other things to the value of at least 30,000 pounds.
That if I would give him a pardon, he would bring in the sloop and
goods hither and fetch his great ship and goods afterwards.

"Mr. Emmot delivered me that night two French passes which Kidd took on
board the two Moors' ships which were taken by him in the seas of India
(or as he alleged by his men against his will). One of the passes
wants a date in the original as in the copy I sent your Lordships, and
they go (No. 1) and (No. 2). On the said 19th. of June as I sat in
Council I wrote a letter to Capt. Kidd and showed it to the Council,
and they approving of it I despatched Mr. Campbell again to Kidd with
my said letter, a copy whereof goes (No. 4). Your Lordships may
observe that the promise I made Capt. Kidd in my said letter of a kind
reception and procuring the King's pardon for him, is conditional, that
is, provided he were as Innocent as he pretended to be. But I quickly
found sufficient cause to suspect him very guilty, by the many lies and
contradictions he told me.

"I was so much upon my guard with Kidd that he arriving here on
Saturday of this month, I would not see him but before witnesses; nor
have I ever seen him but in Council twice or thrice that we examined
him, and the day he was taken up by the Constable. It happened to be
by the door of my Lodging, and he rush'd in and came rushing to me, the
Constable after him. I had him not seiz'd till Thursday, the 6th Inst.
for I had a mind to discover where he had left the great Ship, and I
thought myself secure enough from his running away because I took care
not to give him the least umbrage or design of seizing him. Nor had I
till that day (that I produced my orders from Court for apprehending)
communicated them to anybody and I found it necessary to show my order
to the Council to animate them to join heartily with me in securing
Kidd and examining his affairs nicely,[4] ... discover what we could of
his behaviour in his whole voyage. Another reason why I took him up no
sooner was that he had brought his wife and children hither in his
Sloop with him who I believ'd he would not easily forsake.

"He being examined twice or thrice by me and the Council, and also some
of his men, I observed he seemed much disturbed, and the last time we
examined him I fancied he looked as if he were upon the wing and
resolved to run away. And the Gentlemen of the Council had some of
them the same thought with m