ance of Pre-eminence, and leaſt any Perſon ſhould be mark’d out by the Government, as a principal Rogue among them.
To his moſt ſacred Majeſty George, by the Grace of God, of Great-Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c.
The humble Petition of the Company, now belonging to the Ship Morning Star, and Brigantine Good Fortune, lying under the ignominious Name and Denomination of Pyrates.
Humbly ſheweth,
That we your Majeſty’s moſt loyal Subjects, have, at ſundry Times, been taken by Bartholomew Roberts, the then Captain of the aboveſaid Veſſels and Company, together with another Ship, in which we left him; and have been forced by him and his wicked Accomplices, to enter into, and ſerve, in the ſaid Company, as Pyrates, much contrary to our Wills and Inclinations: And we your loyal Subjects utterly abhoring and deteſting that impious way of Living, did, with an unanimous Conſent, and contrary to the Knowledge of the ſaid Roberts, or his Accomplices, on, or about the 18th Day of April 1721, leave, and ran away with the aforeſaid Ship Morning Star, and Brigantine Good Fortune, with no other Intent and Meaning than the Hopes of obtaining your Majeſty’s moſt gracious Pardon. And, that we your Majeſty’s moſt loyal Subjects, may with more Safety return to our native Country, and ſerve the Nation, unto which we belong, in our reſpective Capacities, without Fear of being proſecuted by the Injured, whoſe Eſtateshave
