[32] For a copy of this proclamation, see Dow; “Pirates of New England,” pp. 381-2.

[33] Johnson, C., “General History of the Pirates,” 1726, ii, p. 274.

[34] Johnson, “Pirates,” 1726, ii, 363.

[35] In February of the following year Vane was shipwrecked near the Bay of Honduras. He was captured soon after, taken to Jamaica, tried, convicted and executed.

[36] Polit. State, xvi, 551.

[37] Ibid., 551.

[38] Johnson, “Pirates,” 1726, ii, pp. 273-7.

[39] Johnson, 1726, ii, p. 336.

[40] Following on his reprieve Rounsivell worked for some time ashore, but afterwards served in a Privateer. Here he distinguished himself by refusing to escape in a small boat, when the ship was wrecked, and remained with his captain to the last (Johnson, ii, 308-9).

[41] Public Record Office, C.O. 23, 13.