nt to
sleep, little thinking his end was so near, when _Winter_,
_Rawlisson_, and _Melvin_, begun the scene of blood, _Gow_ lying snug
in his hammock, as if he knew nothing of the matter, till he saw
whether the villany would succeed, or not. _Winter_ cut the Doctor's
throat as he was asleep in his hammock, and then went up to _Melvin_
and _Rawlisson_, who in the mean time had seized the Captain and cut
his throat also, but not touching the windpipe, _Gow_ stept up and
shot him with a brace of bullets, and then threw him over-board.
_Mc.Cawley_ cut _Stephen Algiers_ the Clerk's throat, as he lay in the
hammock, and _Williams_ shot him dead afterwards. _Peterson_ cut the
throat of _Bonaventure Jelphs_, the Chief Mate; and _Michael Moor_, at
the Command of _Williams_, shot him.

After this _Williams_ came upon the Quarter-Deck, and saluted _Gow_
with Captain _Ferneau's_ sword, first striking it upon one of the
guns, and saying, _Welcome Captain_ Gow, _welcome to your new
Command_. After which, _Gow_ told the men, That if any of them durst
murmur or cabal together, they must expect to meet with the same Fate;
and then calling a Council, they agreed to go, _Upon the Account_, as
they called it.

They called the ship the _Revenge_, and mounted six more of her guns,
she being able to carry four and twenty in all. But instead of going
to _Genoa_ as intended, they sailed for the coasts of _Spain_ and
_Portugal_, in hopes of getting a ship laden with wine, to keep up
their spirits; but all was alike they met with; and instead of wine,
they contented themselves with fish, which they took out of a ship
called the _Delight_ of _Poole_, _Thomas Wise_, Master, bound from
_New-England_ to _Cadiz_, out of which they took the men, and what
they wanted, and then sunk the Ship, to prevent their being discovered
to the _English_ Men-of-War who lay in the _Straights_.

On the 18th of _December_, they took the _Snow-Galley_, out of which
Crew they kept _Rob_, and discharged the Captain and the rest of the
men, after having plundered the Ship of the arms, ammunition, cloth,
provisions, sails, anchors, cables, and then let her go.

By this time, they were got a great way to the southward; and being in
want of water as well as wind, they agreed to go to _Maderas_, which
Island they made in two days, cruising about it near a week, expecting
some vessel to come in or come out; but the Country discovering what
they were, they were disappointe