From an original in the library of the Massachusetts Historical Society.

[ Rev. Cotton Mather, pastor of the Second (North) Church, Boston, 1685-1728] 114

From a mezzotint by Peter Pelham after a portrait painted in 1728.

[ Fac-simile of the title-page of “The Trial of Eight Persons Indited for Piracy,” Boston, 1717] 116

From an original in the library of the Massachusetts Historical Society.

[ Spanish doubloon] 126

From the original gold coin, found on the beach at Wellfleet, Mass., where Bellamy’s pirate ship was wrecked in 1717 and now in the possession of Charles H. Taylor.

[ Spanish piece of eight] 126

From the original eight real piece in the cabinet of the Massachusetts Historical Society.

[ Fac-simile of the title-page of Rev. Cotton Mather’s “Instructions to the Living from the Condition of the Dead,” Boston, 1717] 130