me on board, although he offered _Lowther_ what terms he pleased.
Next tide they got the ship afloat, having first nailed up and
dismounted all the cannon. Then putting the Governor's son ashore,
they put out to sea, when _Lowther_ called upon the men, and told
them, _It was Madness to think of returning to _England_; for what
they had done, would be judged a Capital Offence_; and therefore,
since they had a good ship under them, he proposed that they should
seek their fortunes upon the Seas, as others had done before them,
which they all agreed to, calling the ship _The Delivery_, and swore
to stand by one another.

_Lowther_ left the Fort the 13th of _June_, and on the 20th, near
_Barbadoes_, he came up with a Brigantine, belonging to _Boston_,
which he plundered, and then let go. After this he proceeded to
_Hispaniola_, where he met with a _French_ Sloop loaden with wine and
brandy, on board whom Captain _Massey_ went, pretending at first to be
a merchant; but finding her to be a Ship of value, he told Monsieur,
He must have it all without money. On board her, there was 30 casks of
brandy, 5 hogsheads of wine, several pieces of chintz, and 70_l._ in
money, all of which they took, only _Lowther_ return'd the French
Master five pounds again.

But this good harmony did not last long amongst them, _Massey_ was
uneasy, and resolved to leave them; which _Lowther_ agreed to, giving
him a Sloop he had just before taken, to go where he thought fit.
Accordingly _Massey_ goes aboard, with ten men, and comes in directly
for _Jamaica_, where, putting a bold face on the matter, he informs
Sir _Nicholas Laws_, the then Governor, how he had left _Lowther_ the
pirate, and of all that had been transacted before, adding, That he
assisted him at the River _Gambia_ only to save so many of His
Majesty's subjects, and return to _England_.

_Massey_ was well received, and, at his own report, he was sent on
board the _Happy Sloop_, to cruise off _Hispaniola_ for _Lowther_; but
not meeting with him, he returned to _Jamaica_, and getting a
Certificate, he came home to _England_, where, when he arrived, he
writes to the _African_ Company, relating the whole transaction of his
voyage, but excuses it as an inadvertency, by his being ill-used; for
which, if they would not forgive him, he begged to die like a soldier,
and not be hanged like a dog. This not producing so favourable an
answer as he expected, he went the next day to the Lord Chief J