Dan Severn Posted February 14, 2003 Share Posted February 14, 2003 'Ow da 'ell is yew gonna 'ave a pyrate port wikout postin' da artikles? Crazy bastids, all o' ye! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Angus MacVox Posted February 14, 2003 Share Posted February 14, 2003 Eye hereby move that we adopt these cutthroat Artikles as they are sufficiently arcane and incomprehensible enough to allow for creative evasion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Severn Posted February 14, 2003 Author Share Posted February 14, 2003 HHaaaarrr!! I do 'erebye crack op'n da cask o' rum yew blaggards! 'Tis a foine day when summun lissens ta' reason! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumba Rue Posted February 19, 2003 Share Posted February 19, 2003 Well me hearty lads, I can tell ye be men (only men would write such gibberish) now fer the 'ladies' , I jus' say, "aw the heck with it! Rules? We don' need no stinkin' rules! I says' we jus' drop a fine lady and dangle her in fron' o' yer faces, and ye all turn to blubberin' jellyfish. Pay? I get paid? I gotta give ye me goods? Not on yer life Mr.! Personall' y' I perfer to keep what I earn, an' ye ain't gettin' none of it! HA! Beside's, ye gotta catch me first! RumbaRue **Nine out of ten men who have tried camels, prefer women** :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueJohnHook Posted February 21, 2003 Share Posted February 21, 2003 I say I likes the look o'these artikles, I do! Very much confusin' they are, or enuff so that we's could plead owt to pure befuddlement if the need arises... altways good in ary a document of officaldom. I hereby's signs the bloody thing! Bluejohn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilgemunky Posted February 21, 2003 Share Posted February 21, 2003 Do we have to sign in blood? And if so, how exactly do we do that online? I AM BILGEMUNKY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilgemunky Posted February 27, 2003 Share Posted February 27, 2003 Hey Dan! Any chance you have a text version of the Artikles that you could share? Jpegs can be pains in the butts sometimes. I AM BILGEMUNKY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katey O'Tierney Posted February 28, 2003 Share Posted February 28, 2003 We be well breed Privateers, but not well read. My gun shoots straight, my wit be sharp. Though pictures ye lack, I leave me mark Love n kisses, Katey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. Flint Posted March 1, 2003 Share Posted March 1, 2003 Ye pyrate articles be long and winded. But, If I actually read them like a proper gentleman should, than I would better understand what ye be sayin. I saw a mention in there about sex, so I took a peek and saw not a wink of it anywars. With that in mind, I be agreein to before said articles. Until somethin better comes along. Than perhaps we can have an all out war and blow somebodies bleedin boat out of the water... The Capt. aaarrggghhhh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bos'n Arrow Posted March 5, 2003 Share Posted March 5, 2003 Rules?! Well, bugger me for a cabin boy. Y'are makin' rather a brash assumption an' all, assumin' that yer general breed o' pyrates can read. However, as some o' us is even literate t'th' point o' Melville* tucked in our bunks, (although old Herm hisself woudna' be able t' understand artickle 8 with th' aid o' fifty lawyers and a schoolmarm) I think for those swabbies that can fathom it, it works about as well as a cracked four-pounder in a typhoon. *not hisself, but his writin'. Bunkin' with hisself would be rather disgustin', as he's been bone-butted dead fer some time now. Anon, Bos'n Arrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crow Posted March 14, 2003 Share Posted March 14, 2003 These artycles seems to me to be overright slippery they are an not bein a sea lawyer myself an only a half literate Tar I think that I'll not be setting me mark to it . Lord above please send a dove with wings as sharp as razors , to cuts the throats of them there blokes what sells bad booze to sailors .. " Illigitimiti non carborundum . " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capnwilliam Posted March 30, 2003 Share Posted March 30, 2003 Hell, I'LL sign the Artikles, Mates! Wot the 'ell, they are so mixed up as to not make any sense anyways, which is exactly what sea lawyers like mesel' WANT; that way, we can argue that they mean whatever we want them to mean! But here be a serious questions about real pirate articles: why do you suppose that real pirates would have been willing to sign Articles, considering that seizure of same would make for such a damning prosecution exhibit against them at trial? Cap'n William "The fight's not over while there's a shot in the locker!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumba Rue Posted March 31, 2003 Share Posted March 31, 2003 Hell, I'LL sign the Artikles, Mates! Wot the 'ell, they are so mixed up as to not make any sense anyways, which is exactly what sea lawyers like mesel' WANT; that way, we can argue that they mean whatever we want them to mean! But here be a serious questions about real pirate articles: why do you suppose that real pirates would have been willing to sign Articles, considering that seizure of same would make for such a damning prosecution exhibit against them at trial? Cap'n William Hell, I'LL sign the Artikles, Mates! Wot the 'ell, they are so mixed up as to not make any sense anyways, which is exactly what sea lawyers like mesel' WANT; that way, we can argue that they mean whatever we want them to mean! *Ah fer the life o' me I'll never understand ye wayward pirates, obviously yer goin' against the wind with yer unfurled sails! But here be a serious questions about real pirate articles: why do you suppose that real pirates would have been willing to sign Articles, considering that seizure of same would make for such a damning prosecution exhibit against them at trial? *Not if'n they were followin' their lawyers advice ! Run away! Run away! RumbaRue **99 percent of lawyers give the rest a bad name** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booga Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 But here be a serious questions about real pirate articles: why do you suppose that real pirates would have been willing to sign Articles, considering that seizure of same would make for such a damning prosecution exhibit against them at trial? I belive there are at least two main reasons. I think one is like tattooing A.C.A.B. on your knuckles, sure it makes sure the cops beat the crap of you every time you get arrested. But it shows you´re not just full of wind. It shows you´re dead serious about it. The other thing is that it makes sure that everybody fights if you are attacked by government loyals. If you are cought nobody can put the blame on the others since you all signed the articles. It is kind of an insurance that everyone will do their best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. Flint Posted April 3, 2003 Share Posted April 3, 2003 As far as real pirate articles are concerned; there actually is a surviving copy at a maratime museum. I'm not sure wich one, I think it is in England. In one of the books I previously mentioned.... Under The Black Flag... there is a great deal of talk about what real articles contained. Amongst other things, there was a breakdown of what would happen to anyone if he broke any of the aricles. Such as deserting your post in battle or stealing someone elses share of any plunder or hiding plunder before it could be doled out etc.... There was also a breakdown of compensation if injury should occur in battle. It would specify as to how much one would get depending on what type of injury was sustained or what body part was blown off. Each part had a different amount. Even to the point of a right arm was worth a different amount than the left one. I'm sorry I do not mention the writer of this book. I don't have it in front of me and it is almost midnight, so I don't really feel like looking for it. I gave the title and if you search my previous post, the full name and writer are given. Hope this helps with your question..... Argghhhh The Capt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capnwilliam Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 Booga makes a good point about the utility of the articles (I confess I don't know what "A.C.A.B." means, but I get the point anyway!). The articles become both a carrot and a stick, a point of honor and a death warrant, to encourage you to fight harder, and not surrender. I'm also reading UNDER THE BLACK FLAG. I don't have it in front of me, but the author's name is David Cordingly. It's a terrific book, especially for a pirate newbie like me! Capt. William "The fight's not over while there's a shot in the locker!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamaica Rose Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 Aye -- "Under the Black Flag" is a right proper good book on piracy. But regarding the articles, I have read how the crew will sign them around the margins, in all directions, so as to make a circle about the articles themselves. Thus no one signature is first, or at the head of the list. This was to indicate they were all equal in responsibility for the piracies commited. Blackheartedly yrs, --Jamaica Rose "It's not the length of the quill, but the penmanship that counts." --Jamaica Rose Editor of No Quarter Given - since 1993 http://www.noquartergiven.net/ "Bringing a little pirate history into everyone's life" Find No Quarter Given ... on Facebook: facebook.com/noquartergiven ... and on Twitter: @NoQuarterGiven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coastie04 Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 I guess the circle of names made it a little harder for authorities to figure out who to hang first. But then again, articles or no articles, they'd probably dance the hempen jig if caught with others' booty aboard. Coastie04 "They were all fine sailing days, but unfortunately they were ideal only for sailing in the wrong direction." -Francis Brenton She was bigger and faster when under full sail With a gale on the beam and the seas o'er the rail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booga Posted April 10, 2003 Share Posted April 10, 2003 I confess I don't know what "A.C.A.B." means, but I get the point anyway! A.C.A.B. means "All Coppers Are Bastards" it´s a Skinhead/Punk/Hooligan-thing. And quite honestly I think that most of the pirates would agree... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captweaver65 Posted April 14, 2003 Share Posted April 14, 2003 aye,you'll hafta catch me on a day when my mind is at least haf outa the grog to get me to read past the first piece-I lost track an went for me tulwar,luckily my mate stopped me from slicin it ta bits...not sure ifn I put me mark on it or no Capt Weaver Capt Weaver "No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned. A man in jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company. " Dr. Samuel Johnson Capt Weaver's Pirate Perversions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capnwilliam Posted April 17, 2003 Share Posted April 17, 2003 Capt. Flint: Do you recall what pirate crew those surviving artickles belonged to? Capt. William "The fight's not over while there's a shot in the locker!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. Flint Posted April 17, 2003 Share Posted April 17, 2003 Capt. William..... alas, I canot help you with that. The one book....Under the Black flag .... is in my locker at work. Sorry. I promise to look it up for you and let you know just as soon as possible...... The capt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capnwilliam Posted April 20, 2003 Share Posted April 20, 2003 Aye, Capt. Flint, if it's reported in David Cording's "Under the Black Flag" I can look it up. I have a copy of that work here. Capt. William "The fight's not over while there's a shot in the locker!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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