dron went down to Bombay, were ſaluted by the Fort, and came home.
The Pyrates, I mean thoſe of the Caſſandra, now Captain Taylor, fitted the Portugueſe Man of War, and reſolved upon another Voyage to the Indies, notwithſtanding the Riches they had heaped up; but as they were preparing to ſail, they heard of the four Men of War coming after them to thoſe Seas, therefore they altered their Minds, ſail’d for the Main of Africa, and put in at a little Place called Delagoa, near the River de Spiritu Sancto, on the Coaſt of Monomotapa, in 26° South Latitude. They believed this to be a Place of Security, in regard that the Squadron could not poſſibly get Intelligence of them, there being no Correſpondence over Land, nor any Trade carried on by Sea, between that and the Cape, where the Men of War were then ſuppoſed to be. The Pyrates came to in the Evening, and were ſurprized with a few Shot from the Shore, not knowing of any Fortification or European Settlement in that Part of the World; ſo they anchored at a Diſtance that Night, and perceiving, in the Morning, a ſmall Fort of ſix Guns, they run up to it, and battered it down.
This Fort was built and ſettled by the Dutch Eaſt-India Company, a few Months before, for what Purpoſe, I know not, and having left 150 Men upon the Place, they were then dwindled to a third Part by Sickneſs and Caſualties, and never after received any Relief or Neceſſaries; ſo that Sixteen of thoſe that were left, upon their humble Petition, were admitted on Board the Pyrates, and all the reſt would have had the ſame Favour (they ſaid) had they been any other than Dutch. I mention this, as an Inſtance of their Ingratitude, who had been ſo much obliged to their Countrymen for Support.
