WHEREAS the Ship Adventure of London , of the burthen of between three & four Hundred Tuns , mounted with Twenty two Guns , Thomas Gulleck Commander , belonging to the Subjects of His most Serene Majesty WILLIAM the Third , King of Great Brittain &c. being on a Voyage from London in His Majesties Kingdom of England ▪ unto Borneo in India in the Year of our Lord 1698. And the said Commander with his second Mate , Chirurgeon , Carpenter & two passengers being on Shore at the Island of Polonis in India aforesaid : Joseph Bradish then Boatswains Mate of the said Ship , did combine & conspire with others of the said Ships Company to the number of upwards of Twenty , and piratically & feloniously did seize and run away with the said Ship and her Lading , consisting of Monies and Goods to a very considerable value , and left the said Commander & others on shore with him as aforesaid , at the said Island of Polonis , exposed to perish there ; and having so done , brought the said Ship & Lading unto Block Island within His Majesties Colony of Rhode Island . Where , ( having first taken out of her the Monies and such part of the Lading as was most valuable ) the said Joseph Bradish , and his Accomplices , have sunk the said Ship , and dispersed themselves into divers parts and places , as appears by the confession of some of the said Ships Company already appreheuded here .

I Do therefore , with the Advice of His Majesties Council , strictly Charge , Command and Require , all Justices of the Peace , Sheriffs , Constables , and other His Majesties Officers and Subjects within this Province , to use their utmost Endeavours and Diligence , to Seize and Apprehend , or cause to be Seized and Apprehended , the before named Joseph Bradish , and his Accomplices and Confederates in the said Piracy and Felony , hereafter named , To wit , Andrew Martin , John Peirce , Thomas Edgehill , Aylmore Clark , Edward Ham , Rowland Martin , John Parrot , William Simpson , Robert Nox , Cornelius Larkin , Thomas Deane , Robert Mason , and one Sweetman , and others whose names are not yet known with the Monep , Bullion , Treasure , Goods and Merchandizes taken out of said Ship , that shall be found with them or any of them , or in the Possession of any others : And to carry such Person and Persons before One or more of the Members of the Council , or other of His Majesties Justices of the Peace , to be Examined and Proceeded against as the Law directs . And all Persons whomsoever are hereby strictly forbidden , to Countenance , Harbour , Entertain , Comfort , Conceal or Convey away , the said Joseph Bradish , or any of his Accomplices before named , or any others , Suspected to be of that Company , or any of their Money , Treasure , Goods or Merchandizes , as they will answer the same at their utmost Peril .