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r In the third Place, inftead of perfuing their Voyage
to Genoa with the Ships Cargo, they took a clear cort-
trray Courfe, and refolv'd to Station themfelves upcm
the Coafls of Spain and Portugal, and to cruise upoti all
Nations; but what they chiefly aim'd at was a Ship
with Wine, for that they wanted extreamly.
The iirft Prize they took was an Englijh Sloop belong-
ing to Pool, Thomas Wife, Commander, bound from
l^eiufoundlattd with Fifll for Cadi» ; this was a Pri:2e
of no Value to them, for they knew not what to do
with the Filh ; fo they took out the Mailer, Mr. Wife,
and his Men, who were but five in rtumBef, With their
Anchors, Cables, and Sails, and what elfe they found
worth taking out, and funk the VeiTel.
N. B. Here it is to he ohferv'd, they found a Man very
Jit for their Turn, one James Belvin, he ivas Boatfivain
of the Sloop, a ftout, brisk Tettonv, and a njery good Sailor,
cut cthern.vays vjichd enough tofuit itjith their Occa/ion,
and as foon as he came among them he difcover'd it; for
tho'' he ivas not in the fir ft bloody Contrivance, yet "'tis
evident he join'd heartily in all the Villainies which fol-
kiv'd, and took all Occafions to engage their Confidence,
and to convince them that he ivas hearty in his joining them.
In a Word, he was the moft aftive and vigorous Fel-
low of any that were forc'd into their Service; for
. many of the other, tho' they afted with them, and
yitxt apparently allifting, yet there was always a kirrd
of Backwardnefs and Difguft at the Villainy, for which
they were often maltreated, and always fufpefted by
•their Mailers.
The next Prize they took was a Scotch Veflel, bound
from Glafgoiv, with Herrings and Salmon, from thence
to Genoa, and commanded by one Mr. John Somervilk,
of Port Patrick; this Ve/Iel was likewife of little Value
to them, except that they took oat, as they had done
from the other, their Arms, Ammunition, Cloths, Pro-
vifions, Sails, Anchors, Cables, iSc and every Thing
of