A general history of the pyrates, from their first rise and settlement in the island of Providence, to the present time : with the remarkable actions and adventures of the two female pyrates Mary Read and Anne Bonny ... : to which is added, a short absract [!] of the statute and civil law, in relation to pyracy.Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.1725Attributed to Defoe by Prof. John R. Moore of Indiana university.Paging irregular: p. 431-441 numbered 417-427.Up to p. 414 and from the second p. 417 to the end, the book is a reissue of the 2d edition, 1724. Between p. 416 and 417 of the original [?] pages of new matter have been added, mostly made up of chap. XVII. Of Capt. John Gow, alias Smith."text