In their rage they first talked of hanging England, till more moderate counsels prevailed, and it was decided to maroon him at Mauritius, which was done.

England and three others who had befriended Macrae were set on shore, among them, no doubt, the one-legged pirate, and in due course of time made their way over to St.Mary's.[5] At St.Mary's the command of the _Victory_ was made over to Oliver La Bouche, or La Buze, whose efforts at shipbuilding had apparently not met with success, and the two ships, in company, before long took what was probably the richest prize that ever fell into pirate hands.

The ex-Viceroy of Goa, the Conde de Ericeira, had sailed for Lisbon, in January, in the _Nostra Senhora de Cabo_, a seventy-gun ship, taking with him a rich consignment of jewels for the Portuguese Government, and the proceeds of his own private trading during the three years of his viceroyalty.

Off the Cape they encountered a heavy storm, which dismasted the ship, forced them to throw many of their guns overboard, and obliged them to put back to Bourbon to refit.

Taylor and La Buze, learning the helplessness of the Viceroy's ship, sailed into the anchorage under English colours.