Extract from the log of H. M. fifty-gun ship Hecate in her cruise off the American Main.
βJan. 26, 1721. β This day, the junk having become unfit for food, and five of the crew down with scurvy, I ordered that we send two boats ashore at the norβ-western point of Hispaniola, to seek for fresh fruit, and perchance shoot some of the wild oxen with which the island abounds.
β7 p. m. β The boats have returned with good store of green stuff and two bullocks (ΡΠ»ΡΠΏΠΊΠΈ Π²Π΅ΡΠ½ΡΠ»ΠΈΡΡ Ρ Π±ΠΎΠ»ΡΡΠΈΠΌ Π·Π°ΠΏΠ°ΡΠΎΠΌ ΠΏΠ»ΠΎΠ΄ΠΎΠ² ΠΈ Π΄Π²ΡΠΌΡ Π±ΡΡΠΊΠ°ΠΌΠΈ; green β Π·Π΅Π»Π΅Π½ΡΠΉ; ΡΠ°ΡΡΠΈΡΠ΅Π»ΡΠ½ΡΠΉ /ΠΎ ΠΏΠΈΡΠ΅/; stuff β ΠΌΠ°ΡΠ΅ΡΠΈΠ°Π», Π²Π΅ΡΠ΅ΡΡΠ²ΠΎ; ΠΏΡΠΎΠ΄ΡΠΊΡΡ). Mr. Woodruff, the master, reports (ΡΠΊΠΈΠΏΠ΅Ρ ΠΌΠΈΡΡΠ΅Ρ ΠΡΠ΄ΡΠ°ΡΡ ΡΠΎΠΎΠ±ΡΠ°Π΅Ρ) that near the landing-place at the edge of the forest (ΡΡΠΎ Π½Π΅ΠΏΠΎΠ΄Π°Π»Π΅ΠΊΡ ΠΎΡ ΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠ° Π²ΡΡΠ°Π΄ΠΊΠΈ, Π½Π° ΠΊΡΠ°Ρ Π»Π΅ΡΠ°) was found the skeleton of a woman (Π±ΡΠ» Π½Π°ΠΉΠ΄Π΅Π½ ΡΠΊΠ΅Π»Π΅Ρ ΠΆΠ΅Π½ΡΠΈΠ½Ρ), clad in European dress, of such sort (ΠΎΠ΄Π΅ΡΠΎΠΉ Π² Π΅Π²ΡΠΎΠΏΠ΅ΠΉΡΠΊΠΎΠ΅ ΠΏΠ»Π°ΡΡΠ΅ ΡΠ°ΠΊΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΡΠΎΠ΄Π°; to clothe) as to show that she may have been a person of quality (ΠΏΠΎ ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΠΎΠΌΡ ΠΌΠΎΠΆΠ½ΠΎ ΠΏΡΠ΅Π΄ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠΆΠΈΡΡ, ΡΡΠΎ ΠΎΠ½Π° ΠΏΡΠΈΠ½Π°Π΄Π»Π΅ΠΆΠ°Π»Π° ΠΊ Π²ΡΡΡΠ΅ΠΌΡ ΡΠΎΡΠ»ΠΎΠ²ΠΈΡ; to show β ΠΏΠΎΠΊΠ°Π·ΡΠ²Π°ΡΡ; Π²ΡΡΠ²Π»ΡΡΡ, ΡΡΡΠ°Π½Π°Π²Π»ΠΈΠ²Π°ΡΡ; people of quality β Π²ΡΡΡΠΈΠ΅ ΠΊΠ»Π°ΡΡΡ ΠΎΠ±ΡΠ΅ΡΡΠ²Π°; quality β ΠΊΠ°ΡΠ΅ΡΡΠ²ΠΎ). Her head had been crushed by a great stone (Π³ΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠ²Π° Π΅Π΅ ΡΠ°Π·ΠΌΠΎΠ·ΠΆΠ΅Π½Π° Π±ΠΎΠ»ΡΡΠΈΠΌ ΠΊΠ°ΠΌΠ½Π΅ΠΌ) which lay beside her (ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΡΠΉ Π»Π΅ΠΆΠ°Π» ΡΡΠ΄ΠΎΠΌ Ρ Π½Π΅Ρ; to lie).
β7 p. m. β The boats have returned with good store of green stuff and two bullocks. Mr. Woodruff, the master, reports that near the landing-place at the edge of the forest was found the skeleton of a woman, clad in European dress, of such sort as to show that she may have been a person of quality. Her head had been crushed by a great stone which lay beside her.
