reat Mogul_, did no sooner hear of it but
he threatened all _Europe_ with revenge. And when he knew they were
_Englishmen_ who had captured his daughter and robbed him, he
threatened to send a mighty army, with fire and sword, to extirpate
all the _English_ from their settlements on the _Indian_ Coasts, which
gave no small uneasiness to the _Indian Company_ at _London_, when
they heard of it.

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[Illustration: CAPTAIN JOHN RACKHAM]

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CAPTAIN JOHN RACKHAM, AND HIS CREW

John Rackham was Quarter-Master to _Vane's_ Company, till _Vane_ was
turned out for not fighting the French Man-of-War, and _Rackham_ put
in Captain in his place, which happened about the 24th day of
_November_, 1718. His first cruise was among the _Caribbe_ Islands,
where he took and plundered several vessels. Afterwards, to the
windward of _Jamaica_, he fell in with a _Madeira_ Man, which he
detained till he had made his market out of her, and then restored her
to her Master, suffering _Hosea Tisdel_, a tavern-keeper at _Jamaica_,
whom he had taken among his Prizes, to go aboard her, she being bound
for that Island.

Afterwards he sailed towards the Island _Bermuda_, where he took a
Ship bound to _England_ from _Carolina_, and a small Ship from _New
England_, both which he carried to the _Bahama Islands_, and there
clean'd. But staying too long in that Neighbourhood, Captain _Rogers_
sent out a Sloop well mann'd, which retook both the Prizes, the Pirate
making his Escape.

From hence they proceeded to the Back of _Cuba_, where _Rackham_ staid
a long Time with his Delilahs, till their Provision was consumed, when
he concluded it Time to look out for more. As he was putting to Sea, a
_Garda del Costa_ came in with a small _English_ Sloop, which he had
taken as an interloper on that coast. The _Spaniards_ seeing the
Pirate, attacked her; but finding he could not come to her that night,
because she lay close behind a little island, he warps into the
channel, to make sure of her in the morning. Upon this _Rackham_ took
his Crew into the Boat, with their pistols and cutlasses, and falls
aboard the _Spaniards_ in the night, without being discovered, telling
them, if they spoke a word they were dead men: And so shipping their
cables, drove out to sea, commanding them to take the Boat, and go
aboard their Sloop immediately, or else they were all dead men.
Afterwards they waking the Captain and his men in the H