is (the Narrator's) chest was lodged, and broke it open
and took out 10 ounces of gold, forty pounds of plate, 370 pieces of
eight, the Narrator's Journal, and a great many papers that belonged to
him, and to the people of New Yorke that fitted him out.

That about the 15th day of June the _Moca Frigate_ went away, being
manned with about 130 men and forty guns, bound out to take all
Nations. Then it was that the Narrator was left with only about 13
men, so that the Moors he had to pump and keep the _Adventure Galley_
above water being carried away, she sank in the Harbour, and the
Narrator with the said Thirteen men went on board of the _Adventure's_
Prize where he was forced to stay five months for a fair wind. In the
meantime some Passengers presented themselves that were bound for these
parts, which he took on board to help to bring the said _Adventure's_
Prize[6] home.

That about the beginning of April 1699, the Narrator arrived at
Anguilla in the West Indies and sent his boat on shore where his men
heard the News that he and his People were proclaimed Pirates, which
put them into such a Consternation that they sought all opportunities
to run the Ship on shore upon some reefs or shoal, fearing the Narrator
should carry them into some English port.

From Anguilla, they came to St. Thomas where his brother-in-law, Samuel
Bradley, was put on shore, being sick, and five more went away and
deserted him. There he heard the same News, that the Narrator and his
Company were proclaimed Pirates, which incensed the people more and
more. From St. Thomas set sail for Mona, an Island between Hispaniola
and Porto Rico, where they met with a Sloop called the _St. Anthony_,
bound for Antigua from Curacoa, Mr. Henry Bolton, Merchant, and Samuel
Wood, Master. The men on board then swore they would bring the ship no
farther. The Narrator then sent the said Sloop, _St. Anthony_, to
Curacoa for canvas to make sails for the Prize, she being not able to
proceed, and she returned in 10 days, and after the canvas came he
could not persuade the men to carry her for New England.

Six of the men went and carried their Chests and things on board of two
Dutch Sloops bound for Curacoa, and would not so much as heel the
Vessel or do anything. The remainder of the men, not being able to
bring the _Adventure_ Prize to Boston, the Narrator secured her in a
good safe harbour in some part of Hispaniola and left her in the
possession of M. H