ſuch of the Pyrates, who ſhall refuſe or neglect to ſurrender themſelves accordingly. And we do hereby further declare, that in Caſe any Perſon or Perſons, on, or after, the 6th Day of September 1718, ſhall diſcover or ſeize, or cauſe or procure to be diſcovered or ſeized, any one or more of the ſaid Pyrates, ſo refuſing or neglecting to ſurrender themſelves as aforeſaid, ſo as they may be brought to Juſtice, and convicted of the ſaid Offence, ſuch Perſon or Perſons, ſo making ſuch Diſcovery or Seizure, or cauſing or procuring ſuch Diſcovery or Seizure to be made, ſhall have and receive as a Reward for the ſame, viz. for every Commander of any private Ship or Veſſel, the Sum of 100 l. for every Lieutenant, Maſter, Boatſwain, Carpenter, and Gunner, the Sum of 40 l; for every inferior Officer, the Sum of 30 l. and for every private Man, the Sum of 20 l. And if any Perſon or Perſons, belonging to and being Part of the Crew of any ſuch Pyrate Ship or Veſſel, ſhall on or after the ſaid ſixth Day of September 1718, ſeize and deliver, or cauſe to be ſeized or delivered, any Commander or Commanders, of ſuch Pyrate Ship or Veſſel, ſo as that he or they be brought to Juſtice, and convicted of the ſaid Offence, ſuch Perſon or Perſons, as a Reward for the ſame, ſhall receive for every ſuch Commander, the Sum of 200 l. which ſaid Sums, the Lord Treaſurer, or the Commiſſioners of our Treaſury for the Time being, are hereby required, and deſired to pay accordingly.
Given at our Court, at Hampton-Court, the
fifth Day of September, 1717, in the
fourth Year of our Regin.God ſave the King.
Before Governor Rogers went over, the Proclamation was ſent to them, which they took as Teague took the Covenant, that is, they made Prize of the Ship and Proclamation too; however, they ſent for thoſe who were out a Cruiſing, and called a general Council, but there was ſo much Noiſe and Glamour, that nothing could be agreed on; ſome
