That on the 6th of January laſt their Ship riding at Anchor near Cape Appollonia in Africa, diſcovered a Boat rowing towards them, againſt Wind and Stream, from a Ship that lay about three Miles to Leeward. They judged from the Number of Men in her, as ſhe nearer advanced, to be a Pyrate, and made ſome Preparation for receiving her, believing, on a nigher View, they would think fit to withdraw from an Attack that muſt be on their Side with great Diſadvantage in an open Boat, and againſt double the Number of Men; yet by the Raſhneſs, and the Puſillanimity of his own People (who laid down their Arms, and immediately called for Quarter) the Ship was taken, and afterwards robbed by them.
Preſident. Can you charge your Memory with any Particulars in the Seizure and Robbery?
Evidence. We know that Magnes, Quarter-Maſter of the Pyrate Ship, commanded the Men in this Boat that took us, and aſſumed the Authority of ordering her Proviſions and Stores out, which being of different Kinds, we ſoon found, were ſeized and ſent away under more particular Directions; for Main, as Boatſwain of the Pyrate Ship, carried away two Cables, and ſeveral Coils of Rope, as what belonged to his Province, beating ſome of our own Men for not being brisk enough at working in the Robbery. Petty, as Sail-maker, ſaw to the Sails and Canvas; Harper, as Cooper to the Cask and Tools; Griffin, to the Carpenter’s Stores, and Oughterlauney, as Pilot, having ſhifted himſelf with a Suit of my Clothes, a new tye Wig, and called for a Bottle of Wine, ordered the Ship, very arrogantly, to be ſteered under Commadore Robert’s Stern, (I ſuppoſe to know what Orders there were concerning her.) So far particularly. In the general, Sir, they were very outragious and emulous in Miſchief.
Preſident.
