I I - American Memory

'•! • i
w
i HO J
and they began to be very much difcourag'd with theii'
bad Fortune. However they took out Captain Cro,i
and his Men, which were feven or eight in Number,
with moft of the Provifions, and fome of the Sails, and
gave the Ship to Captain M^iji the Poo/Mzn, who they
took at firft in a Sloop to INewfoundland; and in order
to pay Wife and his Men for what he took from them,
and made them Satisfaftion, as he call'd it, he gave to
Captain Wife and his Mate 24 Cerons of Bees Wax,
and to each of his Men, who were four in Number,
two Cerons of Wax each ; thus he pretended Honefty,
and to make Reparation of Damages,' by giving them
the Goods which he had robb'd the Dutch Merchants
of, whofe Super-Cairgo he had mud'red.
After this cruizing fome Days off of the Bay, they
met with a French Ship from Cadiz, laden with Wine,
Oy], and Fruit; this was in fome Refpecl, the very
Thing they wanted, fo they mann'd her with their own
Men, and flood off to Sea, that they might divide the
Spoil of her with more Safety, for they were then too
near the Land.
And firft they took out the French Mailer and all
his Men, which were twelve in number ; then they
fhifted great Part of the Cargo, efpecially of the Wine,
with fome Oyl, and a large quantity of Almonds, out
cf the French Ship into their own, with five of his beft
Gun?, and their Carriages, all their Ammunition and
fmall Arms, and all the beft of their Sails, and ther»
they gave tiJat Ship to Captain Somerville, the Glaf
goiv Captain, whofe Ship they had funk^ and- to Capf.
Crof the Ne-Mj England Captain, who they had taken
but juft before, and to do Juftice, as they call'd it, here
alfo they gave half the Ship and Cargo to Somerville,
one Quarter to his Mate, and the other Quarter to Capt.
Crop, and f 6 Cerons of Wax to the Men to be Ihar'd
among them.
It is to be obferv'd here, that Capt. Somer'vrlk car-
ry'd all his Men along with him, except one who chofe
to enter among the Pyrates j fo that he cou'd never
pretend