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.

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Some modern historians deem his piratical reputation unjust as there is evidence that Kidd acted only as a privateer. Kidd's fame springs largely from the sensational circumstances of his questioning before the English Parliament and the ensuing trial.