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The CONTENTS.

ned, and executed at Jamaica, ib. The Names of his Crew condemn’d with him, 154. An extraordinary Caſe of nine taken with him, ib. Some Account of the Proceedings againſt them, 154, 155.

Mary Read’s Birth, 157. Reaſons for dreſſing her in Breeches, 158. Waits upon a Lady; goes into the Army, 159. Her Behaviour in ſeveral Engagements, ib. She falls in Love with her Comrade, ib. Her Sex diſcovered; the two Troopers married, 160. Settles at Breda, ib. Her Huſband dies, ſhe reaſſumes the Breeches, ib. Goes to Holland. To the Weſt-Indies, 161. Turns Pyrate. Anne Bonny, another Pyrate, falls in Love with her, 162. Her Adventures to 165.

Anne Bonny born a Baſtard, 166. Her Mother’s Intrigues ſtrangely diſcover’d, 167. Her Father lies with his own Wife, by miſtake, 169. She proves with Child; the Husband jealous, 170. He ſeparates from his Wife; lives with Anne Bonny’s Mother, 171. Anne Bonny put into Breeches for a Diſguiſe, how diſcovered, ib. The Father becomes poor. Goes to Carolina, 172. Improves his Fortune. Anne Bonny marries againſt his Conſent. Her fierce Temper, ib. Goes to Providence with her Husband, ib. Enticed to Sea in Men’s Cloaths, by Rackam the Pyrate, 173. Reproaches Rackam with Cowardice at his Execution, ib.

The Original of Davis, 174. Is taken by the Pyrate England, ib. England’s Generoſity to him, 175. Is caſt into Priſon at Barbadoes, and why, ib. Goes to Providence, ib. Employ’d in a trading Veſſel, ſeizes the Ship, An Inſtance of his great Courage and good Conduct, 177, 178. Goes to Cape de Verd Iſlands, ib. Take ſeveral Prizes, ib. Take the Fort of St. Jago by Storm, 180. A Council call’d, ib. Sail for Gambia, 181. Takes Gambia Caſtle by Stratagem, 181 to 184. Meets La Bouche, a French Pyrate, 184. His Adventures with Cocklyn the Pyrate, at Sierraleone, 185. The Fort attack’d and taken, by theee Confederate Pyrates, 186. The Pyrates quarrel and part, ib. The laconick Speech of Davis to them, ib. His fierce Engagement with a large Dutch Ship, 187. An Account of ſeveral Prizes taken by him, ib. A Deſcription of
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