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I do not care so much for the death of my gunner, as for other passages of my voyage, for I have good friends in England that will bring me off for that.

William Kidd, Great Britain. High Court of Admiralty (1936). “The tryal of Capt. William Kidd for murther & piracy upon six several indictments: as also the tryals of Nicholas Churchill, James Howe, Robert Lamley, William Jenkins, Gabriel Loff, Hugh Parrot, Abel Owens, Richard Barlicorn, & Darby Mullins, at the Admiralty sessions held at the Old Bailey, London, on the 8th & 9th of May, 1701”
I do not care so much for the death of my gunner, as for other passages of my voyage, for I have good friends in England that will bring me off for that.