The Tryals of Joseph Dawson, Edward Forseith, William May, [brace] William Bishop, James Lewis, and John Sparkes for several piracies and robberies by them committed in the company of Every the grand pirate, near the coasts of the East-Indies, and several other places on the seas : giving an account of their villainous robberies and barbarities : at the Admiralty sessions, begun at the Old-Baily on the 29th of October, 1696, and ended on the 6th of November.
      
       
         
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             The Tryals of Joseph Dawson, Edward Forseith, William May, [brace] William Bishop, James Lewis, and John Sparkes for several piracies and robberies by them committed in the company of Every the grand pirate, near the coasts of the East-Indies, and several other places on the seas : giving an account of their villainous robberies and barbarities : at the Admiralty sessions, begun at the Old-Baily on the 29th of October, 1696, and ended on the 6th of November.
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           THE
           TRYALS
           OF
           
             Ioseph
             Dawson
             ,
             Edward
             Forseith
             ,
             William
             May
             ,
             William
             Bishop
             ,
             Iames
             Lewis
             ,
          
           and
           
             Iohn
             Sparkes
          
           .
           For
           several
           Piracies
           and
           Robberies
           By
           them
           committed
           ▪
           IN
           THE
           Company
           of
           EVERY
           the
           Grand
           Pirate
           ,
           near
           the
           Coasts
           of
           the
           East-Indies
           ;
           and
           several
           other
           Places
           on
           the
           Seas
           .
           Giving
           an
           ACCOUNT
           of
           their
           
             Villainous
             Robberies
          
           and
           Barbarities
           .
           At
           the
           
             Admiralty
             Sessions
          
           ,
           begun
           at
           the
           Old-Baily
           on
           the
           29th
           of
           
             October
             ,
             1696.
          
           and
           ended
           on
           the
           6th
           .
           of
           November
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Iohn
             Everingham
          
           ,
           Bookseller
           ,
           at
           the
           Star
           in
           Ludgate-street
           ,
           1696.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           Admir
           .
           Angl.
           ss
           .
        
         
           THE
           Sessions
           of
           Oyer
           and
           Terminer
           ,
           and
           Goal-Delivery
           ,
           held
           for
           our
           Sovereign
           Lord
           the
           King
           ,
           for
           the
           Iurisdiction
           of
           the
           Admiralty
           of
           England
           ,
           at
           Iustice-Hall
           in
           the
           Old-Baily
           ,
           in
           the
           Suburbs
           of
           the
           City
           of
           London
           ,
           on
           Monday
           the
           19th
           Day
           of
           October
           ,
           in
           the
           Eighth
           Year
           of
           the
           Reign
           of
           our
           said
           Sovereign
           Lord
           King
           William
           the
           Third
           ,
           over
           England
           ,
           &c.
           before
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           
             Edward
             Russel
          
           ,
           
             Esq
          
           
             Henry
             Priestman
          
           ,
           
             Esq
          
           Sir
           
             Robert
             Rich
          
           ,
           Knight
           and
           Baronet
           ;
           Sir
           
             George
             Rooke
          
           ,
           Kt.
           Sir
           
             John
             Houblon
          
           ,
           Kt.
           and
           
             James
             Kendall
          
           ,
           
             Esq
          
           Commissioners
           for
           Executing
           and
           Exercising
           the
           Office
           and
           Place
           of
           Lord
           High
           Admiral
           of
           England
           ,
           respectively
           assigned
           and
           deputed
           ;
           the
           Right
           Worshipful
           Sir
           
             Charles
             Hedges
          
           ,
           Kt.
           Dr.
           of
           Law
           ,
           Lieutenant
           in
           the
           High
           Court
           of
           Admiralty
           of
           England
           ,
           Commissary-General
           of
           Our
           Sovereign
           Lord
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           President
           and
           Iudge
           of
           the
           said
           Court
           ;
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           Sir
           
             John
             Holt
          
           ,
           Kt.
           Lord
           Chief
           Iustice
           of
           the
           King's-Bench
           ;
           Sir
           
             George
             Treby
          
           ,
           Kt.
           Lord
           Chief
           Iustice
           of
           the
           Common-Pleas
           ;
           Sir
           
             Edward
             Ward
          
           ,
           Kt.
           Lord
           Chief
           Baron
           of
           the
           Exchequer
           ;
           Sir
           
             Tho.
             Rookeby
          
           ,
           Kt.
           and
           one
           of
           the
           Iustices
           of
           the
           Kings-Bench
           ;
           Sir
           
             Samuel
             Eyre
          
           ,
           Kt.
           another
           of
           the
           Iustices
           of
           the
           Kings-Bench
           ;
           Sir
           
             John
             Turton
          
           ,
           Kt.
           another
           of
           the
           Iustices
           of
           the
           Kings-Bench
           ;
           Sir
           
             John
             Powell
          
           ,
           Kt.
           one
           of
           the
           Iustices
           of
           the
           Common-Pleas
           ;
           Sir
           
             Littleton
             Powis
          
           ,
           Kt.
           one
           of
           the
           Barons
           of
           the
           
             Exchequer
             ;
             William
             Bridgeman
          
           and
           
             Josias
             Burchet
          
           ,
           Esqs
           ▪
           Secretaries
           of
           the
           Admiralty
           of
           
             England
             ;
             Thomas
             Lane.
             William
             King
             ,
          
           and
           
             John
             Cooke
          
           ,
           respectively
           Drs.
           of
           Laws
           ;
           and
           others
           His
           Majesty's
           Iustices
           named
           in
           the
           said
           Commission
           .
        
         
           
             HIS
             Majesty's
             Commissioners
             being
             then
             and
             there
             met
             ,
             the
             Commission
             was
             read
             ,
             and
             Proclamation
             made
             for
             Attendance
             :
             After
             which
             ,
             the
             Gentlemen
             of
             the
             Grand
             Jury
             were
             called
             and
             Sworn
             ,
             and
             received
             their
             Charge
             from
             Sir
             
               Ch.
               Hedges
            
             ,
             Kt.
             Judge
             of
             the
             High
             Court
             of
             Admiralty
             ,
             who
             set
             forth
             unto
             them
             the
             nature
             of
             the
             Commission
             ,
             the
             extent
             of
             the
             Jurisdiction
             of
             the
             Court
             ,
             and
             the
             subject
             Matter
             of
             their
             Enquiries
             .
          
           
             Then
             the
             Witnesses
             for
             the
             King
             being
             Sworn
             ,
             the
             Grand
             Jury
             withdrew
             ,
             and
             after
             a
             little
             time
             returned
             ,
             finding
             
               Billa
               vera
            
             against
             
               Henry
               Every
            
             not
             yet
             taken
             ,
             
               Ioseph
               Dawson
               ,
               Edw.
               Foreseith
               ,
               William
               May
               ,
               William
               Bishop
               ,
               Iames
               Lewes
               ,
            
             and
             
               Iohn
               Sparkes
            
             ,
             Prisoners
             ,
             for
             Feloniously
             and
             Piratically
             taking
             ,
             and
             carrying
             away
             ,
             from
             persons
             unknown
             ,
             a
             certain
             Ship
             called
             the
             Gunsway
             ,
             with
             her
             Tackle
             ,
             Apparel
             and
             Furniture
             ,
             to
             the
             value
             of
             1000
             l.
             and
             of
             Goods
             to
             the
             value
             of
             110
             l.
             together
             with
             100000
             Pieces
             of
             Eight
             ,
             and
             100000
             Chequins
             ,
             upon
             the
             High
             Seas
             ,
             ten
             Leagues
             from
             the
             
               Cape
               St.
               Iohns
            
             near
             Surat
             in
             the
             East-Indies
             .
             Then
             
               Dawson
               ,
               Forseith
               ,
               May
               ,
               Bishop
               ,
               Lewes
               ,
            
             and
             Sparkes
             ,
             were
             brought
             to
             the
             Bar
             ,
             and
             their
             Indictment
             was
             read
             .
          
           
           
             
               Ioseph
               Dawson
            
             confessed
             that
             he
             was
             Guilty
             ,
             but
             the
             rest
             pleaded
             Not
             Guilty
             ,
             and
             put
             themselves
             upon
             their
             Trials
             ;
             and
             thereupon
             the
             Petty-Jury
             was
             called
             ,
             and
             the
             persons
             ,
             whose
             Names
             follow
             ,
             were
             Sworn
             .
          
           
             
               William
               Walker
               ,
            
             
               Iohn
               Child
               ,
            
             
               Edward
               Leeds
               ,
            
             
               Thomas
               Clarke
               ,
            
             
               Nathan
               Green
               ,
            
             
               Henry
               Sherbrooke
               ,
            
             
               Benjamin
               Dry
               ,
            
             
               Iohn
               Sherbrooke
               ,
            
             
               Samuel
               Iackson
               ,
            
             
               Thomas
               Emms
               ,
            
             
               Henry
               Hunter
               ,
            
             
               Iohn
               Hall.
               
            
          
           
             Then
             the
             King
             's
             Learned
             Councel
             opened
             the
             Indictment
             ,
             &c.
             and
             Dr.
             
               Newton
               ▪
            
             made
             a
             Speech
             ;
             which
             is
             as
             follows
             .
          
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     
                       My
                       Lorde
                       ,
                       and
                       Gentlemen
                       of
                       the
                       Jury
                       ,
                    
                  
                   
                     THE
                     Prisoners
                     are
                     Indicted
                     for
                     Piracy
                     ,
                     in
                     Robbing
                     and
                     Plundering
                     the
                     Ship
                     Gunsway
                     ,
                     belonging
                     to
                     the
                     
                       Great
                       Mogul
                    
                     ,
                     and
                     his
                     Subjects
                     ,
                     in
                     the
                     Indian
                     Seas
                     ,
                     to
                     a
                     very
                     great
                     value
                     .
                  
                   
                     And
                     the
                     End
                     was
                     suitable
                     to
                     their
                     Beginning
                     ,
                     they
                     first
                     practised
                     these
                     Crimes
                     upon
                     their
                     own
                     Country-men
                     ,
                     the
                     English
                     ,
                     and
                     then
                     continued
                     them
                     on
                     to
                     Strangers
                     and
                     Foreigners
                     :
                     For
                     the
                     Ship
                     in
                     which
                     this
                     Piracy
                     was
                     committed
                     ,
                     was
                     an
                     English
                     Vessel
                     ,
                     called
                     
                       The
                       Charles
                       the
                       Second
                    
                     ,
                     belonging
                     to
                     several
                     Merchants
                     of
                     this
                     City
                     ,
                     designed
                     for
                     other
                     Ends
                     ,
                     and
                     a
                     far
                     different
                     Voyage
                     ,
                     which
                     by
                     these
                     Criminals
                     ,
                     with
                     the
                     Assistance
                     of
                     one
                     Every
                     ,
                     their
                     Captain
                     ,
                     in
                     all
                     these
                     Villanies
                     ,
                     was
                     seized
                     near
                     the
                     Groyn
                     in
                     Spain
                     ,
                     in
                     
                       May
                       1694.
                    
                     from
                     which
                     place
                     ,
                     having
                     first
                     by
                     Force
                     ,
                     set
                     Captain
                     Gibson
                     the
                     Commander
                     ,
                     on
                     Shoar
                     ,
                     they
                     carried
                     off
                     the
                     Ship
                     ,
                     and
                     with
                     it
                     committed
                     many
                     and
                     great
                     Pyracies
                     ,
                     for
                     several
                     Years
                     (
                     as
                     will
                     appear
                     in
                     the
                     Course
                     of
                     the
                     Evidence
                     )
                     in
                     most
                     of
                     the
                     parts
                     of
                     the
                     known
                     World
                     ,
                     without
                     distinction
                     upon
                     all
                     Nations
                     ,
                     and
                     Persons
                     of
                     all
                     Religions
                     .
                  
                   
                     Their
                     last
                     Piracy
                     ,
                     was
                     this
                     in
                     the
                     Indies
                     ,
                     the
                     greatest
                     in
                     it self
                     ,
                     and
                     like
                     to
                     be
                     the
                     most
                     pernicious
                     in
                     its
                     consequences
                     ,
                     especially
                     as
                     to
                     Trade
                     ,
                     considering
                     the
                     Power
                     of
                     the
                     great
                     Mogull
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     natural
                     Inclination
                     of
                     the
                     Indians
                     to
                     Revenge
                     :
                     But
                     they
                     are
                     now
                     brought
                     hither
                     on
                     their
                     Tryal
                     ,
                     and
                     if
                     the
                     Matters
                     ,
                     they
                     are
                     Charged
                     with
                     ,
                     shall
                     be
                     proved
                     ,
                     to
                     receive
                     that
                     Iudgment
                     from
                     you
                     ,
                     their
                     Crime
                     deserves
                     ;
                     and
                     that
                     is
                     Piracy
                     ,
                     which
                     by
                     so
                     much
                     exceeds
                     Theft
                     or
                     Robbery
                     at
                     Land
                     ;
                     as
                     the
                     Interest
                     and
                     Concerns
                     of
                     Kingdoms
                     and
                     Nations
                     ,
                     are
                     above
                     those
                     of
                     private
                     Families
                     ,
                     or
                     particular
                     Persons
                     :
                     For
                     suffer
                     Pirates
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     Commerce
                     of
                     the
                     World
                     must
                     cease
                     ,
                     which
                     this
                     Nation
                     has
                     deservedly
                     so
                     great
                     a
                     share
                     in
                     ,
                     and
                     reaps
                     such
                     mighty
                     advantage
                     by
                     :
                     And
                     if
                     they
                     shall
                     go
                     away
                     unpunished
                     ,
                     when
                     it
                     is
                     known
                     whose
                     Subjects
                     they
                     are
                     ,
                     the
                     consequence
                     may
                     be
                     ,
                     to
                     involve
                     the
                     Nations
                     concerned
                     ,
                     in
                     War
                     and
                     Blood
                     ,
                     to
                     the
                     Destruction
                     of
                     the
                     Innocent
                     English
                     in
                     those
                     Countries
                     ,
                     the
                     total
                     Loss
                     of
                     the
                     Indian
                     Trade
                     ,
                     and
                     thereby
                     ,
                     the
                     impoverishment
                     of
                     this
                     Kingdom
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             The
             Witnesses
             for
             the
             King
             ,
             
               viz.
               Iohn
               Dan
            
             ,
             and
             
               Philip
               Middleton
            
             ,
             were
             then
             called
             and
             Sworn
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             Opinion
             of
             the
             Court
             gave
             a
             full
             Evidence
             against
             the
             Prisoners
             ,
             which
             was
             very
             clearly
             summ'd
             up
             by
             the
             Lord
             Chief
             Justice
             Holt
             ;
             the
             tenour
             whereof
             is
             particularly
             set
             forth
             in
             the
             following
             Trials
             :
             but
             the
             Jury
             ,
             contrary
             to
             the
             expectation
             of
             the
             Court
             ,
             brought
             in
             all
             the
             Prisoners
             Not
             Guilty
             ,
             whereupon
             the
             Sessions
             was
             Adjourned
             to
             Saturday
             the
             31th
             of
             October
             following
             ,
             and
             the
             Prisoners
             were
             committed
             upon
             a
             new
             Warrant
             for
             several
             other
             Piracies
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             
               Die
               Sabbati
               ,
               tricesimo
               primo
               Octobris
               ,
               Annoque
               Regni
               Regis
               Willielmi
               Tertii
               Octavo
               ,
               Annoque
               Domini
               ,
               1696.
               
            
          
           
             THE
             Court
             being
             sat
             (
             at
             which
             were
             present
             Sir
             
               Charles
               Hedges
            
             Judge
             of
             the
             High
             Court
             of
             Admiralty
             ,
             the
             Lord
             Chief
             Justice
             Holt
             ,
             the
             Lord
             Chief
             Justice
             Treby
             ,
             the
             Lord
             Chief
             Baron
             Ward
             ,
             Mr.
             Justice
             Rookby
             ,
             Mr.
             Justice
             Turton
             ,
             Mr.
             Justice
             Eyres
             ,
             and
             Mr.
             Baron
             Powis
             ,
             Dr.
             Lane
             ,
             Dr.
             King
             ,
             and
             Dr.
             Cook
             )
             The
             Court
             proceeded
             in
             this
             manner
             .
          
           
             
               Cl.
               of
               Arr.
               
            
             
               Cryer
               ,
               Make
               Proclamation
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cryer
               .
            
             
               O
               yes
               ,
               O
               yes
               ,
               O
               yes
               
                 All
                 manner
                 of
                 Persons
                 that
                 have
                 any
                 thing
                 more
                 to
                 do
                 at
                 this
                 Sessions
                 ,
                 draw
                 near
                 and
                 give
                 your
                 Attendance
                 :
                 And
                 you
                 Sheriff
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 City
                 of
              
               London
               ,
               
                 return
                 the
                 several
                 Precepts
                 directed
                 to
                 you
                 ,
                 and
                 returnable
                 here
                 this
                 day
                 ,
                 upon
                 pain
                 and
                 peril
                 that
                 shall
                 follow
                 thereon
                 .
              
            
             
               Then
               the
               Grand
               Jury
               were
               called
               over
               ,
               and
               the
               Appearances
               mark'd
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               of
               Arr.
               
            
             
               Make
               Proclamation
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cryer
               .
            
             
               O
               yes
               ,
               &c.
               The
               Lords
               the
               King's
               Justices
               charge
               and
               command
               all
               Persons
               to
               keep
               silence
               ,
               while
               the
               Charge
               is
               giving
               .
            
          
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     The
                     Iudge
                     of
                     the
                     Admiralties
                     Charge
                     to
                     the
                     Grand
                     Iury
                     upon
                     this
                     occasion
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                       Sir
                       
                         Charles
                         Hedges
                      
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         Gentlemen
                         of
                         the
                         Grand
                         Jury
                      
                       .
                    
                     
                       THE
                       Opinion
                       which
                       this
                       Court
                       had
                       of
                       the
                       Good
                       Intentions
                       ,
                       Abilities
                       ,
                       and
                       Integrity
                       of
                       the
                       last
                       Grand
                       Jury
                       ,
                       was
                       so
                       fully
                       answered
                       at
                       our
                       late
                       Meeting
                       in
                       this
                       Place
                       ;
                       that
                       I
                       am
                       confident
                       all
                       good
                       English-men
                       ,
                       who
                       were
                       Witnesses
                       of
                       their
                       Proceedings
                       ,
                       will
                       concur
                       in
                       giving
                       them
                       Publick
                       Thanks
                       ,
                       for
                       the
                       good
                       Services
                       which
                       they
                       then
                       performed
                       :
                       I
                       wish
                       that
                       all
                       others
                       ,
                       who
                       were
                       concerned
                       in
                       the
                       Dispatch
                       of
                       that
                       Days
                       Business
                       ,
                       had
                       the
                       like
                       pretence
                       to
                       have
                       the
                       same
                       ;
                       the
                       Publick
                       Justice
                       of
                       the
                       Nation
                       ,
                       would
                       not
                       then
                       have
                       lain
                       under
                       any
                       manner
                       of
                       Reproach
                       ,
                       neither
                       would
                       you
                       have
                       had
                       this
                       farther
                       trouble
                       .
                       But
                       seeing
                       that
                       it
                       hath
                       so
                       happen'd
                       ,
                       it
                       is
                       become
                       absolutely
                       necessary
                       that
                       a
                       farther
                       ,
                       and
                       a
                       strict
                       Enquiry
                       should
                       be
                       made
                       after
                       those
                       Crimes
                       which
                       threaten
                       ,
                       and
                       tend
                       to
                       the
                       Destruction
                       of
                       our
                       Navigation
                       and
                       Trade
                       ,
                       and
                       therefore
                       I
                       am
                       assured
                       of
                       your
                       Patience
                       ,
                       whilst
                       I
                       shew
                       you
                       briefly
                       ,
                    
                     
                       
                         
                           1.
                           
                           What
                           the
                           Crimes
                           are
                           ,
                           which
                           you
                           are
                           to
                           enquire
                           after
                           .
                        
                         
                           
                           2.
                           
                           How
                           far
                           the
                           Jurisdiction
                           ,
                           and
                           your
                           Power
                           in
                           making
                           these
                           Enquiries
                           doth
                           extend
                           .
                        
                         
                           3.
                           
                           What
                           is
                           the
                           Duty
                           incumbent
                           on
                           you
                           in
                           this
                           behalf
                           .
                        
                      
                    
                     
                       1.
                       
                       As
                       to
                       the
                       Crimes
                       ,
                       I
                       shall
                       not
                       repeat
                       what
                       was
                       mentioned
                       touching
                       all
                       the
                       particulars
                       thereof
                       ,
                       at
                       the
                       opening
                       of
                       this
                       Sessions
                       ;
                       but
                       confine
                       my
                       Discourse
                       to
                       those
                       ,
                       which
                       I
                       find
                       by
                       the
                       Calendar
                       will
                       ,
                       at
                       this
                       time
                       ,
                       necessarily
                       fall
                       under
                       your
                       Examination
                       ,
                       and
                       those
                       are
                       Piracies
                       .
                    
                     
                       Now
                       Piracy
                       is
                       only
                       a
                       Sea
                       term
                       for
                       Robbery
                       ,
                       Piracy
                       being
                       a
                       Robbery
                       committed
                       within
                       the
                       Jurisdiction
                       of
                       the
                       Admiralty
                       ;
                       if
                       any
                       man
                       be
                       assaulted
                       within
                       that
                       Jurisdiction
                       ,
                       and
                       his
                       Ship
                       or
                       Goods
                       violently
                       taken
                       away
                       without
                       a
                       Legal
                       Authority
                       ,
                       this
                       is
                       Robbery
                       and
                       Piracy
                       .
                       If
                       the
                       Mariners
                       of
                       any
                       Ship
                       shall
                       violently
                       dispossess
                       the
                       Master
                       ,
                       and
                       afterwards
                       carry
                       away
                       the
                       Ship
                       it self
                       ,
                       or
                       any
                       of
                       the
                       Goods
                       ,
                       or
                       Tackle
                       ,
                       Apparel
                       ,
                       or
                       Furniture
                       ,
                       with
                       a
                       felonious
                       Intention
                       ,
                       in
                       any
                       place
                       where
                       the
                       Lord
                       Admiral
                       hath
                       ,
                       or
                       pretends
                       to
                       have
                       Jurisdiction
                       ;
                       this
                       is
                       also
                       Robbery
                       and
                       Piracy
                       ;
                       the
                       intention
                       will
                       ,
                       in
                       these
                       cases
                       ,
                       appear
                       ,
                       by
                       considering
                       the
                       end
                       for
                       which
                       the
                       Fact
                       was
                       committed
                       ,
                       and
                       the
                       end
                       will
                       be
                       known
                       ,
                       if
                       the
                       Evidence
                       shall
                       shew
                       you
                       what
                       hath
                       been
                       done
                       .
                    
                     
                       3.
                       
                       Now
                       the
                       Jurisdiction
                       of
                       the
                       Admiralty
                       is
                       declared
                       ,
                       and
                       described
                       in
                       the
                       Statute
                       ,
                       and
                       Commission
                       by
                       vertue
                       of
                       which
                       we
                       here
                       meet
                       ,
                       and
                       is
                       extended
                       throughout
                       all
                       Seas
                       ,
                       and
                       the
                       Ports
                       ,
                       Havens
                       ,
                       Creeks
                       ,
                       and
                       Rivers
                       beneath
                       the
                       first
                       Bridges
                       next
                       the
                       Sea
                       ,
                       even
                       unto
                       the
                       higher
                       Water-mark
                       .
                    
                     
                       The
                       King
                       of
                       England
                       hath
                       not
                       only
                       an
                       Empire
                       and
                       Soveraignty
                       over
                       the
                       British
                       Seas
                       ;
                       but
                       also
                       an
                       undoubted
                       Jurisdiction
                       ,
                       and
                       Power
                       ,
                       in
                       concurrency
                       with
                       other
                       Princes
                       ,
                       and
                       States
                       ,
                       for
                       the
                       punishment
                       of
                       all
                       Piracies
                       and
                       Robberies
                       at
                       Sea
                       ,
                       in
                       the
                       most
                       remote
                       parts
                       of
                       the
                       World
                       ,
                       so
                       that
                       if
                       any
                       person
                       whatsoever
                       ,
                       Native
                       or
                       Forreigner
                       ,
                       Christian
                       or
                       Infidel
                       ,
                       Turk
                       or
                       Pagan
                       ,
                       with
                       whose
                       Country
                       we
                       have
                       no
                       War
                       ,
                       with
                       whom
                       we
                       hold
                       Trade
                       and
                       Correspondence
                       ,
                       and
                       are
                       in
                       Amity
                       ,
                       shall
                       be
                       robbed
                       or
                       spoiled
                       ,
                       in
                       the
                       narrow
                       Seas
                       ,
                       the
                       Mediterranean
                       ,
                       Atlantick
                       ,
                       Southern
                       ,
                       or
                       any
                       other
                       Seas
                       ,
                       or
                       the
                       branches
                       thereof
                       ,
                       either
                       on
                       this
                       ,
                       or
                       the
                       other
                       side
                       of
                       the
                       Line
                       ,
                       it
                       is
                       Piracy
                       within
                       the
                       limits
                       of
                       your
                       Enquiry
                       ,
                       and
                       the
                       cognizance
                       of
                       this
                       Court.
                       
