ſorts, laid hold of the Captain, and made him faſt to the Windleſs, and there pelted him with Glaſs Bottles, which cut him in a ſad Manner; after which they whipp’d him about the Deck, till they were weary, being deaf to all his Prayers and Intreaties, and at laſt, becauſe he had been a good Maſter to his Men, they ſaid, he ſhould have an eaſy Death, and ſo ſhot him thro’ the Head. They took ſome few Things out of the Snow, but gave the Veſſel and all her Cargo to Howel Davis the Mate; and the reſt of the Crew, as will be hereafter mentioned in the Chapter of Captain Davis.
Captain England took a Ship called the Pearl, Captain Tyzard Commander, for which he exchanged his own Sloop, fitted her up for the pyratical Account, and new chriſten’d her, the Royal James, with which he took ſeveral Ships and Veſſels of different Nations at the Azores and Cape de Verd Iſlands.
In the Spring, 1719, the Rovers returned to Africa, and beginning at the River Gambia, ſailed all down the Coaſt; and between that and Cape Corſo, took the following Ships and Veſſels.
The Eagle Pink, Captain Rickets Commander belonging to Cork, taken the 25th of March, having 6 Guns and 17 Men on Board, ſeven of which turned Pyrates.
The Charlotte, Captain Oldſon, of London, taken May the 26th, having 8 Guns and 18 Men on Board, 13 of which turned Pyrates.
The Sarah, Captain Stunt, of London, taken the 27th of May, having 4 Guns and 18 Men on Board, 3 of which turned Pyrates.
The Bentworth, Captain Gardener, of Briſtol, taken the 27th of May, having 12 Guns and 30 Men on Board, 12 of which turned Pyrates.
