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 were for fortifying the Island, to stand upon their own Terms, and Treating with the Government upon the Foot of a Commonwealth; others were also for strengthening the Island for their own Security, but were not strenuous for these Punctillios, so that they might have a general Pardon, without being obliged to make any Restitution, and to retire, with all their Effects, to the neighbouring _British_ Plantations.