Post by countessofmidnight on Jul 29, 2010 7:26:49 GMT -5
...A Salty 
Pirate Quote 
:
What should you call a Port Royal man/ or woman ?...
" You mustn't never call us Pirates. A pirate is a sailor who storms about the Seas, obeyin' no laws, no rules of decency. He'll attack anything that floats, even a sea gull if he can't spy no Spanish Galleon. Frenchmen can be pirates and Dutchmen too, but never a proper Englishman...
You can't use corsair neither. Just a fancy name for pirate. Freebooter neither. Nor even buccaneer, which is only a shade better. Unruly, stuck away on Tortuga with his gun and dog. Never washes. Lashes out now and then. Captures a little ship with a little cargo, then scuttles back to Tortuga to celebrate with his filthy cronies...
And, what do you think this here buccaneer does when he can't catch a Spaniard ? Cuts logwood in Honduras....
What are we ? We're privateers. We sail under Letters of Marque and Reprisal issued by the king and we act obedient to his law. You might say we're part of his navy, informal like. "
---From James Michener's " Caribbean ".
( Arrrgh !!!!!!!!!!!!!...
)
Pirate Quote :What should you call a Port Royal man/ or woman ?...
" You mustn't never call us Pirates. A pirate is a sailor who storms about the Seas, obeyin' no laws, no rules of decency. He'll attack anything that floats, even a sea gull if he can't spy no Spanish Galleon. Frenchmen can be pirates and Dutchmen too, but never a proper Englishman...
You can't use corsair neither. Just a fancy name for pirate. Freebooter neither. Nor even buccaneer, which is only a shade better. Unruly, stuck away on Tortuga with his gun and dog. Never washes. Lashes out now and then. Captures a little ship with a little cargo, then scuttles back to Tortuga to celebrate with his filthy cronies...
And, what do you think this here buccaneer does when he can't catch a Spaniard ? Cuts logwood in Honduras....
What are we ? We're privateers. We sail under Letters of Marque and Reprisal issued by the king and we act obedient to his law. You might say we're part of his navy, informal like. "
---From James Michener's " Caribbean ".
( Arrrgh !!!!!!!!!!!!!...
)
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