By Capt. CHARLES JOHNSON, Author of Vol. I.
_Omne tulit punctum, qui miscuit utile dulci._ Hor.
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THE
CONTENTS.
_N. B._ From 144 exclusive, to 272 inclusive, when you seek for any
Reference add 16 to Number of the Page in the Contents, and it will mend
the Error of the Press.
Of Captain MISSON.
His Birth and Education, p. 1, 2. He goes on board the _Victoire_, ib.
Visits _Rome_, is acquainted with a lewd Priest, 3. The Saying of a
Cardinal, 4. _Misson_ carries _Caraccioli_ to _Leghorn_, ib. The
_Victoire_ engages two Sally Men, _Caraccioli_ wounded, 5. _Misson_
returns home; a short Description of _Marseilles_; _Misson_ and his
Companion go on board the _Triumph_, 6. The _Mayflower_, Capt.
_Balladine_ taken; the _French_ Captain's Behaviour to the _English_
Prisoners; his remarkable Speech, 7. The _Port Royal_, an _English_
_Jamaica_ Man, chas'd; the _Triumph_ returns to _Brest_, strikes on a
Rock; a short Description of the Town and Harbour; she goes thence to
_Rochel_; _Misson_ and his Companion take their Departure for the _West
Indies_, 8. The Reason for Circumcision, 9. New Thoughts of a future
State, 10. The first Foundation of Monarchy, 11. The _Winchelsea_, an
_English_ Man of War, blown up; _Misson_ saluted Captain, 12.
_Caraccioli_ chosen Lieutenant; the Captain harangues his Crew; the
Resolution taken by all to turn Pyrates, 13. The Character of a good and
bad Magistrate, 13, 14. A Defence of Pyracy; the black Ensign rejected,
a new one devised; a Present of Plate made to _Misson_, 16. _Misson_'s
Speech to his Men, 17. He declares War against all the World; they take
a _Boston_ Sloop off St. _Christophers_, 18. A _Jamaica_ Privateer taken
by Stratagem, 19. The Privateer discharged; meets with and turns back
the _Diana_; the _Victoire_ engages two _Dutchmen_ between _Carthagena_
and _Porto Bello_, 20, 21. One of the _Dutchmen_ sunk, the other taken;
_Caraccioli_ goes ashore at _Carthagena_, 22. The Prize sold to the
_Spaniards_, 23. Two _English_ Men of War on the Point of engaging each
other, 23, 24. _Misson_ goes in the Pursuit of a Galleon but misses her;
14 Men out of the _Dutch_ Prize take on with the Pyrates; they take a
_Jamaica_ Merchant Man in the Gulf of _Florida_, discharge the Ship with
little Damage, 25. 12 _French_ Prisoners out of the Prize join _Misson_;
his Generosity to the Prisoners; heaves down his Ship, 26. The Course
they should steer put to the Vote, and resolved for the _Guiney_ Coast,
27. The _Niewstadt_ taken and detain'd; the Captain's Speech, the Slaves
made free, 28. _Misson_ goes into _Logoa_ Bay, cleans the _Victoire_ and
his Prize, 29. His Speech to the _Dutch_, 29, 30. The Pyrates take
another _Dutch_ Ship on the Coast of _Angola_, plunders and sink her; he
sends away his Prisoners in the first Prize; 11 _Dutch_ take on with
_Misson_, 31. He takes an _English_ Ship, the Captain killed in the
Engagement, and buried in _Soldinia_ Bay; the Ceremony of his Funeral;
30 _English_ enter with the Pyrates, 32. _Caraccioli_ made Captain of
the Prize; the rest of the _English_ come over, Officers excepted; they
cruize off _Johanna_; save the Crew of an _English_ Ship; they are
kindly received at _Johanna_, 33. The Policy of the Pyrates; _Misson_,
_Caraccioli_, and several of their Men take Wives; some stay on this,
others join _Misson_; the King of _Mohila_ invades the _Johannians_, 34.
