CHAP. XVII.
of
Captain John Phillips,
And his Crew.
John Phillips was bred a Carpenter, and ſailing to Newfoundland in a Weſt-Country Ship, was taken by Anſtis in the Good Fortune Brigantine, the next Day after he had left his Conſort and Commadore, Captain Roberts. Phillips was ſoon reconciled to the Life of a Pyrate, and being a brisk Fellow, was appointed Carpenter of the Veſſel, for at firſt his Ambition reach’d no higher; there he remain’d till they broke up at Tabago, and was one of thoſe who came home in a Sloop that we have mentioned to be ſunk in Briſtol Channel.
His Stay was not long in England, for whilſt he was paying his firſt Viſits to his Friends in Devonſhire, he heard of the Miſfortune of ſome of his Companions, that is, of their being taken and committed to Briſtol Goal; and there being good Reaſon for his apprehending Danger from a Wind that blew from the ſame Quarter, he mov’d off immediately to Topſham, the neareſt Port, and there ſhipp’d himſelf with one Captain Wadham, for a Voyage to Newfoundland, and home again; which, by the way, Mr. Phillips never deſign’d to perform,or
