to bury treasure.

An Account of the Behaviour and Last Dying SPEECHES

Of the Six Pirates that were Executed on Charles River, Boston side, On
Fryday, June 30th. 1704. Viz.

Captain John Quelch, John Lambert, Christopher Scudamore, John Miller,
Erasmus Peterson, and Peter Roach.

The Ministers of the Town had used more than ordinary Endeavours to
Instruct the Prisoners, and bring them to Repentance. There were
Sermons Preached in their hearing Every Day; And Prayers daily made
with them. And they were Catechised; and they had many occasional
Exhortations. And nothing was left that could be done for their Good.

On Fryday, the 30th of June, 1704, Pursuant to Orders in the Dead
Warrant, the aforesaid Pirates were guarded from the Prison in Boston
by Forty Musketeers, Constables of the Town, the Provost Marshal and
his Officers, etc, with two Ministers who took great pains to prepare
them for the last Article of their Lives. Being allowed to walk on
foot through the Town, to Scarlet's Wharf: where the Silver Oar being
carried before them, they went by Water to the Place of Execution being
crowded and thronged on all sides by Multitudes of Spectators. The
Ministers then spoke to the Malefactors to this Effect:

"We have told you often, yea, we have told you weeping, that you have
by Sin undone yourselves; That you were born Sinners; That you have
lived Sinners; That your Sins have been many and mighty; and that the
Sins for which you are now to Dy, are of no Common aggravation. We
have told you that there is a Saviour for Sinners, and we have shewn
you how to commit yourselves into his Saving and Healing Hands. We
have told you that if He Save you He will give you as hearty Repentance
for all your Sins, and we have shewn you how to Express that
Repentance. We have told you what Marks of Life must be desired for
your Souls, that you may Safely appear before the Judgment Seat of God.
Oh! That the means used for your Good may by the Grace of God be made
Effectual. We can do no more, but leave you in His Merciful Hands."

When they were gone upon the Stage, and Silence was Commanded, One of
the Ministers Prayed as followeth:

"Oh! Thou most Great and Glorious LORD! Thou art a Righteous and a
Terrible God. It is a righteous and an Holy Law that thus hast given
unto all, but what would soon have done the worst things in the World.
Oh! The Free-Grace! Oh! The Riches of that Grace, which has made all