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FRONTISPIECE.
THE HISTORY OF THE LIVES AND BLOODY EXPLOITS OF THE MOST NOTED PIRATES; THEIR Trials and Executions. INCLUDING A CORRECT ACCOUNT OF THE LATE PIRACIES COMMITTED IN THE WEST-INDIES, AND THE EXPEDITION OF COMMODORE PORTER; ALSO, THOSE COMMITTED ON THE BRIG MEXICAN, WHO WERE TRIED AND EXECUTED AT BOSTON, IN 1835.
“Omne tulit punctum, qui miscuit utile dulci”—Hor.
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