Page:A general history of the pyrates, from their first rise and settlement in the Island of Providence, to the present time (1724).djvu/24

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The CONTENTS.

Bbgins with Houſe-breaking, 391. Seizes a Sloop, 392. Robs a Houſe the ſame Night, ib. Put to Sea, and take valuable Prizes, 393. Evans ſhot dead by his Boatſwain, 394, His Death reveng’d, ib. The Company breaks up, 395.

Phillips his Original, 396. How he became a Pyrate, ib. His Return to England accounted for, ib. Ships again for Newfoundland, ib. Deſerts his Ship in Peter Harbour, 397. He and four others ſeize a Veſſel, ib. Sail out a pyrating, ib. Articles ſworn to upon a Hatchet, ib. A Copy of the Articles, 397, 398. Ill Blood amongſt them, and why, 399. Are almoſt ſtarved, ib, Take Prizes, ib. Phillips propoſes to clean at Tobago, and why, ib. Meets an old Acquaintance, 400. Frighten’d from the Iſland, ib. A Conſpiracy to run away with the Prize, ib. A Skirmiſh, ib. The Carpenter’s Dexterity in cutting off Legs, ib. Fern kill’d by Phillips, and why, 401. The Danger of attempting an Eſcape among the Pyrates, ib. Captain Mortimer’s Bravery, and hard Fate, 401, 402. Captain Mortimer’s Brother eſcapes, and how, 402. Cheeſeman’s Steps for overthrowing the Pyrates Government, 403. A Digreſſion concerning Newfoundland, and its Trade, 403, 404. The Pyrates recruited with Men from thence, 405. Phillips his Conſcience pricks him, ib. Dependence Ellery, a Saint, oblig’d to dance by the Pyrates, 406. A brave Action perform’d by Cheeſemen, 407. Carries the Pyrate Ship into Boſton, 408. The dying Declarations of John Roſe Archer, and William White, 408, 409.

Spriggs his Beginning, 411. How he ſet up for himſelf, ib. Sweats his Priſoners for Diverſion, 412. The Pyrates miſtake in drinking Healths, 413. Take Hawkins a ſecond time, 414. Burn his Ship, and why, ib. An odd Entertainment given him by the Pyrates, ib. Captain Hawkins how diſpoſed of, 414, 415. Spriggs barbarous Uſage of his Priſoners, 415, 416. Takes a Ship loaden with Horſes, 416. An odd Frolick of the Pyrates, ib. Two particular Relations of Pyracy, from 417 to 424.

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