and, till he went a-pirating in the Year
1716, when Captain _Benjamin Hornigold_ put him into a Prize Sloop,
with whom he kept company till _Hornigold_ surrendered.

In 1727, _Teach_ and _Hornigold_ sailed from _Providence_ for
_America_, where, in their way, they took a vessel with above 100
Barrels of Flour, as also a Sloop from _Bermudas_, and a Ship bound to
_Carolina_; from which they had a good plunder. After cleaning at
_Virginia_, they returned to the _West-Indies_, and made Prize of a
_French Guinea_ Man bound to _Martinico_, which _Teach_ was made
Captain of; but _Hornigold_ with his Sloop returned to _Providence_,
and surrendered to mercy. Aboard the _French Guinea_ Ship, _Teach_
mounted 46 guns, and called her _Queen Anne's Revenge_. Not long after
he fell in with the _Scarborough_ Man-of-War, who, after a long fight
finding she could do no good with _Teach_, left him, and returned to
_Barbadoes_, while _Teach_ sailed to _Spanish America_. In his way, he
met with Major _Bonnet_ a Gentleman, formerly of a good estate in
_Barbadoes_, in a small Sloop with which he had turned Pirate: But
_Teach_ finding _Bonnet_ knew nothing of the matter, took him into his
own Ship, and put one _Richards_ Captain in his room, telling the
Major, _That he had not been us'd to the Fatigues of the Sea, he had
better decline it, and take his pleasure aboard his Ship_. At
_Turnissi_ they took in fresh water; but seeing a Sloop coming in,
they ran to meet her, which struck her sail, upon the sight of the
Black Flag, to _Teach_, who took the Captain and his men aboard, and
put _Israel Hands_ to mann the Sloop: From thence they sailed to the
Bay, where they found a ship and four Sloops. _Teach_ hoisted his
Black Colours, at the Sight of which, the Captain and his men left the
Ship, and ran into the woods. _Teach's_ Quarter-Master, with some of
his Men, took possession of her, and _Richards_ secured the Sloops:
One of which they burnt, because she belonged to _Boston_, where some
of his Men had been hanged; but the others they let go after
plundering them.

From hence they sailed to the _Grand Canaries_, then to the _Bahama_
Wrecks, and then to _Carolina_, where they took a Brigantine and two
Sloops, lying off the Bar of _Charles Town_; as also a Ship bound for
_London_, with some passengers aboard. The next Day they took another
Vessel coming out, and two Pinks going in, and a Brigantine with
negroes, in the Face of the Town; which p