them from going to ſome Country, where they were not known, and living on Shore all the reſt of their Days in Plenty; they underſtood what he meant: And in ſhort, they all agreed to bilk their new Allies, the Sloop’s Men, nor do I find that any of them felt any Qualms of Honour riſing in his Stomach, to hinder them from conſenting to this Piece of Treachery. In fine, they took Advantage of the Darkneſs that Night, ſteer’d another Courſe, and, by Morning, loſt Sight of them.
I leave the Reader to judge, what Swearing and Confuſion there was among the Sloop’s Men, in the Morning, when they ſaw that Avery had given them the Slip; for they knew by the Fairneſs of the Weather, and the Courſe they had agreed to ſteer, that it muſt have been done on purpoſe: But we leave them at preſent to follow Mr. Avery.
Avery, and his Men, having conſulted what to do with themſelves, came to a Reſolution, to make the beſt of their Way towards America; and none of them being known in thoſe Parts, they intended to divide the Treaſure, to change their Names, to go aſhore, ſome in one Place, ſome in other, to purchaſe ſome Settlements, and live at Eaſe. The firſt Land they made, was the Iſland of Providence, then newly ſettled; here they ſtaid ſome Time, and having conſidered that when they ſhould go to New-England, the Greatneſs of their Ship, would cauſe much Enquiry about them; and poſſibly ſome People from England, who had heard the Story of a Ship’s being run away with from the Groine, might ſuſpect them to be the People; they therefore took a Reſolution of diſpoſing of their Ship at Providence: Upon which, Avery pretending that the Ship being fitted out upon the privateering Account, and having had no Succeſs, he had received Orders from the Owners, to diſpoſe of her to the beſt Advan-
