A General History of the Pyrates Captain Charles Johnson Text Encoding by Ingrid Reiche Transcription by Ingrid Reiche

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A General History of the Pyrates, 1724 1st ed A General History of the Pyrates, 1724 2nd ed. A General History of the Pyrates, 1725 3rd ed. A General History of the Pirates, 1725 issue A General History of the Pyrates, 1726 4th ed. Vol.1 A General History of the Pyrates, 1726 4th ed. Vol.2
<app> <lem wit ="#ed1-1724">Title Page 1724 1st ed.</lem> <rdg wit="#ed2-1724">Title Page 1724 2nd ed.</rdg> <rdg wit="#ed3-1725"> Title Page 1725 3rd ed</rdg> <rdg wit="#issue-1725">Title Page 1725 issue</rdg> <rdg wit="#ed4-1726v1">Title Page 1726 4th ed. V.1</rdg> <rdg wit="#ed4-1726v2">Title Page 1726 4th ed V.2</rdg> </app> A GENERAL THE HISTORY HISTORY and LIVES OF THE Of all the most Notorious, Robberies and Murders not seen in further editions PYRATES, PIRATES, PYRATES, regluarized spelling Of the most notorious not seen in other editions aside from 1725 issue FROM AND THEIR Containing the LIVES of PYRATES Their first RISE and SETTLEMENT in the Island of CREWS, Captain Misson. }{ Captain Fly. AND ALSO Providence, to the present Time. From Capt. AVERY, Who first settled Captain Bowen. }{ Captain Howard. Their Policies, Discipline and Government, With the remarkable Actions and Adventures of the two Female Pyrates at Madagascar, to Capt. John Gow, and James Captain Kidd. }{ Captain Lewis. From their first RISE and SETTLEMENT in the Island MARY READ and ANNE BONNY; Williams , his Lieutenant, &c. who were Captain Tew . }{ Captain Cornelius. of Providence , in 1717, to the present Year 1724. Contain'd in the following Chapters, hang’d at Execution Dock, June 11. 1725, Captain Halsey. }{ Captain Williams. WITH Introduction. }{ IX. Of Capt. Captain in ed.2, 3, 4(vol.1) Captain in abbreviated to Capt. However, in ed4(vol.2) it return to Captain and Roberts. for Piracy Pyracy regluarized spelling and Murther Murder irregluar spelling ; and afterwards Captain White. }{ Captain Burgess. The remarkable ACTIONS and ADVENTURES of the two Fe~ Chap. I. Of Capt. Avery. }{ X. Of Capt. Anstis. Not in 1st ed. Anstis is in 2nd, 3rd & 4th eds. hang'd in Chains between Blackwall and Captain Condent. }{ Captain North. male Pyrates, Mary Read and Anne-Bonny. II. Of Capt. Martel. }{ XI. Of Capt. Worley. Deptford. Captain Bellamy. }{ And their several CREWS. To which is prefix'd III. Of Capt. Teach. Not in 1st ed.; Teach is in the 2nd 3rd & 4th eds. }{ XII. Of Capt. Lowther. Giving a more full and true Account than any And their several CREWS. An ACCOUNT of the famous Captain Avery and his Com- IV. Of Capt. Bonnet. }{ XIII. Of Capt. Low. yet Published, of all their Murthers, Pira- Intermix'd with a panions; with the Manner of his Death in England. V. Of Capt. England. }{ XIV. Of Capt. Evans. - cies, Maroonings, Places of Refuge, and Description of MAGADOXA in Ethiopia ; the natural Hatred The Whole digested into the following CHAPTERS; VI. Of Capt. Vane. }{ XV. Of Capt. Phillips. Not in 1st ed.; Phillips is in the 2nd 3rd & 4th eds. Ways of Living. and Cruelty of the Inhabitants to all Whites; their Laws, Man- Chap.I. Of Captain Avery. }{ VIII. Of Captain England. VII. Of Capt. Rackam. }{ XVI. Of Capt. Spriggs. Not in 1st ed.; Spriggs is in the 2nd 3rd & 4th eds. ------------------------------------ ners, Customs, Government and Religion: With a particular II. The Rife of Pyrates. }{ IX. Of Captain Davis. VIII. Of Capt. Davis. }{ And their several