                    
                     
                       3.
                       
                       Concerning
                       the
                       Duty
                       incumbent
                       upon
                       you
                       in
                       making
                       your
                       Enquiries
                       ,
                       and
                       Presentments
                       ,
                       you
                       may
                       consider
                       that
                       there
                       is
                       a
                       great
                       Trust
                       and
                       Authority
                       committed
                       to
                       you
                       ,
                       and
                       therefore
                       it
                       will
                       be
                       expected
                       
                       that
                       a
                       suitable
                       care
                       should
                       be
                       had
                       ,
                       and
                       your
                       Power
                       executed
                       according
                       to
                       a
                       well
                       regulated
                       discretion
                       :
                       As
                       you
                       are
                       ,
                       on
                       the
                       one
                       hand
                       ,
                       to
                       take
                       care
                       that
                       the
                       Court
                       be
                       not
                       troubled
                       ,
                       nor
                       any
                       man
                       put
                       in
                       hazard
                       of
                       his
                       Life
                       ,
                       through
                       any
                       frivolous
                       ,
                       or
                       malicious
                       Prosecution
                       ;
                       so
                       ,
                       on
                       the
                       other
                       side
                       ,
                       and
                       more
                       especially
                       in
                       the
                       cases
                       of
                       great
                       ,
                       and
                       publick
                       Offences
                       ,
                       you
                       are
                       to
                       use
                       your
                       utmost
                       endeavours
                       ,
                       that
                       Justice
                       ,
                       the
                       support
                       of
                       Government
                       ,
                       be
                       not
                       obstructed
                       by
                       any
                       partial
                       Proceedings
                       .
                    
                     
                       You
                       are
                       not
                       obliged
                       in
                       all
                       cases
                       to
                       require
                       a
                       clear
                       and
                       full
                       Evidence
                       ,
                       but
                       only
                       to
                       examine
                       till
                       you
                       find
                       ,
                       and
                       are
                       satisfied
                       in
                       your
                       Consciences
                       ,
                       that
                       there
                       is
                       sufficient
                       and
                       just
                       cause
                       to
                       put
                       the
                       Party
                       accused
                       upon
                       his
                       Tryal
                       .
                       You
                       cannot
                       convict
                       ,
                       but
                       may
                       in
                       effect
                       acquit
                       it
                       the
                       greatest
                       Criminals
                       ,
                       and
                       therefore
                       if
                       you
                       do
                       but
                       find
                       proofs
                       enough
                       to
                       create
                       a
                       Presumption
                       against
                       the
                       Party
                       accused
                       ,
                       when
                       the
                       case
                       seems
                       odious
                       ,
                       and
                       is
                       of
                       great
                       consequence
                       ,
                       and
                       importance
                       ,
                       your
                       safest
                       way
                       is
                       to
                       put
                       it
                       in
                       a
                       proper
                       Method
                       for
                       the
                       Petty
                       Jury
                       ,
                       who
                       are
                       to
                       receive
                       full
                       satisfaction
                       from
                       the
                       Evidence
                       that
                       shall
                       be
                       given
                       in
                       the
                       presence
                       of
                       the
                       Party
                       ;
                       and
                       according
                       to
                       that
                       Evidence
                       ,
                       have
                       power
                       to
                       determine
                       whether
                       guilty
                       ,
                       or
                       not
                       guilty
                       ,
                       condemn
                       ,
                       as
                       well
                       as
                       acquit
                       .
                    
                     
                       And
                       upon
                       this
                       occasion
                       ,
                       seeing
                       many
                       who
                       are
                       upon
                       that
                       Service
                       are
                       present
                       ,
                       it
                       seems
                       fit
                       that
                       they
                       should
                       also
                       know
                       that
                       they
                       have
                       no
                       power
                       to
                       do
                       more
                       or
                       less
                       than
                       what
                       is
                       agreeable
                       to
                       the
                       Evidence
                       :
                       They
                       are
                       not
                       to
                       interpose
                       in
                       points
                       of
                       Law
                       ,
                       or
                       to
                       be
                       swayed
                       by
                       any
                       consideration
                       whatsoever
                       ,
                       but
                       what
                       shall
                       arise
                       from
                       the
                       proofs
                       judicially
                       made
                       ;
                       they
                       are
                       indeed
                       Judges
                       of
                       the
                       Fact
                       ,
                       but
                       they
                       are
                       not
                       Arbitrary
                       ;
                       they
                       are
                       as
                       much
                       restrained
                       by
                       the
                       dictates
                       of
                       Conscience
                       formed
                       and
                       convinced
                       by
                       reasonable
                       proofs
                       ,
                       as
                       the
                       Judges
                       on
                       the
                       Bench
                       are
                       by
                       the
                       Rules
                       of
                       Law.
                       
                    
                     
                       No
                       man
                       can
                       believe
                       just
                       as
                       he
                       lists
                       ,
                       and
                       therefore
                       a
                       determination
                       ,
                       or
                       judgment
                       at
                       will
                       and
                       pleasure
                       will
                       never
                       be
                       thought
                       to
                       deserve
                       the
                       name
                       of
                       a
                       Verdict
                       :
                       for
                       whatever
                       may
                       be
                       pretended
                       ,
                       the
                       World
                       will
                       not
                       be
                       persuaded
                       that
                       a
                       Jury
                       hath
                       pursued
                       the
                       dictates
                       of
                       Conscience
                       ,
                       unless
                       some
                       reasonable
                       grounds
                       for
                       its
                       proceedings
                       shall
                       appear
                       ,
                       and
                       therefore
                       ,
                       whenever
                       it
                       shall
                       happen
                       that
                       notorious
                       Malefactors
                       escape
                       unpunished
                       ,
                       notwithstanding
                       ,
                       that
                       in
                       the
                       Opinion
                       of
                       most
                       good
                       men
                       ,
                       there
                       was
                       a
                       full
                       and
                       sufficient
                       Evidence
                       for
                       their
                       Conviction
                       ,
                       it
                       is
                       to
                       be
                       wished
                       ,
                       and
                       indeed
                       it
                       seems
                       to
                       me
                       to
                       be
                       necessary
                       ,
                       in
                       cases
                       that
                       relate
                       to
                       the
                       Laws
                       of
                       Nations
                       ,
                       that
                       the
                       reasons
                       which
                       induced
                       such
                       a
                       determination
                       should
                       be
                       
                       given
                       for
                       the
                       publick
                       satisfaction
                       ,
                       otherwise
                       ,
                       since
                       Forreigners
                       look
                       upon
                       the
                       Decrees
                       of
                       our
                       Courts
                       of
                       Justice
                       as
                       the
                       sense
                       and
                       judgment
                       of
                       the
                       whole
                       Nation
                       ,
                       our
                       Enemies
                       will
                       be
                       glad
                       to
                       find
                       an
                       occasion
                       to
                       say
                       ,
                       that
                       such
                       Miscreants
                       as
                       are
                       out
                       of
                       the
                       protection
                       of
                       all
                       Laws
                       ,
                       and
                       Civil
                       Governments
                       ,
                       are
                       abetted
                       by
                       those
                       who
                       contend
                       for
                       the
                       Soveraignty
                       of
                       the
                       Seas
                       .
                       The
                       barbarous
                       Nations
                       will
                       reproach
                       us
                       as
                       being
                       a
                       Harbour
                       ,
                       Receptacle
                       ,
                       and
                       a
                       Nest
                       of
                       Pirates
                       ,
                       and
                       our
                       Friends
                       will
                       wonder
                       to
                       hear
                       that
                       the
                       Enemies
                       of
                       Merchants
                       and
                       of
                       Mankind
                       ,
                       should
                       find
                       a
                       Sanctuary
                       in
                       this
                       ancient
                       Place
                       of
                       Trade
                       .
                       Nay
                       ,
                       we
                       our selves
                       cannot
                       but
                       confess
                       ,
                       that
                       all
                       Kingdoms
                       and
                       Countries
                       who
                       have
                       suffered
                       by
                       English
                       Pirates
                       ,
                       may
                       ,
                       for
                       want
                       of
                       Redress
                       in
                       the
                       ordinary
                       course
                       ,
                       have
                       the
                       pretence
                       of
                       Justice
                       ,
                       and
                       the
                       colour
                       of
                       the
                       Laws
                       of
                       Nations
                       to
                       justifie
                       their
                       making
                       reprizals
                       upon
                       our
                       Merchants
                       wheresoever
                       they
                       shall
                       meet
                       them
                       upon
                       the
                       Seas
                       .
                       If
                       a
                       Jury
                       happens
                       in
                       these
                       cases
                       to
                       be
                       too
                       severe
                       ,
                       there
                       is
                       room
                       for
                       Mercy
                       ,
                       and
                       I
                       am
                       confident
                       ,
                       that
                       upon
                       a
                       just
                       representation
                       ,
                       the
                       Innocent
                       never
                       failed
                       of
                       obtaining
                       it
                       ;
                       but
                       for
                       a
                       fault
                       ,
                       neglect
                       ,
                       or
                       errour
                       on
                       the
                       other
                       hand
                       ,
                       there
                       is
                       no
                       relief
                       for
                       injured
                       Forreigners
                       ,
                       but
                       by
                       their
                       carrying
                       out
                       ,
                       as
                       we
                       may
                       be
                       sure
                       they
                       will
                       ,
                       for
                       themselves
                       ,
                       such
                       a
                       satisfaction
                       ,
                       upon
                       our
                       Merchants
                       as
                       they
                       shall
                       think
                       fit
                       ,
                       whenever
                       they
                       shall
                       have
                       an
                       opportunity
                       ;
                       and
                       so
                       our
                       whole
                       Nation
                       must
                       unavoidably
                       suffer
                       both
                       in
                       reputation
                       and
                       interest
                       ,
                       and
                       all
                       as
                       it
                       were
                       through
                       our
                       own
                       default
                       .
                    
                     
                       I
                       hope
                       what
                       hath
                       been
                       said
                       upon
                       this
                       unexpected
                       occasion
                       ,
                       will
                       not
                       be
                       looked
                       upon
                       as
                       intended
                       to
                       influence
                       any
                       Jury
                       ;
                       I
                       am
                       sure
                       it
                       is
                       far
                       from
                       being
                       so
                       designed
                       ;
                       Religion
                       ,
                       Conscience
                       ,
                       Honour
                       ,
                       common
                       Honesty
                       ,
                       Humanity
                       ,
                       and
                       all
                       Laws
                       forbid
                       such
                       Methods
                       :
                       There
                       is
                       no
                       doubt
                       but
                       the
                       Judge
                       as
                       well
                       as
                       the
                       Jury
                       ▪
                       man
                       then
                       best
                       discharges
                       his
                       duty
                       ,
                       when
                       he
                       proceeds
                       without
                       favour
                       or
                       affection
                       ,
                       hatred
                       or
                       ill-will
                       ,
                       or
                       any
                       partial
                       respect
                       whatsoever
                       .
                    
                     
                       Every
                       man
                       ought
                       to
                       be
                       extreamly
                       tender
                       of
                       such
                       a
                       Person
                       as
                       he
                       has
                       reason
                       to
                       believe
                       is
                       innocent
                       ;
                       but
                       it
                       should
                       be
                       considered
                       likewise
                       on
                       the
                       other
                       side
                       ,
                       that
                       he
                       who
                       brings
                       a
                       notorious
                       Pirate
                       ,
                       or
                       common
                       Malefactor
                       to
                       Justice
                       ,
                       contributes
                       to
                       the
                       safety
                       ,
                       and
                       preservation
                       of
                       the
                       Lives
                       of
                       many
                       ,
                       both
                       bad
                       and
                       good
                       ,
                       of
                       the
                       good
                       by
                       means
                       of
                       the
                       assurance
                       of
                       protection
                       ,
                       and
                       of
                       the
                       bad
                       too
                       by
                       the
                       terrour
                       of
                       Justice
                       .
                       It
                       was
                       upon
                       this
                       consideration
                       that
                       the
                       Roman
                       Emperours
                       in
                       their
                       Edicts
                       made
                       this
                       piece
                       of
                       service
                       for
                       the
                       publick
                       good
                       ,
                       as
                       meritorious
                       as
                       any
                       act
                       of
                       Piety
                       ,
                       or
                       Religious
                       Worship
                       .
                    
                     
                       Our
                       own
                       Laws
                       demonstrate
                       how
                       much
                       our
                       Legislators
                       ,
                       and
                       particularly
                       how
                       highly
                       that
                       great
                       Prince
                       K.
                       H.
                       the
                       5th
                       .
                       and
                       his
                       Parliament
                       thought
                       this
                       Nation
                       concerned
                       in
                       providing
                       for
                       the
                       security
                       of
                       Traders
                       ,
                       and
                       scowring
                       the
                       Seas
                       of
                       Rovers
                       and
                       Free-booters
                       .
                       Certainly
                       there
                       never
                       was
                       any
                       Age
                       wherein
                       our
                       Ancestors
                       were
                       not
                       extraordinary
                       zealous
                       in
                       that
                       affair
                       ,
                       looking
                       upon
                       it
                       ,
                       as
                       it
                       is
                       ,
                       and
                       ever
                       will
                       be
                       ,
                       the
                       chief
                       support
                       of
                       the
                       Navigation
                       ,
                       Trade
                       ,
                       Wealth
                       ,
                       Strength
                       ,
                       Reputation
                       and
                       Glory
                       of
                       this
                       Nation
                       .
                    
                     
                       Gentlemen
                       ,
                       our
                       concern
                       ,
                       as
                       our
                       Trade
                       is
                       ,
                       ought
                       in
                       reason
                       to
                       be
                       rather
                       greater
                       than
                       that
                       of
                       our
                       Fore-fathers
                       ;
                       we
                       want
                       no
                       manner
                       of
                       inducements
                       ,
                       no
                       motives
                       to
                       stir
                       us
                       up
                       ,
                       whether
                       we
                       consider
                       our
                       Interest
                       or
                       Honour
                       ,
                       we
                       have
                       not
                       only
                       the
                       sacred
                       Word
                       ,
                       but
                       also
                       the
                       glorious
                       Acts
                       of
                       the
                       best
                       of
                       Kings
                       ,
                       which
                       sufficiently
                       manifest
                       to
                       us
                       ,
                       that
                       the
                       good
                       and
                       safety
                       of
                       this
                       Nation
                       ,
                       is
                       the
                       greatest
                       care
                       of
                       his
                       Life
                       ;
                       let
                       every
                       man
                       therefore
                       who
                       pretends
                       to
                       any
                       thing
                       of
                       a
                       true
                       English
                       spirit
                       ,
                       readily
                       ,
                       chearfully
                       follow
                       so
                       good
                       ,
                       so
                       great
                       ,
                       so
                       excellent
                       an
                       Example
                       ,
                       by
                       assisting
                       and
                       contributing
                       to
                       the
                       utmost
                       of
                       his
                       power
                       and
                       capacity
                       at
                       all
                       times
                       towards
                       the
                       carrying
                       on
                       his
                       noble
                       and
                       generous
                       Designs
                       for
                       the
                       common
                       good
                       ,
                       and
                       particularly
                       at
                       this
                       time
                       ,
                       by
                       doing
                       all
                       that
                       he
                       can
                       ,
                       to
                       the
                       end
                       that
                       by
                       the
                       Administration
                       of
                       equal
                       Justice
                       ,
                       the
                       Discipline
                       of
                       the
                       Seas
                       ,
                       on
                       which
                       the
                       good
                       and
                       safety
                       of
                       this
                       Nation
                       entirely
                       depends
                       ,
                       may
                       be
                       supported
                       and
                       maintained
                       .
                    
                  
                
              
            
          
           
           
             Then
             the
             Witnesses
             being
             sworn
             in
             Court
             ,
             the
             Grand
             Jury
             withdrew
             to
             hear
             their
             Evidence
             .
             And
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             
               T.
               Vaughan
            
             and
             
               I.
               Murphey
               ,
               Tim.
               Brenain
            
             ,
             were
             Arraigned
             ,
             whom
             the
             Keeper
             of
             Newgate
             ,
             by
             Order
             ,
             brought
             to
             the
             Bar.
             
          
           
             
               Cl.
               of
               Arr.
               
            
             
               
                 T.
                 Vaughan
              
               ,
               Hold
               up
               thy
               Hand
               (
               which
               he
               did
               )
               .
               
                 Thou
                 standest
                 Indicted
              
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               Art
               thou
               Guilty
               of
               this
               High
               Treason
               whereof
               thou
               standest
               Indicted
               ,
               or
               not
               Guilty
               ?
            
          
           
             
               T.
               Vaughan
               .
            
             
               Not
               Guilty
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               of
               Arr.
               
            
             
               Culprit
               ,
               how
               wilt
               thou
               be
               tried
               ?
            
          
           
             
               T.
               Vaughan
               .
            
             
               By
               God
               and
               this
               Countrey
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               of
               Arr.
               
            
             
               God
               send
               thee
               a
               good
               deliverance
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               of
               Arr.
               
            
             
               
                 I
                 Murphey
              
               ,
               Hold
               up
               thy
               hand
               (
               which
               he
               did
               )
               ,
               Thou
               standest
               Indicted
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               How
               sayest
               thou
               ,
               
                 Io.
                 Murphey
              
               ,
               Art
               thou
               Guilty
               of
               the
               High
               Treason
               whereof
               thou
               standest
               Indicted
               ,
               or
               not
               Guilty
               ?
            
          
           
             
               I
               Murphey
               .
            
             
               Not
               Guilty
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               of
               Arr.
               
            
             
               How
               wilt
               thou
               be
               tried
               ?
            
          
           
             
               I.
               Murphey
               .
            
             
               By
               God
               and
               the
               King.
               
            
          
           
             
               Officer
               .
            
             
               You
               must
               say
               ,
               by
               God
               and
               my
               Countrey
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               of
               Arr.
               
            
             
               God
               send
               thee
               a
               good
               deliverance
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               of
               Arr.
               
            
             
               Bring
               
                 Tim.
                 Brenain
              
               to
               the
               Bar
               ,
               (
               who
               was
               brought
               accordingly
               .
               )
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               of
               Arr.
               
            
             
               
                 Tim.
                 Brenain
              
               ,
               have
               you
               any
               Copy
               of
               your
               Indictment
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               Brenain
               .
            
             
               Yes
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               of
               Arr.
               
            
             
               When
               had
               you
               it
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               Brenain
               .
            
             
               This
               day
               sennight
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               of
               Arr.
               
            
             
               
                 Tim.
                 Brenain
              
               ,
               hold
               up
               thy
               hand
               (
               which
               he
               did
               )
               ;
               
                 Thou
                 standest
                 Indicted
              
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               How
               sayest
               thou
               ?
               Art
               thou
               Guilty
               of
               the
               High
               Treason
               whereof
               thou
               standest
               Indicted
               ,
               or
               not
               Guilty
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               Brenain
               .
            
             
               Not
               Guilty
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               of
               Arr.
               
            
             
               How
               wilt
               thou
               be
               tried
               ?
            
          
           
             
               T.
               Brenain
               .
            
             
               By
               God
               and
               my
               Country
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               of
               Arr.
               
            
             
               God
               send
               thee
               a
               good
               deliverance
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Mompesson
               .
            
             
               Will
               your
               Lordships
               please
               that
               he
               may
               be
               tried
               now
               ?
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               I.
               Treby
               .
            
             
               Does
               he
               desire
               to
               be
               tried
               now
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Mompesson
               ,
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               my
               Lord
               ,
               there
               is
               no
               Evidence
               against
               him
               ,
               and
               he
               is
               sick
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               
                 Soll.
                 Gen.
              
               
            
             
               We
               are
               not
               now
               prepared
               for
               the
               Tryal
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               I.
               Treby
               .
            
             
               If
               the
               King's
               Council
               and
               the
               Prisoner
               be
               agreed
               ,
               with
               all
               my
               heart
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               I.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               He
               may
               be
               tryed
               with
               the
               rest
               .
            
             
               Then
               
                 T.
                 Vaughan
              
               ,
               and
               
                 I.
                 Murphey
              
               ,
               and
               
                 T.
                 Brenain
              
               ,
               had
               Notice
               to
               prepare
               for
               their
               Tryals
               on
               Friday
               next
               ,
               at
               two
               of
               the
               clock
               in
               the
               afternoon
               .
            
             
               Then
               the
               Grand
               Jury
               came
               into
               Court.
               
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               of
               Arr.
               
            
             
               Gentlemen
               of
               the
               Grand
               Jury
               ,
               are
               you
               agreed
               in
               your
               Bills
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Grand
               Iury.
               
            
             
               Yes
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               of
               Arr.
               
            
             
               
                 Billa
                 vera
              
               against
               
                 Ioseph
                 Dawson
                 ,
                 Ed.
                 Foreseth
                 ,
                 W.
                 May
                 ,
                 W.
                 Bishop
                 ,
                 Iames
                 Lewis
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 I.
                 Sparks
              
               ,
               for
               Pyracy
               and
               Robbery
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               of
               Arr.
               
            
             
               Keeper
               of
               Newgate
               ,
               Set
               
                 Ioseph
                 Dawson
                 ,
                 Ed.
                 Foreseth
                 ,
                 Will.
                 May
                 ,
                 Will.
                 Bishop
                 ,
                 Will.
                 Lewis
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 Io.
                 Sparks
              
               ,
               to
               the
               Bar
               (
               which
               was
               done
               accordingly
               )
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               of
               Arr.
               
            
             
               
                 Ioseph
                 Dawson
              
               ,
               hold
               up
               thy
               hand
               (
               which
               he
               did
               ▪
               )
            
             
             
               
                 Ed.
                 Foreseth
              
               ,
               hold
               up
               thy
               hand
               (
               which
               he
               did
               .
               )
            
             
               
                 W.
                 May
              
               ,
               hold
               up
               thy
               hand
               (
               which
               he
               did
               .
               )
            
             
               
                 W.
                 Bishop
              
               ,
               hold
               up
               thy
               hand
               (
               which
               he
               did
               .
               )
            
             
               
                 Iames
                 Lewis
              
               ,
               hold
               up
               thy
               hand
               (
               which
               he
               did
               .
               )
            
             
               
                 Io.
                 Sparks
              
               ,
               hold
               up
               thy
               hand
               (
               which
               he
               did
               .
               )
            
             
               Then
               the
               Indictment
               was
               Read
               ,
               and
               set
               forth
               ,
            
             
               That
               Henry
               Every
               ,
               alias
               Bridgman
               ,
               Joseph
               Dawson
               ,
               Edward
               Foreseth
               ,
               William
               May
               ,
               William
               Bishop
               ,
               James
               Lewis
               and
               John
               Sparks
               ,
               late
               of
               London
               ,
               Mariners
               ,
               
                 on
                 the
                 30th
                 of
              
               May
               ,
               
                 in
                 the
                 6th
                 Year
                 of
                 the
                 Reign
                 of
                 our
                 Sovereign
                 Lord
                 King
              
               William
               ,
               
                 and
                 the
                 late
                 Queen
                 ,
                 did
                 ,
                 against
                 the
                 Peace
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 our
                 said
                 Sovereign
                 Lord
                 the
                 King
                 that
                 now
                 is
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 late
                 Queen
                 ,
                 by
                 Force
                 of
                 Arms
                 ,
                 upon
                 the
                 High
                 and
                 Open
              
               Seas
               ,
               
                 in
                 a
                 certain
                 place
                 .
                 about
                 Three
                 Leagues
                 from
                 the
              
               Groyn
               ,
               
                 and
                 within
                 the
                 Iurisdiction
                 of
                 the
                 Admiralty
                 of
              
               England
               ,
               
                 Piratically
                 and
                 Felloniously
                 set
                 upon
                 one
              
               Charles
               Gibson
               ,
               
                 a
                 subject
                 of
                 our
                 said
                 Soveraign
                 Lord
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 that
                 now
                 is
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 late
                 Queen
                 ,
                 being
                 then
                 and
                 there
                 Commander
                 of
                 a
                 certain
                 Merchant-ship
                 ,
                 called
                 ,
                 The
              
               Charles
               the
               Second
               ,
               
                 carrying
                 Forty
                 Peices
                 of
                 Ordnance
                 ,
                 belonging
                 to
                 certain
                 subjects
                 of
                 the
                 said
                 King
                 and
                 the
                 late
                 Queen
                 (
                 to
                 the
                 Iurors
                 as
                 yet
                 unknown
                 )
                 .
                 And
                 then
                 and
                 there
                 put
                 the
                 said
              
               Charles
               Gibson
               
                 in
                 bodily
                 Fear
                 of
                 his
                 Life
                 .
                 And
                 then
                 and
                 there
                 ,
                 within
                 the
                 Iurisdiction
                 aforesaid
                 ,
                 Feloniously
                 and
                 Pyratically
                 did
                 steal
                 ,
                 take
                 and
                 carry
                 away
                 from
                 the
                 said
              
               Charles
               Gibson
               ,
               
                 the
                 said
                 Ship
                 ,
                 called
                 ,
                 The
              
               Charles
               the
               Second
               ,
               
                 her
                 Tackle
                 ,
                 Apparel
                 and
                 Furniture
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 Value
                 of
                 One
                 thousand
                 Pounds
                 ,
                 Forty
                 Peices
                 of
                 Ordnance
                 of
                 the
                 Value
                 of
                 Five
                 Hundred
                 Pounds
                 ;
                 One
                 Hundred
                 Fusees
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 Value
                 of
                 One
                 Hundred
                 Pounds
                 ;
                 Fifteen
              
               Tun
               
                 of
                 Bread
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 Value
                 of
                 One
                 Hundred
                 and
                 Fifty
                 Pounds
                 ;
                 and
                 two
                 Hundred
                 pair
                 of
                 Woollen
                 Stockings
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 Value
                 of
              
               Ten
               Pounds
               ,
               
                 in
                 the
                 possession
                 of
                 the
                 said
              
               Charles
               Gibson
               
                 then
                 being
                 ;
                 the
                 Ship
                 ,
                 Goods
                 ,
                 and
                 Chattels
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 subjects
                 of
                 our
                 said
                 Sovereign
                 Lord
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Late
                 Queen
                 ,
                 (
                 to
                 the
                 Iurors
                 unknown
                 )
                 against
                 the
                 Peace
                 of
                 our
                 said
                 Sovereign
                 Lord
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Late
                 Queen
                 ,
                 their
                 Crown
                 ,
                 and
                 Dignities
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
            
             
               How
               say'st
               thou
               ,
               
                 Ioseph
                 Dawson
              
               ,
               art
               thou
               guilty
               of
               this
               Pyracy
               and
               Robbery
               ,
               or
               not
               guilty
               ?
            
