gave her inſtead thereof, a Barrel of Pork, and two Barrels of Bread.
From Virginia they ſailed to Philadelphia, and in the Latitude of 38 North, they took a Scooner, coming from North-Carolina, bound to Boſton, they had out of her only two Dozen of Calf-Skins, to make Covers for Guns, and two of their Hands, and detained her ſome Days. All this was but ſmall Game, and ſeem’d as if they deſign’d only to make Proviſion for their Sloop againſt they arrived at St. Thomas’s; for they hitherto had dealt favourably with all that were ſo unhappy as ſo fall into their Hands; but thoſe that came after, fared not ſo well, for in the Latitude of 32, off of Delaware River, near Philadelphia, they took two Snows bound to Briſtol, out of whom they got ſome Money, beſides Goods, perhaps to the Value of 150 Pounds; at the ſame Time they took a Sloop of ſixty Tons bound from Philadelphia to Barbadoes, which after taking ſome Goods out, they diſmiſſed along with the Snows.
The 29th Day of July, Captain Thomas took a Sloop of 50 Tons, ſix or ſeven Leagues off Delaware Bay, bound from Philadelphia to Barbadoes, Thomas Read Maſter, loaden with Proviſions, which they kept, and put four or five of their Hands on Board her. The laſt Day of July, they took another Sloop of 60 Tons, commanded by Peter Manwaring, bound from Antegoa to Philadelphia, which they likewiſe kept with all the Cargo, conſiſting chiefly of Rum, Moloſſes, Sugar, Cotton, Indigo, and about 25 Pound in Money, valued in all to 500 Pound.
The laſt Day of July, our Rovers with the Veſſels laſt taken, left Delaware Bay, and ſailed to Cape Fear River, where they ſtaid too long for their Safety, for the Pyrate Sloop which they now new named the Royal James, proved very leaky, ſo that