The _Mohilians_ defeated; _Misson_ sails for _Mohila_, 35. Lands and
does great Damage; the Queen of _Johanna_'s Request contrary to
_Misson_'s Views, 36. Ambassadors from _Mohila_; a remarkable Speech of
one of them, 37. Treachery of the _Mohilians_, 38. _Caraccioli_ wounded,
39. Stratagem of the King of _Mohila_ to excuse himself; the Opinion of
the _Johannians_; a second Landing, 39, 40. The Pyrates return to
_Johanna_; the conjugal Affection of a _Johanna_ Woman, 41. The Manner
of her Suicide, 42. They resolve for the Coast of _Zanguebar_, 43. They
take a _Portuguese_ Ship; _Caraccioli_ looses his right Leg; they return
to _Johanna_; _Misson_ sails for _Madagascar_, enters the Bay to the
Northward of _Diego Suarez_, 44. Pitches on a Place for settling, and
return to _Johanna_, 45. His Demand of the _Johannians_, and their
Compliance, 45, 46. They go to _Madagascar_; begin to settle; meet with
a Native, 47. They come with a Village, 48.
Of Captain BOWEN.
Takes the _Coneway_ near _Collequilon_, 49. Steers for _Madagascar_,
looses his Ship off, and is entertain'd by the Governor at, _Mauritius_;
buys a Vessel, goes to _Madagascar_, settles at _Maritan_, 50. Surprizes
the _Speedy Return_, a _Scots_ Ship, 51. Captain _Green_ driven into
_Scotland_, suspected of pyratically taking the _Scots_ Ship, 52. The
Evidence against _Green_, 53. That Evidence refuted, 54, 55. Captain
_Green_, _&c._ condemned, 55. Their Treatment after Sentence, 55, 56.
_Haines_ and _Linseys_ forced Confession, 56. The _Roper_ Galley brings
home two of the _Speedy Return_'s Crew; the Commotions among the common
People, and Execution of _Green_, _Madder_, _Sympson_, 57. Captain
_Green_'s Speech, 58. _Bowen_ sails for _Mascarenas_, is disappointed in
his Hopes, _ib._ Looses Company of his Brigantine; sails for
_Mauritius_; comes back to _Madagascar_ join'd by the Brigantine, which
they condemn and burn; hears of Captain _Howard_, 59. Sails in Search of
_Howard_, meets with him at _Mayotta_; they take the _Pembroke_, and
after plundering let her go, 60. Capt. _Whaley_, falsely printed
_Woolley_, detain'd; the _Speedy Return_ goes to _Madagascar_ to clean;
coming back and missing their Comrade they steer for the _Red Sea_, 61.
Join the _Prosperous_ off the Highland of St. _John_; _Bowen_ takes a
_Moor_ Ship; the _Prosperous_ separated by the Chase joins them, both
Ships burnt, and both Crews go on board the Prize, 62. The Villany of a
_Dutchman_, 63. Captain _Whaley_ discharged; the _Pembroke_ a second
Time plunder'd; the Pyrates go to _Mauritius_; two of _Drummond_'s Crew
get away, who were fruitless Evidences for Capt. _Green_, 64.
Of Captain WILLIAM KID.