          
           
             
             
               Ios.
               Dawson
               .
            
             
               I
               am
               ignorant
               of
               the
               proceedings
               .
            
          
           
             
               Officer
               .
            
             
               He
               pleads
               Ignorance
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               of
               Arr.
               
            
             
               You
               must
               plead
               Guilty
               ,
               or
               not
               Guilty
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ios.
               Dawson
               
            
             
               Guilty
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               of
               Arr.
               
            
             
               How
               say'st
               thou
               ,
               
                 Ed.
                 Foreseth
              
               ,
               art
               thou
               Guilty
               ,
               or
               not
               Guilty
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Ed.
               Foreseth
               .
            
             
               Not
               guilty
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               of
               Arr.
               
            
             
               How
               wilt
               thou
               be
               Try'd
               ?
            
          
           
             
               E.
               Foreseth
               .
            
             
               By
               God
               and
               my
               Countrey
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               of
               Arr.
               
            
             
               How
               say'st
               thou
               ,
               
                 Will
                 May
              
               ,
               art
               thou
               guilty
               ,
               or
               not
               guilty
               ?
            
          
           
             
               W.
               May.
               
            
             
               Not
               guilty
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               of
               Arr.
               
            
             
               How
               say'st
               thou
               ,
               
                 W.
                 Bishop
              
               ,
               art
               thou
               guilty
               ,
               or
               not
               guilty
               ?
            
          
           
             
               W.
               Bishop
               .
            
             
               I
               desire
               to
               hear
               the
               whole
               Indictment
               read
               again
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               I.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               You
               have
               heard
               it
               ,
               just
               now
               ,
               and
               may
               hear
               it
               again
               if
               you
               desire
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               W.
               Bishop
               .
            
             
               The
               former
               Indictment
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               I.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               No
               ,
               there
               is
               no
               occasion
               for
               that
               ,
               This
               is
               an
               Indictment
               for
               a
               Fact
               distinct
               from
               that
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               of
               Arr.
               
            
             
               This
               is
               a
               New
               Indictment
               ,
               not
               the
               old
               one
               .
               Art
               thou
               guilty
               of
               this
               Pyracy
               and
               Robbery
               ,
               or
               not
               guilty
               ?
            
          
           
             
               W.
               Bishop
               .
            
             
               Not
               guilty
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               of
               Arr.
               
            
             
               How
               say'st
               thou
               ,
               
                 Iames
                 Lewis
              
               ,
               art
               thou
               guilty
               ,
               or
               not
               guilty
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Ia.
               Lewis
               .
            
             
               Not
               guilty
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               of
               Arr.
               
            
             
               How
               say'st
               thou
               ,
               
                 I.
                 Sparks
              
               ,
               art
               thou
               guilty
               ,
               or
               not
               guilty
               ?
            
          
           
             
               I.
               Sparks
               .
            
             
               Not
               guilty
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               of
               Arr.
               
            
             
               How
               wilt
               thou
               be
               Tryed
               ?
               (
               as
               of
               the
               rest
               )
            
          
           
             
               I.
               Sparks
               .
            
             
               By
               God
               and
               my
               Countrey
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               of
               Arr.
               
            
             
               God
               send
               thee
               a
               good
               deliverance
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cryer
               .
            
             
               O
               Yes
               ,
               &c.
               You
               good
               Men
               of
               the
               City
               of
               London
               ,
               Summoned
               to
               appear
               here
               this
               day
               ,
               to
               try
               between
               our
               Soveraign
               Lord
               the
               King
               ,
               and
               Prisoners
               at
               the
               Barr
               ,
               Answer
               to
               your
               Names
               as
               you
               are
               called
               ,
               and
               save
               your
               issues
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               of
               Arr.
               
            
             
               Io.
               Degrave
               ,
               Benjamin
               Hatly
               ,
               Io.
               Ayres
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               I.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               Have
               you
               any
               of
               the
               former
               Jury
               in
               this
               Pannel
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               of
               Arr.
               
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               my
               Lord.
               
            
          
           
             
               Councellor
               Coniers
               .
            
             
               We
               shall
               except
               against
               them
               for
               the
               King.
               
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               I.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               If
               you
               have
               return'd
               any
               of
               the
               former
               Jury
               ,
               you
               have
               not
               done
               well
               ;
               for
               that
               Verdict
               was
               a
               dishonour
               to
               the
               Justice
               of
               the
               Nation
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               of
               Arr.
               
            
             
               You
               ,
               the
               Prisoners
               at
               the
               Barr
               ,
               These
               Men
               you
               hear
               called
               ,
               are
               to
               pass
               between
               our
               Soveraign
               Lord
               the
               King
               ,
               and
               you
               ;
               If
               therefore
               you
               will
               challenge
               any
               of
               them
               ,
               you
               are
               to
               challenge
               them
               as
               they
               come
               to
               the
               Book
               to
               be
               Sworn
               ,
               and
               before
               they
               are
               Sworn
               .
            
          
           
             Then
             they
             were
             called
             over
             ,
             and
             some
             being
             Challenged
             for
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             some
             by
             the
             Prisoners
             ,
             the
             Persons
             Sworn
             in
             this
             Jury
             were
             these
             .
          
           
             
               
                 I.
                 Degrave
                 .
              
               
                 I.
                 Ayres
                 .
              
               
                 G.
                 Broom
                 .
              
               
                 T.
                 Hicks
                 .
              
               
                 R.
                 Meakins
                 .
              
               
                 I.
                 Shelswell
                 .
              
               
                 Alex.
                 Pollinton
                 .
              
               
                 I.
                 Glover
                 .
              
               
                 Nath.
                 Carpenter
                 .
              
               
                 Io.
                 Bickley
                 .
              
               
                 Nath.
                 Troughton
                 .
              
               
                 Hum.
                 South
                 ▪
              
            
          
           
             
             
               Cl.
               of
               Arr.
               
            
             
               Make
               Proclamation
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cryer
               .
            
             
               O
               Yes
               ,
               If
               any
               one
               can
               inform
               my
               Lords
               the
               Kings
               Justices
               ,
               the
               Kings
               Serjeant
               ,
               the
               Kings
               Attorney
               General
               ,
               or
               his
               Majesties
               Advocate
               in
               his
               High
               Court
               of
               Admiralty
               ,
               before
               this
               Inquest
               be
               taken
               ,
               of
               the
               Pyracy
               and
               Robbery
               ,
               whereof
               the
               Prisoners
               at
               the
               Barr
               stand
               Indicted
               ,
               let
               them
               come
               forth
               ,
               and
               they
               shall
               be
               heard
               ;
               for
               the
               Prisoners
               stand
               at
               the
               Barr
               upon
               their
               deliverance
               ;
               and
               all
               others
               may
               depart
               .
            
          
           
             Then
             the
             Grand
             Jury
             came
             into
             Court
             again
             ,
             having
             found
             two
             other
             Bills
             against
             the
             prisoners
             at
             the
             Barr
             ,
             one
             for
             Pyratically
             taking
             away
             a
             Moorish
             Ship
             ,
             and
             another
             for
             committing
             Piracy
             on
             two
             Ships
             belonging
             to
             Denmark
             .
          
           
             And
             then
             the
             Grand
             Jury
             was
             adjourned
             to
             Friday
             next
             ,
             at
             two
             a
             Clock
             in
             the
             Afternoon
             .
          
           
             
               Cl.
               of
               Arr.
               
            
             
               
                 Ed.
                 Foreseth
              
               ,
               hold
               up
               thy
               hand
               ,
               (
               and
               so
               of
               the
               rest
               )
               :
               You
               that
               are
               Sworn
               look
               upon
               the
               Prisoners
               ,
               and
               hearken
               to
               their
               Cause
               .
               They
               stand
               Indicted
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Whitaker
               .
            
             
               May
               it
               please
               your
               Lordships
               ,
               and
               you
               Gentlemen
               of
               the
               Jury
               ▪
               The
               Prisoners
               at
               the
               Barr
               stand
               Indicted
               for
               Felony
               and
               Pyracy
               ,
               for
               that
               they
               ,
               about
               the
               30th
               of
               May
               ,
               in
               the
               6th
               Year
               of
               the
               Reign
               of
               his
               present
               Majesty
               King
               William
               ,
               did
               make
               an
               Assault
               on
               Captain
               Gibson
               ;
               Commander
               of
               the
               Ship
               Charles
               the
               Second
               ,
               and
               put
               him
               in
               fear
               of
               his
               Life
               ,
               and
               Pyratically
               stole
               away
               the
               Ship
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               Furniture
               .
               And
               this
               is
               laid
               to
               be
               against
               their
               Duty
               and
               Allegiance
               ,
               and
               against
               the
               Peace
               of
               our
               Soveraign
               Lord
               the
               King
               ,
               his
               Crown
               and
               Dignity
               .
               To
               which
               Indictment
               they
               have
               pleaded
               ,
               not
               guilty
               .
               We
               shall
               go
               on
               to
               call
               our
               Witnesses
               ,
               and
               prove
               the
               charge
               against
               the
               Prisoners
               at
               the
               Barr
               ,
               and
               doubt
               not
               but
               you
               will
               do
               your
               Duty
               .
            
          
           
             Then
             Dr.
             Littleton
             ,
             Advocate
             General
             to
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             in
             his
             High
             Court
             of
             Admiralty
             .
             spake
             as
             follows
             ,
          
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     
                       Gentlemen
                       of
                       the
                       Jury
                       ,
                    
                  
                   
                     YOU
                     have
                     heard
                     the
                     Indictment
                     opened
                     ,
                     and
                     we
                     shall
                     now
                     call
                     our
                     Witnesses
                     ,
                     who
                     will
                     relate
                     to
                     you
                     what
                     enormous
                     and
                     horrid
                     Crimes
                     the
                     Prisoners
                     at
                     the
                     Barr
                     have
                     committed
                     in
                     the
                     Prosecution
                     ▪
                     of
                     the
                     Fact
                     laid
                     in
                     the
                     Indictment
                     ;
                     Crimes
                     ,
                     that
                     the
                     bare
                     Intention
                     ▪
                     had
                     they
                     not
                     taken
                     Effect
                     ,
                     would
                     have
                     merited
                     the
                     highest
                     Punishment
                     ;
                     but
                     this
                     is
                     not
                     their
                     case
                     ,
                     for
                     they
                     were
                     not
                     Disappointed
                     of
                     their
                     wicked
                     Lusts
                     and
                     Desires
                     ▪
                     for
                     as
                     their
                     Crimes
                     are
                     great
                     ,
                     so
                     have
                     they
                     been
                     consummate
                     as
                     well
                     as
                     Voluntary
                     and
                     Malitious
                     .
                     I
                     may
                     well
                     say
                     ,
                     That
                     their
                     Wickedness
                     has
                     been
                     as
                     Boundless
                     and
                     as
                     Merciless
                     ,
                     as
                     the
                     Element
                     upon
                     which
                     their
                     Crimes
                     have
                     been
                     committed
                     ,
                     nor
                     is
                     there
                     any
                     part
                     of
                     the
                     World
                     that
                     hath
                     not
                     been
                     sensible
                     of
                     their
                     Rage
                     and
                     Barbarity
                     .
                  
                   
                     Therefore
                     Gentlemen
                     ,
                     as
                     you
                     are
                     Lovers
                     of
                     Christianity
                     ,
                     as
                     you
                     are
                     Lovers
                     of
                     Honesty
                     ,
                     nay
                     ,
                     as
                     you
                     are
                     Lovers
                     of
                     your selves
                     ,
                     who
                     bear
                     the
                     Character
                     of
                     Honest
                     Men
                     ,
                     if
                     we
                     prove
                     this
                     charge
                     against
                     the
                     Prisoners
                     ,
                     You
                     must
                     and
                     ought
                     to
                     find
                     them
                     guilty
                     ,
                     remembring
                     that
                     the
                     doing
                     Iustice
                     upon
                     Wicked
                     and
                     Profligate
                     Men
                     ,
                     is
                     the
                     greatest
                     Mercy
                     and
                     Protection
                     to
                     the
                     Good
                     and
                     Honest
                     ;
                     We
                     shall
                     therefore
                     proceed
                     to
                     call
                     our
                     Witnesses
                     ,
                     not
                     doubting
                     but
                     that
                     you
                     will
                     Act
                     like
                     honest
                     Men
                     ,
                     for
                     the
                     Honour
                     and
                     Welfare
                     of
                     your
                     Countrey
                     ,
                     without
                     having
                     any
                     respect
                     to
                     the
                     Dishonourable
                     Proceedings
                     of
                     the
                     former
                     Iury.
                     
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Whitaker
               .
            
             
               Call
               
                 Io.
                 Gravet
              
               .
               (
               He
               appeared
               ,
               and
               was
               Sworn
               .
               )
               Let
               him
               stand
               up
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Soll.
               Gen.
               
            
             
               Mr.
               Gravet
               ,
               Pray
               will
               you
               give
               my
               Lords
               and
               the
               Jury
               an
               
               account
               what
               you
               know
               of
               the
               Prisoners
               running
               away
               with
               the
               Ship
               Charles
               the
               Second
               .
            
          
           
             
               I.
               Gravet
               .
            
             
               I
               was
               Second
               Mate
               in
               the
               Ship
               at
               that
               time
               .
               There
               was
               violent
               hands
               laid
               on
               me
               ,
               and
               I
               was
               seized
               ,
               and
               a
               Pistol
               clapt
               to
               my
               Breast
               ,
               and
               carried
               away
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               
                 Soll.
                 Gen.
              
               
            
             
               Who
               did
               it
               ?
               Begin
               before
               .
            
          
           
             
               I.
               Gravet
               .
            
             
               I
               was
               Seized
               by
               the
               Carpenter
               of
               the
               Ship
               ,
               he
               took
               me
               by
               the
               Throat
               ,
               and
               clapt
               a
               Pistol
               to
               my
               Breast
               ,
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               I.
               Treby
               .
            
             
               Begin
               where
               the
               Ship
               was
               Lying
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               I.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               You
               was
               a
               Mate
               in
               this
               Ship
               ,
               now
               pray
               give
               an
               account
               of
               the
               whole
               matter
               .
            
          
           
             
               I.
               Gravet
               .
            
             
               I
               was
               upon
               my
               Watch
               upon
               the
               Deck
               .
            
          
           
             
               Prisoners
               .
            
             
               Pray
               speak
               up
               .
            
          
           
             
               I.
               Gravet
               .
            
             
               And
               there
               was
               a
               Boat
               came
               from
               the
               
                 Iames
                 Gally
              
               ,
               with
               People
               in
               her
               .
               And
               as
               soon
               as
               the
               Boat
               came
               ,
               the
               Carpenter
               seized
               me
               ,
               and
               took
               me
               by
               the
               Throat
               ,
               and
               clapt
               a
               Pistol
               to
               me
               ,
               and
               said
               ,
               if
               I
               resisted
               I
               was
               a
               Dead
               Man.
               They
               took
               me
               ,
               one
               by
               one
               Arm
               ,
               and
               another
               by
               the
               other
               ,
               and
               led
               me
               to
               my
               Cabin
               .
               And
               one
               with
               a
               Pistol
               stood
               at
               my
               Cabin
               Door
               ,
               till
               they
               were
               got
               two
               Leagues
               without
               the
               Groin
               .
               Then
               Every
               came
               to
               speak
               to
               Cap.
               Gibson
               ,
               who
               was
               then
               Sick
               ,
               and
               was
               Guarded
               on
               both
               sides
               .
               And
               when
               he
               had
               done
               speaking
               with
               him
               ,
               and
               was
               returned
               from
               Cap.
               Gibson
               ,
               he
               came
               to
               me
               again
               ,
               and
               said
               ,
               I
               suppose
               you
               do
               not
               intend
               to
               go
               with
               us
               .
               I
               said
               ,
               I
               would
               not
               .
               Then
               I
               ,
               and
               the
               rest
               that
               would
               not
               go
               with
               them
               ,
               had
               liberty
               to
               go
               ashore
               .
               And
               I
               would
               have
               gone
               to
               my
               Coffer
               and
               taken
               my
               cloaths
               ,
               but
               they
               would
               not
               let
               me
               ,
               and
               told
               me
               I
               should
               carry
               no
               more
               than
               my
               Cloaths
               on
               my
               back
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               
                 So.
                 Gen.
              
               
            
             
               Did
               any
               of
               the
               Prisoners
               at
               the
               Barr
               say
               so
               ?
            
          
           
             
               I.
               Gravet
               .
            
             
               That
               I
               cannot
               tell
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Coniers
               .
            
             
               Then
               go
               on
               .
            
          
           
             
               I.
               Gravet
               .
            
             
               Then
               I
               went
               to
               Every
               ,
               and
               I
               had
               some
               of
               my
               Cloaths
               ,
               he
               was
               so
               kind
               to
               give
               me
               them
               ,
               he
               gave
               me
               a
               Coat
               and
               Wastcoat
               ,
               and
               his
               Commission
               that
               he
               left
               behind
               him
               ,
               and
               
                 W.
                 May
              
               took
               me
               by
               the
               hand
               and
               wished
               me
               well
               home
               ,
               and
               bid
               me
               Remember
               him
               to
               his
               Wife
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Coniers
               .
            
             
               Was
               there
               liberty
               for
               any
               of
               them
               that
               would
               to
               go
               ashore
               .
            
          
           
             
               I.
               Gravet
               .
            
             
               Cap.
               Gibson
               told
               me
               so
               ,
               and
               there
               were
               about
               17
               went
               off
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Coniers
               .
            
             
               No
               matter
               what
               Cap.
               Gibson
               told
               you
               ,
               you
               say
               you
               went
               off
               ;
               might
               any
               one
               that
               would
               go
               ?
            
          
           
             
               I.
               Gravet
               .
            
             
               That
               I
               cannot
               tell
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Coniers
               .
            
             
               You
               say
               there
               was
               about
               17
               went
               off
               ,
               would
               the
               Boat
               hold
               more
               ?
            
          
           
             
               I.
               Gravet
               .
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               Sir.
               
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Cowper
               .
            
             
               Did
               you
               see
               any
               hindered
               that
               would
               have
               gone
               off
               ?
               Were
               any
               of
               the
               Prisoners
               at
               the
               Barr
               there
               ?
            
          
           
             
               I.
               Gravet
               .
            
             
               No.
               
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               
                 Soll.
                 Gen.
              
               
            
             
               Do
               you
               know
               
                 Ed.
                 Foreseth
              
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             
               I.
               Gravet
               .
            
             
               I
               know
               some
               of
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Coniers
               .
            
             
               Name
               the
               Men
               that
               you
               say
               you
               know
               .
            
          
           
             
               I.
               Gravet
               .
            
             
               Ioseph
               Dawson
               ,
               W.
               May
               ,
               I.
               Sparks
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               
                 Soll.
                 Gen.
              
               
            
             
               They
               belonged
               to
               what
               Ship
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Io.
               Gravet
               .
            
             
               To
               the
               Charles
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Coniers
               .
            
             
               Was
               there
               not
               a
               Boat
               came
               from
               the
               Ship
               Iames
               ,
               before
               you
               
               went
               away
               ?
               Was
               there
               any
               of
               the
               Prisoners
               at
               the
               Barr
               that
               came
               in
               that
               Boat
               ?
            
          
           
             
               I.
               Gravet
               .
            
             
               There
               were
               about
               26
               that
               we
               had
               account
               of
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Coniers
               .
            
             
               From
               what
               Ship
               did
               they
               come
               ?
            
          
           
             
               I.
               Gravet
               .
            
             
               From
               the
               Iames.
               
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Coniers
               .
            
             
               Were
               any
               of
               the
               Prisoners
               at
               the
               Barr
               any
               of
               them
               ?
            
          
           
             
               I.
               Gravet
               .
            
             
               Indeed
               Sir
               ,
               I
               cannot
               tell
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               of
               Arr.
               
            
             
               Call
               
                 T.
                 Druit
              
               .
               (
               Who
               appeared
               ,
               and
               was
               Sworn
               .
               )
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               
                 Soll.
                 Gen.
              
               
            
             
               Mr.
               Druit
               ,
               was
               you
               aboard
               the
               Ship
               called
               the
               Charles
               the
               Second
               ,
               when
               she
               was
               carried
               away
               ?
            
          
           
             
               T.
               Druit
               .
            
             
               No
               ,
               Sir.
               
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               
                 Soll.
                 Gen.
              
               
            
             
               Do
               you
               know
               any
               thing
               of
               the
               carrying
               of
               that
               Ship
               away
               ?
            
          
           
             
               T.
               Druit
               .
            
             
               I
               was
               not
               in
               that
               Ship
               ▪
               I
               was
               Mate
               of
               the
               Iames.
               And
               about
               9
               came
               one
               from
               aboard
               the
               Charles
               the
               Second
               ,
               and
               askt
               me
               for
               the
               Drunken
               Boatswain
               ;
               and
               I
               replyed
               short
               ,
               and
               he
               went
               away
               again
               ,
               and
               said
               the
               Ship
               was
               going
               to
               be
               run
               away
               withal
               .
               Whereupon
               I
               went
               with
               ten
               men
               to
               recover
               the
               Ship.
               And
               after
               I
               had
               advised
               with
               the
               Commander
               ,
               I
               ordered
               the
               Pinnace
               to
               be
               mann'd
               ;
               and
               when
               I
               came
               ,
               the
               last
               that
               went
               into
               the
               Boat
               was
               Pike
               ;
               and
               I
               bid
               them
               put
               back
               ,
               and
               they
               would
               not
               ,
               but
               went
               away
               to
               the
               Ship
               Charles
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Coniers
               .
            
             
               How
               many
               were
               there
               that
               went
               away
               in
               that
               Boat
               ?
            
          
           
             
               T.
               Druit
               .
            
             
               About
               Five
               and
               Twenty
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Coniers
               .
            
             
               Did
               you
               know
               all
               the
               Men
               ?
               Were
               any
               of
               the
               Prisoners
               at
               the
               Barr
               there
               ?
               Look
               on
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
               T.
               Druit
               .
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               my
               Lord
               ,
               there
               was
               
                 Ed.
                 Foreseth
                 ,
                 W.
                 Bishop
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Ia.
                 Lewis
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               I.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               What
               Boat
               did
               they
               go
               away
               with
               ,
               the
               Iames
               Boat
               ?
            
          
           
             
               T.
               Druit
               .
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               my
               Lord.
               
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               I.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               Then
               they
               came
               from
               the
               Iames
               to
               the
               Charles
               the
               Second
               .
               Name
               their
               Names
               again
               .
            
          
           
             
               T.
               Druit
               .
            
             
               
                 Ed.
                 Foreseth
                 ,
                 Ia.
                 Lewis
              
               ,
               and
               
                 W.
                 Bishop
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               
                 Soll.
                 Gen.
              
               
            
             
               You
               saw
               them
               go
               off
               ,
               did
               you
               not
               ?
            
          
           
             
               T.
               Druit
               .
            
             
               It
               was
               so
               dark
               that
               we
               could
               not
               see
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Cowper
               .
            
             
               Were
               these
               three
               men
               sent
               ?
            
          
           
             
               T.
               Druit
               .
            
             
               They
               were
               sent
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Cowper
               .
            
             
               Or
               did
               they
               go
               of
               their
               own
               head
               ?
            
          
           
             
               T.
               Druit
               .
            
             
               No
               ,
               I
               do
               not
               say
               so
               .
               But
               I
               went
               to
               command
               them
               back
               again
               ,
               and
               they
               refused
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Cowper
               .
            
             
               Did
               they
               make
               any
               Answer
               ?
            
          
           
             
               T.
               Druit
               .
            
             
               No
               ,
               they
               only
               went
               away
               damning
               and
               sinking
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Coniers
               .
            
