Transcriber’s Note: Inconsistency in the spelling of the old documents (both in English and in French) has been preserved. THE REAL CAPTAIN KIDD A Vindication BY SIR CORNELIUS NEALE DALTON K.C.M.G., C.B., D.C.L. LONDON WILLIAM HEINEMANN 1911 _Copyright, London, 1911, by William Heinemann and Washington, U.S.A., by Duffield and Company_ CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I PRELIMINARY 3 II THE VOYAGE OF THE ADVENTURE GALLEY 39 III KIDD’S RETURN HOME 77 IV THE GENESIS AND GROWTH OF THE ARCH-PIRATE MYTH 105 V KIDD’S FIRST TRIAL AT THE OLD BAILEY 141 VI THE SUBSEQUENT TRIALS OF KIDD AND HIS CREW FOR PIRACY 171 VII KIDD’S END 195 APPENDICES APPENDIX A 229 1. Copy of the King’s Grant of Pirates’ Goods. 2. Articles of Agreement between Bellamont, Levingston, and Kidd. 3. Kidd’s Sailing Orders. APPENDIX B 255 1. Kidd’s Own Narrative of His Voyage. 2. The Examination of William Jinkins, Richard Barlycorne, and Robert Lumley. 3. The Examination of Hugh Parratt. 4. The Examination of Gabriel Luff. 5. The Depositions of Abel Owen and Samuel Arris, English Smith and Humphry Clay. APPENDIX C 309 The French Passes sent to Bellamont by Kidd, included amongst the papers ordered by the House of Commons to be delivered to the Secretary of the Admiralty for the purposes of Kidd’s trial. 1. The French Pass taken on board the _Quedagh_ or _Karry Merchant_ (_le Navire Cara_) 2. The French Pass taken on board the other prize captured by Kidd. APPENDIX D 315 The Report of Duncan Campbell to Bellamont. APPENDIX E 325 Extracts relating to Bellamont and Kidd from Narcissus Luttrell’s “Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs from September, 1678, to April, 1714.” The Real Captain Kidd CHAPTER ONE CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY