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| (1) Editor’s Introduction | [15] |
| (2) The Translator’s Preface to the First Edition | [43] |
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| PART I. |
| THE BUCCANEERS OF AMERICA. |
| CHAPTER I. |
| The Introduction—The Author sets forth for the Western Islands,in the service of the West India Company of France—Theymeet with an English frigate, and arrive at the Island ofTortuga | [49] |
| CHAPTER II. |
| A description of Tortuga—The fruits and plants there—How theFrench first settled there, at two several times, and forcedout the Spaniards—The Author twice sold in the said island | [54] |
| CHAPTER III. |
| A description of Hispaniola—A relation of the French Buccaneers | [64] |
| CHAPTER IV. |
| Original of the most famous pirates of the coasts of America—Famousexploit of Pierre le Grand | [76] |
| CHAPTER V. |
| How the pirates arm their vessels and regulate their voyages | [80] |
| CHAPTER VI. |
| Of the origin of Francis Lolonois and the beginning of hisrobberies | [95] |
| CHAPTER VII. |
| Lolonois equips a fleet to land upon the Spanish islands ofAmerica with intent to rob, sack, and burn whatsoever hemet with | [100] |
| CHAPTER VIII. |
| Lolonois makes new preparations to take the city of St. James deLeon; as also that of Nicaragua; where he miserablyperishes | [115] |
| CHAPTER IX. |
| The origin and descent of Captain Henry Morgan—his exploits,and the most remarkable actions of his life | [131] |
| CHAPTER X. |
| Of the Island of Cuba—Captain Morgan attempts to preserve theIsle of St. Catherine as a refuge to the nest of pirates butfails of his design—He arrives at, and takes, the village ofEl Puerto del Principe | [140] |
| CHAPTER XI. |
| Captain Morgan resolving to attack and plunder the City ofPuerto Bello, equips a fleet, and with little expense andsmall forces, takes it | [149] |
| CHAPTER XII. |
| Captain Morgan takes the City of Maracaibo, on the coast ofNueva Venezuela—Piracies committed in those seas—Ruinof three Spanish ships set forth to hinder the robberies of thepirates | [158] |
| CHAPTER XIII. |
| Captain Morgan goes to Hispaniola to equip a new fleet withintent to pillage again on the coast of the West Indies | [187] |
| CHAPTER XIV. |
| What happened in the river De la Hacha | [190] |
| CHAPTER XV. |
| Captain Morgan leaves Hispaniola and goes to St. Catherine’swhich he takes | [195] |
| CHAPTER XVI. |
| Captain Morgan takes the Castle of Chagre with four hundredmen sent to this purpose from St. Catherine’s | [202] |
| CHAPTER XVII. |
| Captain Morgan departs from Chagre at the head of twelvehundred men to take the city of Panama | [209] |
| CHAPTER XVIII. |
| Captain Morgan sends canoes and boats to the South Sea—Hefires the city of Panama—Robberies and cruelties committedthere by the pirates, till their return to the Castle ofChagre | [223] |
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| PART II. |
| A TRUE ACCOUNT OF FOUR NOTORIOUS PIRATES. |
| Chapter I. Of Captain Teach alias Black-beard. |
| His beginning—His confederacy with Hornygold—The confederacybroken—Takes a large Guinea man—Engages theScarborough man-of-war—His alliance with Major StedeBonnet—Deposes his new ally—His advice to theMajor—His progress and success—Takes prizes in sightof Charles Town—Sends ambassadors to the Governorof Carolina upon an impudent demand—Runs his shipaground designedly—His cruelty to some of his own companions—Surrendersto the King’s Proclamation—The Governorof North Carolina’s exceeding generosity to him—Hemarries—The number of his wives then living—Makes asecond excursion in the way of pirating—Some State legerdemainbetwixt him and the Governor—His frolics on shore—Themerchants apply for a force against him, and where—A proclamationwith a reward for taking or killing of pirates—LieutenantMaynard sent in pursuit of him—Black-beard’sgood intelligence—The lieutenant engages Black-beard—Amost execrable health drank by Black-beard—The fightbloody; the particulars of it—Black-beard killed—His slooptaken—The lieutenant’s conduct—A reflection on the humoursof seamen—Black-beard’s correspondents discovered by hispapers—Black-beard’s desperate resolution before the fight—Thelieutenant and Governor no very good friends—Theprisoners hanged—Samuel Odell saved, and why—The goodluck of Israel Hands—Black-beard’s mischievous frolics—Hisbeard described—Several instances of his wickedness—Somememoranda taken from his journal—The names of thepirates killed in the engagement—Of those executed—Thevalue of the prize | [239] |
| Chapter II. Of Captain William Kid. |
| Commanded a privateer in the West Indies—Recommended tothe Government by Lord Bellamont, &c.—Not encouraged—Heis sent out in a private man-of-war with the King’s commission—Hesails for New York—In his way takes a Frenchbanker—Arrived there—Ships more hands—Sails to Madeira,Bonavista, Cape de Verde Islands, and Madagascar—Meetsthree English men-of-war—Meets with nothing at Madagascar—Goesto the Malabar coast—Cruises about Mohilaand Johanna—Borrows money and repairs his ship—AtMabbee he takes some corn—From thence steers for Bab’sKey—He sends a boat along the coast, and gains intelligence—Hefalls in with a fleet, but is obliged to sheer off—Goes tothe Malabar coast—Takes a Moorish vessel—Treats the mencruelly, and discharges the vessel—Touches at Carawar, andis suspected of piracy—Engages a Portuguese man-of-warsent after him and gets off—Takes a Moor ship under pretenceof her being French—Keeps company with a Dutchship—Quarrels with and kills his gunner—Plunders a Portugueseship on the Malabar coast and lets her go—His cooperis murdered in one of the Malabar Islands—He burns andpillages several houses—Commands a native to be shot—Hetakes the Queda, and shares £200 a man amongst his crew—Hecheats the Indians—Goes to Madagascar—Meets thereCulliford the pirate—Shifts into the Queda, and shares therest of her cargo—His men desert from him to forty—Goesto Amboyna—hears he is declared a pirate in England—LordBellamont prints his justification—A pardon granted topirates—Avery and Kid excepted—Kid goes to, and is securedat, New York—Some of his crew depending on the pardon,are confined—Sent to England and condemned—Three excepted—Adistinction of the lawyers—Kid found guilty of themurder of his gunner—Some plead the king’s pardon to nopurpose—Mullins’s plea—Kid’s plea useless—He and his menindicted—Executed | [257] |
