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Tho. Stretton	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$Onſlow Capt. Gee at Ceſtos	Jan. 172½
* William Petty
Mic. Lemmon
* Wm. Wood
* Ed. Watts
* John Horn
Pierre Ravon	Peter Groſſey	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$From the French Ship in Whydah Road Feb. 1721-2.
John Dugan	Rence Frogier
James Ardeon	Lewis Arnaut
Ettrien Gilliot	Rence Thoby
Ren. Marraud	Meth Roulac
John Gittin	John Gumar
Jo. Richardeau	John Paquete
John Lavogue	Allan Pigan
John Duplaiſſey	Pierce Shillot

You, James Skyrm, Michael Lemmon, Robert Hartley, &c.

Ye, and every one of you, are in the Name, and by the Authority, of our dread Sovereign Lord, George, King of Great Britain, indicted as follows;

Foraſmuch as in open Contempt of the Laws of your Country, ye have all of you been wickedly united, and articled together, for the Annoyance and Diſturbance of his Majeſty’s trading Subjects by Sea. And have in Conformity to the most evil and miſchievous Intentions, been twice down the Coast of Africa, with two Ships; once in the Beginning of Auguſt, and a ſecond Time, in January last, ſinking, burning, or robbing ſuch Ships, and Veſſels, as then happened in your Way.

Particularly, ye ſtand charged at the Inſtance, and Information of Captain Chaloner Ogle, as Traytors and Pyrates, for the unlawful Oppoſition ye made to his Majeſty’s Ship, the Swallow, under his Command.

For that on the 5th of February last past, upon Sight of the aforeſaid King’s Ship, ye did immediately weigh Anchor from under Cape Lopez, on the Southern Coast of Africa, in a French built Ship of 32 Guns, called theRanger,