The articles on board the 'Revenge'. Pirate code or piratical articles. A list as drawn up by John Phillips, captain of the Revenge, who set a code for his men in 1724: Article 1. Every Man Shall obey civil Command; the Captain shall have one full Share and a half of all Prizes; the Master, Carpenter, Boatswain and Gunner shall have one Share and quarter.
权限
Permission required for non-editorial use (inc book and magazine covers). Please contact us
Midnight and Cornwallis is Taken. Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis Kg (31 December 1738 5 October 1805), Styled Viscount Brome Between 1753 and 1762 and Known As the Earl Cornwallis Between 1762 and 1792, Was a British Army Officer and Colonial Administrator. In the United States and the United Kingdom He is Best Remembered As One of the Leading British Generals in the American War of Independence. His Surrender in 1781 to a Combined American and French Force at the Siege of Yorktown Ended Significant Hostilities in North America. He Also Served As a Civil and Military Governor in Ireland and India; in Both Places He Brought About Significant Changes, Including the Act of Union in Ireland and the Cornwallis Code, Including the Permanent Settlement, in India.
Pirate code or piratical articles. A list as drawn up by John Phillips, captain of the Revenge, who set a code for his men in 1724:
I. Every Man Shall obey civil Command; the Captain shall have one full Share and a half of all Prizes; the Master, Carpenter, Boatswain and Gunner shall have one Share and quarter.
II. If any Man shall offer to run away, or keep any Secret from the Company, he shall be marooned with one Bottle of Powder, one Bottle of Water, one small Arm, and Shot.
III. If any Man shall steal any Thing in the Company, or game, to the Value of a Piece of Eight, he shall be marooned or shot.
IV. If any time we shall meet another Marooner that Man shall sign his Articles without the Consent of our Company, shall suffer such Punishment as the Captain and Company shall think fit.
V. That Man that shall strike another whilst these Articles are in force, shall receive Moses's Law (that is, 40 Stripes lacking one) on the bare Back.
VI. That Man that shall snap his Arms, or smoke
权限
Permission required for non-editorial use (inc book and magazine covers). Please contact us