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The
History
of the
Pyrates.
Introduction.
s the Pyrates in the Weſt-Indies have been ſo formidable and numerous, that they have interrupted the Trade of Europe into thoſe Parts; and our Engliſh Merchants, in particular, have ſuffered more by their Depredations, than by the united Force of France and Spain, in the late War: We do not doubt but the World will be curious to know the Original and Progreſs of theſe Deſperadoes, who were the Terror of the trading Part of the World.
But before we enter upon their particular Hiſtory, it will not be amiſs, by way of Introduction, to ſhew, by ſome Examples drawn from Hiſtory, the great Miſchief and Danger which threaten Kingdoms and Commonwealths, from the Increaſe
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