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Welcome to the Pirate History Podcast.

My name is Matt.

Thank you for listening.

Last time we talked about the origins of Henry Everi,

perhaps the most infamous Pirate of the Age.

And I told you that today we're going to talk about what we call the Pirates of the Round, and that's true.

But who are we going to talk about today?

Maybe Thomas II or William May, George Dew or William Kidd, there are a lot of options here.

But instead of all of those famous names, we're going to begin with a discussion about mercantilism and colonial law of rich and powerful merchant

families and their relationship with royal authority and a little piracy as a treat.

Now I know that that might not sound exciting.

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