Commanded a Privateer in the _West-Indies_, recommended to the
Government by Lord _Bellamont_, &c. 65. Not encouraged, he is sent out
in a private Man of War with the King's Commission, 66, 67, 68. He sails
for _New York_, in his Way takes a _French_ Banker arrived there, ships
more Hands, 68. Sails to _Maderas_, _Bonavista_, _Cape de Verd_ Islands,
and _Madagascar_; meets 3 _English_ Men of War; meets with nothing at
_Madagascar_; goes to the _Malabar_ Coast, cruizes about _Mohila_ and
_Johanna_, borrows Money and repairs his Ship, 69. At _Mabbee_ he takes
some Corn; from thence steers for _Bab_'s Key; he sends a Boat along the
Coast, and gains Intelligence, 70. He falls in with a Fleet, but is
obliged to sheer off; goes to the _Malabar_ Coast, takes a _Moorish_
Vessel; treats the Men cruelly, and discharges the Vessel; touches at
_Carawar_, and is suspected of Pyracy, 71. Engages a _Portuguese_ Man of
War sent after him and gets off; takes a _Moor_ Ship, under Pretence of
her being _French_, 72. Keeps Company with a _Dutch_ Ship; quarrels with
and kills his Gunner; plunders a _Portuguese_ Ship on the _Malabar_
Coast and lets her go; his Cooper is murder'd in one of the _Malabar_
Islands; he burns and pillages several Houses; commands a Native to be
shot, 73. He takes the _Queda_, and shares 200 l. a Man amongst his
Crew, 74. He cheats the _Indians_; goes to _Madagascar_; meets there
_Culliford_ the Pyrate, shifts into the _Queda_, and shares the rest of
her Cargo, 75. His Men desert from him to 40; goes to _Amboyna_, hears
he is declared a Pyrate in _England_; Lord _Bellamont_ prints his
Justification; a Pardon granted to Pyrates, _Avery_ and _Kid_ excepted,
76. _Kid_ goes to, and is secured at _New York_; some of his Crew
depending on the Pardon, are confined; sent to _England_ and condemn'd,
3 excepted, 77. A Distinction of the Lawyers; _Kid_ found guilty of the
Murder of his Gunner; some plead the King's Pardon to no Purpose, 78.
_Mullins_ his Plea, 78, 79. _Kid_'s Plea useless, he and his Men
indicted, executed, 80.
Of Captain TEW.
Reason for breaking off Capt. _Misson_'s Life, his Adventures continued,
81. _Misson_'s Crew correspond with the Natives; _Misson_ goes to Sea
again, meets a _Portuguese_ Ship of 50 Guns, 82. After an obstinate
Engagement makes her Prize, 83. He meets Captain _Tew_, 84. _Tew_ set
out by the Governor of _Bermudas_, with Captain _Drew_; they are parted
in a Storm; he proposes to his Men the going on the Account, 85. _Tew_
steers for the _Red Seas_; meets with and takes a rich Prize, 86, 87.
The Pyrates share out of her 3000 l. a Man; the Quarter Master and 23
Men settle at _Madagascar_; _Tew_ goes with _Misson_, 87. Account of
Proceedings ashore, 88. The Prisoners discharged, 89, 90. _Tew_ goes to
the _Guiney_ Coast, makes two Prizes and returns, 91. _Misson_ builds
two Sloops, 92. Some Natives settle among those of the Colony,
_Caraccioli_ goes to _Mascarenas_ returns with a _Dutch_ Prize; _Misson_
sails to the Northward, meets a Ship of the great _Mogul_'s, 93. Shapes
his Course with his Prize for _Madagascar_; is overtaken with a Storm,
94. Arrive at their Settlement; the _Victoire_ rebuilt; the Settlement
attack'd, 95. The Disposition of their Forces; they repel and pursue the
Invaders, 96. The Pyrates take a Ship and execute two Prisoners, 97.
_Caraccioli_'s Speech, 98, 99. Some Difference arises among the _French_
and _English_, and is accommodated; a general Assembly called, 99. A
Form of Government propos'd and enter'd upon; a Council chosen and a
Council-house built; _Caraccioli_ opens the Session with a Speech, 100.
Great Officers and a privy Council chosen, 101. _Tew_ goes to Sea;
speaks with his old Quarter-Master, 102. The Quarter Master's Discourse
to him, 103. The Quarter Master's Reasons for settling at _Madagascar_,
104, 105. The _Victoire_ and her Crew lost; _Tew_ stays 3 Months with
his old Companions; meets Captain _Misson_, 106. He tells _Tew_ the
Misfortune of the Colony; offers him one of the Sloops, 107. _Misson_
shares the Treasure; they shape their Course for the _Guiney_ Coast;
_Misson_ perishes in a Storm; _Tew_ arrives at _Rhode Island_; satisfies
his Owners; how these Papers came to the Author's Hand; _Tew_ persuaded
to go out again, 108. He meets a Ship in the Streights of the _Red Sea_;
is kill'd in the Engagement, and his Men surrender, 109.
