, and hawled the stern on shore, which obliged
the _Eagle_ to come to an anchor athwart the hawse, where they engaged
them till they cried out for Quarters. At which time _Lowther_ and 12
men made their escape, but they took the rest, and brought them to
_Camena_, where the _Spanish_ Governor condemned the Sloop to the
captors, and sent 23 Hands to scour the Bushes of _Blanco_ for the
Pirates, when they took 40; but could not find _Lowther_, three men
and a little Boy. _John Churchill_, _Edward Mackonald_, _Nicholas
Lewis_, _Rich. West_, _Sam Lavercot_, _Rob. White_, _John Shaw_, _And.
Hunter_, _Jonathan Delve_, _Matthew Freeborn_, and _Henry Watson_,
were hanged, _Roger Granger_, _Ralph Candem_, and _Robert Willis_,
were acquitted. And Captain _Lowther_, it is said, afterwards shot
himself, being found dead, and a pistol burst by his side.

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CAPTAIN ANSTIS, AND HIS CREW

_Thomas Anstis_ shipped himself at _Providence_, in the Year 1718,
aboard the _Buck_ Sloop, and was one of the six that conspired
together to get off with the vessel, along with _Howel Davis_, _Dennis
Topping_, and _Walter Kennedy_, etc. I shall only observe, that this
combination was the beginning of Captain _Roberts's_ company, which
afterwards proved so formidable, from whom _Anstis_ separated the 18th
of _April_, 1721, leaving his Commodore to pursue his adventures upon
the Coasts of _Guinea_, whilst he returned to the _West Indies_, upon
the same design.

About the middle of _June_, he met with one Captain _Maiston_,
between _Hispaniola_ and _Jamaica_, bound to _New-York_, from which he
took all the wearing apparel, liquors and provisions, and six men.
Afterwards he met with the _Irwin_, Captain _Ross_ from _Cork_, on the
Coast of _Martinico_, which ship had Colonel _Doyly_ of _Montserrat_
on board, and his Family, and 600 barrels of beef.

Afterwards they went into one of the Islands to clean, and thence
proceeding towards _Bermudas_, they met with a stout ship called the
_Morning Star_, bound from _Guinea_ to _Carolina_, which they kept for
their own use. Just after, they took a ship from _Barbadoes_ bound to
_New England_, from whence taking her guns, they mounted the _Morning
Star_ with 32 pieces of cannon, and 100 men, appointing _John Fenn_
Captain: For _Anstis_ was so in love with his own vessel, she being a
good sailor, he made it his choice to stay in her, and let _Fenn_ have
the other ship.