Hard by was a grass hut (Π½Π΅ΠΏΠΎΠ΄Π°Π»Π΅ΠΊΡ Π½Π°Ρ ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΠ»Π°ΡΡ Ρ ΠΈΠΆΠΈΠ½Π°; hard by β Π±Π»ΠΈΠ·ΠΊΠΎ, ΡΡΠ΄ΠΎΠΌ), and signs that a man had dwelt therein for some time (ΠΈ /ΠΈΠΌΠ΅Π»ΠΈΡΡ/ ΠΏΡΠΈΠ·Π½Π°ΠΊΠΈ, ΡΡΠΎ Π½Π΅ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΠΎΠ΅ Π²ΡΠ΅ΠΌΡ Π² Π½Π΅ΠΉ ΠΆΠΈΠ» ΡΠ΅Π»ΠΎΠ²Π΅ΠΊ; to dwell), as was shown by charred wood, bones and other traces (ΡΡΠΎ Π²ΠΈΠ΄Π½ΠΎ ΠΏΠΎ ΠΎΠ±Π³ΠΎΡΠ΅Π²ΡΠΈΠΌ Π΄ΡΠΎΠ²Π°ΠΌ, ΠΊΠΎΡΡΡΠΌ ΠΈ Π΄ΡΡΠ³ΠΈΠΌ ΡΠ»Π΅Π΄Π°ΠΌ). There is a rumour upon the coast (Π½Π° ΠΏΠΎΠ±Π΅ΡΠ΅ΠΆΡΠ΅ Ρ ΠΎΠ΄ΡΡ ΡΠΎΠ»ΠΊΠΈ) that Sharkey, the bloody pirate, was marooned in these parts last year (ΡΡΠΎ Π² ΠΏΡΠΎΡΠ»ΠΎΠΌ Π³ΠΎΠ΄Ρ /Π·Π΄Π΅ΡΡ ΠΎΠ±ΡΠ΅ΡΠ°Π»ΡΡ/ Π¨Π°ΡΠΊΠΈ, ΠΊΡΠΎΠ²Π°Π²ΡΠΉ ΠΏΠΈΡΠ°Ρ, Π±ΡΠΎΡΠ΅Π½Π½ΡΠΉ Π² ΡΡΠΈΡ ΠΊΡΠ°ΡΡ Π½Π° ΠΏΡΠΎΠΈΠ·Π²ΠΎΠ» ΡΡΠ΄ΡΠ±Ρ; to maroon β Π²ΡΡΠ°ΠΆΠΈΠ²Π°ΡΡ Π½Π° Π½Π΅ΠΎΠ±ΠΈΡΠ°Π΅ΠΌΡΠΉ ΠΎΡΡΡΠΎΠ²), but whether he has made his way into the interior (Π½ΠΎ ΠΎΡΠΏΡΠ°Π²ΠΈΠ»ΡΡ Π»ΠΈ ΠΎΠ½ Π²Π³Π»ΡΠ±Ρ /ΠΎΡΡΡΠΎΠ²Π°/; to make oneβs way β ΠΏΡΠΎΠΊΠ»Π°Π΄ΡΠ²Π°ΡΡ ΡΠ΅Π±Π΅ Π΄ΠΎΡΠΎΠ³Ρ), or whether he has been picked up by some craft (ΠΈΠ»ΠΈ Π΅Π³ΠΎ ΠΏΠΎΠ΄ΠΎΠ±ΡΠ°Π»ΠΎ ΠΊΠ°ΠΊΠΎΠ΅-ΡΠΎ ΡΡΠ΄Π½ΠΎ), there is no means of knowing (ΡΠ·Π½Π°ΡΡ Π½Π΅ ΠΏΡΠ΅Π΄ΡΡΠ°Π²Π»ΡΠ΅ΡΡΡ Π²ΠΎΠ·ΠΌΠΎΠΆΠ½ΡΠΌ; means β ΡΡΠ΅Π΄ΡΡΠ²ΠΎ, ΡΠΏΠΎΡΠΎΠ±; Π²ΠΎΠ·ΠΌΠΎΠΆΠ½ΠΎΡΡΡ). If he be once again afloat (Π΅ΡΠ»ΠΈ ΠΎΠ½ ΡΠ½ΠΎΠ²Π° Π²ΡΠΉΠ΄Π΅Ρ Π² ΠΌΠΎΡΠ΅; afloat β ΠΏΠ»Π°Π²Π°ΡΡΠΈΠΉ /Π½Π° ΠΏΠΎΠ²Π΅ΡΡ Π½ΠΎΡΡΠΈ Π²ΠΎΠ΄Ρ/, Π½Π°Ρ ΠΎΠ΄ΡΡΠΈΠΉΡΡ Π² ΠΌΠΎΡΠ΅), then I pray that God send him under our guns (ΡΠΎΠ³Π΄Π° Ρ Π±ΡΠ΄Ρ ΠΌΠΎΠ»ΠΈΡΡ ΠΠΎΠ³Π° ΠΏΠΎΡΠ»Π°ΡΡ Π΅Π³ΠΎ ΠΏΠΎΠ΄ Π½Π°ΡΠΈ ΠΏΡΡΠΊΠΈ).β