             
               Were
               there
               any
               Guns
               sent
               after
               them
               ?
            
          
           
             
               T.
               Druit
               .
            
             
               Yes
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Coniers
               .
            
             
               What
               was
               it
               for
               ?
            
          
           
             
               T.
               Druit
               .
            
             
               It
               was
               to
               bring
               them
               back
               again
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Cowper
               .
            
             
               And
               they
               would
               not
               come
               back
               ?
            
          
           
             
               T.
               Druit
               .
            
             
               They
               did
               not
               come
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Cowper
               .
            
             
               Then
               they
               would
               not
               come
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               of
               Arr.
               
            
             
               Call
               
                 David
                 Creagh
              
               (
               who
               was
               sworn
               .
               )
            
          
           
             
               Prisoner
               .
            
             
               This
               man
               is
               a
               Prisoner
               for
               Pyracy
               ,
               my
               Lord.
               
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               I.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               What
               if
               he
               be
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Prisoner
               .
            
             
               I
               do
               not
               understand
               Law
               ,
               I
               hope
               your
               Lordship
               will
               advise
               us
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               L.
               C.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               I
               will
               do
               you
               all
               right
               .
               If
               he
               be
               so
               ,
               that
               is
               no
               Objection
               against
               him
               ;
               he
               may
               be
               a
               good
               Witness
               for
               all
               that
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               of
               Arr.
               
            
             
               He
               is
               not
               a
               Prisoner
               for
               Pyracy
               ,
               but
               for
               Treason
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               I.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               Tho
               he
               be
               a
               Prisoner
               for
               Treason
               ,
               he
               is
               not
               Attainted
               .
               What
               is
               his
               Name
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               of
               Arr.
               
            
             
               David
               Creagh
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               
                 Soll.
                 Gen.
              
               
            
             
               What
               do
               you
               know
               about
               the
               Prisoners
               running
               away
               with
               the
               Ship
               Charles
               ?
            
          
           
             
               D.
               Creagh
               .
            
             
               Upon
               the
               7th
               of
               May
               ,
               1694
               ,
               I
               came
               to
               the
               Groin
               ,
               in
               company
               with
               the
               Boatswain
               and
               several
               others
               ,
               on
               board
               the
               Charles
               ;
               and
               when
               I
               was
               going
               in
               to
               the
               Captain
               of
               the
               Charles
               ,
               Captain
               Gibson
               ,
               I
               found
               Mr.
               Every
               ,
               the
               Carpenter
               ,
               and
               some
               others
               ,
               drinking
               a
               Bowl
               of
               Punch
               :
               And
               after
               I
               was
               come
               from
               the
               Captain
               ,
               I
               came
               and
               sate
               down
               with
               them
               ;
               and
               Mr.
               May
               drank
               an
               Health
               to
               the
               Captain
               ,
               and
               Prosperity
               to
               their
               Voyage
               :
               And
               we
               not
               knowing
               their
               Design
               then
               ,
               thought
               it
               was
               to
               our
               Lawful
               Captain
               ,
               and
               Prosperity
               to
               the
               Voyage
               he
               was
               designed
               for
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               I.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               What
               was
               your
               Voyage
               ?
            
          
           
             
               D.
               Creagh
               .
            
             
               It
               was
               to
               the
               
                 Spanish
                 Indies
              
               .
               And
               afterwards
               the
               Company
               broke
               up
               ,
               and
               retired
               ,
               and
               went
               to
               their
               Cabins
               .
               And
               when
               we
               were
               in
               our
               Cabins
               ,
               we
               heard
               a
               great
               Noise
               above
               Deck
               ;
               and
               Captain
               Humphrys
               ,
               that
               commanded
               the
               Gally
               ,
               called
               to
               us
               ,
               to
               tell
               us
               his
               men
               were
               run
               away
               with
               the
               Boat
               ,
               and
               were
               gone
               to
               Captain
               Gibson
               .
               To
               which
               Every
               answered
               ,
               that
               he
               knew
               that
               well
               enough
               .
               So
               the
               men
               came
               aboard
               ,
               and
               as
               I
               was
               coming
               out
               of
               my
               Cabin
               ,
               to
               see
               what
               the
               matter
               was
               ,
               I
               was
               met
               by
               Every
               ,
               the
               Carpenter
               ,
               and
               two
               Dutchmen
               ;
               and
               they
               obliged
               me
               to
               retire
               again
               to
               my
               Cabin
               .
               And
               Cap.
               Humpreys
               fired
               two
               Guns
               at
               us
               .
               But
               we
               presently
               gotout
               of
               reach
               of
               the
               Guns
               ,
               and
               proceeded
               on
               the
               design
               .
               And
               I
               came
               out
               of
               my
               Cabin
               ,
               and
               went
               on
               the
               Quarter-deck
               ,
               where
               I
               met
               Every
               and
               the
               Carpenter
               together
               ;
               Every
               was
               cunning
               the
               Ship.
               
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               I.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               What
               is
               the
               meaning
               of
               that
               ?
            
          
           
             
               D.
               Creagh
               .
            
             
               That
               is
               ,
               to
               direct
               in
               the
               Steering
               of
               her
               .
               So
               Every
               took
               me
               by
               the
               hand
               ,
               and
               ask'd
               me
               if
               I
               would
               go
               with
               him
               ?
               And
               I
               Answered
               ,
               I
               did
               not
               know
               his
               Design
               .
               He
               said
               ,
               there
               were
               but
               few
               that
               knew
               it
               .
               Says
               I
               ,
               tell
               me
               who
               do
               know
               it
               ,
               that
               if
               you
               will
               not
               tell
               me
               your self
               ,
               I
               may
               ask
               them
               that
               can
               tell
               me
               .
               But
               he
               said
               ,
               we
               should
               all
               know
               by
               to
               morrow
               Morning
               eight
               a
               Clock
               .
               I
               told
               him
               ,
               that
               would
               be
               too
               late
               to
               repent
               of
               the
               Design
               .
               The
               Carpenter
               stood
               by
               him
               ,
               and
               said
               ,
               Do
               you
               not
               see
               this
               ,
               Cock
               ?
               Yes
               ,
               says
               I
               ,
               I
               do
               .
               Says
               he
               ,
               this
               Man
               ,
               and
               old
               May
               ,
               and
               Knight
               ,
               I
               can
               trust
               with
               any
               thing
               ,
               they
               are
               true
               Cocks
               of
               the
               Game
               ,
               and
               old
               Sports-men
               .
               Then
               said
               I
               ,
               I
               suppose
               they
               know
               your
               Design
               .
               Yes
               ,
               says
               he
               ▪
               they
               do
               ,
               and
               if
               it
               were
               a
               thing
               of
               ten
               times
               the
               Consequence
               ,
               they
               should
               know
               it
               .
               Upon
               this
               the
               Carpenter
               came
               to
               me
               ,
               and
               said
               ,
               If
               you
               do
               not
               go
               down
               ,
               I
               will
               knock
               you
               on
               the
               Head.
               And
               as
               I
               was
               going
               down
               ,
               I
               met
               with
               
                 W.
                 May
              
               ,
               the
               Prisoner
               at
               the
               Barr.
               What
               do
               you
               do
               here
               ?
               Says
               he
               .
               I
               made
               him
               no
               Answer
               ,
               but
               went
               down
               to
               my
               Cabin
               ▪
               and
               he
               said
               ,
               God
               damn
               you
               ,
               you
               deserve
               to
               be
               shot
               through
               the
               Head
               ,
               and
               he
               then
               held
               a
               Pistol
               to
               my
               Head.
               Then
               I
               went
               to
               my
               Cabin
               ,
               and
               presently
               came
               orders
               from
               Every
               ,
               that
               those
               that
               would
               go
               ashore
               ,
               should
               prepare
               to
               be
               gone
               .
               And
               when
               the
               Captain
               was
               got
               out
               of
               Bed
               ▪
               who
               was
               then
               very
               ill
               of
               a
               Feaver
               ,
               Every
               came
               and
               said
               ,
               I
               am
               a
               Man
               of
               Fortune
               ▪
               and
               must
               seek
               my
               Fortune
               .
               Says
               Cap.
               Gibson
               ,
               I
               am
               sorry
               this
               happens
               at
               this
               time
               .
               Says
               he
               ,
               if
               you
               will
               go
               in
               the
               Ship
               ,
               you
               shall
               still
               
               command
               her
               .
               No
               ,
               says
               Cap.
               Gibson
               ,
               I
               never
               thought
               you
               would
               have
               served
               me
               so
               ,
               who
               have
               been
               kind
               to
               all
               of
               you
               ;
               And
               to
               go
               on
               a
               design
               against
               my
               Owners
               orders
               ,
               I
               will
               not
               do
               it
               .
               Then
               ,
               says
               Every
               ,
               prepare
               to
               go
               ashore
               .
               Upon
               which
               ,
               the
               Captain
               ,
               and
               several
               others
               of
               us
               ,
               went
               into
               the
               Boat.
               When
               we
               were
               by
               the
               Ships
               side
               ,
               I
               heard
               them
               order
               the
               Doctor
               to
               be
               secured
               ;
               but
               if
               there
               was
               any
               more
               would
               go
               into
               the
               Boat
               they
               might
               .
               And
               we
               came
               into
               the
               Boat
               to
               the
               Number
               of
               Sixteen
               .
               And
               they
               gave
               us
               four
               Oars
               in
               the
               Pinnace
               ,
               and
               set
               us
               a
               drift
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               I.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               Where
               did
               he
               set
               you
               ?
            
          
           
             
               D.
               Creagh
               .
            
             
               He
               set
               us
               aboard
               the
               Iames
               ,
               my
               Lord.
               
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               I.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               That
               is
               ,
               you
               were
               turned
               off
               from
               this
               expedition
               .
            
          
           
             
               D.
               Creagh
               .
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               my
               Lord.
               
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Coniers
               .
            
             
               Was
               there
               any
               room
               for
               more
               in
               the
               Boat
               ?
            
          
           
             
               D.
               Creagh
               .
            
             
               Yes
               there
               was
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               I.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               Was
               there
               liberty
               for
               any
               more
               to
               go
               ?
            
          
           
             
               D.
               Creagh
               .
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               my
               Lord.
               
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Soll.
               Gen.
               
            
             
               What
               do
               you
               know
               of
               the
               Prisoners
               at
               the
               Barr
               ?
            
          
           
             
               D.
               Creagh
               .
            
             
               I
               know
               only
               
                 W.
                 May.
              
               
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Cowper
               .
            
             
               What
               time
               past
               from
               the
               coming
               of
               the
               Boat
               ,
               to
               the
               time
               of
               your
               going
               off
               ?
            
          
           
             
               D.
               Creagh
               .
            
             
               About
               two
               hours
               .
               Sir.
               
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Cowper
               .
            
             
               Was
               there
               any
               Guns
               fired
               in
               that
               time
               ?
            
          
           
             
               D.
               Creagh
               .
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               one
               or
               two
               from
               the
               Iames
               by
               Cap.
               Humphreys
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Cowper
               .
            
             
               Was
               this
               done
               in
               the
               Ship
               with
               silence
               ?
               Or
               was
               there
               any
               uproar
               ,
               or
               opposition
               ?
            
          
           
             
               D.
               Creagh
               .
            
             
               No
               ,
               there
               could
               be
               no
               opposition
               :
               For
               the
               Men
               came
               from
               the
               whole
               Squadron
               ,
               and
               came
               upon
               us
               and
               surprized
               us
               ,
               being
               assisted
               by
               those
               that
               belonged
               to
               the
               Charles
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Cowper
               .
            
             
               But
               did
               no
               body
               make
               opposition
               to
               their
               going
               ?
               Did
               not
               Cap.
               Gibson
               ?
            
          
           
             
               D.
               Creagh
               .
            
             
               No
               ,
               Cap.
               Gibson
               could
               not
               ,
               being
               Sick.
               
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               I.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               But
               he
               went
               ashore
               ?
            
          
           
             
               D.
               Creagh
               .
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               my
               Lord.
               
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               I.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               Was
               any
               body
               stopt
               that
               would
               go
               ?
            
          
           
             
               D.
               Creagh
               .
            
             
               No
               ,
               my
               Lord
               ,
               none
               but
               the
               Doctor
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               
                 Soll.
                 Gen.
              
               
            
             
               Now
               call
               
                 Io.
                 Dan
              
               :
               Who
               appeared
               and
               was
               Sworn
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Coniers
               .
            
             
               What
               Ship
               were
               you
               aboard
               of
               at
               the
               Groin
               ?
            
          
           
             
               I.
               Dan.
               
            
             
               The
               Charles
               the
               Second
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Coniers
               .
            
             
               Now
               pray
               give
               my
               Lord
               and
               the
               Jury
               an
               Account
               ,
               what
               you
               know
               of
               the
               taking
               away
               of
               the
               Ship
               Charles
               the
               Second
               ,
               and
               what
               past
               there
               .
            
          
           
             
               I.
               Dan.
               
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               VVe
               came
               to
               the
               Groin
               ,
               and
               had
               been
               there
               about
               three
               or
               four
               Months
               ,
               and
               we
               had
               been
               about
               eight
               Months
               out
               of
               England
               ,
               and
               we
               lay
               for
               our
               VVages
               ,
               and
               there
               was
               no
               VVages
               to
               be
               got
               .
               But
               in
               as
               much
               as
               we
               wanted
               VVages
               ,
               Every
               ,
               and
               several
               others
               ,
               contrived
               to
               carry
               this
               Ship
               away
               .
               So
               that
               Night
               ,
               which
               was
               Sunday
               ,
               they
               went
               ashore
               ;
               and
               when
               they
               came
               aboard
               again
               ,
               made
               some
               Men
               Privy
               to
               it
               ,
               whom
               I
               know
               not
               .
               And
               the
               Monday
               follovving
               ,
               I
               think
               ,
               the
               Packet
               vvent
               out
               in
               the
               Morning
               ,
               and
               the
               Night
               being
               fair
               ,
               was
               ordered
               to
               give
               notice
               .
               And
               they
               came
               to
               the
               Dove
               ,
               and
               about
               Nine
               or
               Ten
               her
               Boat
               broke
               off
               ,
               and
               she
               haled
               us
               :
               For
               they
               told
               Cap.
               Humphreys
               they
               vvere
               coming
               to
               run
               avvay
               vvith
               our
               Ship.
               So
               he
               hales
               the
               
               Iames.
               And
               presently
               some
               of
               the
               Officers
               came
               and
               ordered
               their
               Pinnace
               to
               be
               mann'd
               ,
               and
               it
               was
               so
               .
               And
               when
               they
               gave
               this
               order
               ,
               there
               was
               Every
               and
               25
               or
               26
               Men.
               And
               as
               they
               came
               aboard
               ,
               our
               Cables
               were
               cut
               ,
               and
               ready
               to
               go
               .
               And
               coming
               under
               the
               Castle
               ,
               we
               cut
               all
               the
               Boats
               but
               two
               ,
               and
               stood
               out
               to
               Sea
               about
               two
               or
               three
               Leagues
               .
               And
               there
               Every
               went
               to
               Cap.
               Gibson
               ,
               and
               as
               they
               said
               ,
               to
               ask
               him
               if
               he
               would
               go
               with
               them
               ,
               or
               not
               ?
               He
               said
               ,
               no.
               Then
               he
               said
               ,
               he
               must
               prepare
               to
               go
               ashore
               ;
               and
               he
               did
               so
               ,
               and
               several
               others
               with
               him
               .
               And
               the
               word
               was
               given
               about
               ,
               that
               they
               that
               would
               go
               ashore
               might
               go
               ;
               but
               whether
               these
               Men
               heard
               it
               or
               no
               ,
               I
               cannot
               tell
               ;
               and
               no
               Mans
               Name
               was
               mentioned
               to
               be
               stopt
               ,
               but
               the
               Doctor
               .
               And
               when
               they
               went
               away
               ,
               they
               cry'd
               ,
               there
               was
               water
               in
               the
               Boat
               ,
               and
               they
               desired
               a
               Bucket
               of
               us
               ,
               to
               heave
               it
               over
               ,
               and
               we
               gave
               them
               one
               ;
               and
               away
               they
               went
               ,
               I
               think
               ,
               about
               15
               of
               them
               ,
               and
               no
               more
               did
               offer
               to
               go
               as
               I
               saw
               ,
               nor
               did
               I
               see
               any
               hinder
               any
               that
               would
               go
               :
               And
               afterwards
               ,
               they
               that
               went
               off
               ,
               went
               about
               their
               Business
               ,
               and
               we
               about
               our
               Business
               .
               And
               we
               came
               to
               the
               Isle
               of
               May
               ,
               and
               Victual'd
               our selves
               there
               .
               And
               there
               we
               met
               with
               three
               English
               Ships
               ,
               out
               of
               which
               we
               took
               some
               necessarys
               for
               our selves
               ,
               and
               among
               the
               rest
               several
               Men
               ,
               nine
               Men
               we
               took
               out
               of
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Soll.
               Gen.
               
            
             
               Were
               the
               Prisoners
               at
               the
               Barr
               in
               the
               Ship
               ,
               when
               they
               went
               away
               ?
            
          
           
             
               I.
               Dan.
               
            
             
               Yes
               ,
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Soll.
               Gen.
               
            
             
               Name
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
               I.
               Dan.
               
            
             
               Ed.
               Foreseth
               ,
               W.
               May
               ,
               I.
               Lewis
               ,
               Io.
               Sparks
               ,
               W.
               Bishop
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Coniers
               .
            
             
               Which
               of
               them
               was
               aboard
               the
               Charles
               ,
               that
               belong'd
               to
               her
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Io.
               Dan.
               
            
             
               
                 W.
                 May
              
               ,
               and
               
                 I.
                 Sparks
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Ed.
                 Foreseth
                 ,
                 Ia.
                 Lewis
              
               ,
               and
               
                 W.
                 Bishop
              
               ,
               came
               from
               the
               Iames.
               
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Cowper
               .
            
             
               Was
               it
               not
               generally
               understood
               ,
               that
               they
               were
               going
               to
               run
               away
               with
               the
               Ship
               ,
               when
               they
               came
               to
               Cap.
               Gibson
               ?
            
          
           
             
               I.
               Dan.
               
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               they
               knew
               to
               be
               sure
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               
                 Soll.
                 Gen.
              
               
            
             
               Did
               you
               know
               that
               they
               assented
               to
               it
               ?
            
          
           
             
               I.
               Dan.
               
            
             
               No
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               I
               did
               not
               hear
               them
               say
               so
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               
                 I.
                 Eyers
              
               .
            
             
               Did
               they
               desire
               to
               go
               ashore
               with
               the
               rest
               ?
            
          
           
             
               I.
               Dan.
               
            
             
               I
               saw
               none
               hindered
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               I.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               Was
               
                 Ed.
                 Foreseth
              
               in
               the
               Ship
               then
               ?
            
          
           
             
               I.
               Dan.
               
            
             
               
                 Ed.
                 Foreseth
              
               was
               in
               the
               Ship
               then
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               I.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               Was
               he
               at
               the
               Isle
               of
               May
               ,
               taking
               in
               necessaries
               with
               you
               ?
            
          
           
             
               I.
               Dan.
               
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               Sir
               ,
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               I.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               VVhat
               did
               he
               do
               in
               the
               Company
               ?
            
          
           
             
               I.
               Dan.
               
            
             
               He
               was
               in
               the
               Ship
               ,
               and
               came
               from
               the
               Iames.
               
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               I.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               And
               so
               did
               Bishop
               ,
               and
               so
               did
               Lewis
               .
            
          
           
             
               I.
               Dan.
               
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               my
               Lord
               ,
               these
               three
               ,
               and
               the
               other
               two
               belong'd
               to
               the
               Charles
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Whitaker
               .
            
             
               Did
               any
               of
               the
               Ships
               Crew
               go
               ashore
               at
               the
               Isle
               of
               May
               ?
            
          
           
             
               I.
               Dan.
               
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               I
               think
               so
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               
                 Soll.
                 Gen.
              
               
            
             
               But
               I
               think
               ,
               you
               say
               ,
               that
               the
               word
               vvas
               given
               about
               ,
               that
               any
               might
               go
               that
               vvould
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Coniers
               .
            
             
               Go
               on
               vvith
               the
               proceedings
               after
               you
               vvere
               at
               the
               Isle
               of
               May.
               
            
          
           
             
               I.
               Dan.
               
            
             
               After
               vve
               had
               Victual'd
               ,
               vve
               took
               in
               some
               Men.
               
            
          
           
             
               Prisoners
               .
            
             
               VVe
               have
               been
               Tryed
               for
               that
               already
               ,
               my
               Lord.
               
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               I.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               Go
               on
               .
            
          
           
             
               I.
               Dan.
               
            
             
               After
               vve
               had
               been
               there
               ,
               and
               took
               in
               vvhat
               vve
               had
               occasion
               for
               ;
               
               our
               Quarter-Master
               said
               ,
               he
               vvould
               give
               them
               Bills
               for
               vvhat
               he
               took
               of
               them
               .
               Then
               vve
               vvent
               to
               the
               Coast
               of
               Guinea
               ,
               and
               took
               several
               Negroes
               ,
               and
               carried
               them
               avvay
               vvith
               us
               .
               And
               aftervvard
               vve
               vvent
               to
               the
               Island
               of
               Princes
               ,
               vvhere
               lay
               tvvo
               Danes
               ,
               and
               vve
               fought
               them
               ,
               and
               took
               them
               ;
               and
               after
               vve
               had
               taken
               them
               ,
               some
               of
               the
               Men
               vvent
               ashore
               at
               the
               Island
               of
               Princes
               ,
               and
               others
               vvent
               along
               vvith
               us
               ;
               and
               vve
               brought
               the
               Ships
               to
               Vandepo
               ,
               and
               burnt
               one
               ,
               and
               carried
               one
               vvith
               us
               .
               Then
               vve
               came
               to
               
                 Cape
                 Lopes
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               I.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               VVhere
               is
               that
               ?
            
          
           
             
               I.
               Dan.
               
            
             
               Under
               the
               Equinoctial
               Line
               .
               And
               there
               vve
               fired
               a
               shot
               through
               the
               little
               one
               to
               sink
               her
               ,
               for
               the
               Men
               could
               not
               agree
               ,
               and
               so
               vve
               could
               not
               carry
               her
               vvith
               us
               .
               VVe
               vvent
               about
               the
               Cape
               and
               touch'd
               at
               Madagascar
               .
            
          
           
             
               Dr.
               Littleton
               .
            
             
               Had
               not
               these
               men
               their
               part
               and
               share
               of
               the
               Plunder
               ?
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               I.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               You
               go
               too
               fast
               ,
               Sir.
               
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Coniers
               .
            
             
               What
               was
               the
               next
               Ship
               you
               met
               with
               ,
               after
               you
               had
               rounded
               the
               Cape
               ?
            
          
           
             
               I.
               Dan.
               
            
             
               The
               next
               was
               a
               small
               Vessel
               ,
               about
               30
               or
               40
               Tun
               ,
               and
               we
               put
               her
               ashore
               ,
               and
               took
               a
               small
               matter
               out
               of
               her
               ,
               and
               let
               her
               lie
               .
               And
               there
               vve
               put
               this
               Gentleman
               ,
               Mr.
               May
               ,
               ashore
               .
               And
               vve
               seeing
               3
               English
               Ships
               a
               coming
               ,
               vve
               left
               him
               there
               ,
               and
               vvent
               to
               the
               
                 Equinoctial
                 Line
              
               :
               And
               aftervvards
               ,
               for
               vvant
               of
               Bread
               and
               Water
               ,
               vve
               came
               again
               ,
               and
               took
               another
               small
               Vessel
               ,
               and
               some
               Rice
               and
               Pody
               out
               of
               her
               ,
               and
               sunk
               her
               ,
               and
               then
               vvent
               to
               the
               Cape
               again
               ,
               and
               took
               in
               
                 W.
                 May
              
               again
               ;
               and
               met
               another
               Vessel
               ,
               and
               took
               Rice
               and
               meal
               out
               of
               her
               ,
               and
               sunk
               her
               too
               .
               And
               then
               vve
               vvent
               to
               the
               
                 Red
                 Sea
              
               ,
               to
               a
               Town
               called
               Meat
               ,
               and
               the
               People
               would
               not
               trade
               with
               us
               ,
               and
               we
               burnt
               it
               .
               And
               thence
               we
               went
               up
               to
               the
               
                 Red
                 Sea
              
               ,
               as
               far
               as
               we
               could
               And
               going
               up
               the
               Cape
               Adin
               ,
               we
               met
               with
               two
               English
               Privateers
               more
               ,
               and
               they
               came
               and
               joyned
               with
               us
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C
               ▪
               I.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               You
               call
               them
               Privateers
               ,
               but
               were
               they
               such
               Privateers
               as
               you
               were
               ?
            
          
           
             
               I.
               Dan.
               
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               my
               Lord.
               I
               suppose
               they
               had
               Commissions
               at
               first
               ,
               but
               I
               suppose
               they
               did
               not
               run
               so
               far
               as
               that
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Coniers
               .
            
             
               Did
               you
               go
               all
               on
               the
               same
               Design
               ?
            
