among them; Low telling them from the Brigantine, they ſhould have no Quarters if they reſiſted; in the mean Time they mann’d and arm’d their Boat, and took Poſſeſſion of every one of them, plundered them of what they thought fit, and converted one to their own Uſe, viz. a Scooner of 80 Tuns, aboard of which they put 10 Carriage Guns, and 50 Men, and Low himſelf went Captain, and nam’d her the Fancy, making one Charles Harris, (who was at firſt forced into their Service out of the Greyhound of Boſton, by Lowther, of which Ship Harris was ſecond Mate) Captain of the Brigantine: Out of theſe Veſſels they took ſeveral Hands, and encreaſed the Company to 80 Men, who all ſigned the Articles, ſome willingly, and a few perhaps by Force, and ſo ſailed away from Marblehead.
Some Time after this, they met with two Sloops bound for Boſton, with Proviſions for the Garriſon, and the Scooner coming up firſt, attacked them, but there happening to be an Officer and ſome Soldiers on Board, who gave them a warm Reception, Low choſe to ſtay till he ſhould be joyned by the Brigantine; in the mean while the Sloops made the beſt of their Way, and the Pyrates gave them Chace two Days, and at laſt loſt ſight of them in a Fog.
They now ſteered for the Leeward Iſlands, but in their Voyage met with ſuch a Hurricane of Wind, that the like had not been known; the Sea ran Mountains high, and ſeemed to threaten them every Moment with Deſtruction; it was no Time now to look out for Plunder, but to ſave themſelves, if poſſible, from periſhing. All Hands were continually employed Night, and Day, on Board the Brigantine, and all little enough, for the Waves went over her, ſo that they were forced to keep the pump conſtantly going, beſides balingwith
