Krewe's Code of Ethics
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Ye
Captain shall have full command during the time of engagement, and
shall have authority at all other times to conduct the ship
accordingly. He who disobeys him may be punished unless the majority
vote against the punishment. |
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If
ye Captain's vessel is shipwrecked, the crew pledges to remain until he
has possessed himself of a vessel. If the vessel is the common property
of the crew, the first vessel captured shall belong to ye Captain with
one share of the spoil. |
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Ye
ship's surgeon shall have received two hundred crowns for the
maintenance of his medicine chest and he shall receive on part of the
spoil. |
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Ye
other officers will receive each a single part, and if ye distinguish
yourself, the crew will determine how much reward to be given to ye. |
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Ye spoil taken from a captured ship is to be distributed in equal portion. |
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Ye who shall be the first to signal the appearance of the vessel that is captured, shall receive one hundred crowns. |
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If ye lose an eye, or hand or leg in ye said service, ye shall receive up to six slaves or six hundred crowns. |
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Ye supplies and rations are to be equally shared. |
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If ye introduce on board a woman in disguise, ye shall be punished by death. |
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If
one Brother steals from another, his nose or ears are to be cut off. If
he sins again, he is to be given a musket, bullets, lead and a bottle
of water and marooned on an island. |
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If
there is any doubt in a dispute between ye brothers, a court of honour
is to decide the verdict. If a brother is proved in the wrong, the
first time he shall be pardoned, but should he offend again, he shall
be tied to a gun, and there shall receive from each of the ship's
company one strike of the lash. The same punishment shall be given to
ye among us, including officers, who shall get drunk, while on the
ship, to the point of losing ye senses. |
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Whoever
shall be placed on sentry, and upon his host shall go to sleep, shall
in the first case be lashed by all the brothers, and should he again
offend, his head shall be split. |
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All ye who shall plot to desert, or having deserted shall be captured, shall have ye heads split open. |
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Quarrels
between several Brothers whilst aboard ye ship shall be settled ashore
with pistol and sword. He that draws first blood shall be the victor.
No striking another whilst aboard ye ship. |
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