[5] In another deposition of Thomas Fitzgerald, reproduced in Trials of Eight Persons, he gives us a quaint glimpse of the pirates' psychology during this night of peril: "And in their Distress the [Pirates] ask'd the Deponent to Read to them the Common-Prayer Book, which he did about an Hour; And at break of Day they found the Shoar-side of the Pink dry."
[6] Pochet.
[7] See his testimony in [doc. no. 112].
[8] Either John Doane, Esq., or his cousin Joseph. Both were justices of the peace for Barnstable County, but neither lived in Barnstable town; they were the leading residents of Eastham.
[9] In the presence of.
[10] Deputy secretary of the province. Josiah Willard was secretary.
110. Cyprian Southack to Governor Samuel Shute. May 8, 1717.[1]
Eastham May the 8, 1717
Maye itt Pleass Your Excellency