He drew up a set of rules, to which his crew subscribed, in which, among other things, it was laid down that no women should be allowed on board; dice and gambling were prohibited; lights were put out at 8 o'clock; and musicians were exempt from playing on Sundays.

The chaplain of Cape Coast Castle having been captured, he was pressed to join the pirates, being promised that nothing would be required of him except to make punch and say prayers.

On his declining the office, all church property was restored to him "except three prayer books and a bottle-screw." In pursuit of Roberts, the British Government despatched Captain Challoner Ogle, with the _Swallow_ and _Weymouth_.

Failing to find him in American waters.

Ogle steered for the African shore, and, on the 5th February, 1722, when separated from the _Weymouth_, he came on the pirates at anchor off Cape Lopez.