that came off from thence: the said Ship came from _Bengall_, bound for _Surratt_; was mounted with 16 or 18 guns; the _French_ Gunner of which brought on board a _French_ Pass, and said, She was a good Prize to the _English_: the said Captain was loaded with Bale Goods, Sugar, Iron and Saltpetre: Captain _Wright_ who commanded the said Ship, declared she was in the employment of the _English_; that the Lading belonged to them: And, about Four or Five Days after the said Ship was taken by the said Galley, Captain _Kidd_ called the Company together, and proposed to them to return the said Ship to those from whom they had taken her, or sell her to them; and said, He would agree to anything they should do therein, were it for the Value of a Piece of Eight: Said also to his Company, The Taking of the said Ship would make a great Noise in England, and they should not know what to do with the Goods taken in the same: But the Company of the Galley agreed not to the said Captain Kidd’s Proposal; but carried the said Ship into _St. Marie’s_, off _Madagascar_, and there unloaded her, and shared; Whereupon each of the said Galley’s Company, being then about 115 in Number, shared, one with another Three Bales and some loose Goods, besides about Two Thirds of a Bale: and Captain _Kidd_ had Forty Shares: The Bales contained Calicoes, Romalls, Muslins, some Silks, some striped, some flowered, and some Plain. After sharing of the said Goods, Ninety and upwards, of the Company belonging to the said Galley, deserted the same, and went to the _Mocha_ Frigate, then lying at _St. Marie’s_ aforesaid: And the said Captain _Kidd_, with the Men that remained with him, carried their Shares on board the Prize Ship, called the _Quidah Merchant_, and ran the said Galley on shore, being very leaky; and having stript her of her Furniture, set her on Fire to get her Iron-work; and put all that they could save, of, or belonging to the said Galley, on board the said Prize Ship; with which the said Captain _Kidd_, and the men that remained with him, and some others that he had procured there, came from _St. Marie’s_ aforesaid, and arrived in some time afterwards at the Island of Anguilla, in the West Indies: Where being informed that the said _Kidd_, and his Company, were proclaimed Pirates, the said Captain _Kidd_, and the men on board with him, went with the said Ship to the Island of _St. Thomas_; but the Governor of the said Island would not allow the said Ship to come in there: Whereupon we sailed to _Mona_; and there met with one Mr. _Bolton_, of _Antegoa_, Merchant; of whom Captain _Kidd_ bought the Sloop _Antonio_, in which he lately came to _Boston_; gave, as this Examinant was informed 3000 Pieces of Eight for the same, and took from out of the Prize Ship, into the said Sloop, Forty Bales of the Goods on board the said Ship, and about Thirty Bales of Sugar; and left the said Ship at _Hispaniola_, about Six or Seven Weeks since in the Custody of the said Mr.