they lay by her two Days, repaired her Rigging and other Damages, and ſent her into Princes, with the French Men, and four of their own Hands.
On the 9th in the Evening, the Swallow gained the Cape again, and ſaw the Royal Fortune ſtanding into the Bay with the Neptune, Captain Hill, of London: A good Preſage of the next Day’s Succeſs, for they did not doubt but the Temptation of Liquor, and Plunder, they might find in this their new Prize, would make the Pyrates very confuſed; and ſo it happened.
On the 10th, in the Morning, the Man of War bore away to round the Cape. Roberts’s Crew diſcerning their Maſts over the Land, went down into the Cabin, to acquaint him of it, he being then at Breakfaſt with his new Gueſt, Captain Hill, on a ſavory Diſh of Solomongundy, and ſome of his own Beer. He took no Notice of it, and his Men almoſt as little, ſome ſaying ſhe was a Portugueſe Ship, others a French Slave Ship, but the major Part ſwore it was the French Ranger returning, and were merrily debating for ſome Time, on the Manner of Reception, whether they ſhould ſalute, or not; but as the Swallow approached nigher, Things appeared plainer, and though they were ſtigmatiz’d with the Name of Cowards, who ſhewed any Apprehenſion of Danger, yet ſome of them, now undeceived, declared it to Roberts, eſpecially one Armſtrong, who had deſerted from that Ship, and knew her well: Thoſe Roberts ſwore at as Cowards, who meant to diſhearten the Men, aſking them if it were ſo, whether they were afraid to fight, or no? And hardly refrained from Blows. What his own Apprehenſions were, till ſhe hawled up her Ports, and hoiſted their proper Colours, is uncertain; but then being perfectly convinced, he ſlipped his Cable, got under Sail, and ordered his Men to Arms, without any ſhew of Timidity,
