_Kid_ put some of his Men on Board the _Queda_ Merchant, and with this Ship and his own sail'd for _Madagascar_; as soon as he was arrived and had cast Anchor, there came on Board of him a Canoe, in which were several _Englishmen_, who had formerly been well acquainted with _Kid_; as soon as they saw him they saluted him, and told him, they were informed he was come to take them, and hang them, which would be a little unkind in such an old Acquaintance; _Kid_ soon dissipated their Doubts, by swearing he had no such Design, and that he was now in every Respect their Brother, and just as bad as they; and calling for a Cup of Bomboo, drank their Captain's Health. These Men belong'd to a Pyrate Ship, call'd the _Resolution_, formerly the _Mocco_ Merchant, whereof one Captain _Culliford_ was Commander, and which lay at an Anchor not far from them; _Kid_ went on Board with them, promising them his Friendship and Assistance, and _Culliford_ in his Turn came on Board of _Kid_; and _Kid_ to testify his Sincerity in Iniquity, finding _Culliford_ in want of some Necessaries, made him a Present of an Anchor and some Guns, to fit him out for the Sea again. The _Adventure_ Galley was now so old and leaky, that they were forced to keep two Pumps continually going, wherefore _Kid_ shifted all the Guns and Tackle out of her into the _Queda_ Merchant, intending her for his Man of War; and as he had divided the Money before, he now made a Division of the Remainder of the Cargo: Soon after which, the greatest Part of the Company left him, some going on Board Captain _Culliford_, and others absconding in the Country, so that he had not above forty Men left. He put to Sea and happened to touch at _Amboyna_, one of the _Dutch_ Spice Islands, where he was told, that the News of his Actions had reach'd _England_, and that he was there declared a Pyrate. The Truth on't is, his Pyracies so alarmed our Merchants, that some Motions were made in Parliament, to enquire into the Commission that was given him, and the Persons who fitted him out: These Proceedings seem'd to lean a little hard upon the Lord _Bellamont_, who thought himself so much touch'd thereby, that he published a Justification of himself in a Pamphlet after _Kid_'s Execution. In the mean Time, it was thought adviseable, in order to stop the Course of these Pyracies, to publish a Proclamation, offering the King's free Pardon to all such Pyrates as should voluntarily surrender themselves, whatever Pyracies they had been guilty of at any Time, before the last Day of _April_, 1699.--That is to say, for all Pyracies committed Eastward of the _Cape_ of _Good Hope_, to the Longitude and Meridian of _Socatora_, and _Cape Camorin_. In which Proclamation, _Avery_ and _Kid_ were excepted by Name.