the French Settlements, and bring aboard the Devil and all of Plunder.
Lowther did all that he could do, and ſaid all that he could ſay, to diſſwade Maſſey from ſo raſh and dangerous an Attempt; pointing out to him the Hazard the Company would run, and the Conſequences to them all, if he ſhould not ſucceed, and the little Likelihood there was to expect Succeſs from the Undertaking: But ’twas all one for that, Maſſey would go and attack the French Settlements, for any thing Lowther could ſay againſt it; ſo that he was obliged to propoſe the Matter to the Company, among whom Maſſey found a few Fellows as reſolute as himſelf; however, a great Majority being againſt it, the Affair was over-ruled in Oppoſition to Captain Maſſey, notwithſtanding which, Maſſey grew fractious, quarrelled with Lowther, and the Men divided into Parties, ſome ſiding with the Land Pyrate, and ſome with the Sea Rover, and were all ready to fall together by the Ears, when the Man at the Maſt-head cry’d out, A Sail! A Sail!
then they gave over the Diſpute, ſet all their Sails, and ſteered after the Chace. In a few Hours they came up with her, ſhe being a ſmall Ship from Jamaica, bound to England; they took what they thought fit out of her, and a Hand or two, and then Lowther was for ſinking the Ship, with ſeveral Paſſengers that were in her, for what Reaſon I know not, but Maſſey ſo that he interpoſed, prevented their cruel Fate, and the Ship ſafely arrived afterwards in England.
The next Day they took a ſmall Sloop, an interloping Trader, which they detain’d with her Cargo. All this while Maſſey was uneaſy, and declar’d his Reſolution to leave them, and Lowther finding him a very troubleſome Man to deal with, conſented that he ſhould take the Sloop, laſt made Prize of, with what Hands had a Mind to gowith
