evil Courſes, and get home privately, (for there was no Act of Pardon in Force,) therefore they agreed to break up, and every Man to ſhift for himſelf, as he ſhould ſee Occaſion. The firſt Thing they did, was to part with the great Portugueze Prize, and having the Maſter of the Sloop (whoſe Name I think was Cane) aboard, who they ſaid was a very honeſt Fellow, (for he had humoured them upon every Occaſion,) told them of the Brigantine that Roberts went after; and when the Pyrates firſt took him, he complemented them at an odd Rate, telling them they were welcome to his Sloop and Cargo, and wiſh’d that the Veſſel had been larger, and the Loading richer for their Sakes: To this good natured Man they gave the Portugueze Ship, (which was then above half loaded,) three or four Negroes, and all his own Men, who returned Thanks to his kind Benefactors, and departed.
Captain Kennedy in the Rover, ſailed to Barbadoes, near which Iſland, they took a very peaceable Ship belonging to Virginia; the Commander was a Quaker, whoſe Name was Knot; he had neither Piſtol, Sword, nor Cutlaſh on Board; and Mr. Knot appearing ſo very paſſive to all they ſaid to him, ſome of them thought this a good Opportunity to go off; and accordingly eight of the Pyrates went aboard, and he carried them ſafe to Virginia; They made the Quaker a Preſent of 10 Cheſts of Sugar, 10 Rolls of Braſil Tobacco, 30 Moidors, and ſome Gold-Duſt, in all to the value of about 250 l. They alſo made Preſents to the Sailors, ſome more, ſome leſs, and lived a jovial Life all the while they were upon their Voyage, Captain Knot giving them their Way; nor indeed could he help himſelf, unleſs he had taken an Opportunity to ſurprize them, when they were either drunk or aſleep; for awake they wore Arms aboard the Ship, and put him in a continual Terror; it not being his Prin-
