Dated in London, the 20th Day of February 1695/6. BELLAMONT. Witness present at the Signing and Sealing thereof. SARAH OAKLEY JOHN STANLEY 3. KIDD’S SAILING ORDERS LONDON, 25th February, 1695/6. CAPTAIN WILLIAM KIDD, You being now ready to sail, I do hereby desire and direct you, that you and your Men do serve God in the best Manner you can: That you keep good Order, and good Government, in your Ship: That you make the best of your Way to the Place and Station where you are to put the Powers you have in Execution: And, having effected the same, You are, according to Agreement, to sail directly to _Boston_ in _New England_, there to deliver unto me the Whole of what Prizes, Treasure, Merchandizes, and other Things, you shall have taken by virtue of the Powers and Authorities granted you: But if, after the Success of your Design, you shall fall in with any English Fleet bound for England, having good convoy, you are, in such case to keep them Company, and bring all Your Prizes to _London_, notwithstanding any Covenant to the contrary in our Articles of Agreement. Pray fail not to give Advice, by all Opportunities, how the Galley proves; how your Men stand, what Progress you make; and, in general, of all remarkable Passages in your Voyage, to the time of your Writing. Direct your Letters to Mr. _Edmund Harrison_. I pray God grant you good Success, and send us a good Meeting again. BELLAMONT. APPENDIX B 1. NARRATIVE OF HIS VOYAGE BY KIDD 2. THE EXAMINATION OF WILLIAM JINKINS, RICHARD BARLEYCORNE AND ROBERT LUMLEY 3. THE EXAMINATION OF HUGH PARRATT 4. THE EXAMINATION OF GABRIEL LOFF 5. THE DEPOSITIONS OF ABEL OWEN AND SAMUEL ARRIS, ENGLISH SMITH, HUMPHRY CLAY AND HUGH PARRATT APPENDIX B 1. A Copy of a Narrative of the Voyage of Captain William Kidd, Commander of the “Adventure Galley,” from London to the East Indies. BOSTON, 17th July, 1699. Mr. John Gardner of Gardner’s Island presented this note to His Excellency in Council, which he made oath was delivered to him by Captain Kidd, as was wrote with the said Kidd’s own hand on board his sloop, and all the particulars therein mentioned were committed to his custody. Examined by Isa Addington Secretary. That the Journal of the said Captain _Kidd_, being violently taken from him in the Port of St. Marie’s in Madagascar, and his Life being many times threatened to be taken away from him by Ninety-Seven of his Men that deserted him there, he cannot give that exact Account he otherwise could have done: but as far as his Memory will serve, is as followeth, viz.,