[Footnote 460: Ibid., No. 1938; _ibid._, 1685-88, Nos. 33, 53, 57, 68, 128, 129, 157.]

[Footnote 461: Ibid., 1681-85, Nos. 668, 769; _ibid._, 1685-88, No.

986.]

[Footnote 462: C.S.P. Colon., 1681-85, Nos. 1163, 1198; Bibl. Nat., Nouv. Acq., 9325, f. 332.]

[Footnote 463: C.S.P. Colon., 1681-85, Nos. 1796, 1854, 1855, 1943; _ibid._, 1685-88, Nos. 218, 269, 569, 591, 609, 706, 739.]

[Footnote 464: Ibid., 1681-85, Nos. 1163, 1198, 1249, 1630.]

[Footnote 465: Ibid., Nos. 963, 992, 1938, 1949, 2025, 2067.]

[Footnote 466: Ibid., Nos. 963, 992, 1759.]

[Footnote 467: Ibid., Nos. 1259, 1563.]

[Footnote 468: C.S.P. Colon., 1681-85, Nos. 1845, 1851, 1862, 2042.

His ship is called in these letters "La Trompeuse." Unless this is a confusion with Hamlin's vessel, there must have been more than one "La Trompeuse" in the West Indies. Very likely the fame or ill-fame of the original "La Trompeuse" led other pirate captains to flatter themselves by adopting the same name. Breha was captured in 1686 by the Armada de Barlovento and hung with nine or ten of his companions (Charlevoix, _op.

cit._, liv. ix. p. 207).]

[Footnote 469: Ibid., Nos. 1299, 1862.]

[Footnote 470: Ibid., No. 1249.]

[Footnote 471: C.S.P. Colon., 1681-85, Nos. 1560, 1561.]

[Footnote 472: Ibid., Nos. 1605, 1862.]

[Footnote 473: Ibid., Nos. 1634, 1845, 1851, 1862.]

[Footnote 474: Ibid., 1685-88, Nos. 363, 364, 639, 1164.]

[Footnote 475: Ibid., Nos. 1029, 1161; Hughson: Carolina Pirates, p.

24.]

[Footnote 476: Ibid., 1681-85, No. 1165.]

[Footnote 477: Hughson, _op. cit._, p. 22.]

[Footnote 478: C.S.P. Colon., 1685-88, Nos. 1277, 1278.]

[Footnote 479: Ibid., No. 1411.]

[Footnote 480: Ibid., No. 1463.]

[Footnote 481: Ibid., No. 1602; _cf._ also _ibid._, 1693-96, No. 2243.]

[Footnote 482: C.S.P. Colon., 1685-88, Nos. 116, 269, 805.]

[Footnote 483: Ibid., Nos. 1066, 1212.]

[Footnote 484: Ibid., Nos. 965, 1066, 1128.]

[Footnote 485: Ibid., 1681-85, Nos. 1759, 1852, 2067; _ibid._, 1685-88, No. 1127 and _cf._ Index.

For the careers of John Williams (_alias_ Yankey) and Jacob Everson (_alias_ Jacobs) during these years _cf._ C.S.P. Colon., 1685-88, Nos.

259, 348, 897, 1449, 1476-7, 1624, 1705, 1877; Hist. MSS. Comm., xi. pt.

5, p. 136 (Earl of Dartmouth's MSS.).]

[Footnote 486: C.S.P. Colon., 1685-88, Nos. 1406, 1656, 1670, 1705, 1723, 1733; _ibid._, 1689-92, Nos. 52, 515; Hist. MSS. Commiss., xi. pt.

5, p. 136.]

[Footnote 487: C.S.P. Colon., 1685-88, No. 1959.]

[Footnote 488: Ibid., No. 433.]

[Footnote 489: Ibid., Nos. 706, 1026.]

[Footnote 490: Ibid., No. 1567.]

[Footnote 491: Ibid., Nos. 758, 920, 927, 930, 1001, 1187, 1210.]

[Footnote 492: C.S.P. Colon., 1685-88, Nos. 1567, 1646, 1655, 1656, 1659, 1663, 1721, 1838, 1858.]

[Footnote 493: Dict. of Nat. Biog.]

[Footnote 494: C.S.P. Colon., 1685-88, No. 1941; _cf._ also 1906.]

[Footnote 495: Ibid., No. 1940.]

[Footnote 496: Ibid., 1689-92, Nos. 6, 29, 292.]

[Footnote 497: Ibid., No. 299.]

[Footnote 498: Ibid., No. 493.]

[Footnote 499: Ibid., Nos. 7, 50, 52, 54, 85, 120, 176-178, 293, 296-299, 514, 515, 874, 880, 980, 1041.]

[Footnote 500: C.S.P. Colon., 1689-92, Nos. 293, 467; Ibid., 1693-96, Nos. 1931, vii., 1934.]

[Footnote 501: Ibid., 1689-92, Nos. 515, 616, 635, 769.]

[Footnote 502: C.S.P. Colon., 1689-92, Nos. 873, 980, 1021, 1041.]

[Footnote 503: Ibid., No. 714.]

[Footnote 504: Ibid., Nos. 2034, 2043, 2269, 2496, 2498, 2641, 2643.]