatto is inform'd of the cruel Death of his Companions, 159. He is
carried again before the King; what past between the King and him, 160,
161. He is remanded to Goal; his Conversation with the Jaylor and
another, 161. Sent for by the King; to what End; Description of the
Coway, 162. His Treatment in the Goal better'd, 163. He receives News of
the Ship's Departure, 164. He is taken into the King's Service; his
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