Thread: Thar be Pirates

PIRATES CREED of ETHICS

#5....and listen up ya scabs....

ye spoil taken from a captured ship is to be distributed in equal portion.

creed #6

ye who shall be the first to signal the appearance of the vessel that is captured , shall receive one hundred crowns.

creed #6 was a cunning way of always having a crew member in the crows nest as the pyrates liked the extra fortune and prestige resulting from spotting prey.

if a capture resulted in high bounty then often the the crew member who spotted the vessel was given extra share of the loot as well.

I couldn't watch the Pirates of The Caribbean movies as Depp's accent just grated. Someone told me he based it on Mick and Keith's - but they're from Dartford in Kent and I couldn't see it.


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Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

creed #6

ye who shall be the first to signal the appearance of the vessel that is captured , shall receive one hundred crowns.

This still applies in any LR dealership for any one who sells a Defender

I have a book, from Time -life ,part of the seafarers series. It's called " the pirates" Fascinating. Of course, it really only gives a snapshot of the pirates, eg, it has a article about Bartholomew Roberts, who they say was the greatest pirate of his day. Roberts launched his career in 1720 for all the wrong reasons. According to Defoe ' he could not plead Want of employment, nor incapacity of getting his bread in an honest way , but frankly own'd , it was to get rid of the disagreeable superiority of some masters he was acquainted with - and the love of novelty and change' "


Arrrr! me hearty's! gotta love it. Bob

A real pirate book is The Pyrates by George Macdonald Fraser.

and now , the Pyrates Creed of Ethics OHS policy.

PYRATES CREED of ETHICS

#7

If ye lose an eye , or hand or leg in ye said service , ye shall receive up to six slaves or six hundred crowns.