into the
River, and burn her; which they did, and sunk her bottom.

The Sloops trading in the River, being so often pillaged by
_Blackbeard_, consulted with the traders what course to take, knowing
it was in vain to make any application to the Governor; therefore they
sent a deputation to the Governor of _Virginia_, to sollicit a force
from the Men-of-War to destroy this Pirate. Accordingly the Governor
consulted with the Captains of the _Pearl_ and _Lime_ Men-of-War,
which lay in _St. James's_ River; whereupon it was agreed, That the
Governor should have a couple of small Sloops, and they should be
mann'd out of the Men of War, the Command of which was given to Mr.
_Robert Maynard_, first Lieutenant of the _Pearl_. But before they
sailed, it was agreed in Council, to offer a reward of 100_l._ for _any
one that should take _Edward Teach_, commonly called _Blackbeard_;
_for every_ Lieutenant, Master, Quarter-Master, Boatswain, _or_
Carpenter Twenty Pounds; For every inferior Officer, Fifteen Pounds;
And for every Man taken on Board each Sloop, Ten Pounds_.

Upon this, the Lieutenant sailed from _James's_ River in _Virginia_,
the 17th of _November_, 1718, and the 21st in the evening came to
_Okere-cock_ Inlet, where he had fight of the Pirate: And altho' this
Expedition was made with all the Secrecy imaginable, yet _Blackbeard_
had notice of it from the Governor of North _Carolina_ and his
Secretary: But having heard several false reports before, he gave the
less credit to this, till he saw the Sloops; and then he put himself
in a Posture of defence, with his 25 Men.

Lieutenant _Maynard_ came to an anchor that night, because the Channel
was so intricate that there was no getting in, in the dark. In the
Morning, coming within gun-shot of the Pirate, he received his fire:
whereupon the _Maynard_ stood directly towards him, endeavouring to
make a running fight. _Maynard's_ men being most expos'd, he lost
twenty at one broadside; upon which he ordered his men under deck, and
bid them get ready for close fighting upon the first signal. Then
_Blackbeard's_ men pour'd in grenadoes; after which, seeing no Hands
aboard, he told his men they were all kill'd; _Let's jump in, and fall
to Plunder_: Which they had no sooner done, but the Lieutenant and his
men gave them as unwelcome a reception as ever they met with before.
The Lieutenant and _Blackbeard_ fired first at each other, and then
they went to it sword in hand, whilst th