N01600:13
Instructions to the living, from the condition of the dead. A brief relation of…
Instructions to the living, from the condition of the dead. A brief relation of remarkables in the shipwreck of above one hundred pirates, who were cast away in the ship Whido, on the coast of New-England, April 26. 1717. And in the death of six, who after a fair trial at Boston, were convicted & condemned, Octob. 22. And executed, Novemb. 15. 1717. : With some account of the discourse had with them on the way to their execution. And a sermon preached on their occasion.
Boston: printed by John Allen for Nicholas Boone, 1717
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About the latter end of April, there came upon the Coast […] Ship called, The Whido whereof one Bellamy was Commander: A Pirate Ship, of about […] Men, and 23 Guns. These Pirates, after many other Depredations, took a Vessel which had Wines aboard; and put Seven of their Crew on Board, […] Orders to Steer after the Whido. The seven Pirates being pretty free with the Liquor, got so Drunk, that the Captive who had the Steering of the Vessel, took the opportunity of the Night, now to run her ashore, on the backside of Eastham.
About the latter end of April, there came upon the Coast 〈…〉 Ship called, The Whido whereof one Bellamy was Commander: A Pirate Ship, of about 〈…〉 Men, and 23 Guns. These Pirates, after many other Depraedations, took a Vessel which had Wines aboard; and put Seven of their Crew on Board, 〈…〉 Orders to Steer after the Whido. The seven Pirates being pretty free with the Liquor, got so Drunk, that the Captive who had the Steering of the Vessel, took the opportunity of the Night, now to run her ashore, on the backside of Eastham.
A Storm was now raised and raging […] the Whido ignorantly following the Light of her Stranded Prize, perished in a Shipwreck, and the whole Crew were every one of them drowned, except only one Englishman, and one Indian, that were […] on Shore alive.
A Storm was now raised and raging 〈…〉 the Whido ignorantly following the Light of her Stranded Prize, perished in a Shipwreck, and the whole Crew were every one of them drowned, except only one Englishman, and one Indian, that were 〈…〉 on Shore alive.