Extract ef a lifter from en beard tht Italian Merchant, Caft\.Rib.c, dated Gibra i r B.*y, Sept. 7
... men that they wanted. Are fuch Men as thefc tit to com- mand Ships fitted out to deitroy an Enemy! it is rather to be feared that they are in Alliance with them, and give one another Intelligence where- a Booty may be had. ...