whether his Wife knew where he had buried his Money? He anſwered, That no Body but himſelf and the Devil, knew where it was, and the longeſt Liver ſhould take all.
Thoſe of his Crew who were taken alive, told a Story which may appear a little incredible; however, we think it will not be fair to omit it, ſince we had it from their own Mouths. That once upon a Cruize, they found out that they had a Man on Board more than their Crew; ſuch a one was ſeen ſeveral Days amongſt them, ſometimes below, and ſometimes upon Deck, yet no Man in the Ship could give an Account who he was, or from whence he came; but that he diſappeared little before they were caſt away in their great Ship, but, it ſeems, they verily believed it was the Devil.
One would think theſe Things ſhould induce them to reform their Lives, but ſo many Reprobates together, encouraged and ſpirited one another up in their Wickedneſs, to which a continual Courſe of drinking did not a little contribute; for in Black-beard’s Journal, which was taken, there were ſeveral Memorandums of the following Nature, ſound writ with his own Hand.Such a Day, Rum all out:
Our Company ſomewhat ſober:
A damn’d Confuſion amongſt uſ!
Rogues a plotting;
great Talk of Separation.
So I look’d ſharp for a Prize;
ſuch a Day took one, with a great deal of Liquor on Board, ſo kept the Company hot, damned hot, then all Things went well again.
Thus it was theſe Wretches paſſed their Lives, with very little Pleaſure or Satiſfaction, in the Poſſeſſion of what they violently take away from others, and ſure to pay for it at laſt, by an ignominious Death.
