 And for those who are accused of piracy, he saw this as not so much a law and order issue, but an affront against God himself. Cotton Mather visited Fly and his crew in jail twice. The conversations were written down, but it's hard to know how accurate they really are. Mather begins by telling the pirates to repent of their crimes, especially the killing of a captain and first mate in a mutiny. The poor men whom you murdered.