Soon after this, he came up with a _Moorish_ Ship, the Master whereof was a _Dutch_ Man, call'd _Schipper Mitchel_, and chased her under _French_ Colours, which they observing, hoisted _French_ Colours too: When he came up with her, he hail'd her in _French_, and they having a _French_ Man on Board, answer'd him in the same Language; upon which he order'd them to send their Boat on Board; they were oblig'd to do so, and having examin'd who they were, and from whence they came; he ask'd the _French_ Man, who was a Passenger, if he had a _French_ Pass for himself? The _French_ Man gave him to understand that he had. Then he told the _French_ Man he must pass for Captain, and by G-d, says he, you are the Captain: The _French_ Man durst not refuse doing as he would have him: The Meaning of this was, that he would seize the Ship as fair Prize, and as if she had belong'd to _French_ Subjects, according to a Commission he had for that Purpose; tho', one would think, after what he had already done, that he need not have Recourse to a Quibble to give his Actions a Colour. In short, he took the Cargoe and sold it some Time after; yet still he seem'd to have some Fears upon him least these Proceedings should have a bad End; for, coming up with a _Dutch_ Ship some Time, when his Men thought of nothing but attacking her, _Kid_ oppos'd it; upon which a Mutiny arose, and the Majority being for taking the said Ship, and arming themselves to Man the Boat to go and seize her, he told them, such as did, never should come on Board him again; which put an End to the Design, so that he kept Company with the said Ship some Time, without offering her any Violence: However, this Dispute was the Occasion of an Accident, upon which an Indictment was afterwards grounded against _Kid_; for _Moor_, the Gunner, being one Day upon Deck, and talking with _Kid_ about the said _Dutch_ Ship, some Words arose betwixt them, and _Moor_ told _Kid_, that he had ruin'd them all; upon which, _Kid_, calling him Dog, took up a Bucket and struck him with it, which breaking his Skull, he died the next Day. But _Kid_'s penitential Fit did not last long, for coasting along _Malabar_, he met with a great Number of Boats, all which he plunder'd. Upon the same Coast he also light upon a _Portuguese_ Ship, which he kept Possession of a Week, and then having taken out of her some Chests of _India_ Goods, thirty Jars of Butter, with some Wax, Iron, and a hundred Bags of Rice, he let her go.