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ills Miftrefs was in a Coach jaft by the Place of E;is'-
cution, whereupon he could not be eafy till a Perfon
went to the Coach and fatisfied liim that Ihe was not
there. As the Cart was going away, he once more ad-
dreffed himfelf to the Speftators as follows. Good People,
I beg you to fray far my departing Soul, and as for the
fad n-mhich I now die for, Iwtf} 1 u-as as free of all
other Sins as I am of this ivfmh I am no-uj goi/ig to
fuffer for. He defired his Friends to carry him to Hand-
Alley in Holborn, and IVom thence to be carry'd to St.
Andre'vJ'i Eolbornxo lie by his Brother.
He was executed on Trlday the 25th oVJidy, 1729.
^he following is an Account of John Govv,
alias Smith, Captain of the Pjratcs, exe-
cuted for Murder and Pyracy committed en
Board the George Galley, afterwards cail'd
the Revenge : IVith a Relation of all the
• horrid Murders they committed in cold Blood;
as affo of their being taken at the Tfands of
Orkney, and fent up Prifoners to London,
TH E following Account being chiefly confin'd to
the Condudi of this outragious Pirate Captain
Gowe, after his having aftually turn'd Pirate, in this
j?articular Ship the George Galley, wc muft content our-
felves witli beginning where he liegL'.n, that is to fay,
when tiiey feized the Captain, murdei'd him and his
Men, and run away with the Ship, on the Coaft of
Barbary in the Mediterranean Sea.
It was the 3d of November Armo 17 24, when the
Ship haying lain two Months in the Road at Santa-Cru%,
taking in her Lading, the Captain made Preparations
to ptrt to Sea, and the ufual Signals for Sailing having
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