We the Subscribers do hereby acknowledge that we have voluntarily Entered into the Service of the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay on board the Armd: Sloop Swift John Wigglesworth Commander to Serve in the Respective Stations, & for the Sums P Month affixed to our respective names for & during the Term of six Months if so Long required and to furnish ourselves with a Good Gun & during said Term to Obey such Orders as may be Given by the Master or Other Officer on board said Vessell ー As Witness our hands at the time of Entry against our Names respectively Set
Also It is agreed & to be understood that if any Prizes are made by the said Sloop Two thirds of the Same shall belong to the Colony & one third to the Crew of the Said Sloop
1. Derby Papers, Shipping Miscellany, EI. The Massachusetts Council had authorized James Warren to outfit the Swift at Plymouth as an advice boat.