[Footnote 221: C.S.P. Colon., 1661-68, Nos. 744, 812.] [Footnote 222: Ibid., Nos. 744, 765, 786, 812.] [Footnote 223: C.S.P. Colon., 1574-1660, pp. 363, 421, 433.] [Footnote 224: Ibid., pp. 419, 427, 428.] [Footnote 225: Ibid., p. 447; Egerton MSS., 2395, f. 167.] [Footnote 226: C.S.P. Colon., 1661-68, No. 101; _cf._ also Nos. 24, 32, 122. From orders contained in the MSS. of the Marquis of Ormonde issued on petitions of convicted prisoners, we find that reprieves were often granted on condition of their making arrangements for their own transportation for life to the West Indies, without expense to the government. The condemned were permitted to leave the gaols in which they were confined and embark immediately, on showing that they had agreed with a sea-captain to act as his servant, both during the voyage and after their arrival. The captains were obliged to give bond for the safe transportation of the criminals, and the latter were also to find security that they would not return to the British Isles without license, on pain of receiving the punishment from which they had been originally reprieved. (Hist. MSS. Comm. Rept. X., pt. 5, pp. 34, 42, 85, 94). _Cf._ also C.S.P. Colon., 1661-68, No. 1268.] [Footnote 227: C.S.P. Colon., 1661-68, Nos. 331, 769-772, 790, 791, 798, 847, 1720.] [Footnote 228: Ibid., No. 866.] [Footnote 229: C.S.P. Colon., 1661-68, Nos. 839, 843.] [Footnote 230: Ibid., No. 786.] [Footnote 231: Ibid., No. 943.] [Footnote 232: Ibid., Nos. 910, 919, 926.] [Footnote 233: Ibid., Nos. 942, 976.] [Footnote 234: Ibid., No. 944.] [Footnote 235: C.S.P. Colon., 1661-68, No. 979. There were really nine ships and 650 men. Cf. _ibid._, No. 1088.] [Footnote 236: Ibid., Nos. 980, 983, 992.] [Footnote 237: Ibid., No. 1088.] [Footnote 238: C.S.P. Colon., 1661-68, Nos. 1073, 1088.] [Footnote 239: Ibid., No. 1042, I. Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Morgan (not to be confused with Colonel Edward Morgan), who was left in command of St. Eustatius and Saba, went in April 1666 with a company of buccaneers to the assistance of Governor Watts of St. Kitts against the French. In the rather shameful defence of the English part of the island Morgan's buccaneers were the only English who displayed any courage or discipline, and most of them were killed or wounded, Colonel Morgan himself being shot in both legs. (Ibid., Nos. 1204, 1205, 1212, 1220, 1257.) St. Eustatius was reconquered by a French force from St. Kitts in the early part of 1667. (Ibid., No. 1401.)] [Footnote 240: C.S.P. Colon., 1661-68, No. 1082.] [Footnote 241: Ibid., No. 1125. Stedman was later in the year, after the outbreak of war with France, captured by a French frigate off Guadeloupe. With a small vessel and only 100 men he found himself becalmed and unable to escape, so he boldly boarded the Frenchman in buccaneer fashion and fought for two hours, but was finally overcome. (Ibid., No. 1212.)]