Sir John Gayer, more wisely, sent armed ships to convoy the Mocha fleet, at the Company's charge, and so the storm passed off.
Meanwhile, Every, glutted with booty, made up his mind to retire[8] with his enormous gains.

According to Johnson, he gave the slip, at night, to his consorts, sailed for Providence in the Bahamas, where his crew dispersed, and thence made his way to England, just at the time a royal proclamation offering L500 for his apprehension was published.

The reward was doubled by an offer of four thousand rupees from the Company; eight rupees being the equivalent of a pound at that time.

Several of his crew also straggled home and were captured; but before he left the Indian coast, twenty-five Frenchmen, fourteen Danes, and some English were put ashore, fearing to show themselves in Europe or America.

This fact would seem to throw some doubt on the account of his having left his consorts by stealth.
On the 19th October, 1696, six of his crew were tried and sentenced at the Old Bailey, and a true bill was found and an indictment framed against Every himself, though he had not been apprehended.