78 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1699.

         Lib. H. D.  as I lately hear Mr Quaryy has Seized in Pensilvania where more

                 would have been taken if those people had not sheltred them

                 from Justice which can't but be ill taken here and bring these

                 propriety Governmts under great Suspitions that they Value

                 more their own indirect profitts than the weilfare of England

                 and the Observation of the Laws .

                   The Lords Justices Approve of your Integrity in giving a

                 faithfull Account of what Turner had brought with him & they

                 will move his Maty that you may be no Looser by it, in the

                 mean time they direct that you take the 400 pieces into your

                 possession out of which you will Supply Turner with what

                 Necessarys for his Subsistance & for the bringing him into

                 England I hope we shall meet with some of the Pyrates that

                 you mention are coming for Bristoll & London I have given

                 Notice of them to the Mayor of Bristoll and the Comrs of the

                 Customs here, we have no Account yet that any of those Ves

                 sells are Arrived & the Comrs of the Customs have Sent di

              p.     280 rections to the Severall parts they are like to touch at that they

                 may be Secured as soon as they can be discovered.

                   You will very much recommend your Selfe here by the

                 Countenance of your diligence and faithfull discharge of your

                 Trust which will not be a greater Satisfaction to any body

                 than to

                                  Sr    Your most faithfull humble

                                            Servt Ia: Vernon

                       Whitehall 17th August 1699

                 Sr

                   I take the Opportunity of Mr Pens Going to his Governmt

                 in America to Acquaint you that we have heard of the Arrivall

                 of the five Pyrates in the Ships you gave Notice of the two

                 that Landed at Bristoll made Such hast to get out of the Town

                 Ihat the Orders I sent for Seizing them came too late, they

                 are now publisht in the Gazett with a reward to any that Shall

             p. 280  Apprehend them the three Dutch Men Chang'd their ships

                 before they Came into Harbour and are all Gone for Amster

                 dam, we have Sent thither their Descriptions by wch they may

                 look after them if they think fitt, in the mean time I ought to

                 let you know that your Advices were very Exact & dispatch't

                 wth great Diligence, I have heard from Loo, that his Maty was

                 well Satisfyed with your Care and was very inclinable that you

                 should be incouraged to proceed in the Same Manner.

                   I shall only Add that I hope Mr Penn and you will live in

                 friendship and good Correspondence that you will mutually

                 Assist one another in whatever may promote the prosperity

                 of the plantations & the generall Advantage of England, the