Crews. This is moved up only in this ed. In all other it appears below the Chap. list VIII. Of Capt. Davis. }{ XVII. Of Capt. Smith. Not in 1st & 2nd eds.; Smith is in the 3rd & 4th eds. Adorn'd with Twenty Beautiful Cuts, being ACCOUNT of the beautiful Tombs, and their Ceremony III. Of Captain Martel. }{ X. Of Captain Roberts. To which is added . chnaged to a "." it is a "," in all others Changed only in the 2nd ed. And their several CREWS. the Representation of each Pirate. of guarding them, taken from Captain Beavis’s Journal ; and IV. Of Captain Bonnet. }{ XI. Of Captain Worley. A short ABSTRACT of the Statute and Civil To which is added, ------------------------------------- that of a Molotto, who belong’d to the said Captain, was taken V. Of Captain Thatch. Thatch is not mentioned in editions 2, 3 or 4. }{ XII. Of Captain Lowther. Law, in Relation to Pyracy. A short ABSTRACT of the Statute and Civil To which is prefix’d, by, and lived several Years with the MAGADOXIANS. VI. Of Captain Vane . }{ XIII. Of Captain Low. ------------------------------------- Law, in Relation to Pyracy. An Abstract of the Laws against Piracy. To the Whole is added VII. Of Captain Rackam. }{ XIV. Of Captain Evans. The second EDITION, with considerable ADDITIONS ------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- An APPENDIX, which compleats the Lives of the first Volume, And their several Crews. ------------------------------------- The Third EDITION. The Fourth EDITION. LONDON: corrects ƒome Mistakes; and contains the Tryal and Execution To which is added, By Captain CHARLES JOHNSON ------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- Printed for Edward Midwinter, at the Looking- Of the Pyrates at Providence , under Governor Rogers ; with some other A short ABSTRACT of the Statute and Civil Law, in ------------------------------------- By Captain CHARLES JOHNSON. VOL. I. Glass on London-Bridge. 1725. Price I s. necessary Insertions, which did not come to Hand till after the Publica Relation to PYRACY. LONDON: ------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- tion of the first Volume, and which makes up what was defective. Col ------------------------------------- Printed for, and sold by T. Warner, at the Black-Boy in Pater- LONDON: By Captain CHARLES JOHNSON. ---------------------------------- lected from Journals of Pyrates, brought away by a Person who was ta- By Captain CHARLES JOHNSON. Noster-Row, 1724. Printed for and sold by T. Warner, at the Black-Boy in Pater- ---------------------------------- ken by, and forc’d to live with them 12 Years; and from those of Com- ---------------------------------- Noster-Row. 1725. LONDON: manders, who had fallen into their Hands, some of whom have per- LONDON, Printed for Ch. Rivington at the Bible and Crown in St. Printed for, and Sold by T. WOODWARD, at the Half-Moon , mitted their Names to be made use of as a Proof of the Veracity of Paul's Church-Yard, F. Lacy at the Ship near the Temple-Gate, and over against St. Dunstan's Church, Fleet-street. 1726. what we have published. The Whole instructive and entertaining. F. Stone next the Crown Coffee-house the back of Greys-Inn , 1724. ---------------------------------- VOL. II. ---------------------------------- By Capt. CHARLES JOHNSON, Author of Vol. I ---------------------------------- omne tulit punctum, qui miscuit utile dulci. Hor. ---------------------------------- LONDON: Printed for, and Sold by T. WOODWARD, at the Half-Moon, over against St. Dunstan's Church, Fleet-street.