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The CONTENTS.

cover’d by his Papers, ib. Black-beard’s deſperate Reſolution before the Fight, ib. The Lieutenant and Governor no very good Friends, 86. The Priſoners hang’d, ib. Samuel Odel ſaved, and why, ib. The good Luck of Iſrael Hands, 87. Black-beard’s miſchievous Frolicks, ib. His Beard deſcribed, ib. Several Inſtances if his Wickedneſs, 88, 89. Some Memorandums taken from his Journal, 89. The Names of the Pyrates kill’d in the Engagement, 90. Of thoſe executed, ib. The Value of the Prize, ib.

Bred a Gentleman, 91. Suppoſed to be diſorder’d in his Senſes, ib. His Beginning as a Pyrate, ib. Takes Prizes, 92. Diviſions in his Crew, ib. Meets Black-beard, ib. Is depoſed from his Command, 93. His melancholy Reflections, ib. Surrenders to the King’s Proclamation, ib. His new Project, ib. Saves ſome Pyrates marroon’d, 94. Begins the old Trade again, 95. An Account of Prizes taken by him, 95, 96. Colonel Rhet goes in Queſt of Pyrates, 97. Yates the Pyrate ſurrenders, 98. An Engagement betwixt Colonel Rhet and Major Bonnet, 100. An Account of the kill’d and wounded, ib. The Priſoners carried to Charles-Town, ib. The Major and the Maſter Eſcape, ib. Taken again by Colonel Rhet, 101. A Court of Vice-Admiralty held, ib. The Names of thoſe arraign’d, 102, 103. The Form of their Indictment, 104. Their Defence, 105. The Names of thoſe who received Sentence, 106. An excellent Speech made by the Lord Chief Juſtice on pronouncing Sentence on the Major, 107 to 112.

His Beginning and Character, 113, 114. A moſt barbarous Action of his Crew, 114, 115. The Names of Prizes taken by him, 115, 116. The Miſfortunes of his Confederates, 116, 117. England’s Progreſs half round the Globe, 117, 118. A ſhort Deſcription of the Coaſt of Malabar, ib. What they did at Madagaſcar, 118. Takes an Eaſt-India Man, ib. The Particulars of the Action in Captain Mackra’s Letter, 119 to 122. Captain Mackra ventures on Board the Pyrate, 122. Is in Danger of being murder’d; 123. Preſerv’d by a pleaſant Incident, ib. The Pyrates Generoſity to him, ib. Captain England
depoſed,