          
           
             
               I.
               Dan.
               
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               they
               sailed
               on
               with
               us
               .
               and
               we
               made
               the
               best
               of
               our
               way
               ,
               and
               came
               up
               into
               the
               
                 Red
                 Sea
              
               in
               a
               little
               time
               ,
               and
               came
               to
               an
               Anchor
               at
               
                 Bobs
                 Key
              
               ,
               and
               had
               lain
               there
               but
               a
               night
               and
               a
               day
               ,
               and
               there
               came
               up
               3
               Englishmen
               more
               from
               America
               ,
               and
               they
               likewise
               consorted
               with
               us
               ▪
               and
               we
               lay
               there
               about
               5
               Weeks
               ;
               and
               in
               that
               time
               we
               expected
               the
               Fleet
               to
               come
               down
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Coniers
               .
            
             
               VVhat
               Fleet
               ?
            
          
           
             
               I.
               Dan.
               
            
             
               The
               Moorish
               Fleet
               ,
               that
               came
               from
               Mocha
               .
               They
               past
               us
               on
               Saturday
               night
               unseen
               ,
               and
               we
               took
               a
               Vessel
               which
               gave
               us
               an
               account
               that
               they
               were
               gone
               .
               And
               then
               we
               followed
               them
               ,
               and
               about
               3
               days
               after
               we
               made
               Land
               ,
               we
               came
               up
               with
               one
               of
               them
               of
               about
               2
               or
               300
               Tuns
               ,
               and
               we
               fired
               a
               Broad-side
               at
               her
               ,
               and
               small
               shot
               ,
               and
               took
               her
               ,
               which
               ,
               after
               we
               had
               taken
               her
               ,
               we
               plundered
               ,
               and
               took
               out
               some
               Gold
               and
               Silver
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Coniers
               .
            
             
               And
               vvhat
               did
               you
               do
               vvith
               it
               ?
            
          
           
             
               I.
               Dan.
               
            
             
               VVe
               brought
               it
               aboard
               our
               Ship.
               
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Coniers
               .
            
             
               Did
               you
               share
               it
               ?
            
          
           
             
               I.
               Dan.
               
            
             
               Not
               then
               ,
               but
               after
               vve
               took
               the
               other
               Ship.
               
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Coniers
               .
            
             
               VVhat
               vvas
               that
               other
               Ship
               ?
            
          
           
             
               I.
               Dan.
               
            
             
               After
               we
               had
               taken
               her
               ,
               we
               put
               some
               Men
               aboard
               to
               keep
               her
               with
               us
               ;
               and
               about
               two
               days
               after
               ,
               we
               were
               lying
               at
               Anchor
               at
               St.
               Iohns
               ,
               and
               there
               was
               a
               great
               Ship
               called
               the
               Gunsway
               ;
               and
               we
               weigh'd
               Anchor
               ,
               and
               fought
               
               her
               about
               two
               hours
               ,
               and
               took
               her
               ,
               and
               put
               some
               Men
               aboard
               her
               ,
               and
               plunder'd
               her
               .
               And
               after
               we
               had
               done
               as
               much
               as
               we
               thought
               convenient
               ,
               vve
               sent
               her
               to
               Surat
               vvith
               the
               People
               in
               her
               .
               And
               then
               vve
               stood
               further
               to
               the
               
                 Indian
                 Coast
              
               ,
               and
               shared
               our
               Money
               about
               a
               vveek
               after
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               I.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               That
               vvas
               a
               brave
               Prize
               ,
               vvas
               it
               not
               ,
               the
               best
               you
               had
               all
               the
               Voyage
               ?
            
          
           
             
               I.
               Dan.
               
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               my
               Lord.
               
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               I.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               Did
               you
               all
               share
               ?
            
          
           
             
               I.
               Dan.
               
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               all
               that
               vvere
               in
               the
               Ship.
               
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               I.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               You
               have
               given
               a
               good
               account
               of
               this
               matter
               .
               Was
               
                 Ed.
                 Foreseth
              
               there
               ?
            
          
           
             
               I.
               Dan.
               
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               my
               Lord.
               
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               I.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               VVhat
               did
               he
               do
               ?
               vvas
               he
               active
               ?
            
          
           
             
               J.
               Dan.
               
            
             
               I
               did
               not
               see
               him
               act
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               J.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               Had
               he
               a
               share
               ?
            
          
           
             
               J.
               Dan.
               
            
             
               Yes
               my
               Lord
               ,
               he
               had
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               J.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               VVas
               
                 W.
                 May
              
               there
               ?
            
          
           
             
               J.
               Dan.
               
            
             
               Yes
               my
               Lord.
               
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               J.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               VVhat
               did
               he
               do
               there
               ?
            
          
           
             
               J.
               Dan.
               
            
             
               He
               could
               do
               but
               little
               then
               ;
               he
               had
               his
               share
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C
               J.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               And
               vvhen
               you
               took
               him
               in
               again
               ,
               vvhat
               did
               he
               do
               ?
               did
               he
               do
               his
               business
               as
               a
               Seaman
               ?
            
          
           
             
               J.
               Dan.
               
            
             
               Yes
               my
               Lord
               ,
               till
               he
               vvas
               sick
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               J.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               VVas
               
                 W.
                 Bishop
              
               there
               ?
            
          
           
             
               J.
               Dan.
               
            
             
               Yes
               my
               Lord
               ,
               he
               vvas
               among
               the
               rest
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               J.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               VVhat
               did
               he
               do
               ?
               Did
               he
               consent
               and
               agree
               to
               vvhat
               vvas
               done
               ?
            
          
           
             
               J.
               Dan.
               
            
             
               He
               had
               share
               of
               the
               money
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               J.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               Did
               
                 Ia.
                 Lewis
              
               share
               too
               ?
            
          
           
             
               J.
               Dan.
               
            
             
               He
               had
               a
               share
               ,
               as
               far
               as
               vvas
               allovved
               by
               the
               Company
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               J.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               Did
               J.
               Sparks
               share
               vvith
               you
               too
               ?
            
          
           
             
               J.
               Dan.
               
            
             
               Yes
               my
               Lord
               ,
               as
               far
               as
               the
               Company
               thought
               fit
               to
               give
               him
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Cowper
               .
            
             
               VVhen
               you
               say
               ,
               
                 as
                 the
                 Company
                 thought
                 fit
              
               ,
               vvhat
               do
               you
               mean
               ?
               Hovv
               did
               they
               share
               it
               ?
            
          
           
             
               J.
               Dan.
               
            
             
               Some
               had
               1000
               l.
               some
               500
               ,
               others
               300.
               
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Cowper
               .
            
             
               Had
               all
               the
               Prisoners
               some
               share
               ?
            
          
           
             
               J.
               Dan.
               
            
             
               Yes
               Sir
               ,
               all
               had
               some
               share
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Whitaker
               .
            
             
               VVhat
               did
               you
               do
               vvith
               the
               Charles
               the
               2d
               ,
               after
               the
               Voyage
               ?
            
          
           
             
               J.
               Dan.
               
            
             
               VVe
               left
               her
               at
               Providence
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               J.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               If
               any
               of
               you
               Prisoners
               at
               the
               Bar
               vvill
               ask
               him
               any
               Questions
               ,
               you
               may
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Justice
               Turton
               .
            
             
               VVhat
               Provisions
               vvere
               aboard
               the
               Charles
               vvhen
               she
               vvas
               taken
               avvay
               ?
            
          
           
             
               J.
               Dan.
               
            
             
               I
               cannot
               tell
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Justice
               Turton
               .
            
             
               What
               quantity
               of
               Bread
               vvas
               there
               ?
            
          
           
             
               J.
               Dan.
               
            
             
               A
               pretty
               deal
               ,
               I
               cannot
               tell
               the
               quantity
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Justice
               Turton
               .
            
             
               And
               vvere
               there
               any
               Guns
               aboard
               her
               ,
               and
               small
               Arms
               ?
            
          
           
             
               J.
               Dan.
               
            
             
               Yes
               my
               Lord
               ,
               there
               vvere
               .
            
          
           
             
               W.
               May.
               
            
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
               may
               I
               speak
               for
               my self
               ?
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               J.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               If
               you
               vvill
               ask
               him
               any
               Questions
               you
               may
               ;
               You
               shall
               be
               heard
               again
               to
               speak
               for
               your self
               by
               and
               by
               .
            
          
           
             
               W.
               May.
               
            
             
               I
               desire
               he
               may
               be
               askt
               vvhere
               I
               vvas
               taken
               sick
               ?
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               J.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               He
               asks
               you
               vvhere
               he
               vvas
               taken
               sick
               ?
            
          
           
             
               J.
               Dan.
               
            
             
               I
               cannot
               justly
               tell
               that
               ,
               I
               think
               it
               vvas
               at
               Allibore
               ,
               at
               the
               Coast
               of
               Guinea
               .
            
          
           
             
               W.
               May.
               
            
             
               I
               did
               not
               lie
               dovvn
               vvith
               it
               ?
            
          
           
             
               J.
               Dan.
               
            
             
               No
               ,
               you
               did
               not
               ,
               but
               your
               first
               being
               taken
               sick
               vvas
               at
               Allibore
               .
            
          
           
             
               W.
               May.
               
            
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
               I
               desire
               you
               vvill
               ask
               him
               ,
               vvhether
               he
               thinks
               I
               had
               any
               knovvledge
               of
               the
               going
               avvay
               of
               the
               Ship
               ?
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               I.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               You
               hear
               vvhat
               he
               says
               ,
               What
               do
               you
               say
               ?
            
          
           
             
               I.
               Dan.
               
            
             
               I
               knovv
               nothing
               of
               that
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               J.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               You
               vvere
               there
               ,
               and
               you
               had
               a
               share
               of
               the
               Prize
               ;
               you
               drank
               an
               Health
               to
               the
               success
               of
               your
               Voyage
               .
            
          
           
             
               W.
               May.
               
            
             
               I
               hope
               ,
               my
               Lord
               ,
               you
               vvill
               not
               be
               angry
               for
               asking
               Questions
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               J.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               No
               ,
               no
               body
               is
               angry
               ,
               you
               may
               ask
               vvhat
               questions
               you
               vvill
               .
               Then
               
                 Philip
                 Middleton
              
               vvas
               called
               and
               svvorn
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Coniers
               .
            
             
               Pray
               tell
               vvhat
               you
               knovv
               of
               taking
               avvay
               the
               Ship
               Charles
               the
               2d
               ?
            
          
           
             
               P.
               Middleton
               .
            
             
               I
               cannot
               say
               any
               thing
               of
               running
               avvay
               vvith
               the
               Ship
               ;
               for
               I
               vvas
               asleep
               then
               :
               but
               afterwards
               ,
               in
               the
               morning
               ,
               they
               called
               up
               all
               Hands
               ;
               and
               the
               Captain
               said
               ,
               every
               man
               should
               share
               alike
               ,
               only
               he
               would
               have
               two
               shares
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               J.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               Who
               said
               so
               ?
            
          
           
             
             
               P.
               Middleton
               .
            
             
               Cap.
               Every
               .
               From
               thence
               they
               went
               to
               Bonyvis
               ,
               and
               took
               in
               some
               Salt
               and
               from
               Bonyvis
               they
               went
               to
               the
               
                 Isle
                 of
                 May
              
               ,
               and
               there
               they
               took
               3
               English
               Ships
               ,
               and
               plundered
               them
               ;
               and
               they
               took
               the
               Governour
               aboard
               their
               own
               Ship
               till
               they
               had
               done
               (
               for
               then
               they
               could
               demand
               what
               Victuals
               they
               had
               a
               mind
               to
               )
               and
               then
               they
               sent
               him
               away
               again
               And
               from
               the
               
                 Isle
                 of
                 May
              
               they
               went
               to
               the
               Coast
               of
               Guinea
               ,
               where
               they
               put
               out
               
                 English
                 Colours
              
               ,
               to
               make
               the
               Natives
               come
               aboard
               to
               Trade
               ,
               and
               when
               they
               came
               aboard
               ,
               they
               surprized
               them
               ,
               and
               took
               their
               Gold
               from
               them
               ,
               and
               tied
               them
               with
               Chains
               ,
               ond
               put
               them
               into
               the
               Hold.
               and
               when
               they
               came
               to
               a
               place
               called
               
                 the
                 Island
                 of
                 Princes
              
               ,
               they
               gave
               7
               of
               them
               away
               for
               slaves
               :
               And
               then
               they
               went
               to
               Vandepoe
               ,
               where
               they
               clean'd
               their
               Ship
               ;
               and
               from
               Vandepoe
               they
               went
               to
               Cape
               Lopes
               ,
               and
               from
               Cape
               Lopes
               to
               Annibo
               ,
               and
               from
               Annibo
               about
               the
               Cape
               ;
               and
               at
               Madagascar
               they
               watered
               their
               Ship
               ,
               and
               got
               Provisions
               ,
               and
               Cows
               to
               salt
               up
               ;
               and
               from
               thence
               they
               went
               to
               Ioanna
               ,
               and
               from
               Ioanna
               they
               went
               to
               take
               a
               Junk
               ,
               and
               took
               Rice
               out
               of
               her
               ,
               and
               sunk
               her
               ;
               and
               from
               thence
               they
               went
               to
               the
               
                 Equinoctial
                 Line
              
               ,
               and
               because
               they
               were
               short
               of
               water
               and
               rice
               ,
               they
               went
               back
               again
               to
               Iohanna
               :
               And
               the
               wind
               being
               contrary
               ,
               they
               went
               to
               
                 Commeroe
                 ▪
              
               and
               there
               they
               met
               a
               small
               French
               Vessel
               ▪
               and
               they
               took
               her
               ,
               and
               sunk
               her
               ;
               and
               then
               went
               to
               Iohanna
               again
               and
               there
               took
               in
               Mr.
               May
               again
               :
               And
               then
               went
               to
               Meet
               ;
               and
               because
               the
               Natives
               would
               not
               Trade
               with
               them
               ,
               they
               burnt
               their
               Town
               :
               And
               then
               they
               went
               to
               
                 Bobs
                 Key
              
               ,
               by
               the
               mouth
               of
               the
               
                 Red
                 Sea
              
               :
               But
               before
               that
               ,
               they
               met
               with
               an
               English
               Vessel
               ,
               that
               was
               on
               the
               same
               Account
               that
               we
               were
               ,
               and
               we
               rode
               there
               a
               Night
               or
               two
               ;
               and
               they
               saw
               there
               another
               Sail
               a
               coming
               ,
               which
               proved
               to
               be
               another
               English
               Vessel
               ▪
               And
               in
               the
               Morning
               they
               saw
               two
               more
               ,
               
                 May
                 ,
                 Farrel
              
               ,
               and
               Wake
               ,
               were
               the
               Captains
               :
               And
               on
               Saturday
               Night
               all
               the
               Mocho
               Fleet
               passed
               by
               :
               And
               on
               Sunday
               Morning
               they
               took
               another
               Vessel
               ,
               that
               told
               them
               the
               said
               Fleet
               was
               gone
               by
               ;
               and
               so
               they
               consulted
               whether
               they
               should
               follow
               them
               ,
               or
               stay
               there
               .
               And
               then
               they
               went
               after
               them
               and
               overtook
               them
               ,
               and
               took
               one
               that
               was
               about
               three
               or
               four
               Hundred
               Tun
               ,
               and
               took
               Gold
               and
               Silver
               out
               of
               her
               ;
               and
               sent
               Men
               aboard
               her
               to
               plunder
               and
               keep
               her
               .
               And
               next
               day
               they
               spied
               another
               Sail
               ,
               and
               got
               up
               their
               Anchor
               ,
               and
               stood
               to
               her
               ,
               and
               took
               her
               ;
               she
               was
               called
               the
               Gunsway
               ;
               they
               killed
               several
               Men
               aboard
               ,
               and
               when
               they
               had
               taken
               and
               plundered
               the
               Ship
               ,
               they
               left
               the
               Men
               aboard
               to
               go
               to
               Surat
               again
               .
               And
               then
               they
               went
               to
               Rachipool
               in
               the
               East-Indies
               ,
               and
               got
               water
               and
               necessaries
               ;
               and
               from
               thence
               to
               
                 Degorees
                 ▪
              
               and
               watered
               again
               ;
               and
               then
               to
               Dascaran
               ,
               where
               they
               set
               about
               25
               French
               Men
               ashore
               and
               14
               Danes
               ,
               and
               some
               English
               :
               For
               they
               were
               afraid
               ,
               if
               they
               came
               to
               England
               ,
               and
               were
               caught
               ▪
               they
               should
               be
               hang'd
               ,
               and
               they
               thought
               themselves
               there
               secure
               .
               From
               that
               place
               they
               went
               to
               Ascension
               ,
               and
               then
               to
               the
               
                 Island
                 Providence
              
               in
               the
               West-Indies
               :
               And
               then
               they
               wrote
               a
               Letter
               to
               the
               Governour
               ,
               to
               know
               if
               he
               would
               let
               them
               come
               in
               ,
               and
               said
               they
               would
               present
               the
               Governour
               with
               20
               pieces
               of
               eight
               ,
               and
               two
               pieces
               of
               Gold
               ,
               if
               he
               would
               let
               them
               come
               in
               ;
               and
               the
               Captain
               ,
               because
               he
               had
               a
               double
               share
               ▪
               he
               offered
               40
               pieces
               of
               eight
               ,
               and
               four
               of
               Gold
               ;
               and
               with
               that
               they
               sent
               some
               Men
               down
               ,
               Adams
               and
               others
               ,
               with
               the
               Letter
               :
               And
               they
               came
               again
               ,
               with
               a
               Letter
               ,
               from
               the
               Island
               ,
               that
               they
               should
               be
               welcome
               ,
               and
               come
               and
               go
               again
               when
               they
               pleased
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Coniers
               .
            
             
               Look
               on
               the
               Prisoners
               at
               the
               Barr
               ,
               were
               they
               all
               there
               ?
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               I.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               Do
               you
               know
               
                 Ed.
                 Foreseth
              
               ?
               Was
               he
               there
               ?
               Did
               he
               belong
               to
               the
               Charles
               the
               2d
               ?
            
          
           
             
               P.
               Middleton
               .
            
             
               He
               came
               from
               the
               Iames.
               
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               I.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               Was
               
                 W.
                 May
              
               there
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Ph.
               Middleton
               .
            
             
               He
               was
               aboard
               the
               Charles
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               I.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               Was
               
                 W.
                 Bishop
              
               there
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Ph.
               Middleton
               .
            
             
               
                 W.
                 Bishop
              
               came
               from
               the
               Iames.
               
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               I.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               Was
               
                 I.
                 Lewis
              
               there
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Ph.
               Middleton
               .
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               he
               came
               from
               the
               Iames.
               
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               I.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               Was
               
                 Io.
                 Sparks
              
               there
               ?
            
          
           
             
               P.
               Middleton
               .
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               he
               was
               aboard
               the
               Charles
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               I.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               Had
               all
               the
               Ment
               heir
               shares
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Ph.
               Middleton
               .
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               such
               as
               the
               Company
               thought
               fit
               to
               allow
               them
               ,
               all
               of
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               I.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               Had
               these
               Men
               their
               shares
               of
               the
               several
               Prizes
               they
               took
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Ph.
               Middleton
               .
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               they
               had
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               I.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               Were
               they
               Active
               in
               the
               taking
               of
               the
               Prize
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Ph.
               Middleton
               .
            
             
               They
               were
               ,
               as
               far
               as
               I
               saw
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               I.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               Were
               not
               Divers
               others
               set
               ashore
               ,
               besides
               Cap.
               Gibson
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Ph
               Middleton
               .
            
             
               I
               never
               heard
               any
               repine
               ,
               or
               wish
               they
               had
               been
               ashore
               ,
               or
               that
               they
               had
               never
               come
               along
               with
               the
               Ship.
               
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               I.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               But
               do
               you
               know
               of
               any
               others
               that
               were
               set
               ashore
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Ph.
               Middleton
               .
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               a
               great
               many
               ,
               Mr.
               Gravet
               and
               several
               others
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Cowper
               .
            
             
               I
               think
               ,
               you
               said
               ,
               some
               French
               and
               English
               were
               set
               ashore
               in
               the
               Indies
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ph.
               Middleton
               .
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               Sir.
               
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Cowper
               .
            
             
               Were
               they
               set
               ashore
               willingly
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Ph.
               Middleton
               .
            
             
               They
               desired
               to
               be
               set
               ashore
               .
            
          
           
             
               Iury-man
               .
            
             
               He
               says
               ,
               in
               the
               Morning
               Cap.
               Every
               called
               them
               above
               Deck
               ,
               and
               gave
               leave
               to
               any
               to
               go
               ashore
               ,
               that
               were
               not
               willing
               to
               go
               with
               them
               ;
               we
               desire
               to
               know
               whether
               any
               of
               the
               Prisoners
               were
               there
               at
               that
               time
               ?
            
          
           
             
             
               Ph.
               Midleton
               .
            
             
               I
               know
               not
               that
               ,
               all
               hands
               were
               called
               up
               ▪
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Iustice
               Turton
               .
            
             
               What
               number
               of
               Persons
               were
               Aboard
               ,
               when
               the
               dividend
               was
               made
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Ph.
               Midleton
               .
            
             
               About
               a
               Hundred
               and
               Sixty
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Iustice
               Turton
               .
            
             
               What
               might
               the
               shares
               be
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Ph.
               Midleton
               .
            
             
               Some
               a
               Thousand
               Pound
               ,
               some
               Six
               Hundred
               ,
               some
               Five
               Hundred
               ,
               and
               some
               less
               ,
               according
               as
               the
               Company
               thought
               they
               deserved
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Iustice
               Turton
               .
            
             
               Had
               not
               you
               a
               share
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Ph.
               Midleton
               .
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               what
               the
               Company
               thought
               fit
               ,
               and
               they
               told
               me
               that
               would
               serve
               to
               put
               me
               out
               an
               Apprentice
               ,
               and
               that
               I
               should
               never
               go
               near
               my
               Friends
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Iustice
               Turton
               .
            
             
               How
               much
               was
               that
               you
               had
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Ph.
               Midleton
               .
            
             
               Above
               an
               Hundred
               Pound
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Coniers
               .
            
             
               What
               became
               of
               it
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Ph.
               Midleton
               .
            
             
               
                 Io.
                 Sparks
              
               Robb'd
               me
               of
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               I.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               The
               Kings
               Counsel
               have
               done
               with
               the
               Evidence
               ,
               and
               therefore
               now
               is
               your
               time
               for
               to
               speak
               ,
               if
               you
               have
               any
               thing
               to
               say
               for
               your selves
               .
               
                 Ed.
                 Foreseth
              
               ,
               What
               have
               you
               to
               say
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Ed.
               Foreseth
               .
            
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
               I
               desire
               you
               would
               call
               Mr.
               Druit
               ,
               and
               ask
               him
               whether
               I
               was
               one
               of
               the
               Pinnaces
               Crew
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               I.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               You
               hear
               what
               he
               says
               ?
            
          
           
             
               T.
               Druit
               .
            
             
               Yes
               you
               were
               ,
               and
               I
               commanded
               you
               to
               come
               back
               ,
               and
               you
               refused
            
          
           
             
               E.
               Foreseth
               .
            
             
               Did
               not
               you
               command
               me
               to
               go
               ?
            
          
           
             
               T.
               Druit
               .
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               and
               I
               afterwards
               commanded
               you
               to
               come
               back
               ,
               and
               you
               refused
               .
            
          
           
             
               E.
               Foreseth
               .
            
             
               You
               did
               not
               command
               me
               back
               .
            
          
           
             
               T.
               Druit
               .
            
             
               Yes
               I
               did
               ,
               and
               Fired
               at
               you
               ,
               and
               Shot
               through
               the
               Boat.
               
            
          
           
             
               E.
               Foreseth
               .
            
             
               I
               held
               Water
               with
               my
               Oar
               ,
               that
               was
               all
               I
               could
               do
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               I.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               What
               did
               you
               cammand
               him
               to
               do
               ?
            
          
           
             
               T.
               Druit
               .
            
             
               To
               rescue
               the
               Ship.
               
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               I.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               Instead
               of
               rescuing
               the
               Ship
               ,
               you
               run
               away
               with
               her
               .
               He
               commanded
               you
               back
               ,
               and
               you
               refused
               to
               come
               back
               .
            
          
           
             
               E.
               Foreseth
               .
            
             
               I
               could
               not
               bring
               her
               back
               my self
               ,
               nor
               come
               back
               ,
               unless
               I
               should
               leap
               over
               Board
               .
            
          
           
             
               L
               C.
               I.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               Have
               you
               any
               more
               to
               say
               ?
            
