. Colonial children . egan with ° J * mutiny and snow, John Green, Commander, bound to Guinea. No. 17] Pirate s Fate 47 They had not been long at sea before they conspired the seizureto seize the captain and mate and then go a-pirating. oftheshlPby r ° r ° the sailors. On the 27th of May, 1726, they put in execution their wicked design, in a most cruel and barbarous manner. About one oclock in the morning, William Fly, then boatswain of the snow Elizabeth, after a snow is a he had been for some time forward with several sortofbns- of the sailors, came aft with Alexander Mitchel and others, and
. Colonial children . egan with ° J * mutiny and snow, John Green, Commander, bound to Guinea. No. 17] Pirate s Fate 47 They had not been long at sea before they conspired the seizureto seize the captain and mate and then go a-pirating. oftheshlPby r ° r ° the sailors. On the 27th of May, 1726, they put in execution their wicked design, in a most cruel and barbarous manner. About one oclock in the morning, William Fly, then boatswain of the snow Elizabeth, after a snow is a he had been for some time forward with several sortofbns- of the sailors, came aft with Alexander Mitchel and others, and said to Morrice Cunden (gunner of the ship), then at the helm. You, dog, if you stir hand or foot, or speak a word, Ill blow your brains out! And immediately thereupon he went into thecabin where Captain Green was in bed, and Alex-ander Mitchel followed him ; and while they werethere Morrice Cunden heard the captain cry out:Whats the matter? But they soon hauled himupon deck, and were about to throw him overboard;. A Sill! OF WAR, 4§ On the Sea [No. i7 he was heard calling earnestly to the doctor to handhim a rope. But the doctor was by this time himselfin irons. Thus bloodily these inhuman creatures be-gan their piracy, but vengeance followed them andsuffered them not to live. William Fly, the chief and worst (we may suppose)of these barbarous rogues, took on him the command,and named the snow the Fames Revenge. Theywere well stored with powder, and rum and pro-visions, but wanted a better vessel; and in quest ofthis it is likely they bent their course, first to Caro-lina, and from thence to New England. On thethird of June they took a sloop at anchor off NorthCarolina, on board of which was Mr. William Atkin-son, a passenger; who was afterwards the happyinstrument in the hand of God for their very much needed one so well skilled, as Atkin-son was both a mariner and pilot; and Fly treatedhim well on that account, but kept a strict eye uponhim, forbidding
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