| Chapter III. Of Captain Bartholomew Roberts andhis Crew. |
| His beginning—Elected captain in the room of Davis—The speechof Lord Dennis at the election—Lord Sympton objectsagainst a papist—The death of Davis revenged—Roberts sailssouthward in quest of adventures—The names of the prizestaken by them—Brazil described—Roberts falls into a fleetof Portuguese—Boards and takes the richest ship amongstthem—Make the Devil’s Islands—An unfortunate adventureof Roberts—Kennedy’s treachery—Irishmen excluded byRoberts and his crew—Articles sworn to by them—A copy ofthem—Some account of the laws and customs of the pirates—Aninstance of Roberts’s cunning—He proceeds againupon business, and takes prizes—Narrowly escapes beingtaken—Sails for the Island Dominico—Another escape—Sailsfor Newfoundland—Plunders, sinks, and burns twenty-twosail in the harbour of Trepassi—Plunders ten sail of Frenchmen—Themad behaviour of the crew—A correspondencehinted at—The pirates caressed at the island of St. Bartholomew—Inextreme distress—Sail for Martinico—A stratagemof Roberts—The insolent device in his colours—Odd complimentpaid to Roberts—Three men desert the pirates, andare taken by them—Their trial—Two executed and onesaved—The brigantine deserts them—Great divisions in thecompany—A description of Serra Leone River—The names ofEnglish settled there, and way of life—The Onslow belongingto the African Company taken—The pirates’ contempt ofsoldiers—They are for entertaining a chaplain—Their skirmishwith the Calabar negroes—The King Solomon, belongingto the African Company taken—The frolics of the pirates—Takeeleven sail in Whydah Road—A comical receiptgiven by the pirates—A cruel action of Roberts—Sails forAnna Bona—The progress of the Swallow man-of-war, inpursuit of Roberts—Roberts’s consort taken—The braveryof Skyrme, a Welsh pirate—The surly humour of some of theprisoners—The Swallow comes up with Roberts—Roberts’sdress described—Is killed—His character—His ship taken—Thebehaviour of the pirates when prisoners—A conspiracy oftheirs discovered—Reflections on the manner of trying them—Theform of the commission for trying the pirates—Theoath taken by the commissioners—The names of thosearraigned taken in the ship Ranger—The form of the indictment—Thesum of the evidence against them—Their defence—Thenames of the prisoners of the Royal Fortune—Proceedingsagainst them—Harry Glasby acquitted—The particulartrial of Captain James Skyrme—Of John Walden—OfPeter Scudamore—Of Robert Johnson—Of George Wilson—OfBenjamin Jeffries—Of John Mansfield—Of William Davis—Thenames of those executed at Cape Corso—The petitionof some condemned—The court’s resolution—The form of anindenture of a pardoned pirate—The names of those pardonedupon indenture to serve seven years—The pirates howdisposed of—The dying behaviour of those executed | [275] |
| Chapter IV. Of Captain Avery and his Crew. |
| Romantic reports of his greatness—His birth—Is mate of a Bristolman—For what voyage designed—Tampers with the seamen—Formsa plot for carrying off the ship—Executes it, andhow—The pirates take a rich ship belonging to the GreatMogul—The Great Mogul threatens the English settlements—Thepirates steer their course back for Madagascar—Call acouncil—Put all the treasure of board of Avery’s ship—Averyand his crew treacherously leave his confederates—Go tothe Isle of Providence in the West Indies—Sell the ship—Goto North America in a sloop—They disperse—Avery goesto New England—From thence to Ireland—Avery afraidto expose his diamonds to sale—Goes over to England—Putshis wealth into merchant’s hands of Bristol—Changes hisname—Lives at Bideford—The merchants send him nosupplies—Importunes them—Goes privately to Bristol—Theythreaten to discover him—Goes over to Ireland—Solicitsthem from thence—Is very poor—Works his passage over toPlymouth—Walks to Bideford—Dies a beggar—An accountof Avery’s confederates—Their settlement at Madagascar—Theymeet other pirates—An account of them—The piratesdeposed, and why—Marooned on the Island Mauritius—Someaccount of that island—The adventures of the companycontinued—Angria, an Indian pirate—His strength by landand sea—The East India Company’s wars with him—Thepirates go to the island of Melinda—Their barbarous behaviourthere—Hear of Captain Mackra’s designs againstthem—Their reflections thereupon—Sail for Cochin, a Dutchsettlement—The pirates and the Dutch very good friends—Mutualpresents made between the pirates and the Governor—Thepirates in a fright—Almost starved—Take a prize ofan immense value—Take an Ostend East Indiaman—A shortdescription of Madagascar—A prodigious dividend made bythe pirates—A fellow’s way of increasing his diamonds—Someof the pirates quit, and join the remains of Avery—Theproceedings of the men-of-war in those parts—Some Dutchmenpetition to be among the pirates—The pirates divided intheir measures—Break up—What became of them | [384] |