          
           
             
               E.
               Foreseth
               .
            
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
               when
               I
               was
               in
               the
               Boat
               ,
               I
               knew
               not
               who
               was
               in
               it
               ,
               nor
               how
               many
               .
               When
               I
               came
               aboard
               the
               Charles
               ,
               the
               Sails
               were
               loose
               ,
               and
               I
               was
               in
               a
               very
               sorry
               condition
               ;
               they
               cut
               the
               Boat
               off
               ,
               and
               put
               her
               a
               Drift
               ,
               I
               could
               not
               get
               into
               her
               ,
               she
               was
               gone
               in
               a
               Minutes
               time
               ,
               I
               did
               not
               know
               which
               way
               or
               what
               Men
               there
               were
               in
               her
               ,
               nor
               heard
               nothing
               till
               two
               a
               Clock
               the
               next
               day
               .
               And
               I
               hope
               ,
               my
               Lord
               ,
               as
               we
               are
               but
               poor
               Sea-faring
               Men
               ,
               and
               do
               not
               understand
               the
               Law
               ,
               you
               will
               take
               it
               into
               consideration
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               I.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               But
               all
               you
               Sea-men
               understand
               that
               Law
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               not
               lawful
               to
               commit
               Piracy
               ,
               and
               he
               that
               doth
               deserves
               to
               be
               Hang'd
               .
            
          
           
             
               E.
               Foreseth
               .
            
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
               I
               never
               did
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               I.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               Did
               you
               think
               it
               no
               Piracy
               to
               Rob
               ?
            
          
           
             
               E.
               Foreseth
               .
            
             
               I
               was
               forc'd
               to
               do
               what
               I
               did
               .
            
          
           
             
               M.
               I.
               Eyers
               .
            
             
               You
               all
               compell'd
               one
               another
               .
            
          
           
             
               E.
               Foreseth
               .
            
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
               I
               was
               sent
               of
               an
               errand
               .
               I
               hope
               as
               we
               are
               poor
               Men
               in
               this
               condition
               ,
               you
               will
               take
               it
               into
               consideration
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               I.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               We
               shall
               .
               Have
               you
               any
               more
               to
               say
               ?
            
          
           
             
               E.
               Foreseth
               .
            
             
               No
               ,
               my
               Lord.
               
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               I.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               
                 W.
                 May
              
               ,
               What
               do
               you
               say
               ?
            
          
           
             
               W.
               May.
               
            
             
               Here
               is
               one
               of
               the
               King's
               Evidence
               ,
               that
               testifies
               that
               I
               knew
               nothing
               of
               the
               Ships
               going
               away
               ,
               and
               I
               believe
               very
               few
               knew
               of
               it
               ,
               I
               believe
               not
               above
               nine
               or
               ten
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               I.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               None
               of
               them
               say
               you
               were
               at
               the
               Consult
               .
               But
               one
               says
               that
               
               you
               said
               ,
               
                 God
                 Damn
                 you
                 ,
                 you
                 deserve
                 to
                 be
                 Shot
                 through
                 the
                 Head
              
               ;
               and
               held
               a
               Pistol
               to
               him
               .
            
          
           
             
               W.
               May.
               
            
             
               I
               never
               was
               any
               higher
               than
               the
               under
               Deck
               ,
               I
               was
               coming
               up
               the
               Hatch-way
               ,
               and
               Captain
               Every
               was
               standing
               ,
               and
               Commanding
               the
               Ship.
               
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               I
               Holt.
               
            
             
               Every
               was
               no
               Officer
               ,
               he
               had
               nothing
               to
               do
               to
               Command
               ;
               he
               was
               under
               Captain
               Gibson
               ,
               and
               took
               the
               Ship
               from
               Gibson
               .
            
          
           
             
               W.
               May.
               
            
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
               I
               know
               nothing
               of
               the
               Ships
               going
               away
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               I.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               You
               should
               have
               stuck
               to
               Captain
               Gibson
               ,
               and
               endeavoured
               to
               suppress
               the
               Insolence
               of
               Every
               .
               Cap.
               Gibson
               was
               the
               Commander
               ,
               you
               ought
               to
               have
               obeyed
               him
               ;
               and
               if
               any
               had
               resisted
               him
               ,
               or
               gone
               to
               put
               a
               force
               upon
               him
               ,
               you
               should
               have
               stood
               by
               him
               .
            
          
           
             
               W.
               May.
               
            
             
               I
               was
               surprised
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               I.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               How
               ?
            
          
           
             
               W.
               May.
               
            
             
               By
               Cap.
               Every
               ,
               and
               knew
               nothing
               of
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               
                 L.
                 C.
              
               J.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               You
               were
               Zealous
               from
               the
               beginning
               ,
               and
               said
               to
               one
               ,
               
                 Damn
                 you
                 ▪
                 you
                 deserve
                 to
                 be
                 Shot
                 through
                 the
                 Head.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
               M
               J.
               Turton
               .
            
             
               And
               one
               says
               you
               Drank
               a
               Health
               to
               your
               good
               Voyage
               .
            
          
           
             
               W
               May.
               
            
             
               Presently
               after
               I
               heard
               this
               rumour
               ,
               I
               came
               up
               the
               Hatch-way
               ,
               and
               Cap.
               Every
               says
               ,
               You
               May
               ,
               
                 I
                 believe
                 you
                 do
                 not
                 love
                 this
                 way
                 ,
                 pray
                 get
                 down
                 to
                 your
                 Cabin
                 .
              
               So
               I
               went
               to
               my
               Cabin
               ,
               which
               one
               that
               is
               now
               at
               Virginia
               could
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               ;
               which
               I
               hope
               will
               be
               considered
               ,
               that
               I
               cannot
               have
               my
               Witnesses
               for
               me
               .
            
          
           
             
               
                 L.
                 C.
              
               J.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               What
               have
               you
               more
               to
               say
               ?
               Have
               you
               any
               Witnesses
               to
               call
               .
            
          
           
             
               W.
               May.
               
            
             
               I
               stay'd
               in
               the
               Cabin
               a
               considerable
               time
               .
               I
               was
               thinking
               ,
               I
               must
               leave
               my
               old
               Captain
               without
               seeing
               him
               ;
               and
               I
               begg'd
               them
               to
               give
               me
               leave
               to
               come
               to
               him
               ;
               and
               there
               was
               two
               Men
               stood
               with
               naked
               Cutlaces
               ,
               and
               would
               not
               let
               me
               come
               to
               him
               .
               We
               had
               some
               confabulation
               together
               ,
               and
               I
               begg'd
               the
               favor
               to
               come
               in
               ,
               and
               at
               last
               they
               permitted
               me
               ;
               and
               the
               Doctor
               was
               Anointing
               the
               Commanders
               Temples
               .
               And
               as
               I
               was
               coming
               along
               ,
               I
               had
               my
               hand
               cut
               ;
               and
               I
               went
               to
               the
               Doctor
               ,
               to
               desire
               him
               to
               bind
               up
               my
               hand
               .
               When
               I
               came
               out
               again
               ,
               they
               began
               to
               hurry
               the
               Men
               away
               .
               Here
               was
               Mr.
               Gravet
               ,
               the
               second
               Mate
               ,
               who
               is
               now
               one
               of
               the
               King's
               Evidence
               ;
               and
               I
               told
               him
               he
               should
               Remember
               me
               to
               my
               Wife
               ,
               I
               am
               not
               like
               to
               see
               her
               ;
               for
               none
               could
               go
               ,
               but
               who
               they
               pleased
               :
               For
               when
               those
               Men
               were
               in
               the
               Boat
               ,
               they
               cryed
               to
               have
               a
               Bucket
               ▪
               or
               else
               they
               should
               sink
               ,
               they
               having
               three
               Leagues
               to
               go
               :
               And
               I
               do
               not
               know
               how
               they
               could
               go
               so
               far
               with
               more
               ,
               when
               their
               Boat
               was
               like
               to
               sink
               with
               those
               that
               were
               in
               her
               ,
               as
               some
               of
               the
               King's
               Evidence
               have
               testified
               .
            
          
           
             
               
                 L.
                 C.
              
               J.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               Who
               will
               you
               call
               ?
            
          
           
             
               W.
               May.
               
            
             
               Mr.
               Dan.
               (
               
                 Who
                 appear'd
              
               .
               )
            
          
           
             
               
                 L.
                 C.
              
               J.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               Mr.
               
                 Dan
                 ▪
              
               answer
               the
               question
               ,
               whether
               there
               was
               calling
               for
               a
               Bucket
               several
               times
               by
               the
               Men
               that
               were
               in
               the
               Boat.
               
            
          
           
             
               Ja.
               Dan
               
            
             
               They
               did
               call
               ,
               and
               a
               Bucket
               was
               given
               them
               to
               Pump
               with
               .
            
          
           
             
               
                 L.
                 C.
              
               J.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               You
               were
               willing
               to
               be
               rid
               of
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
               W.
               May.
               
            
             
               I
               have
               more
               to
               say
               .
               Afterwards
               ,
               if
               I
               should
               have
               denied
               to
               go
               with
               them
               ,
               I
               might
               have
               been
               kill'd
               by
               them
               ;
               and
               I
               knew
               not
               whether
               it
               be
               better
               to
               be
               accessary
               to
               my
               own
               death
               ,
               or
               to
               suffer
               by
               the
               Law
               of
               the
               Nation
               .
            
          
           
             
               Sir
               Ch.
               Hedges
               .
            
             
               You
               seem
               to
               say
               that
               you
               were
               under
               a
               constraint
               and
               terrour
               .
               Did
               you
               make
               any
               complaint
               or
               discovery
               so
               soon
               as
               you
               had
               liberty
               ,
               or
               at
               your
               first
               coming
               into
               the
               King's
               Dominions
               ?
            
          
           
             
               W.
               May.
               
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               at
               Virginia
               .
            
          
           
             
               S.
               C.
               H.
               
            
             
               Where
               did
               you
               first
               arive
               in
               England
               ?
            
          
           
             
               W.
               M.
               
            
             
               At
               Bristol
               .
            
          
           
             
               S.
               C.
               H.
               
            
             
               When
               you
               came
               to
               Bristol
               ,
               did
               you
               discover
               it
               to
               any
               Magistrate
               ?
            
          
           
             
               W.
               M.
               
            
             
               When
               I
               came
               to
               Bristol
               ,
               I
               had
               a
               design
               to
               discover
               it
               to
               the
               Lords
               of
               the
               Admiralty
               .
            
          
           
             
               
                 L.
                 C.
              
               J.
               H.
               
            
             
               Did
               you
               go
               to
               a
               Magistrate
               ?
            
          
           
             
               W.
               M.
               
            
             
               I
               was
               several
               days
               in
               the
               King's
               Collectors
               House
               ,
               and
               did
               discover
               the
               whole
               to
               him
               ;
               and
               at
               Providence
               .
            
          
           
             
               
                 L.
                 C.
              
               J.
               H.
               
            
             
               You
               speak
               now
               of
               Providence
               ,
               but
               in
               England
               who
               did
               you
               discover
               it
               to
               ?
            
          
           
             
             
               W.
               M.
               
            
             
               I
               was
               taken
               Sick
               ,
               and
               could
               not
               go
               abroad
               ▪
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               I.
               H.
               
            
             
               You
               might
               have
               sent
               to
               the
               Mayor
               of
               Bristol
               .
            
          
           
             
               W.
               M.
               
            
             
               I
               knew
               nothing
               of
               it
               ,
               I
               intended
               to
               declare
               it
               to
               none
               but
               the
               Lords
               of
               the
               Admiralty
               .
               I
               knew
               no
               man
               there
               ,
               but
               two
               men
               that
               were
               Fellow-Tradesmen
               in
               Virginia
               .
               I
               came
               from
               Virginia
               by
               the
               first
               Ship
               ;
               and
               if
               that
               Ship
               had
               come
               away
               before
               the
               Fleet
               ,
               I
               had
               been
               at
               home
               long
               before
               .
               I
               lay
               sick
               at
               Bristol
               four
               or
               five
               days
               ,
               and
               the
               fifth
               day
               I
               got
               passage
               for
               London
               in
               the
               Coach
               ;
               and
               was
               taken
               three
               miles
               off
               Bath
               by
               the
               King's
               Messenger
               ,
               by
               one
               who
               betrayed
               me
               ,
               and
               I
               was
               carried
               back
               to
               Bath
               again
               .
               And
               there
               was
               the
               Duke
               of
               
                 Devonshire
                 ▪
              
               ;
               and
               there
               they
               Examined
               the
               whole
               matter
               ,
               in
               every
               particular
               ,
               as
               I
               have
               now
               declared
               to
               the
               Court.
               And
               my
               Lord
               desired
               the
               Messenger
               should
               take
               me
               away
               again
               ,
               and
               see
               me
               safe
               to
               London
               ,
               which
               was
               all
               he
               said
               to
               me
               .
               I
               have
               more
               to
               say
               ,
               as
               to
               my
               being
               put
               ashore
               at
               Joanna
               .
               I
               had
               no
               place
               to
               go
               to
               ,
               but
               lay
               in
               a
               lamentable
               Condition
               ,
               I
               could
               not
               put
               Water
               to
               my
               mouth
               without
               help
               ,
               and
               remained
               useless
               of
               Hands
               or
               Feet
               ,
               despairing
               of
               my
               life
               .
               I
               desired
               to
               go
               ashore
               ,
               to
               see
               if
               the
               Air
               would
               do
               me
               any
               good
               ;
               and
               I
               went
               ashore
               at
               Joanna
               ,
               with
               another
               Man
               ,
               Gunning
               ,
               and
               others
               for
               Refreshment
               .
               So
               the
               second
               day
               we
               went
               in
               ,
               there
               appears
               three
               Ships
               ,
               which
               were
               
                 East-India
                 Men.
              
               Captain
               Every
               being
               Surprised
               by
               these
               Ships
               ,
               hastened
               his
               Men
               and
               Water
               aboard
               to
               get
               out
               to
               Sea
               ,
               that
               he
               might
               not
               be
               surprised
               in
               the
               Road
               without
               his
               Men
               on
               Board
               ,
               who
               were
               come
               ashore
               for
               the
               Sick.
               And
               I
               told
               them
               ,
               I
               will
               not
               go
               with
               you
               ,
               I
               will
               rather
               trust
               to
               the
               mercy
               of
               my
               Countrey-men
               ,
               or
               the
               mercy
               of
               the
               Negroes
               ;
               I
               should
               endanger
               my
               Life
               ,
               if
               I
               go
               aboard
               ;
               If
               I
               stay
               ,
               no
               question
               my
               Countrey-men
               will
               have
               Compassion
               on
               me
               ;
               And
               if
               I
               have
               committed
               any
               thing
               worthy
               of
               Death
               ,
               they
               have
               Authority
               to
               put
               me
               to
               Death
               according
               to
               the
               Law
               of
               the
               Nation
               .
               And
               I
               applied
               my self
               to
               Mr.
               Edgcomb
               ,
               when
               he
               came
               ashore
               ,
               and
               he
               gave
               me
               Scurolous
               Language
               .
               But
               I
               replied
               ,
               I
               am
               a
               weak
               man
               ,
               for
               me
               to
               stay
               behind
               is
               Death
               ;
               I
               had
               rather
               suffer
               Death
               by
               the
               Laws
               of
               my
               Countrey
               ,
               then
               to
               be
               left
               to
               the
               mercy
               of
               these
               Negroes
               .
               Mr.
               Edgcomb
               says
               ,
               I
               will
               take
               you
               down
               with
               me
               ,
               and
               will
               hang
               you
               there
               too
               .
            
          
           
             
               
                 L.
                 C.
              
               J.
               H.
               
            
             
               Where
               ?
            
          
           
             
               W.
               M.
               
            
             
               At
               Bombay
               ,
               where
               he
               said
               I
               should
               be
               Tried
               .
               His
               Mate
               ,
               and
               several
               other
               English-men
               came
               to
               see
               me
               ,
               and
               brought
               one
               thing
               or
               other
               to
               refresh
               me
               .
               And
               at
               last
               ,
               at
               Night
               he
               sent
               his
               Doctor
               and
               Purser
               to
               me
               ,
               who
               said
               ,
               The
               Captain
               is
               just
               now
               sending
               his
               Boat
               for
               you
               .
               I
               replied
               ,
               I
               am
               ready
               ,
               here
               is
               all
               I
               have
               in
               the
               World
               ,
               and
               he
               goes
               away
               about
               two
               a
               Clock
               in
               the
               Morning
               .
               And
               I
               remained
               seven
               or
               eight
               Weeks
               after
               at
               the
               Mercy
               of
               those
               Negroes
               ,
               and
               had
               Perished
               ,
               but
               that
               a
               Negro
               hearing
               an
               English-man
               was
               there
               came
               to
               me
               ;
               he
               lived
               at
               Bednai-Green
               ,
               and
               spoke
               English
               very
               well
               .
               He
               went
               from
               England
               in
               the
               Ship
               Rochester
               ,
               taken
               at
               Guinea
               some
               time
               before
               .
               The
               Captain
               commanded
               this
               Negro
               to
               go
               for
               the
               Long-boat
               ,
               and
               turn
               her
               adrift
               ;
               which
               he
               does
               ,
               but
               goes
               away
               with
               her
               himself
               ;
               and
               in
               the
               Fight
               ,
               says
               ,
               The
               Ship
               blew
               up
               by
               an
               accidental
               Fire
               ,
               and
               several
               were
               lost
               .
               This
               Negro
               I
               got
               to
               look
               after
               me
               ,
               and
               he
               did
               really
               feed
               me
               ,
               and
               got
               me
               all
               necessaries
               belonging
               to
               me
               :
               And
               by
               that
               means
               I
               saved
               my
               Life
               .
               Now
               when
               Captain
               Every
               came
               in
               again
               ,
               I
               could
               not
               go
               nor
               stir
               .
            
          
           
             
               
                 L.
                 C.
              
               J.
               H.
               
            
             
               Do
               not
               call
               him
               Captain
               ,
               he
               was
               a
               Pirate
               .
            
          
           
             
               W.
               M.
               
            
             
               He
               commanded
               me
               ,
               I
               was
               forced
               to
               obey
               him
               .
            
          
           
             
               
                 L.
                 C.
              
               J.
               H.
               
            
             
               For
               that
               matter
               call
               Gravet
               again
               ,
               because
               you
               and
               he
               were
               very
               kind
               together
               ;
               you
               shook
               hands
               with
               him
               ,
               and
               bid
               him
               farewel
               ,
               and
               remember
               you
               to
               your
               Wife
               .
               Mr.
               Gravet
               ,
               Do
               you
               remember
               when
               you
               went
               into
               the
               Boat
               ?
               Did
               
                 W.
                 May
              
               take
               his
               leave
               of
               you
               ,
               or
               was
               he
               unwilling
               to
               be
               left
               behind
               ?
            
          
           
             
               J.
               Gravet
               .
            
             
               When
               we
               had
               liberty
               to
               go
               out
               of
               the
               Ship
               ,
               this
               Man
               ,
               
                 W.
                 May
              
               ,
               took
               me
               by
               the
               hand
               and
               wished
               me
               well
               home
               ,
               and
               bid
               me
               remember
               him
               to
               his
               Wife
               ,
               and
               was
               very
               merry
               and
               jocund
               ,
               and
               knew
               whither
               they
               were
               going
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               J.
               Turton
               .
            
             
               Did
               he
               express
               any
               inclination
               to
               go
               with
               you
               ?
            
          
           
             
               J.
               Gravet
               .
            
             
               No
               ,
               my
               Lord
               ,
               not
               at
               all
               .
            
          
           
             
               
                 L.
                 C.
              
               J.
               H.
               
            
             
               Have
               you
               any
               more
               to
               say
               .
            
          
           
             
               W.
               May.
               
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               my
               Lord
               ,
               I
               remained
               in
               this
               condition
               till
               I
               came
               to
               Providenee
               ;
               and
               the
               King's
               Evidence
               can
               testifie
               what
               I
               say
               .
               I
               only
               beg
               Mercy
               of
               this
               Honourable
               Bench
               ,
               to
               consider
               my
               weak
               State
               and
               Condition
               that
               I
               have
               been
               in
               .
            
          
           
             
               
                 L.
                 C.
              
               J.
               H.
               
            
             
               Have
               you
               done
               ?
            
          
           
             
               W.
               May.
               
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               my
               Lord.
               
            
          
           
             
               
                 L.
                 C.
              
               J.
               H.
               
            
             
               Then
               the
               next
               .
               
                 W.
                 Bishop
              
               ,
               What
               have
               you
               to
               say
               ?
            
          
           
             
               W.
               Bishop
               .
            
             
               I
               belonged
               to
               the
               Ship
               James
               ,
               and
               at
               the
               Groyn
               the
               Men
               began
               to
               complain
               about
               wages
               ,
               and
               that
               was
               the
               first
               begining
               of
               the
               disturbance
               about
               this
               Ploting
               .
               We
               were
               Shipt
               out
               of
               England
               ,
               in
               Sir
               James
               Hubland's
               service
               ,
               to
               the
               
                 Spanish
                 West-Indies
              
               .
               Upon
               this
               Mutiny
               among
               the
               Men
               for
               their
               wages
               ,
               several
               Men
               went
               aboard
               the
               Kings
               Ships
               ▪
               
               and
               desired
               to
               be
               entertained
               on
               Board
               any
               of
               them
               to
               go
               for
               England
               ;
               and
               we
               all
               went
               away
               again
               to
               the
               Ship
               because
               we
               could
               not
               be
               entertain'd
               .
               But
               this
               Design
               of
               Everies
               I
               did
               not
               know
               of
               .
               On
               the
               17th
               day
               Capt.
               Humphrys
               calls
               ,
               and
               says
               ,
               My
               Men
               are
               gone
               aboard
               the
               Charles
               ,
               I
               think
               .
               And
               he
               calls
               out
               ,
               says
               he
               ,
               Mr.
               Druit
               ,
               Man
               the
               Pinnace
               .
               I
               being
               then
               on
               the
               Deck
               ,
               at
               night
               ,
               the
               men
               all
               quiet
               ,
               as
               I
               thought
               ,
               I
               went
               into
               the
               Pinnace
               ,
               and
               I
               was
               no
               sooner
               in
               ,
               but
               in
               comes
               15
               or
               16
               more
               that
               knew
               of
               the
               Design
               ;
               but
               I
               was
               then
               sent
               ,
               and
               knew
               it
               not
               .
               And
               they
               put
               off
               the
               Boat
               ,
               and
               over-powered
               us
               ;
               and
               several
               of
               us
               would
               have
               gone
               aboard
               again
               ,
               and
               they
               would
               not
               suffer
               us
               .
               And
               when
               we
               came
               aboard
               the
               Ship
               Charles
               ,
               they
               had
               cut
               the
               Cables
               ,
               and
               the
               Sails
               were
               loose
               ,
               and
               several
               Men
               went
               from
               the
               Charls
               to
               the
               Iames
               in
               a
               Boat
               ;
               and
               they
               Commanded
               the
               Innocent
               to
               do
               what
               they
               pleased
               ,
               with
               Pistols
               and
               Cutlaces
               ;
               and
               they
               Commanded
               me
               to
               go
               into
               the
               Hold
               ,
               to
               do
               what
               they
               pleased
               .
               And
               I
               not
               knowing
               of
               this
               matter
               ,
               the
               Men
               that
               were
               in
               the
               Boat
               called
               ,
               Hand
               the
               Buckets
               ,
               or
               we
               shall
               Sink
               .
               And
               I
               heard
               afterwards
               ,
               that
               none
               went
               ashore
               ,
               but
               whom
               they
               pleased
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               Every
               and
               his
               Crew
               .
               And
               I
               not
               knowing
               of
               it
               ,
               could
               not
               go
               ;
               and
               if
               I
               had
               known
               it
               ,
               I
               had
               not
               been
               admitted
               to
               go
               .
               Then
               we
               were
               carried
               two
               Leagues
               without
               the
               Groyn
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               I.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               Have
               you
               any
               Witnesses
               to
               call
               ?
            
          
           
             
               W.
               Bishop
               ,
            
             
               The
               King's
               Evidence
               is
               my
               Witness
               ;
               he
               commanded
               me
               to
               go
               into
               the
               Boat.
               
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               I.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               Will
               you
               ask
               him
               any
               Questions
               ?
            
          
           
             
               W.
               Bishop
               .
            
             
               No
               ▪
               my
               Lord.
               
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               I.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               
                 Iames
                 Lewis
                 ▪
              
               What
               have
               you
               to
               say
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Iames
               Lewis
               .
            
             
               I
               had
               been
               in
               France
               ,
               a
               little
               before
               the
               Ship
               came
               to
               the
               Groyn
               ,
               a
               Prisoner
               there
               ;
               but
               I
               knew
               nothing
               of
               Everies
               Design
               .
               By
               the
               command
               of
               our
               Officer
               I
               went
               aboard
               the
               Boat
               ,
               and
               as
               soon
               as
               we
               were
               in
               her
               ,
               we
               were
               over-power'd
               ,
               and
               carried
               away
               ;
               they
               took
               the
               Oars
               out
               of
               our
               Hands
               ,
               and
               carried
               us
               to
               the
               Ship
               Charles
               .
               And
               when
               we
               came
               aboard
               ,
               they
               put
               the
               Boat
               a
               drift
               ,
               and
               then
               they
               commanded
               me
               into
               the
               Fore-Castle
               ;
               they
               had
               Arms
               but
               we
               had
               none
               ,
               and
               so
               were
               forced
               to
               obey
               them
               .
               When
               the
               Boat
               was
               going
               off
               ,
               I
               heard
               a
               Noise
               of
               crying
               out
               for
               a
               Bucket
               .
               And
               when
               we
               were
               gone
               from
               the
               Groyn
               ,
               we
               were
               forced
               to
               do
               what
               they
               would
               have
               us
               ;
               it
               was
               against
               my
               Consent
               ,
               and
               against
               my
               Will.
               
