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and died, apparently not regretted, in 1714. Engraved upon his headstone are the following lines: Men that are virtuous serve the Lord; And the Devil's by his friends ador'd; And as they merit get a place Amidst the bless'd or hellish race; Pray then ye learned clergy show Where can this brute, Tom Goldsmith, go? Whose life was one continual evil Striving to cheat God, Man and Devil. THE PIRATES' WHO'S WHO AISA. Barbary corsair. A famous Mediterranean pirate, and one of Dragut's admirals in the sixteenth century. ALCANTRA, CAPTAIN MANSEL. A Spaniard. Commanded a pirate brig, the _Macrinarian_. Committed many outrages. Took the Liverpool packet _Topaz_, from Calcutta to Boston, in 1829, near St. Helena, murdering the whole crew. In the same year he took the _Candace_, from Marblehead, and plundered her. The supercargo of the _Candace_ was an amateur actor, and had on board a priest's black gown and broad brimmed hat. These he put on and sat in his cabin pretending to tell his beads. On the pirates coming to rob him, they all crossed themselves and left him, so that he alone of the whole company was not robbed. ALEXANDER, JOHN. A Scotch buccaneer; one of Captain Sharp's crew. Drowned on May 9th, 1681. Captain Sharp, with a party of twenty-four men, had landed on the Island of Chiva, off the coast of Peru, and taken several prisoners, amongst whom was a shipwright and his man, who were actually at work building two great ships for the Spaniards. Sharp, thinking these men would be very useful to him, took them away, with all their tools and a quantity of ironwork, in a dory, to convey them off to his ship. But the dory, being overladen, sank, and Alexander was drowned. On the evening of May 12th his body was found; which they took up, and next day "threw him overboard, giving him three French vollies for his customary ceremony." ALI BASHA. Of Algiers. Barbary corsair. Conquered the Kingdom of Tunis in the sixteenth century, and captured many Maltese galleys. He brought the development of organized piracy to its greatest perfection. In 1571 Ali Basha commanded a fleet of no fewer than 250 Moslem galleys in the battle of Lepanto, when he was severely defeated, but escaped with his life. ALLESTON, CAPTAIN. Commanded a vessel of eighteen tons, no guns, and a crew of twenty-four. In March, 1679, sailed in company with eight other vessels, under c
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