FOOTNOTES:
[1] Statutes of the Realm, viii, 738; 6 Anne, ch. 41 (ch. 7 in other editions of the Statutes).
[2] The Privy Council, August 5, 1714, passed an order that all officers in Great Britain and the Plantations should be continued in office, and on August 10 drafted a form of proclamation for proclaiming the King in the Plantations (Acts of Privy Council, ii, 682). The proclamation proceedings are printed in the records of several of the colonies.
[1717, September 5.]
[For Suppressing Pirates in West Indies.]
BY THE KING.
A PROCLAMATION
For Suppressing of Pirates.
George R.