and found that all, or the greateſt part of the Crew, were ſafe aſhore, whereupon ſhe came to an Anchor, in order to fetch them off; and having brought Fenn the Captain, Philips the Carpenter, and a few others aboard, two Men of War came down upon them, viz. the Hector and Adventure, ſo that the Brigantine had but juſt Time to cut their Cable, and get to Sea, with one of the Men of War after her, keeping within Gun-ſhot for ſeveral Hours. Anſtis and his Crew were now under the greateſt Conſternation imaginable, finding the Gale freſhen, and the Man of War gaining Ground upon them, ſo that, in all Probability, they muſt have been Priſoners in two Hours more; but it pleaſed God to give them a little longer Time, the Wind dying away, the Pyrates got out their Oars, and row’d for their Lives, and thereby got clear of their Enemy.
The Hector landed her Men upon the Iſland, and took 40 of the Morning Star’s Crew, without any Reſiſtance made by them; but on the contrary, alledging, they were forc’d Men, and that they were glad of this Opportunity to eſcape from the Pyrates; the reſt hid themſelves in the Woods, and could not be found. George Bradley the Maſter, and three more, ſurrender’d afterwards to a Burmudas Sloop, and were carried to that Iſland.
The Brigantine, after her Eſcape, ſail’d to a ſmall Iſland near the Bay of Honduras, to clean and refit, and, in her Way thither, took a Rhode Iſland Sloop, Captain Durfey, Commander, and two or three other Veſſels, which they deſtroy’d, but brought all the Hands aboard their own.
While ſhe was cleaning, a Scheme was concerted between Captain Durfey, ſome other Priſoners, and two or three of the Pyrates, for to ſeize ſome of the Chiefs, and carry off the Brigantine; but the ſame being diſcovered before ſhe was fit for ſailing, their Deſign was prevented: However, Captain
