Here followed divers accounts of his labours, his discovery of these caves and many cunning devices day by day until I came on this:
May 28.—To-day a storm-beat pinnace standing in for my island, and in it Abnegation Mings and divers others of Bartlemy's rogues, survivors (as I judge) of that cursed ship "Lady's Delight." They landed, being fifteen in all and I in great fear and distress therefore. They leaving their boat unwatched I stole thither and to my great joy found therein a watch-coat and bonnet, 3 muskets, 2 swords, 5 pistols with powder and shot, all of which did hide among the rocks adjacent (a cunning hiding-place) where I may fetch them at my leisure, Providence aiding.
May 29.—This day 1 hour before dawn secured arms, powder, etc., and very grateful therefore.
May 30.—To-day set about strengthening and fortifying my door since, though Roger Tressady is dead, there be other rogues yet to slay, their evil minds being full of lust for Black Bartlemy's Treasure and my blood. And these their names:
A true list of these rogues each and every known to me aforetime in Tortuga, viz.:
My enemies. My equipment against the same.
Abnegation Mings (Mate of A determined mind.
the "Vengeance" galley) 3 Musquets with powder and shot
Benjamin Galbally a-plenty.
Jasper Vokes 2 Swords.
Juliano Bartolozzi 1 Axe.
Benjamin Denton 2 Pikes.
Pierre Durand 5 Pistols.
John Ford A chain-shirt.
James Ballantyne
Izaac Pym
Robert Ball
William Loveday
Daniel Marston
Ebenezer Phips
A boy and one woman.
June 1.—This day, waked by a shot and the sounds of lewd brawling, I to my lookout and mighty alarmed. Upon the sands a fire and thereby a woman and 6 or 7 of these rogues fighting for her. She, poor soul, running to escape falls shot and they to furious fight. But my hopes of their destroying each other and saving me this labour vain by reason of Abnegation Mings bringing them to accord. Thereafter they to drinking and singing of this lewd piratical rant of theirs. Whereupon I tried a shot at them with my long-barrelled arquebus to no purpose. Have made me some ink and do answer very well.
June 2.—Went a-hunting three of my destroyers, viz. the rogues Galbally, Vokes and Bartalozzi. But they well-armed and keeping always in company did no more than harm Vokes in the leg by a bullet, and so to my fort and mighty downcast. Began to make myself a chair with arms. This day also wrote me out divers parchments thus:
JASPER VOKES
SLAIN Of NECESSITY THIS [——] DAY
LIKE ROGUES TAKE WARNING.
ADAM PENFEATHER.
and of these parchments 13 (the boy being already dead), with every rogue his name fair writ that they might know me for man of my word and leave me and my treasure in peace.