Of Captain HALSEY.
His Birth; he goes out with a Commission; takes a _French_ Banker, goes
to _Fial_ and the _Canary_ Islands; makes Prize at _Barca Longa_; goes
to _Bravo_, turns his Lieutenant ashore, steers for _Madagascar_, takes
in some Ship-wreck'd Men; makes for the _Red Seas_, 110. Meets with and
keeps Company with a _Dutch_ Ship; is broken by his Crew; is reinstated
in his Command; steers for _Nicobar_ Island; takes the _Buffalo_;
Captain _Buckley_ dies, 111. Takes Captain _Collins_; on a Dispute his
Crew divides; Part go for _Madagascar_; _Halsey_ steers for the
Streights of _Malacca_; wants Courage to attack two different Ships; he
chases and is chased by the _Albemarle_, 112. Makes for _Madagascar_,
falls in with _Mascarenas_; arrives at _Madagascar_, meets with the
_Buffalo_ and Captain _White_; augments his Company; sets out again for
the _Red Seas_; stops at _Johanna_; narrowly escapes being taken; takes
a Grab, 113. Takes the _Rising Eagle_, the Captain of her, chief Mate,
and Purser, killed; Capt. _Jago_'s Cowardice, 114. The second Mate of
the Prize shoots a Pyrate after striking; they chase and take the
_Essex_; make a great Booty in Money; discharge the Prizes, are civil to
the Passengers, and return to _Madagascar_, 115. A Ships comes from
_Maderass_, another from _Scotland_ to trade with, and the latter is
surprized by the Pyrates; a Hurricane happens; _Burgiss_'s Treachery,
116. The _Maderass_ Ship seized, and afterwards sent away; _Halsey_'s
Death, 117. His funeral Ceremony, 118.
Of Captain THOMAS WHITE.
His Birth and Education; his first Employment; he is taken by a _French_
Pyrate and detain'd; they sink their own Vessel, and afterwards burn
_White_'s Brigantine, 119. Cruelty of the Pyrates to the _English_
Prisoners; _White_ narrowly escapes being shot; his Protector murder'd;
the Pyrates steer for _Madagascar_, loose their Ship at _Elexa_; _White_
and some other Prisoners get to _Augustine_ Bay, 120. They are obliged
by the King of _Bavaw_ to enter on board _Read_ the Pyrate; a Number of
the _French_ Pyrates cut off, the rest made Slaves by the Natives;
_Read_ goes to the Gulf of _Persia_, takes a Grab; throws over board a
Quantity of Gold, 121. _Read_ dies; succeeded by _James_; the Grab
turn'd into a Ship at _Mayotta_. The _Ruby East-India_ Man lost; the
Pyrates go for _Madagascar_; meet _Fourgette_'s Vessel, 122. The Manner
of taking this Vessel, 122, 123. They go to St. _Mary_'s; Captain
_Misson_ and his Crew cut off; the two Ships join Company; come to an
Anchor in _Methelage_, a large Ship enters the River, 124. Freights the
Pyrates; one of their Ships sunk; the Vanity and Behaviour of the
Captain of the _Speaker_, 125. The Purser of the _Speaker_ taken
Prisoner and released; Treachery of _Hugh Man_, 126. The _Speaker_
surpriz'd, 127. _Fourgette_'s Ship given to the Captain of the
_Speaker_; the Punctuality of the Pyrates; Death of the Captain of the
_Speaker_; the Pyrates make for the _East Indies_; stop on the Coast of
_Zanguebar_, 128. Capt. _Booth_ and twenty other Pyrates murdered,
_Bowen_ succeeds him; in the Mouth of the _Red Seas_ fall in with 13
Sail, 129. A Dispute arises; they take a _Moor_'s Ship; they go to the
_Malabar_ Coast; _White_ goes on board the _Prosperous_; the Boatswain's
Mates Treachery; the Captain and Chief Mate of the _Prosperous_ kill'd,
130. _White_ left ashore; goes for _Methelage_, 131. Some of his
