- Every man shall obey civil
Command; the Captain shall have one full share and a half in all
Prizes; the Purse, Tillerman, Bosun and ChiefMate shall have one
Share and quarter.
- If any man shall offer to run
away, or keep any Secret from the Company, he shall be marroon'd
with one Bottle of Powder, one Bottle of Water, one small Arm and
shot.
- If any Many shall steel any Thing
in the Company, or game, to the Value of a Piece of Eight, he
shall be marroon'd or shot.
- If at any Time we should meet
another Marrooner that Man that shall sign his Articles without
the Consent of our Company, shall suffer such Punishment as the
Captain and Company shall think fit.
- That Man that shall strike another
whilst these Articles are in force, shall receive Mose's Law (that
is 40 stripes lacking one) on the bare Back.
- That Man that shall snap his Arms,
or smoke Buzzweed in the Hold, without a cap to his Pipe, or carry
a Candle lighted without a Lantern, shall suffer the same
Punishment as in the former Article.
- That Man that shall not keep his
Arms clean, fit for an Engagement, or neglect his Business, shall
be cut off from his Share, and suffer such other Punishment as the
Captain and the Company shall think fit.
- If any Man shall lose a Joint in
time of an Engagement he shall have 400 pieces of Eight; if a limb
800.
- If at any time you meet with a
prudent Woman, that Man that offers to meddle with her, without
her Consent, shall suffer present Death.
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