Chapter II: Introduction: BY CAPT. ERNEST H. PENTECOST, R.N.R. xvii

I THE BEGINNINGS OF ENGLISH PIRACY 1

II DIXEY BULL, THE FIRST PIRATE IN NEW ENGLAND WATERS
AND SOME OTHERS WHO FOLLOWED HIM 20

III JOHN RHODES, PILOT OF THE DUTCH PIRATES ON THE
COAST OF MAINE 44

IV THOMAS POUND, PILOT OF THE KING’S FRIGATE, WHO
BECAME A PIRATE AND DIED A GENTLEMAN 54

V WILLIAM KIDD, PRIVATEERSMAN AND REPUTED PIRATE 73

VI THOMAS TEW, WHO RETIRED AND LIVED AT NEWPORT 84

VII JOHN QUELCH AND HIS CREW, WHO WERE HANGED AT
BOSTON AND THEIR GOLD DISTRIBUTED 99

VIII SAMUEL BELLAMY, WHOSE SHIP WAS WRECKED AT
WELLFLEET AND 142 DROWNED 116

IX GEORGE LOWTHER, WHO CAPTURED THIRTY-THREE
VESSELS IN SEVENTEEN MONTHS 132

X NED LOW OF BOSTON AND HOW HE BECAME A PIRATE
CAPTAIN 141

XI CAPTAIN ROBERTS’ CURIOUS ACCOUNT OF WHAT HAPPENED
ON LOW’S SHIP 157

XII THE BRUTAL CAREER AND MISERABLE END OF NED LOW 200

XIII THE STRANGE ADVENTURES OF PHILIP ASHTON 218

XIV NICHOLAS MERRITT’S ACCOUNT OF HIS ESCAPE FROM
PIRATES 270

XV FRANCIS FARRINGTON SPRIGGS, THE COMPANION OF
NED LOW 277

XVI CHARLES HARRIS, WHO WAS HANGED AT NEWPORT WITH
TWENTY-FIVE OF HIS CREW 288

XVII JOHN PHILLIPS, WHOSE HEAD WAS CUT OFF AND
PICKLED 310

XVIII WILLIAM FLY, WHO WAS HANGED IN CHAINS ON
NIX’S MATE 328

XIX PIRATE HAUNTS AND CRUISING GROUNDS 338

XX PIRATE LIFE AND DEATH 353