_America_, Magistrates, Officials Military and Civil, and all other our loving Subjects whatsoever, That they be aiding and assisting in all and every matters and Things, as to them respectively shall appertain, as well as to the said Captain _Wm. Kidd_, in the seizing, apprehending, taking and securing, the said Pirates and their Ships and Vessels, and other the Premises hereinbefore mentioned, and intended to be hereby granted, every or any one of them, and in bringing the said offenders to Justice; as also unto the said Captain _Wm. Kidd_, and all others whom it may concern, in the seizing, securing, and delivering to them, the said _Richard_ Earl of _Bellamont_, _Edmund Harrison_, _Samuel Newton_, _Wm. Rowley_, _Geo. Watson_, and _Tho. Renolls_, their assigns, Agents, and Servants, all and every the said Ships, Vessels, Goods, Merchandizes, Treasure, and other Things hereinbefore mentioned, and intended to be hereby granted, according to the true Intent and meaning hereof; and in such manner, as may most effectually contribute to the putting in Execution our gracious Intentions in and about the Premises, for and on the behalf of the said _Richard_ Earl of _Bellamont_, _Edmund Harrison_, _William Newton_, _William Rowley_, _Geo. Watson_, and _Thomas Renolls_; And lastly, We do hereby declare and grant, That these our Letters Patents, or the Enrollment thereof, shall be, in and by all Things, firm, good, valid, sufficient, and effectual in the Law, notwithstanding the not naming, or not rightly naming, the Premises, or any Part thereof, or the true Value, or the Nature or Kind thereof; and notwithstanding the not mentioning, or not rightly mentioning, the Names of the said Pirates, Free-booters, and Sea Rovers, or any of them, or of the Possessors of the said Sloops, Vessels, Merchandizes, Goods, Treasure, and Premises, or any Part or Parcel thereof; and notwithstanding the ill naming, or not naming, or any Seas, Havens, Countries, or Places, wherein, or in which, the Premises hereby granted, or any Part or Parcel thereof, is or are, shall or may be found; and notwithstanding any mis-recital, non-recital, Incertainty, Defect, or Imperfection, whatsoever. In witness, etc., Witness, etc., Given under our Privy Seal, at our Palace of _Westminster_, the 30th Day of April, in the Ninth Year of our Reign. THO. WATKINS. Recepi vicesimo septimo Die. Maii 1697 2. ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN BELLAMONT, LEVINGSTON AND KIDD Articles of Agreement, made this 10th Day of October 1695, between the Right Honourable _Richard_, Earl of _Bellamont_, of the one Part; and _Robert Levingston_ Esquire, and Captain _William Kidd_, of the other part.