No, not the law, but those who sat on the judgment-seat to pervert the law.

It matters not now; I was driven mad at the time, for the wrong done was not done so much to me as to those whom I loved.

I vowed that I should be avenged.
"I soon found men as mad as myself, who only wanted a leader to guide them in order to run full swing to destruction.

I seized the Foam, of which schooner I was mate, called her the Avenger, and became a pirate.
No blood was shed when I seized the schooner.

Before an opportunity occurred of trying my hand at this new profession, my anger had cooled.
_I repented_ of what I had done; but I was surrounded by men who were more bent on mischief than I was.