Comrades leave him; he returns to _Methelage_, join'd by three other
Pyrates, 132. They hear of their Comrades in the Ship at St. _Mary_'s
and go to _Olumbah_, where they fortify themselves; Honesty of the
Pyrates among themselves, 133. _White_ buys a Boat; goes to _Methelage_;
meets some of the _Degraves_'s Men in a _French_ Prize; is chosen
Captain; goes to _Ambonavoula_, 134. Sails for _Mayotta_; thence to
_Babel Mandel_; lies for the _Mocha_ Ships; takes two Grabs; dares not
venture on a _Dutchman_; stands for the _Ethiopian_ Coast; takes the
_Malabar_; chases a _Portuguese_ Man of War; spies a Merchant Man of the
same Nation, 135. Takes this Ship; takes Captain _Penruddock_; gives him
the _Portuguese_ Ship; made him some Presents; sends him away; share 200
l. a Man; miss a great Booty; send away their Prisoners; takes Captain
_Stacy_, 136. The Generosity of the Pyrates; they discharge _Stacy_;
they take a Ketch in the Bay of _Defarr_; steer for _Madagascar_; touch
at _Mascarenas_; some of the Crew stay here, the rest settle at
_Madagascar_; Captain _Halsey_ comes in; _White_ makes a Voyage with
_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
Business; the Diet of the People, 165. His Manner of Life, 166.
Description of the Town, &c. 167, 168, 169. The Manner of the King's
taking the Air, 169, 170. The Death of Malefactors, ib. The Augazet
describ'd; the Bozee a monstrous amphibious Creature; the Massau and
Sachew described, 171. The King's Diversions; the Genius of the People;
a Tradition among them, 172. Description of the _Pyone_; the Molatto is
question'd for going out of the Town, 173. He attends the King to the
_Moorzacks_; what they are; the Conversation of the Day, 174. The
Molotto under great Apprehensions; he is order'd to the _Moorzacks_,
175. He is taught his Duty, 176. Description of a _Pohalick_, 177. He is
sent for to the City, clapp'd into Prison; the Reason of it, 178. His
Conversation with the Jaylor, and afterwards with the King, 179. The
Manner of his passing his Time, being remanded back to the _Moorzacks_,
180, 181. By what Accident he comes into Favour, 182. He teaches the Way
of Fishing with a Line, 183. The Execution of a _Passau_, 184. A
particular Description of the _Moorzacks_, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188. The
Funeral Ceremony of the _Magadoxians_, 189, 190. The Religion 191. A
Rebellion; a Ship appears; the Molotto brought to the Army, 192.
Treachery of the King, 193. A great Slaughter; the Molotto hears of a
Ship; meditates his Escape, 194. He gets away in the Night, 195. He
comes up to a large River; discovers six Men in his Pursuit; swims over
the River, 196. Escapes a large Alligator; spies the Ship, 197. Is taken
on board a _Dutch_ Boat, 198. Two of his Pursuers swim on board the
Boat; give an Account of one being devour'd by an Alligator, 199. The
Molotto goes to _Batavia_; sails in the _Dutch_ Service; from _Holland_
comes to _England_, 200.
Of Captain BELLAMY.
Turns Pyrate with _Williams_, they take Captain _Prince_; _Bellamy_ is
made Captain of the Prize; infest the Coast of _Virginia_, 201. A great
Storm, 202. Captain _Beer_ taken, 203. _Bellamy_'s Speech to _Beer_,
204. An odd Accident, 205, 206. _Williams_ takes a Vessel off _Cape
Cod_, 206. Description of _Nova Scotia_; the Pyrates careen in the River
_Mechises_, 207. A Sailor's Advice, 208, 209. A smart Engagement, 210.