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               I.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               
                 Io.
                 Sparks
              
               ,
               What
               say
               you
               ?
            
          
           
             
               I.
               Sparks
               .
            
             
               When
               Captain
               Humphries
               called
               to
               them
               that
               were
               gone
               into
               the
               Boat
               ,
               I
               was
               asleep
               ;
               but
               with
               the
               Noise
               of
               Gravets
               crying
               out
               ,
               He
               is
               coming
               ,
               I
               awaked
               ;
               and
               all
               put
               the
               Candles
               out
               for
               fear
               I
               should
               see
               them
               .
               And
               when
               the
               Men
               were
               come
               aboard
               ,
               I
               went
               on
               the
               Deck
               ,
               and
               they
               trow'd
               the
               Hammocks
               and
               knock'd
               me
               down
               .
            
          
           
             
               L
               C.
               I.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               Who
               did
               it
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Io.
               Sparks
               .
            
             
               The
               Hammocks
               they
               brought
               from
               the
               other
               Ships
               .
               I
               durst
               not
               do
               any
               otherwise
               than
               they
               bid
               me
               ;
               I
               was
               innocent
               of
               the
               thing
               .
               I
               ask'd
               what
               they
               were
               going
               to
               do
               ,
               and
               they
               said
               they
               were
               going
               for
               England
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               I.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               Who
               told
               you
               so
               ?
            
          
           
             
               I.
               Sparks
               .
            
             
               Iohn
               Dan.
               
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               I.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               
                 I.
                 Dan
              
               ,
               Did
               you
               tell
               
                 I.
                 Sparks
              
               the
               Ship
               was
               going
               for
               England
               ?
            
          
           
             
               I.
               Dan.
               
            
             
               I
               do
               not
               remember
               I
               saw
               him
               all
               the
               Night
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               I.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               I
               would
               ask
               you
               if
               he
               had
               no
               Share
               of
               the
               Plunder
               .
            
          
           
             
               I.
               Sparks
               .
            
             
               I
               was
               forced
               to
               take
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               
                 L.
                 C
              
               J.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               
                 Phil.
                 Midleton
              
               ,
               You
               had
               some
               Share
               ,
               had
               you
               not
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               Midleton
               .
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               my
               Lord.
               
            
          
           
             
               
                 L.
                 C.
              
               J.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               What
               became
               of
               it
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               Midleton
               .
            
             
               They
               took
               it
               away
               from
               me
               .
            
          
           
             
               
                 L.
                 C.
              
               J.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               Who
               took
               it
               from
               you
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               Midleton
               .
            
             
               
                 I.
                 Sparks
              
               robb'd
               me
               of
               it
               by
               Night
               .
            
          
           
             
               
                 L.
                 C.
              
               J.
               Holt.
               
            
             
               Did
               he
               take
               all
               away
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               Midleton
               .
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               all
               that
               I
               had
               there
               ,
               Two
               hundred
               seventy
               odd
               pieces
               of
               Gold
               ;
               it
               was
               in
               a
               Belt.
               
            
          
           
             
               J.
               Sparks
               .
            
             
               He
               took
               out
               his
               Money
               and
               shewed
               it
               to
               the
               Troopers
               ,
               and
               they
               made
               him
               Drunk
               and
               got
               it
               from
               him
               ;
               and
               the
               next
               Morning
               he
               said
               they
               took
               it
               from
               him
               .
            
          
           
             
               Phil.
               Midleton
               .
            
             
               I
               was
               forc'd
               to
               say
               so
               ,
               because
               if
               I
               had
               said
               he
               had
               it
               ,
               he
               would
               have
               made
               no
               more
               but
               to
               cut
               my
               Throat
               .
            
          
           
             
               
                 L.
                 C.
              
               J.
               Holt
               ,
            
             
               Have
               you
               any
               more
               to
               say
               ?
            
          
           
             
               J.
               Sparks
               .
            
             
               No
               ,
               my
               Lord.
               
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Soll.
               Gen.
               
            
             
               May
               it
               please
               your
               Lordship
               ,
               and
               you
               Gentlemen
               of
               the
               Jury
               ,
               I
               am
               of
               Counsel
               in
               this
               Case
               for
               the
               King
               against
               the
               Prisoners
               at
               the
               Bar.
               They
               are
               
               Araign'd
               for
               a
               very
               high
               Crime
               ,
               a
               Robbery
               upon
               the
               Seas
               .
               It
               was
               not
               a
               less
               Crime
               because
               committed
               on
               the
               Sea
               ,
               but
               rather
               the
               more
               .
               These
               Men
               had
               a
               Trust
               reposed
               in
               them
               to
               assist
               their
               Captain
               in
               his
               Voyage
               ;
               but
               instead
               of
               that
               ,
               they
               resist
               their
               Captain
               ,
               turn
               him
               out
               ,
               and
               run
               away
               with
               the
               Ship.
               They
               could
               not
               find
               Shelter
               in
               any
               other
               part
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               and
               I
               hope
               you
               will
               make
               it
               appear
               such
               Crimes
               shall
               not
               find
               Shelter
               here
               ,
               more
               than
               in
               other
               parts
               of
               the
               World.
               These
               are
               Crimes
               against
               the
               Laws
               of
               Nations
               ,
               and
               worse
               than
               Robbery
               on
               the
               Land
               :
               For
               in
               Case
               of
               a
               Robbery
               on
               the
               Land
               ,
               we
               know
               who
               is
               to
               pay
               it
               ;
               but
               in
               a
               Robbery
               by
               Sea
               ,
               it
               often
               happens
               that
               innocent
               Persons
               bear
               the
               loss
               of
               what
               these
               Men
               do
               .
               It
               has
               been
               very
               plainly
               proved
               against
               the
               Prisoners
               ,
               That
               the
               Ship
               Charles
               was
               run
               away
               with
               from
               the
               Groyn
               .
               And
               it
               is
               as
               plain
               by
               two
               Witnesses
               ,
               That
               all
               the
               Prisoners
               at
               the
               Bar
               were
               in
               this
               Ship
               ;
               by
               three
               that
               
                 W.
                 May
              
               in
               particular
               was
               one
               of
               them
               ;
               and
               by
               one
               that
               
                 W.
                 May
              
               was
               so
               far
               concerned
               ,
               that
               because
               
                 I.
                 Gravet
              
               seem'd
               to
               dislike
               it
               ▪
               he
               said
               ,
               He
               deserved
               to
               be
               shot
               through
               the
               Head
               :
               So
               that
               he
               that
               would
               make
               himself
               the
               most
               Innocent
               of
               the
               five
               ,
               is
               most
               Guilty
               .
            
             
               Now
               they
               have
               only
               this
               to
               say
               for
               themselves
               ,
               that
               they
               were
               forced
               to
               do
               what
               they
               did
               .
               But
               it
               has
               been
               proved
               to
               you
               that
               they
               were
               not
               forced
               ;
               it
               was
               said
               ,
               All
               might
               go
               that
               would
               .
               And
               it
               is
               not
               proved
               on
               their
               side
               ,
               that
               any
               one
               of
               the
               Prisoners
               did
               seem
               to
               dissent
               from
               their
               going
               away
               .
               It
               is
               proved
               that
               they
               all
               made
               use
               of
               this
               Ship
               to
               very
               bad
               Purposes
               ;
               that
               they
               took
               and
               plunder'd
               several
               Ships
               ,
               and
               shar'd
               the
               Booty
               ▪
               We
               do
               not
               produce
               this
               to
               prove
               them
               Guilty
               ,
               but
               to
               shew
               that
               they
               made
               use
               of
               this
               Ship
               to
               this
               very
               Purpose
               .
               Now
               if
               you
               allow
               what
               they
               say
               ,
               That
               they
               were
               forced
               to
               go
               away
               ;
               than
               you
               must
               never
               convict
               ,
               at
               any
               time
               ,
               one
               or
               two
               Highway
               Men
               that
               robs
               in
               the
               Company
               of
               four
               or
               five
               ;
               for
               they
               may
               say
               too
               that
               they
               were
               over-power'd
               ,
               and
               forc'd
               by
               their
               Company
               .
               It
               is
               so
               ,
               not
               only
               in
               case
               of
               Robbery
               ,
               but
               in
               all
               other
               Crimes
               also
               .
               They
               have
               said
               a
               great
               deal
               indeed
               ,
               but
               without
               any
               manner
               of
               probability
               of
               Truth
               .
               They
               have
               produced
               no
               Witnesses
               for
               themselves
               ,
               to
               prove
               any
               thing
               they
               have
               said
               .
               And
               the
               Witnesses
               for
               the
               King
               have
               given
               Testimony
               without
               any
               Exception
               .
               And
               ,
               I
               hope
               ,
               you
               will
               vindicate
               the
               Credit
               of
               the
               Nation
               ,
               and
               find
               them
               Guilty
               as
               the
               Evidence
               has
               proved
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                
                 J.
                 Holt.
                 
              
               
                 Gentlemen
                 of
                 the
                 Jury
                 ,
                 These
                 five
                 Prisoners
                 ,
                 
                   E.
                   Forseth
                   ,
                   W.
                   May
                   ,
                   W.
                   Bishop
                   ,
                   Ia.
                   Lewis
                
                 and
                 
                   I.
                   Sparks
                
                 ,
                 are
                 Indicted
                 for
                 a
                 Piracy
                 and
                 Robbery
                 committed
                 on
                 the
                 High-seas
                 ,
                 some
                 distance
                 from
                 the
                 Groyn
                 ,
                 in
                 taking
                 and
                 carrying
                 away
                 a
                 Ship
                 ,
                 and
                 several
                 Goods
                 therein
                 contained
                 ;
                 she
                 was
                 call'd
                 the
                 Charles
                 the
                 Second
                 .
                 This
                 was
                 done
                 in
                 May
                 last
                 was
                 two
                 Years
                 ,
                 1694.
                 
                 You
                 have
                 heard
                 what
                 Evidence
                 has
                 been
                 given
                 on
                 this
                 Indictment
                 against
                 the
                 Prisoners
                 .
              
               
                 It
                 has
                 appear'd
                 that
                 this
                 Ship
                 was
                 bound
                 in
                 a
                 Voyage
                 to
                 the
                 West-Indies
                 .
                 Two
                 of
                 the
                 Prisoners
                 ,
                 
                   W.
                   May
                
                 and
                 
                   I.
                   Sparks
                
                 ,
                 were
                 Seamen
                 then
                 on
                 board
                 this
                 Ship
                 ,
                 and
                 ingaged
                 in
                 the
                 Voyage
                 ;
                 the
                 other
                 three
                 were
                 not
                 Marriners
                 in
                 that
                 ,
                 but
                 in
                 another
                 Ship
                 ,
                 call'd
                 the
                 James
                 ,
                 that
                 lay
                 ,
                 at
                 that
                 time
                 ,
                 near
                 the
                 Groyn
                 ;
                 but
                 they
                 came
                 aboard
                 the
                 Ship
                 Charles
                 before
                 ,
                 and
                 continued
                 on
                 board
                 her
                 when
                 she
                 was
                 carried
                 away
                 .
              
               
                 That
                 there
                 was
                 a
                 Piracy
                 committed
                 on
                 the
                 Ship
                 Charles
                 ,
                 is
                 most
                 apparent
                 by
                 the
                 Evidence
                 that
                 hath
                 been
                 given
                 ;
                 that
                 is
                 ,
                 a
                 Force
                 was
                 put
                 on
                 the
                 Master
                 and
                 some
                 others
                 of
                 the
                 Seamen
                 on
                 board
                 her
                 ,
                 who
                 because
                 they
                 would
                 not
                 agree
                 to
                 go
                 on
                 a
                 piratical
                 Expedition
                 ,
                 had
                 liberty
                 to
                 depart
                 ,
                 and
                 be
                 set
                 ashore
                 .
                 But
                 the
                 Ship
                 was
                 taken
                 from
                 the
                 Captain
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 possessed
                 of
                 her
                 for
                 the
                 use
                 of
                 the
                 Owners
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 carried
                 away
                 by
                 Every
                 and
                 others
                 of
                 his
                 Crew
                 that
                 remained
                 on
                 board
                 her
                 ;
                 and
                 others
                 came
                 from
                 the
                 James
                 ,
                 which
                 taking
                 was
                 a
                 Piracy
                 that
                 is
                 manifested
                 by
                 the
                 use
                 they
                 did
                 put
                 her
                 to
                 ,
                 for
                 they
                 did
                 afterwards
                 commit
                 several
                 other
                 Piracies
                 with
                 her
                 ,
                 and
                 took
                 several
                 English
                 and
                 Danish
                 Ships
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 went
                 to
                 several
                 Islands
                 ,
                 Countries
                 and
                 Places
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 the
                 Isles
                 of
                 May
                 and
                 Princes
                 ,
                 to
                 Madagascar
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 to
                 Joanna
                 ,
                 and
                 afterwards
                 to
                 Meat
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 to
                 the
                 Red-Sea
                 ;
                 and
                 at
                 the
                 entrance
                 of
                 the
                 Red-Sea
                 committed
                 more
                 Piracies
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 manner
                 as
                 you
                 have
                 heard
                 ,
                 and
                 has
                 been
                 very
                 particularly
                 described
                 to
                 you
                 .
                 So
                 that
                 I
                 must
                 tell
                 you
                 ,
                 beyond
                 all
                 contradiction
                 ,
                 the
                 force
                 put
                 on
                 the
                 Captain
                 ,
                 and
                 taking
                 away
                 this
                 Ship
                 ,
                 call'd
                 the
                 Charles
                 the
                 Second
                 ,
                 was
                 a
                 Piracy
                 ;
                 and
                 for
                 that
                 particular
                 Fact
                 these
                 Prisoners
                 are
                 now
                 Charged
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Matter
                 you
                 are
                 now
                 to
                 inquire
                 after
                 ,
                 is
                 whether
                 all
                 these
                 Prisoners
                 were
                 Guilty
                 of
                 this
                 Piracy
                 ,
                 or
                 which
                 of
                 them
                 .
              
               
                 As
                 for
                 
                   Ed.
                   Foreseth
                   ,
                   Bishop
                
                 and
                 Lewis
                 ,
                 it
                 hath
                 appear'd
                 to
                 you
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 ,
                 with
                 others
                 ,
                 were
                 aboard
                 the
                 Ship
                 James
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 there
                 was
                 a
                 Report
                 spread
                 about
                 of
                 a
                 Plot
                 against
                 the
                 Captain
                 of
                 the
                 Charles
                 the
                 Second
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 Design
                 to
                 carry
                 that
                 Ship
                 away
                 .
                 To
                 prevent
                 which
                 ,
                 there
                 were
                 some
                 of
                 these
                 Men
                 sent
                 out
                 in
                 a
                 Boat
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 Captain
                 of
                 the
                 James
                 ,
                 to
                 this
                 Ship
                 to
                 assist
                 Captain
                 Gibson
                 ,
                 but
                 instead
                 of
                 preventing
                 this
                 Piracy
                 ,
                 they
                 stayed
                 behind
                 and
                 went
                 along
                 with
                 these
                 Men
                 that
                 carried
                 away
                 the
                 Ship.
                 
              
               
               
                 As
                 to
                 
                   Will.
                   May
                
                 and
                 
                   Io.
                   Sparks
                
                 ,
                 that
                 were
                 of
                 this
                 Ships
                 Crew
                 ,
                 they
                 continued
                 on
                 board
                 ,
                 and
                 were
                 Parties
                 in
                 all
                 those
                 Piracies
                 .
              
               
                 There
                 was
                 a
                 Consult
                 ,
                 it
                 seems
                 ,
                 by
                 some
                 particular
                 Persons
                 ,
                 of
                 which
                 Every
                 was
                 the
                 Ringleader
                 ,
                 how
                 to
                 effect
                 this
                 Design
                 ,
                 Captain
                 Every
                 as
                 they
                 call
                 him
                 ;
                 though
                 he
                 was
                 no
                 Captain
                 ,
                 but
                 was
                 under
                 the
                 Command
                 of
                 Captain
                 Gibson
                 that
                 had
                 the
                 Conduct
                 of
                 this
                 Ship.
                 
              
               
                 It
                 's
                 true
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 not
                 proved
                 to
                 you
                 that
                 these
                 Men
                 were
                 at
                 that
                 Consult
                 ;
                 for
                 ,
                 it
                 seems
                 ,
                 they
                 were
                 too
                 many
                 ,
                 for
                 they
                 were
                 about
                 160
                 that
                 remained
                 on
                 board
                 when
                 the
                 Ship
                 was
                 carried
                 off
                 .
              
               
                 Now
                 for
                 
                   W.
                   May
                   ,
                   Io.
                   Gravet
                
                 ,
                 second
                 Mate
                 ,
                 that
                 was
                 aboard
                 ,
                 and
                 though
                 he
                 had
                 a
                 Pistol
                 clapt
                 to
                 him
                 to
                 prevent
                 any
                 resistance
                 ,
                 yet
                 had
                 liberty
                 to
                 depart
                 ;
                 and
                 upon
                 his
                 going
                 off
                 discoursed
                 with
                 May
                 ,
                 who
                 shook
                 Hands
                 with
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 bid
                 him
                 farewel
                 ,
                 and
                 remember
                 him
                 to
                 his
                 Wife
                 .
                 And
                 therefore
                 it
                 is
                 evident
                 that
                 
                   W.
                   May
                
                 was
                 under
                 no
                 force
                 to
                 stay
                 ;
                 he
                 staied
                 with
                 his
                 good
                 Will
                 ,
                 and
                 did
                 consent
                 to
                 the
                 Piracy
                 .
                 And
                 then
                 another
                 Witness
                 is
                 
                   D.
                   Cray
                
                 ,
                 who
                 says
                 ,
                 that
                 May
                 was
                 so
                 zealous
                 in
                 the
                 matter
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 said
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 
                   God
                   Damn
                   him
                   he
                   deserv'd
                   to
                   be
                   Shot
                   through
                   the
                   Head.
                   
                
              
               
                 Sparks
                 was
                 on
                 Board
                 the
                 Ship
                 and
                 had
                 a
                 design'd
                 end
                 ,
                 and
                 no
                 compulsion
                 was
                 used
                 towards
                 him
                 ,
                 but
                 since
                 had
                 liberty
                 to
                 depart
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 staying
                 behind
                 by
                 the
                 rest
                 ,
                 is
                 a
                 great
                 Evidence
                 to
                 induce
                 you
                 to
                 believe
                 they
                 were
                 Parties
                 in
                 the
                 Design
                 ;
                 for
                 why
                 else
                 should
                 not
                 they
                 go
                 ashore
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 others
                 ,
                 since
                 there
                 doth
                 not
                 appear
                 any
                 restraint
                 upon
                 them
                 to
                 stay
                 ,
                 especially
                 when
                 a
                 general
                 word
                 was
                 given
                 ,
                 that
                 those
                 who
                 would
                 go
                 on
                 Shoar
                 should
                 go
                 on
                 the
                 Deck
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 Boat
                 was
                 ready
                 to
                 carry
                 them
                 off
                 .
              
               
                 They
                 say
                 ,
                 they
                 wanted
                 a
                 Bucket
                 in
                 the
                 Boat
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 gave
                 them
                 one
                 to
                 lave
                 out
                 the
                 Water
                 ;
                 that
                 is
                 a
                 plain
                 Evidence
                 they
                 were
                 willing
                 to
                 be
                 rid
                 of
                 those
                 that
                 were
                 not
                 willing
                 to
                 Engage
                 with
                 them
                 ;
                 and
                 if
                 they
                 had
                 not
                 approved
                 of
                 the
                 Design
                 ,
                 they
                 were
                 not
                 hindred
                 from
                 going
                 in
                 the
                 Boat.
                 As
                 for
                 those
                 that
                 came
                 from
                 the
                 James
                 ,
                 there
                 was
                 no
                 manner
                 of
                 Force
                 on
                 them
                 ,
                 but
                 they
                 were
                 sent
                 from
                 the
                 Capt.
                 to
                 assist
                 the
                 Capt.
                 of
                 the
                 Charles
                 ;
                 for
                 those
                 two
                 Ships
                 having
                 lain
                 near
                 together
                 at
                 the
                 Groyn
                 ,
                 there
                 was
                 some
                 Inteligence
                 of
                 such
                 a
                 Design
                 in
                 agitation
                 ,
                 and
                 these
                 three
                 forsook
                 their
                 own
                 Ship
                 ;
                 Every
                 declared
                 his
                 Design
                 to
                 some
                 :
                 And
                 he
                 told
                 them
                 what
                 Shares
                 they
                 should
                 have
                 ;
                 and
                 because
                 he
                 was
                 their
                 Capt.
                 and
                 Commander
                 ,
                 he
                 thought
                 himself
                 intituled
                 to
                 a
                 doble
                 share
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 then
                 you
                 have
                 heard
                 what
                 was
                 done
                 in
                 the
                 whole
                 Progress
                 of
                 this
                 wicked
                 Design
                 ,
                 Every
                 one
                 of
                 these
                 Men
                 had
                 their
                 share
                 ,
                 even
                 this
                 
                   W.
                   May
                
                 ,
                 tho
                 he
                 was
                 sick
                 for
                 some
                 time
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 set
                 ashore
                 at
                 Joanna
                 ,
                 and
                 at
                 the
                 Ships
                 return
                 taken
                 in
                 again
                 ,
                 yet
                 he
                 had
                 his
                 share
                 of
                 all
                 the
                 Prizes
                 .
                 
                   W.
                   Bishop
                
                 had
                 his
                 share
                 ,
                 
                   James
                   Lewis
                
                 had
                 his
                 share
                 ,
                 and
                 
                   John
                   Sparks
                
                 had
                 his
                 share
                 ;
                 and
                 ,
                 says
                 this
                 young
                 Man
                 
                   Phillip
                   Midleton
                
                 ,
                 I
                 had
                 my
                 share
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 above
                 an
                 hundred
                 Pound
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 thought
                 by
                 them
                 to
                 be
                 a
                 good
                 share
                 for
                 a
                 Boy
                 ;
                 and
                 Sparks
                 took
                 him
                 at
                 a
                 disadvantage
                 ,
                 and
                 having
                 an
                 opportunity
                 ,
                 took
                 it
                 from
                 him
                 .
              
               
                 Now
                 if
                 there
                 be
                 a
                 Piracy
                 committed
                 tho
                 contrived
                 but
                 by
                 one
                 Man
                 ,
                 yet
                 if
                 others
                 do
                 concur
                 in
                 it
                 they
                 are
                 equally
                 Guilty
                 .
              
               
                 Now
                 tho
                 these
                 Prisoners
                 tell
                 you
                 ,
                 there
                 was
                 a
                 force
                 upon
                 them
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 a
                 meer
                 suggesttion
                 ,
                 without
                 any
                 manner
                 of
                 Evidence
                 ;
                 But
                 there
                 is
                 Evidence
                 of
                 their
                 consenting
                 and
                 confederating
                 in
                 this
                 wicked
                 Enterprise
                 .
              
               
                 Indeed
                 there
                 hath
                 been
                 a
                 Tryal
                 before
                 ,
                 which
                 you
                 have
                 all
                 heard
                 of
                 ;
                 for
                 the
                 City
                 and
                 Nation
                 have
                 discoursed
                 of
                 it
                 ;
                 consider
                 therefore
                 the
                 Evidence
                 .
                 You
                 have
                 a
                 great
                 Trust
                 reposed
                 in
                 you
                 ,
                 for
                 you
                 are
                 not
                 to
                 act
                 Arbitrarily
                 ,
                 but
                 you
                 are
                 accountable
                 to
                 God
                 Almighty
                 ,
                 to
                 whom
                 you
                 are
                 sworn
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 the
                 Government
                 for
                 the
                 Verdict
                 you
                 give
                 .
                 If
                 you
                 are
                 not
                 satisfied
                 in
                 your
                 Consciences
                 that
                 the
                 Evidence
                 is
                 sufficient
                 to
                 find
                 these
                 Men
                 Guilty
                 ▪
                 in
                 God's
                 Name
                 ,
                 acquit
                 them
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 if
                 you
                 are
                 satisfied
                 in
                 the
                 sufficiency
                 of
                 the
                 Evidence
                 to
                 convict
                 them
                 ,
                 you
                 must
                 find
                 them
                 Guilty
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               
                 Cl.
                 of
                 Ar.
                 
              
               
                 Cryer
                 ,
                 swear
                 an
                 Officer
                 to
                 keep
                 the
                 Jury
                 ;
                 which
                 was
                 done
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 jury
                 went
                 out
                 to
                 consider
                 of
                 their
                 Verdict
                 .
                 And
                 in
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 ,
                 the
                 six
                 Prisoners
                 were
                 again
                 araigned
                 upon
                 two
                 several
                 Indictments
                 ,
                 the
                 one
                 for
                 piratically
                 taking
                 away
                 a
                 Moorish
                 Ship
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 other
                 for
                 committing
                 Piracy
                 upon
                 two
                 Danish
                 Ships
                 .
                 To
                 both
                 which
                 Indictments
                 
                   Joseph
                   Dawson
                
                 pleaded
                 Guilty
                 ;
                 the
                 other
                 five
                 pleaded
                 not
                 Guilty
                 ,
                 and
                 put
                 themselves
                 upon
                 their
                 Tryals
                 .
              
