defended the Fort, ſeeing ſuch a Number of Hands on Board theſe Ships, had not the Courage to ſtand it any longer, but abandoning the Fort, left it to the Mercy of the Pyrates.
They took Poſſeſſion of it, and continued there near ſeven Weeks, in which Time they all cleaned their Ships. We ſhould have obſerved, that a Galley came into the Road while they were there, which Davis inſiſted ſhould be yielded to La Bouſe, according to his Word of Honour before given; Cocklyn did not oppoſe it, ſo La Bouſe went into her, with his Crew, and cutting away her half Deck, mounted her with twenty four Guns.
Having called a Counſel of War, they agreed to ſail down the Coaſt together, and for the greater Grandeur, appointed a Commadore, which was Davis; but they had not kept Company long, when drinking together on Board of Davis, they had like to have fallen together by the Ears, the ſtrong Liquor ſtirring up a Spirit of Diſcord among them, and they quarrelled, but Davis put an End to it, by this ſhort Speech:Heark ye, you Cocklin and La Bouſe, I find by ſtrengthening you, I have put a Rod into your Hands to whip my ſelf, but I’m ſtill able to deal with you both; but ſince we met in Love, let us part in Love, for I find, that three of a Trade can never agree.
Upon which the other two went on Board their reſpective Ships, and immediately parted, each ſteering a different Courſe.
Davis held on his Way down the Coaſt, and making Cape Appollonia, he met with two Scotch and one Engliſh Veſſel, which he plundered, and then let go. About five Days after he fell in with a Dutch Interloper of thirty Guns and ninety Men, (half being Engliſh,) off Cape Three Points Bay; Davis coming up along Side of her, the Dutch Man gave the firſt Fire, and pouring in a broad-Side upon Davis, killed nine of his Men, Davis returned it, and a