The _Mary Anne_ taken, _ib._ the _Whidaw_ lost; Cruelty of the Pyrates;
Execution of 7 of them, 211.
Of Captain FLY.
He is shipp'd by Captain _Green_, 212. Conspiracy against, and barbarous
Murder of, Captain _Green_, &c. 213, 214, 215. _Fly_ chosen Captain;
_Fulker_ taken, 216. Barbarity used towards _Fulker_, 217. Captain
_Gale_ taken, 218. A florid Speech of _Fly_'s, 219. _Harris_ taken, 220.
A Schooner taken, 221. _Fly_ surprized and taken, 222. He &c. are
executed, 223.
Of Captain HOWARD.
He sets out a Pyrating in a Canoe, 224. Takes an _Irish_ Brigantine, and
several other Prizes, 225. The Cowardice of a _Portuguese_ Captain, 226.
Mr. _Godly_ of _Bristol_ his Ship plunder'd, 227. _Howard_ like to be
carried off; the Pyrates loose their Ship; _Howard_ robs his Comrades,
228. The Pyrates taken off the Island by another Pyrate, 229. _Howard_
himself robb'd, ib. The Thief robb'd by his Comrades, 230. _Howard_ goes
on board the _Speaker_; declared Captain of the _Prosperous_, 231. His
Design on a _Dutchman_; _Howard_ wounded, 232. He is joined by _Bowen_,
233, Two _Moor_ Ships taken, 235. _Howard_'s Death, _ib._
Of Captain LEWIS.
Sets out in a Canoe, 235. He makes several Prizes; Folly of the
_Bermudas_ Men, Bravery of one _Tucker_, 236. _Lewis_'s Justice, 237.
His Cruelty to the _English_, takes the _Herman_, his Quarter-Master
seized ashore, 238. He is released; the _Sheerness_ Man of War narrowly
miss the Pyrates, 239. Takes a large _Frenchman_ by Stratagem, 240. A
remarkable Accident; Captain _Smith_ taken; the Company parts; the
Consequence to the _French_, 241. _Lewis_ murther'd, 242.
Of Captain CORNELIUS.
Makes many Prizes; burns most of the _Portuguese_ Vessels, 243. Sinks a
_Guiney_ Man in an Engagement, 244. The firing Minute Guns, the Loss of
a Ship, 245. The fatal Consequence of Revenge; the Pyrates arrive at
_Madagascar_, 246. The History of King _Chimenatto_, 247, 248, 249. The
Pyrates in Danger of being taken, 250. _Cornelius_ his Death, 251.
Of Captain WILLIAMS.
His Birth, 252. He is left on _Madagascar_, 253. He is taken Prisoner,
254. Taken a second Time, 255. He is a third Time taken, 256. King
_Dempaino_ sends for _Williams_, 256, 257. The King of _Maratan_ refuses
to send him, 257. He is obliged to give _Williams_ up, 258. _Williams_
makes a Voyage to the _Red Sea_, 259. He is carried Prisoner on board
the _Severn_, 260. He is chosen Captain of the _Scots_ Ship, 261. He is
put to a cruel Death, 262. His Men on Board murder'd, 263. His and his
Mens Blood reveng'd, 264.
Of Captain BURGESS.
He sets out to trade with the Pyrates; looses his Ship, stays at
_Madagascar_, and is forced on board a Pyrate, 265. Makes a Voyage to
the _East Indies_, and gets home; he makes two Voyages to _Madagascar_
from _New York_, 266. Is taken by an _East-India_ Man in returning on
the second Voyage, 267. Is condemn'd for Pyracy and pardon'd; goes on
Board the _Neptune_, 268. Betrays the Ship, and is chosen
Quarter-Master, 269. He is stripp'd by his Comrades, recovers his Money,
is stripp'd again, 270. Goes on board the _Henry_, 271. Is poyson'd,
272.
CONTENTS
OF THE
APPENDIX.