               
                 Then
                 the
                 Jury
                 having
                 been
                 withdrawn
                 a
                 little
                 while
                 returned
                 into
                 Court.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Foreman
                 .
              
               
                 If
                 there
                 be
                 any
                 Evidence
                 to
                 prove
                 that
                 
                   John
                   Sparks
                
                 consented
                 to
                 the
                 runing
                 away
                 of
                 the
                 Ship
                 ,
                 we
                 desire
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 heard
                 again
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                
                 J.
                 H.
                 
              
               
                 He
                 was
                 with
                 them
                 at
                 the
                 carrying
                 off
                 the
                 Ship
                 ,
                 and
                 at
                 the
                 taking
                 of
                 the
                 several
                 Prizes
                 ,
                 and
                 had
                 his
                 Share
                 afterwards
                 .
                 What
                 is
                 Consent
                 ?
                 Can
                 Men
                 otherwise
                 Demonsttrate
                 their
                 Consent
                 ,
                 than
                 by
                 their
                 Actions
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Juryman
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 we
                 understand
                 ,
                 my
                 Lord
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 tryed
                 upon
                 his
                 consenting
                 to
                 carry
                 away
                 the
                 Ship.
                 
              
            
             
               
               
                 L.
                 C.
                 I.
                 Holt.
                 
              
               
                 What
                 do
                 you
                 mean
                 by
                 Consenting
                 ?
                 If
                 a
                 Ship
                 be
                 carried
                 away
                 with
                 force
                 from
                 the
                 Captain
                 ,
                 diverse
                 Piracies
                 are
                 committed
                 with
                 her
                 ,
                 one
                 continues
                 aboard
                 and
                 receives
                 a
                 Share
                 of
                 the
                 Profit
                 of
                 the
                 several
                 Piracies
                 ;
                 Is
                 not
                 that
                 an
                 Evidence
                 of
                 Consent
                 to
                 the
                 piratical
                 Design
                 ?
                 Was
                 it
                 not
                 proved
                 that
                 many
                 went
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Ship
                 ,
                 that
                 were
                 not
                 willing
                 to
                 go
                 on
                 that
                 Design
                 ?
                 And
                 that
                 was
                 with
                 the
                 leave
                 of
                 the
                 rest
                 that
                 remained
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Mr.
                 I.
                 Eyres
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 one
                 stood
                 on
                 the
                 Deck
                 ,
                 and
                 said
                 with
                 a
                 loud
                 Voice
                 ,
                 That
                 they
                 that
                 will
                 not
                 go
                 may
                 have
                 liberty
                 to
                 go
                 ashore
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Mr.
                 Coniers
                 .
              
               
                 No
                 Man
                 was
                 hindered
                 but
                 the
                 Doctor
                 ,
                 being
                 a
                 useful
                 Man.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 L.
                 C.
                 I.
                 Holt.
                 
              
               
                 When
                 a
                 Ship
                 is
                 run
                 away
                 with
                 ,
                 and
                 People
                 are
                 aboard
                 that
                 Ship
                 so
                 run
                 away
                 with
                 ,
                 that
                 proves
                 their
                 Consent
                 ,
                 unless
                 they
                 can
                 produce
                 Evidence
                 to
                 the
                 contrary
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Mr.
                 I.
                 Turton
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Captain
                 was
                 in
                 his
                 Bed
                 sick
                 of
                 a
                 Fever
                 at
                 that
                 time
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 not
                 willing
                 to
                 go
                 with
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 sent
                 him
                 away
                 from
                 them
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Mr.
                 I.
                 Eyres
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 every
                 Man
                 had
                 his
                 Share
                 .
              
            
             
               Then
               the
               Iury
               consulting
               together
               a
               very
               little
               time
               ,
               agreed
               on
               their
               Verdict
               .
            
             
               
                 Cl.
                 of
                 Ar.
                 
              
               
                 Gentlemen
                 of
                 the
                 Jury
                 ,
                 Answer
                 to
                 your
                 Names
                 ,
                 
                   Io.
                   Degrave
                
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Io.
                 Degrave
                 .
              
               
                 Here
                 (
                 and
                 so
                 of
                 the
                 rest
                 .
                 )
              
            
             
               
                 Cl.
                 of
                 Ar.
                 
              
               
                 Gentlemen
                 ,
                 Are
                 you
                 all
                 agreed
                 of
                 your
                 Verdict
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Iury.
                 
              
               
                 Yes
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Cl.
                 of
                 Ar.
                 
              
               
                 Who
                 shall
                 say
                 for
                 you
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Iury.
                 
              
               
                 Our
                 Foreman
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Cl.
                 of
                 Ar.
                 
              
               
                 Set
                 
                   Ed.
                   Foreseth
                
                 to
                 the
                 Bar.
                 
                   Ed.
                   Foreseth
                
                 ,
                 hold
                 up
                 thy
                 Hand
                 (
                 which
                 he
                 did
                 .
                 )
                 Look
                 upon
                 the
                 Prisoner
                 ;
                 Is
                 
                   Edward
                   Foreseth
                
                 Guilty
                 of
                 the
                 Piracy
                 and
                 Robbery
                 whereof
                 he
                 stands
                 Indicted
                 ,
                 or
                 not
                 Guilty
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Foreman
                 .
              
               
                 Guilty
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Cl.
                 of
                 Ar.
                 
              
               
                 Look
                 to
                 him
                 Keeper
                 .
                 What
                 Goods
                 and
                 Chattels
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Foreman
                 .
              
               
                 None
                 that
                 we
                 know
                 of
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Cl.
                 of
                 Ar.
                 
              
               
                 
                   W.
                   May
                
                 ,
                 hold
                 up
                 thy
                 Hand
                 (
                 which
                 he
                 did
                 .
                 )
                 Is
                 
                   W.
                   May
                
                 Guilty
                 ,
                 &c.
                 or
                 not
                 Guilty
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Foreman
                 .
              
               
                 Guilty
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Cl.
                 of
                 Ar.
                 
              
               
                 Look
                 to
                 him
                 Keeper
                 ,
                 
                   &c.
                   W.
                   Bishop
                
                 ,
                 hold
                 up
                 thy
                 Hand
                 (
                 which
                 he
                 did
                 .
                 )
                 Is
                 
                   W.
                   Bishop
                
                 Guilty
                 ,
                 &c.
                 or
                 not
                 Guilty
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Foreman
                 .
              
               
                 Guilty
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Cl.
                 of
                 Ar.
                 
              
               
                 Look
                 to
                 him
                 Keeper
                 ,
                 
                   &c.
                   Ia.
                   Lewis
                
                 ,
                 hold
                 up
                 thy
                 Hand
                 (
                 which
                 he
                 did
                 .
                 )
                 Is
                 
                   Ia.
                   Lewis
                
                 Guilty
                 ,
                 &c.
                 or
                 not
                 Guilty
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Foreman
                 .
              
               
                 Guilty
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Cl.
                 of
                 Ar.
                 
              
               
                 Look
                 to
                 him
                 Keeper
                 ,
                 
                   &c.
                   
                   Io.
                   Sparks
                
                 ,
                 hold
                 up
                 thy
                 Hand
                 (
                 which
                 he
                 did
                 .
                 )
                 Is
                 
                   Io.
                   Sparks
                
                 Guilty
                 ,
                 &c.
                 or
                 not
                 Guilty
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Foreman
                 .
              
               
                 Guilty
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Cl.
                 of
                 Ar.
                 
              
               
                 Look
                 to
                 him
                 Keeper
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 L.
                 C.
                 I.
                 Holt.
                 
              
               
                 Gentlemen
                 ,
                 You
                 have
                 done
                 extreamly
                 well
                 ,
                 and
                 you
                 have
                 done
                 very
                 much
                 to
                 regain
                 the
                 Honour
                 of
                 the
                 Nation
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 City
                 .
              
            
             
               Then
               the
               Court
               Adjourn'd
               to
               Friday
               next
               the
               6th
               of
               Novemb.
               two
               of
               the
               Clock
               in
               the
               Afternoon
               .
               On
               which
               Day
               
                 Ed.
                 Foreseth
              
               ,
               &c.
               were
               Tryed
               upon
               two
               other
               Indictment
               for
               several
               Piracies
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
           An
           Abstract
           of
           the
           Tryal
           of
           
             Ed.
             Foreseth
             ,
             James
             Lewis
             ,
             Will.
             May
             ,
             Will.
             Bishop
             ,
             Jo.
             Sparks
             ,
             (
             Joseph
             Dawson
          
           having
           pleaded
           Guilty
           upon
           his
           Araignment
           )
           at
           the
           Sessions-House
           in
           the
           
             Old-Baily
             ,
             Friday
             Novemb.
          
           the
           6th
           1696.
           where
           were
           present
           Sir
           Charles
           Hedges
           Iudge
           of
           the
           High-Court
           of
           Admiralty
           ,
           the
           Lord
           Chief
           Iustice
           Holt
           ,
           Lord
           Chief
           Iustice
           Treby
           ,
           with
           several
           others
           of
           his
           Majesties
           Iudges
           and
           Commissioners
           .
        
         
           After
           several
           Challenges
           made
           by
           the
           Prisoners
           ,
           of
           the
           Persons
           returned
           upon
           the
           Jury
           ,
           these
           Twelve
           Gentlemen
           ,
           were
           Sworn
           ,
           viz.
           
        
         
           
             Roger
             Mott
          
           
             Iohn
             Iames
          
           
             Richard
             Rider
          
           
             William
             Hunt
          
           
             Iohn
             Hammond
          
           
             Abraham
             Hickman
          
           
             Iohn
             Watson
          
           
             Benjamin
             Hooper
          
           
             Iohn
             Hibbert
          
           
             Richard
             Chiswell
          
           
             Daniel
             Ray
          
           
             William
             Hatch
             .
          
        
         
           THen
           the
           Clerk
           Read
           the
           Two
           Indictments
           upon
           which
           they
           were
           Tryed
           ;
           viz.
           One
           for
           Scifing
           ,
           Robbing
           and
           Carrying
           away
           Two
           Ships
           belonging
           to
           Denmark
           ,
           on
           the
           30th
           of
           August
           ,
           1694.
           
           The
           other
           for
           that
           they
           ,
           on
           the
           28th
           of
           September
           ,
           1695.
           in
           a
           Place
           40
           Leagues
           distant
           from
           Surrat
           ,
           did
           Forcibly
           and
           Piratically
           set
           upon
           a
           Moorish
           Ship
           ,
           and
           take
           away
           her
           Tackle
           and
           Goods
           ,
           to
           a
           great
           Value
           .
        
         
           
             Then
             Dr.
          
           Newton
           ,
           
             one
             of
             his
             Majesties
             Advocates
             ,
             spoke
             to
             the
             Iury
             ,
             as
             followeth
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     My
                     Lord
                     ,
                     and
                     Gentlemen
                     of
                     the
                     Iury
                     ,
                  
                
                 
                   The
                   Crime
                   the
                   Prisoners
                   at
                   the
                   Bar
                   stand
                   Charged
                   with
                   ,
                   and
                   which
                   has
                   been
                   opened
                   to
                   you
                   ,
                   upon
                   the
                   Indictments
                   ,
                   is
                   Piracy
                   ;
                   which
                   is
                   the
                   worst
                   sort
                   of
                   Robbery
                   ,
                   both
                   in
                   its
                   Nature
                   and
                   its
                   Effects
                   ,
                   since
                   it
                   disturbs
                   the
                   Commerce
                   and
                   Friendship
                   betwixt
                   different
                   Nations
                   ;
                   and
                   if
                   left
                   unpunished
                   ,
                   involved
                   them
                   in
                   War
                   and
                   Blood
                   :
                   For
                   sovereign
                   Powers
                   and
                   Nations
                   have
                   no
                   Courts
                   of
                   Justice
                   afterwards
                   to
                   refort
                   to
                   ,
                   as
                   the
                   Subjects
                   of
                   Princes
                   have
                   ,
                   in
                   their
                   own
                   Countries
                   ,
                   for
                   Redress
                   or
                   Punishment
                   ;
                   but
                   they
                   can
                   only
                   have
                   recourse
                   to
                   Arms
                   and
                   War
                   ,
                   which
                   how
                   Expensive
                   ,
                   and
                   how
                   Dangerous
                   they
                   are
                   ,
                   and
                   what
                   Calamities
                   and
                   Ruin
                   they
                   carry
                   along
                   with
                   them
                   ,
                   no
                   
                   Person
                   can
                   be
                   a
                   Stranger
                   to
                   .
                   So
                   that
                   those
                   who
                   bring
                   not
                   such
                   Criminals
                   to
                   Judgment
                   ,
                   when
                   it
                   lies
                   in
                   their
                   Power
                   ,
                   and
                   is
                   their
                   Duty
                   to
                   do
                   so
                   ,
                   are
                   answerable
                   ,
                   in
                   a
                   great
                   Measure
                   ,
                   before
                   God
                   and
                   Man
                   ,
                   for
                   all
                   the
                   fatal
                   Consequences
                   of
                   such
                   Acquittals
                   ,
                   which
                   bring
                   a
                   Scandal
                   on
                   the
                   publick
                   Justice
                   ,
                   and
                   are
                   often
                   attended
                   with
                   publick
                   Calamities
                   .
                
                 
                   It
                   is
                   not
                   therefore
                   ,
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   to
                   be
                   supposed
                   ,
                   that
                   Wise
                   or
                   Honest
                   Men
                   ,
                   (
                   and
                   there
                   are
                   none
                   who
                   would
                   be
                   thouhght
                   to
                   be
                   otherwise
                   )
                   who
                   love
                   their
                   Country
                   ,
                   and
                   wish
                   its
                   Peace
                   and
                   Prosperity
                   ,
                   would
                   be
                   guilty
                   in
                   that
                   kind
                   .
                
                 
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   This
                   Piracy
                   was
                   begun
                   in
                   Europe
                   ,
                   carried
                   on
                   through
                   Africa
                   ,
                   and
                   ended
                   in
                   the
                   remotest
                   Indies
                   ;
                   so
                   that
                   ,
                   in
                   a
                   manner
                   ▪
                   all
                   the
                   World
                   is
                   concerned
                   in
                   this
                   Tryal
                   ,
                   and
                   expects
                   and
                   demands
                   Justice
                   of
                   them
                   ,
                   if
                   they
                   are
                   Guilty
                   ,
                   at
                   your
                   Hands
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           Then
           the
           Witnesses
           were
           Produced
           to
           prove
           the
           Facts
           charged
           upon
           the
           Prisoners
           ,
           
             viz.
             Io.
             Dan
             ,
             David
             Cray
             ,
             Phil.
             Midleton
             ,
          
           and
           others
           ;
           who
           fully
           proved
           against
           them
           ,
           That
           the
           Prisoners
           ,
           with
           several
           other
           wicked
           Persons
           ,
           not
           yet
           taken
           ,
           did
           forcibly
           take
           away
           the
           Ship
           Charles
           the
           Second
           from
           the
           lawful
           Commander
           ,
           Captain
           Gibson
           ,
           with
           a
           piratical
           Design
           .
           And
           in
           the
           said
           Ship
           did
           afterwards
           commit
           several
           Piracies
           ;
           at
           the
           Isle
           of
           May
           they
           took
           three
           English
           Ships
           .
           From
           there
           they
           went
           to
           the
           Coast
           of
           Guinea
           ,
           and
           when
           some
           of
           the
           Natives
           came
           on
           board
           with
           their
           Gold
           ▪
           to
           trade
           with
           them
           ,
           they
           took
           away
           their
           Gold
           ▪
           and
           carried
           them
           away
           for
           Slaves
           .
           And
           they
           went
           to
           the
           Isle
           of
           Princes
           and
           took
           two
           Danish
           Ships
           ,
           and
           took
           out
           what
           was
           in
           them
           ;
           viz.
           40
           Pound
           weight
           of
           Gold-dust
           ,
           and
           other
           Merchandise
           ;
           and
           they
           offered
           to
           restore
           one
           of
           the
           Ships
           to
           the
           Master
           after
           they
           had
           robbed
           her
           ,
           but
           the
           Master
           he
           said
           she
           was
           insured
           ,
           and
           he
           would
           not
           take
           her
           again
           .
           And
           afterwards
           they
           burnt
           one
           of
           the
           Ships
           ,
           and
           carried
           away
           the
           other
           .
           Then
           they
           went
           to
           Bobs
           Key
           ,
           at
           the
           Mouth
           of
           the
           Red-Sea
           ,
           waiting
           for
           the
           Moco
           Fleet
           ,
           which
           one
           Night
           past
           by
           them
           unseen
           ;
           but
           were
           informed
           the
           next
           Day
           that
           they
           were
           gone
           .
           And
           then
           calling
           a
           Council
           they
           agreed
           to
           follow
           them
           ;
           and
           accordingly
           went
           after
           them
           ,
           and
           came
           up
           with
           one
           of
           them
           ▪
           which
           was
           about
           250
           Tun
           ,
           and
           with
           small
           resistance
           took
           her
           ,
           and
           put
           some
           Men
           on
           board
           her
           ,
           and
           took
           out
           Gold
           and
           Silver
           out
           of
           her
           to
           the
           Value
           of
           30
           or
           40000
           l.
           with
           other
           Merchandise
           .
           And
           afterwards
           met
           with
           the
           Ship
           called
           the
           Gunsway
           ,
           and
           robbed
           her
           likewise
           of
           all
           her
           Furniture
           ▪
           to
           a
           very
           great
           Value
           .
           And
           about
           a
           Week
           after
           they
           shared
           all
           the
           Prizes
           they
           had
           taken
           ▪
           and
           some
           had
           a
           thousand
           Pound
           ,
           some
           had
           eight
           hundred
           ,
           some
           seven
           hundred
           ,
           some
           five
           hundred
           ;
           every
           Man
           in
           the
           Ship
           his
           Share
           ,
           as
           they
           thought
           they
           deserved
           .
           And
           it
           was
           particularly
           proved
           by
           the
           Evidence
           against
           the
           Prisoners
           that
           they
           had
           their
           Shares
           .
           
             The
             more
             ▪
             particular
             〈◊〉
             of
             which
             is
             already
             Printed
             at
             large
             ,
             in
             the
             foregoing
             Tryal
             .
          
        
         
           When
           the
           King's
           Evidence
           had
           done
           ,
           the
           Prisoners
           were
           permitted
           to
           say
           what
           they
           could
           in
           their
           Defence
           ;
           out
           the
           same
           appearing
           to
           be
           very
           weak
           ,
           the
           L.
           C.
           J.
           Holt
           summed
           up
           the
           Evidence
           ▪
           and
           the
           Jury
           going
           out
           to
           consider
           their
           Verdict
           ,
           after
           a
           short
           stay
           ,
           brought
           them
           in
           all
           Guilty
           .
        
         
           
             Then
             the
             Court
             Adjourned
             to
             the
             10th
             of
             November
             following
             .
          
           
             
               After
               the
               Tryal
               of
            
             John
             Murphey
             
               was
               over
               ,
               the
               Pirates
               were
               brought
               to
               the
               Bar.
               
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               of
               Ar.
               
            
             
               
                 Ioseph
                 Dawson
              
               ,
               you
               by
               your
               own
               Confession
               are
               Convicted
               of
               Piracy
               and
               Robbery
               .
               What
               have
               you
               to
               say
               why
               Sentence
               of
               Death
               shall
               not
               be
               passed
               upon
               you
               according
               to
               Law.
               
            
          
           
             
               Io.
               Dawson
               .
            
             
               I
               submit
               my self
               to
               the
               King
               and
               the
               honourable
               Bench.
               
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               of
               Ar.
               
            
             
               
                 Edward
                 Foreseth
              
               ,
               What
               have
               you
               to
               say
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             
               Foreseth
               .
            
             
               I
               am
               an
               innocent
               Man
               ;
               and
               went
               on
               to
               jushifie
               himself
               .
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             
               Iudge
               of
               the
               Admiralty
               .
            
             
               You
               and
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               Prisoners
               at
               the
               Bar
               have
               had
               a
               very
               fair
               Tryal
               ▪
               and
               been
               fully
               heard
               upon
               your
               Defence
               ;
               but
               the
               Jury
               your
               Countrey-men
               ,
               upon
               whom
               you
               put
               your selves
               to
               be
               tried
               ,
               have
               found
               you
               Guilty
               .
               So
               that
               the
               insisting
               upon
               your
               Justification
               cannot
               now
               avail
               you
               any
               thing
               ,
               the
               Verdict
               being
               given
               ;
               but
               if
               you
               have
               any
               thing
               to
               offer
               in
               arrest
               of
               Judgment
               ,
               or
               can
               shew
               any
               Cause
               why
               the
               Court
               should
               not
               proceed
               to
               give
               Judgment
               according
               as
               the
               Law
               directs
               ,
               against
               Persons
               Convicted
               of
               Piracy
               ,
               you
               shall
               have
               liberty
               to
               speak
               ,
               and
               will
               be
               heard
               .
            
          
           
             
               Foreseth
               .
            
             
               I
               desire
               to
               be
               sent
               into
               India
               to
               suffer
               there
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               of
               Ar.
               
            
             
               
                 William
                 May
              
               ,
               What
               have
               you
               to
               say
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             
               William
               May.
               
            
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
               I
               being
               a
               very
               sickly
               Man
               ,
               never
               acted
               in
               all
               the
               Voyage
               .
               I
               have
               served
               my
               King
               and
               Countrey
               this
               thirty
               Years
               ,
               and
               am
               very
               willing
               to
               serve
               the
               East-India
               Company
               where
               they
               please
               to
               command
               me
               ;
               and
               desire
               the
               honourable
               Bench
               to
               consider
               my
               Case
               ,
               and
               if
               I
               must
               suffer
               ,
               I
               desire
               to
               be
               sent
               into
               India
               to
               suffer
               there
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               of
               Ar.
               
            
             
               
                 William
                 Bishop
              
               ,
               What
               have
               you
               to
               say
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             
               Will.
               Bishop
               .
            
             
               I
               was
               forced
               away
               ;
               and
               when
               I
               went
               was
               but
               18
               Years
               old
               ,
               and
               am
               now
               but
               21
               ,
               and
               desires
               Mercy
               of
               the
               King
               and
               the
               Court.
               
            
          
           
             
               Iames
               Lewis
               .
            
             
               I
               am
               an
               ignorant
               Person
               ,
               and
               leave
               my self
               to
               the
               King's
               Mercy
               .
            
          
           
             
               Iohn
               Sparks
               .
            
             
               I
               leave
               my self
               to
               the
               King's
               Mercy
               ,
               and
               to
               the
               honourable
               Court.
               
            
          
           
             
               Iu.
               of
               the
               Ad.
               
            
             
               
                 Ioseph
                 Dawson
              
               ,
               You
               stand
               Convicted
               upon
               four
               Indictments
               ,
               by
               your
               own
               Confession
               ,
               for
               Piracy
               and
               Robbery
               .
               And
               you
               
                 Ed.
                 Foreseth
                 ,
                 Will.
                 May
                 ,
                 Will.
                 Bishop
                 ,
                 Ia.
                 Lewis
              
               and
               
                 Io.
                 Sparks
              
               ,
               having
               put
               your selves
               upon
               your
               Tryals
               according
               to
               the
               Customs
               and
               Laws
               of
               your
               own
               Countrey
               ,
               have
               been
               found
               Gailty
               upon
               three
               several
               Indictments
               ,
               for
               the
               same
               detestable
               Crimes
               committed
               upon
               the
               Ships
               and
               Goods
               of
               Indians
               ,
               of
               Danes
               ,
               and
               your
               own
               Fellow-Subjects
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 Law
                 for
                 the
                 heinousness
                 of
                 your
                 Crime
                 hath
                 appointed
                 a
                 severe
                 Punishment
                 ,
                 by
                 an
                 ignominious
                 Death
                 ;
                 and
                 Iudgment
                 which
                 the
                 Law
                 awards
                 ,
                 is
                 this
                 ,
                 That
                 you
                 and
                 every
                 one
                 of
                 you
                 be
                 taken
                 from
                 hence
                 to
                 the
                 Place
                 from
                 whence
                 you
                 came
                 ,
                 and
                 from
                 thence
                 to
                 the
                 Place
                 of
                 Execution
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 there
                 you
                 ,
                 and
                 every
                 one
                 of
                 you
                 be
                 Hanged
                 by
                 the
                 Necks
                 ,
                 until
                 you
                 ,
                 and
                 every
                 one
                 of
                 you
                 be
                 Dead
                 :
                 And
                 the
                 Lord
                 have
                 Mercy
                 upon
                 you
                 .
              
            
          
           
             According
             to
             this
             Sentence
             ,
             
               Edward
               Foreseth
            
             and
             the
             rest
             were
             Executed
             ,
             on
             
               Wednesday
               ,
               November
            
             the
             25th
             1696
             ,
             at
             Execution-Dock
             ,
             that
             being
             the
             usual
             Place
             for
             the
             Execution
             of
             Pirates
             .
          
        
         
      
       
         FINIS
         .