ginable; for which he was made Chief of that execrable Gang, that it might be ſaid that his Poſt was not unduly filled, Black-beard being truly the Superior in Roguery, of all the Company, as has been already related.
To him Bonnet’s Crew joined in Conſortſhip, and Bonnet himſelf was laid aſide, notwithſtanding the Sloop was his own; he went aboard Black-beard’s Ship, not concerning himſelf with any of their Affairs, where he continued till ſhe was loſt in Topſail Inlet, and one Richards was appointed Captain in his Room. The Major now ſaw his Folly, but could not help himſelf, which made him Melancholy; he reflected upon his paſt Courſe of Life, and was confounded with Shame, when he thought upon what he had done: His Behaviour was taken Notice of by the other Pyrates, who liked him never the better for it; and he often declared to ſome of them, that he would gladly leave off that Way of Living, being fully tired of it; but he ſhould be aſhamed to ſee the Face of any Engliſh Man again; therefore if he could get to Spain or Portugal, where he might be undiſcovered, he would ſpend the Remainder of his Days in either of thoſe Countries, otherwiſe he muſt continue with them as long as he lived.
When Black-beard loſt his Ship at Topſail Inlet, and ſurrendered to the King’s Proclamation, Bonnet reaſſumed the Command of his own Sloop, Revenge, goes directly away to Bath-Town in North-Carolina, ſurrenders likewiſe to the King’s Pardon, and receives a Certificate. The War was now broke out between the Tripple Allies and Spain; ſo Major Bonnet gets a Clearence for his Sloop at North-Carolina, to go to the Iſland of St. Thomas, with a Deſign (at leaſt it was pretended ſo) to get the Emperor’s Commiſſion, to go a Privateering upon the Spaniards. When Bonnet came back to Topſail Inlet, he found that Teach and his Gang were gone, and that
