eminent Deliverance: But inſtead thereof, vented a Million of Oaths and Curſes upon the Captain of the Greyhound, vowing to execute Vengeance upon all they ſhould meet with afterwards, for the Indignity he put upon them.
The firſt Prey that they met with, after their Flight, was a ſmall Sloop belonging to Nantucket, a Whale-Fiſhing, about 80 Miles from Land; the Maſter of which, one Nathan Skiff, a brisk young Fellow, the Pyrates cruelly whipp’d naked about the Deck, making his Torture their Sport; after which they cut of his Ears, and laſt of all ſhot him through the Head, and then ſunk his Veſſel; putting the reſt of the Hands into their Whale-Boat, with a Compaſs, a little Water, and a few Biskets; and it being good Weather, they providentially got ſafe to Nantucket, beyond all Expectation.
There was another Whale-Boat belonging to this Sloop laſt mentioned, which happened to be at ſome Diſtance from her, and perceiving what was doing, rowed with all ſpeed to another Sloop not far off, to acquaint her with the Miſfortune, that the Men might take Care of themſelves; and ſhe happily got away in Time. Some Days after, Low took a Fiſhing-Boat off of Block Iſland, but did not perpetrate ſo much Cruelty to her, contenting himſelf with only cutting off the Maſter’s Head: But after taking two Whale-Boats near Rhode Iſland, he cauſed one of the Maſter’s Bodies to be ripp’d up, and his Intrails to be taken out; and cut off the Ears of the other, and made him eat them himſelf with Pepper and Salt; which hard Injunction he comply’d with, without making a Word. Several other Perſons he would have murthered, but Humanity prevailing in the tender Hearts of his Companions, they refuſed to put his ſavage Orders in Execution.
