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   Ship in Ordr to have them punished as Pirates and Common Lib. H. D.

   Robbers upon the high Seas; And whereas we have since the

   Issuing the sd Proclamation received further Information from

   the sd Governr and Company of Merchants, Trading to the

   East Indies, That the sd Hen: Every hath changed his name,

   And now goes by the name of Henry Bridgman, and that

   James Cray, Thomas Summerton, Edward Kirwood, Wm

   Down, John Reddy, John Stroger, Nath: Pike, Peter Loanes,

   Henry Adams, ffran: ffrennier, Thomas Johnson, Jos: Dawson,

   Samll Dawson, James Lewis, John Sparks, Joseph Goss,

   Charles ffalconer, James Murray, Robert Rich, John Miller,

   John King, Edward Savill, William Philips, Thomas Jope, and

   Thomas Belisha, together with severall others whose names

   are not yet discover'd (amongst whom were ffifty two ifrench

   men, ifourteen Danes, & others of other Nations) were with

   the sd Henry Every alias Bridgman in the sd Ship Phansie,

   When the Severall Acts of Piracy were comitted, and were

   Aiding and Assisting therein and Shared in the Plunder so by

   them Pyratically taken, to the Amount of One Thousand p. 89

   pounds a man or thereabouts; And whereas we are Inform'd,

   That the sd Henry Every alias Bridgman, with Severall other

   Persons above Named, have since they comitted such Acts of

   Piracy left the sd Ship in the Island of Providence, and are

   Arrived in Ireland in two Small Sloops and have there dis

   persed themselves, Some of wch persons Remain there and

   others are Come into this Kingdom and the Kingdom of

   Scotland, as two of their Accomplices, who are now Taken

   and in Custody, have Confessed and Declared: We have

   therefore thought fit (by the Advice of his Mats most honrble

   Privy Councill) to issue this Proclamation, hereby Declaring

   That the sd Henry Every alias Bridgman, together with the sd

   Severall persons above named, and others Englishmen,

   Scotchmen & fforreignrs to the number of about One hundred

   and Thirty, did Steal and Runn away with the sd Ship from

   the Port of Corunna in Spain; and tht neither the sd Henry

   Every als Bridgman, nor any of the Persons above Nam'd had

   any Comission or Authority from his Maty to Comand the sd

   Ship or the men therein; but that the sd Henry Every alias

   Bridgman, and the Severall other persons above Nam'd and

   such others as were with them in the sd Ship are Pyrates and

   Robbers upon the high Seas, And we do hereby Charge and

   Coniand all his Mats Admiralls, Captains and other Officers at

   Sea, and all his Mats Governrs and Comandrs of any fforts

   Castles or other places in his Mats Plantations and all other

   Officers and persons whatsoever, to Seize and Apprehend the

   sd Henry Every alias Bridgman, James Cray, Thomas Sum

   merton, Edward Kerwood, Wm Down, John Reddy, John

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