The Reception of Captain _Rogers_, Governor of, and at _Providence_,
275. _Rackham_ and _Vane_ part, 281. _Rackham_'s Ship taken, he and his
Crew escape ashore, 283. _Rackham_ gets to _Providence_, and is allowed
the Benefit of the King's Pardon, 284. _Anne Bonny_ proposes to her
Husband his selling her to _Rackham_, 286. _Rackham_ seizes a Sloop,
287. He forces some of _Turnley_'s Men, 289. Governor _Rogers_ his
Sloops seized, 292. _Turnley_, &c. maroon'd, 294. Their Hardships, 295
to 303. The Pyrates catch a Tartar, 303. They are all taken, the forced
Men sent to _Providence_, 304. Governor _Rogers_ sends to fetch the
maroon'd Men, 305. The Pyrates who escaped on Shore intrap'd by Governor
_Rogers_, 306 to 308. _Rounsival_'s Generosity, 309. _Teach_ sends Mr.
_Mark_ for Druggs, _Wragg_, &c. left Hostages, 313. The Hostages in
Jeopardy of their Lives; a Boat coming on board saves them, 314, 315.
_Teach_ draws up before _Charles Town_, 316. The Hostages released, 316.
A Vindication of Governor _Eden_, 317 to 319. Major _Bonnet_'s Letter to
the Governor, 321, 323. The manner of taking Captain _Worley_, 325, 329.
The Particulars of Captain _Evan_'s his being taken, from his own
Letter, 330, 335. Tryal of the Pyrates, 336 to 355. Their Behaviour and
Execution, 356, 360. Captain _Vane_'s Procedure at _Providence_, 362.
His Letter to Governor _Rogers_, 363. Captain _King_'s Protest, 365 to
370. Captain _Bowen_'s Birth and first Employment, 371. He is taken by a
_French_ Pyrate, 372.
Of Captain NORTH.
His Birth, 373. He's press'd; runs away; goes a Privateering, 374.
Press'd a second Time; runs away again; Captain _Lycence_ killed, 376.
_North_ is again press'd and escapes, 377. The Temerity of a
_Frenchman_, 379. He _&c._ turn Pyrates, 380. Take the King of
_Mayotta_, 381. Stand for the _Red Seas_, Consort with _Culliford_ and
_Shivers_, take a _Moors_ Ship, 382. Roguery among the Pyrates, 383. A
_Moor_ Ship escapes; they take three others of the same Nation, 384. The
Captain of the _Dolphin_ gives over Pyrating and returns home; _North_
separated by bad Weather, they plunder a _Dane_, set Fire to the
_Dolphin_, the Reason, 385. _North_ overset and swims to Shore, 386. The
Pyrates throw over their Guns in a Storm, 387. They are shew'd a Well of
Water of a strange Nature, 388. They meet the _Prosperous_, and soon
after _Moor_ Ships, 389. They burn the _Speedy Return_; sink the
_Prosperous_; they are all poisoned, 390. Four only die; _Bowen_'s
Death; _North_ made Captain, 391. Ceremony of making their Captain, 392.
By _North_'s Advice the _Moors_ go off with their Ship, 393. The Pyrates
settle on _Madagascar_; their Way of Life, 394 to 397. _North_ travels
_Southward_ to trade, 397. He joins and goes to War with the
_Mangorians_, 398. He besieges a Town, the Manner of the Siege, 399,
400. _North_'s Allies design to deceive him, 401. His Proceedings upon
the Discovery, 402, 403, 404. _North_ returns homewards, join'd by the
_Timouses_, the Ceremony of swearing among those of _Madagascar_, 405.
_Halsey_ comes in, _North_ and Company go on board him, 406. _North_
drives out the _Timouses_, 407. _North_'s Humanity to a _Frenchman_,
410. _North_ revenges the Barbarity of the _Mayottans_ towards some
_English_, 412. _North_ murder'd, _ib._
THE
HISTORY
OF THE
PYRATES.