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he Danger of Commonwealths from an Increaſe of Pyrates, 17. Pyrates in the Times of Marius and Sylla, 18. Takes Julius Cæſar, 19. The Barbarity of thoſe Pyrates, ib. They ſpare Cæſar, and why, ib. His Behaviour amongſt them, ib. Cæſar obtains his Liberty for a Ranſom, ib. Attacks and takes the Pyrates, 20. Hangs them at Troy, ib. They increaſe again to a prodigious Strength, ib.. Plunder at the Gates of Rome, 21. The mock Homage they paid the Romans, ib. Pompey the Great, appointed General againſt them, 22. A prodigious Fleet and Army aſſign’d him, ib. His Conduct and good Fortune, ib, The Gallantry of thoſe Pyracies, 23. Receive an Overthrow, ib. Barbarouſe, a Pyrate, his Beginning, ib. His great Strength, 24. Selim Eutemi, King of Algiers, courts his Friendſhip, ib. Makes himſelf King, and how, ib. The King of Tunis overthrown by him, ib. Leaves the Inheritance to his Brother, ib. The Weſt-Indies commodious for Pyrates, and why, 24, 25. The Explanation of the Word Keys, 25. The Pyrates conceal their Booty on them, ib. The Pyrates Security in thoſe Parts, 26. The Riſe of Pyrates ſince the Peace of Utrecht accounted for, 26, 27. An Expedition from Jamaica, to plunder the Spaniards, 28. The Spaniards ſue for Juſtice to the Government of Jamaica, ib. The Plunderers turn Pyrates, 29. The Spaniards make Repriſals, ib. The Names of Ships taken by them, ib. The plunder’d Seamen join the Pyrates, ib. Providence fixed on as a Place of Retreat by them, 30 That Iſland deſcribed, ib. The Lords Addreſs to her late Majeſty for ſecuring Providence, ib. An Order of Council in this Reign to the ſame Purpoſe, 31 A Liſt of Men of War employ’d for the Defence ofthe
