he deſerted at Naples, and took Shelter in a Convent. He ſerved on Board the Spaniſh Fleet under Admiral Cammock, in the War in the Mediterranean; and after the Ceſſation of Arms with Spain, ſettled with ſeveral of his Countrymen (Iriſh) in the Spaniſh Weſt-Indies. This Guard del Coaſt made Prize of Captain Jones’s Ship, and kept Poſſeſſion of her from 5th to the 8th, during which Time ſhe took alſo the Prudent Hannah of Boſton, Thomas Mouſell Maſter, and the Dolphin of Topſham, Theodore Bare Maſter, both laden and bound for Virginia: The former they ſent away together with three Men and the Mate, under the Command of a Spaniſh Officer and Crew, the ſame Day ſhe was taken; the latter they carried off with them, putting the Maſter and all the Crew aboard Captain Jones’s Ship. They plundered Captain Jones of thirty ſix Men Slaves, ſome Gold-Duſt, all his Cloaths, four great Guns and ſmall Arms, and about four hundred Gallons of Rum, beſides his Proviſions and Stores, computed in all to 1500 l. Sterling.
