_William Smith_, (a Prisoner acquitted,) says _Walden_ was known among the Pyrates mostly, by the Nick-Name of _Miss Nanney_ (ironically its presumed from the Hardness of his Temper) that he was one of the twenty who voluntarily came on Board the _Ranger_, in the Chace she made out after the _Swallow_, and by a Shot from that Ship, lost his Leg; his Behaviour in the Fight, till then, being bold and daring.
The _President_, called for _Harry Glasby_, and bid him relate a Character of the Prisoner, and what Custom was among them, in Relation to these voluntary Expeditions, out of their proper Ship; and this of going on Board the _Ranger_, in particular.
And he gave in for Evidence, that the Prisoner was looked on as a brisk Hand, (_i. e._ as he farther explained it, a stanch Pyrate, a great Rogue) that when the _Swallow_ first appeared in Sight, every one was willing to believe her a _Portuguese_, because Sugar was very much in Demand, and had made some Jarring and Dissention between the two Companies, (the _Fortune_'s People drinking Punch, when the _Ranger_'s could not) that _Roberts_, on Sight of the _Swallow_, hailed the new _Ranger_, and bid them right Ship, and get under Sail; there is, says he, Sugar in the Offing, bring it in, that we may have no more Mumbling; ordering at the same Time the Word to be pass'd among the Crew, who would go to their Assistance, and immediately the Boat was full of Men, to transport themselves.
_President._ Then every one that goes on Board of any Prize, does it voluntarily? Or were there here any other Reasons for it?
_H. Glasby._ Every Man is commonly called by List, and insists, in his Turn, to go on Board of a Prize, because they then are allowed a Shift of Cloaths, (the best they can find) over and above the Dividend from the Robbery, and this they are so far from being compelled to, that it often becomes the Occasion of Contest and Quarrel amongst them: But in the present, or such like Cases, where there appears a Prospect of Trouble, the Lazy and Timerous are often willing to decline this Turn, and yield to their Betters, who thereby establish a greater Credit.
The Prisoner, and the rest of those Men who went from the _Fortune_ on Board the _Ranger_, to assist in this Expedition, were Voluntiers, and the trustiest Men among us.