Hard by was a grass hut, and signs that a man had dwelt therein for some time, as was shown by charred wood, bones and other traces. There is a rumour upon the coast that Sharkey, the bloody pirate, was marooned in these parts last year, but whether he has made his way into the interior, or whether he has been picked up by some craft, there is no means of knowing. If he be once again afloat, then I pray that God send him under our guns.β
IV
How Copley Banks Slew Captain Sharkey
(ΠΠ°ΠΊ ΠΠΎΠΏΠ»ΠΈ ΠΡΠ½ΠΊΡ ΠΏΠΎΠΊΠΎΠ½ΡΠΈΠ» Ρ ΠΊΠ°ΠΏΠΈΡΠ°Π½ΠΎΠΌ Π¨Π°ΡΠΊΠΈ[4])
The Buccaneers were something higher than a mere band of marauders (Π±ΡΠΊΠ°Π½ΡΠ΅ΡΡ Π±ΡΠ»ΠΈ ΡΠ΅ΠΌ-ΡΠΎ Π±ΠΎΠ»Π΅Π΅ ΡΠ΅ΡΡΠ΅Π·Π½ΡΠΌ, Π½Π΅ΠΆΠ΅Π»ΠΈ ΠΏΡΠΎΡΡΠΎ Π±Π°Π½Π΄ΠΎΠΉ Π³ΡΠ°Π±ΠΈΡΠ΅Π»Π΅ΠΉ; high β Π²ΡΡΠΎΠΊΠΈΠΉ; ΡΠ΅ΡΡΠ΅Π·Π½ΡΠΉ, Π²Π°ΠΆΠ½ΡΠΉ). They were a floating republic (ΠΎΠ½ΠΈ ΡΠ²Π»ΡΠ»ΠΈ ΡΠΎΠ±ΠΎΠΉ ΠΏΠ»Π°Π²ΡΡΡΡ ΡΠ΅ΡΠΏΡΠ±Π»ΠΈΠΊΡ), with laws, usages, and discipline of their own (ΡΠΎ ΡΠ²ΠΎΠΈΠΌΠΈ ΡΠΎΠ±ΡΡΠ²Π΅Π½Π½ΡΠΌΠΈ Π·Π°ΠΊΠΎΠ½Π°ΠΌΠΈ, ΠΎΠ±ΡΡΠ°ΡΠΌΠΈ ΠΈ ΠΏΠΎΡΡΠ΄ΠΊΠ°ΠΌΠΈ; discipline β ΠΎΠ±ΡΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅, ΡΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΡΠΎΠ²ΠΊΠ°; Π΄ΠΈΡΡΠΈΠΏΠ»ΠΈΠ½Π°, ΠΏΠΎΡΡΠ΄ΠΎΠΊ). In their endless and remorseless quarrel with the Spaniards (Π² ΡΠ²ΠΎΠΈΡ Π±Π΅ΡΠΊΠΎΠ½Π΅ΡΠ½ΡΡ ΠΈ Π±Π΅Π·ΠΆΠ°Π»ΠΎΡΡΠ½ΡΡ ΡΡΡΡΠΊΠ°Ρ Ρ ΠΈΡΠΏΠ°Π½ΡΠ°ΠΌΠΈ; remorse β ΡΠ³ΡΡΠ·Π΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ ΡΠΎΠ²Π΅ΡΡΠΈ; ΡΠ°ΡΠΊΠ°ΡΠ½ΠΈΠ΅; ΡΠΎΠΆΠ°Π»Π΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅; quarrel β ΡΡΠΎΡΠ°, ΠΏΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π±ΡΠ°Π½ΠΊΠ°; ΠΏΠΎΠ²ΠΎΠ΄ ΠΊ Π²ΡΠ°ΠΆΠ΄Π΅; ΡΠ°Π·Π΄ΠΎΡΡ, ΡΠΏΠΎΡ) they had some semblance of right upon their side (Π½Π° ΠΈΡ ΡΡΠΎΡΠΎΠ½Π΅ Π±ΡΠ»ΠΎ /Π΄Π°ΠΆΠ΅/ ΠΊΠ°ΠΊΠΎΠ΅-ΡΠΎ ΠΏΠΎΠ΄ΠΎΠ±ΠΈΠ΅ ΠΏΡΠ°Π²ΠΎΡΡ). Their bloody harryings of the cities of the Main (ΠΈΡ ΠΊΡΠΎΠ²Π°Π²ΡΠ΅ Π½Π°Π±Π΅Π³ΠΈ Π½Π° ΠΏΡΠΈΠ±ΡΠ΅ΠΆΠ½ΡΠ΅ Π³ΠΎΡΠΎΠ΄Π° ΠΠ°ΡΠΈΠ½ΡΠΊΠΎΠΉ ΠΠΌΠ΅ΡΠΈΠΊΠΈ; to harry β ΡΠΎΠ²Π΅ΡΡΠ°ΡΡ Π½Π°Π±Π΅Π³ΠΈ; ΠΎΠΏΡΡΡΠΎΡΠ°ΡΡ) were not more barbarous than the inroads of Spain upon the Netherlands (Π±ΡΠ»ΠΈ Π½Π΅ Π±ΠΎΠ»Π΅Π΅ ΠΆΠ΅ΡΡΠΎΠΊΠΈ, ΡΠ΅ΠΌ Π²ΡΠΎΡΠΆΠ΅Π½ΠΈΡ ΠΡΠΏΠ°Π½ΠΈΠΈ Π² ΠΠΎΠ»Π»Π°Π½Π΄ΠΈΡ; barbarous β Π²Π°ΡΠ²Π°ΡΡΠΊΠΈΠΉ; ΠΆΠ΅ΡΡΠΎΠΊΠΈΠΉ, Π±Π΅ΡΡΠ΅Π»ΠΎΠ²Π΅ΡΠ½ΡΠΉ) β or upon the Caribs in these same American lands (ΠΈΠ»ΠΈ Π½Π° ΠΠ°ΡΠΈΠ±ΡΠΊΠΈΠ΅ ΠΎΡΡΡΠΎΠ²Π° Π² ΡΠ΅Ρ ΠΆΠ΅ Π°ΠΌΠ΅ΡΠΈΠΊΠ°Π½ΡΠΊΠΈΡ Π·Π΅ΠΌΠ»ΡΡ ).
The Buccaneers were something higher than a mere band of marauders. They were a floating republic, with laws, usages, and discipline of their own. In their endless and remorseless quarrel with the Spaniards they had some semblance of right upon their side. Their bloody harryings of the cities of the Main were not more barbarous than the inroads of Spain upon the Netherlands β or upon the Caribs in these same American lands.
The chief of the Buccaneers (ΠΏΡΠ΅Π΄Π²ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΡΠ΅Π»Ρ Π±ΡΠΊΠ°Π½ΡΠ΅ΡΠΎΠ²), were he English or French, a Morgan or a Granmont (Π±ΡΠ΄Ρ ΠΎΠ½ Π°Π½Π³Π»ΠΈΡΠ°Π½ΠΈΠ½ ΠΈΠ»ΠΈ ΡΡΠ°Π½ΡΡΠ·, ΠΠΎΡΠ³Π°Π½ ΠΈΠ»ΠΈ ΠΡΠ°Π½ΠΌΠΎΠ½), was still a responsible person (ΡΠ²Π»ΡΠ»ΡΡ ΡΠ΅Π»ΠΎΠ²Π΅ΠΊΠΎΠΌ ΠΎΡΠ²Π΅ΡΡΡΠ²Π΅Π½Π½ΡΠΌ), whose country might countenance him, or even praise him (Π½Π° ΡΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΠ½Π΅ Π΅Π³ΠΎ ΠΌΠΎΠ³Π»ΠΈ ΠΏΠΎΠΎΡΡΡΡΡ ΠΈΠ»ΠΈ Π΄Π°ΠΆΠ΅ ΠΏΡΠΎΡΠ»Π°Π²Π»ΡΡΡ: Β«ΡΡΡ ΡΡΡΠ°Π½Π° ΠΌΠΎΠ³Π»Π°β¦Β»), so long as he refrained from any deed (Π΄ΠΎ ΡΠ΅Ρ ΠΏΠΎΡ, ΠΏΠΎΠΊΠ° ΠΎΠ½ Π²ΠΎΠ·Π΄Π΅ΡΠΆΠΈΠ²Π°Π»ΡΡ ΠΎΡ ΠΈΠ½ΡΡ Π΄Π΅ΠΉΡΡΠ²ΠΈΠΉ) which might shock the leathery seventeenth-century conscience too outrageously (ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΡΠ΅ ΠΌΠΎΠ³Π»ΠΈ Π±Ρ ΡΠΎΠ²ΡΠ΅ΠΌ ΡΠΆ ΠΏΠΎΡΡΡΡΡΠΈ ΠΎΠ³ΡΡΠ±Π΅Π»ΠΎΠ΅ ΡΠΎΠ·Π½Π°Π½ΠΈΠ΅ /Π»ΡΠ΄Π΅ΠΉ/ ΡΠ΅ΠΌΠ½Π°Π΄ΡΠ°ΡΠΎΠ³ΠΎ Π²Π΅ΠΊΠ°; leathery β ΠΊΠΎΠΆΠΈΡΡΡΠΉ; ΠΆΠ΅ΡΡΠΊΠΈΠΉ, ΡΠ²Π΅ΡΠ΄ΡΠΉ; outrageously β Π½Π΅ΠΈΡΡΠΎΠ²ΠΎ, ΠΆΠ΅ΡΡΠΎΠΊΠΎ; ΡΡΠ΅Π·ΠΌΠ΅ΡΠ½ΠΎ; outrage β Π³ΡΡΠ±ΠΎΠ΅ Π½Π°ΡΡΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ /Π·Π°ΠΊΠΎΠ½Π°, ΡΡΠΆΠΈΡ ΠΏΡΠ°Π², ΠΏΡΠΈΠ»ΠΈΡΠΈΠΉ ΠΈ Ρ. ΠΏ./; ΠΏΡΠΎΠΈΠ·Π²ΠΎΠ»; Π°ΠΊΡ Π½Π°ΡΠΈΠ»ΠΈΡ; Π³ΡΡΠ±ΠΎΠ΅ ΠΏΡΠΈΠΌΠ΅Π½Π΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ ΡΠΈΠ»Ρ). Some of them were touched with religion (Π½Π΅ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΡΠ΅ ΠΈΠ· Π½ΠΈΡ Π±ΡΠ»ΠΈ ΠΎΡΠ΅Π½Ρ Π½Π°Π±ΠΎΠΆΠ½Ρ: Β«ΡΡΠΎΠ½ΡΡΡ ΡΠ΅Π»ΠΈΠ³ΠΈΠ΅ΠΉΒ»), and it is still remembered (ΠΈ /ΠΌΠ½ΠΎΠ³ΠΈΠ΅/ Π΄ΠΎ ΡΠΈΡ ΠΏΠΎΡ ΠΏΠΎΠΌΠ½ΡΡ) how Sawkins threw the dice overboard upon the Sabbath (ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ Π‘ΠΎΠΊΠΈΠ½Ρ Π² ΠΠ΅Π½Ρ Π₯ΡΠΈΡΡΠΎΠ²Π° Π²ΠΎΡΠΊΡΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π½ΡΡ Π²ΡΠ±ΡΠΎΡΠΈΠ» Π·Π° Π±ΠΎΡΡ ΠΈΠ³ΡΠ°Π»ΡΠ½ΡΠ΅ ΠΊΠΎΡΡΠΈ; to throw; Sabbath β Π²ΠΎΡΠΊΡΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π½ΡΠ΅ /ΡΠ²ΡΡΠ΅Π½Π½ΡΠΉ Π΄Π΅Π½Ρ ΠΎΡΠ΄ΠΎΡ Π½ΠΎΠ²Π΅Π½ΠΈΡ Ρ Ρ ΡΠΈΡΡΠΈΠ°Π½/), and Daniel pistolled a man before the altar for irreverence (Π° ΠΡΠ½ΠΈΡΠ» Ρ Π°Π»ΡΠ°ΡΡ Π·Π°ΡΡΡΠ΅Π»ΠΈΠ» ΡΠ΅Π»ΠΎΠ²Π΅ΠΊΠ° Π·Π° ΡΠ²ΡΡΠΎΡΠ°ΡΡΡΠ²ΠΎ; irreverence β Π½Π΅ΡΠ²Π°ΠΆΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅, Π½Π΅ΠΏΠΎΡΡΠΈΡΠ΅Π»ΡΠ½ΠΎΠ΅ Π΄Π΅ΠΉΡΡΠ²ΠΈΠ΅ ΠΈΠ»ΠΈ Π²ΡΡΠΊΠ°Π·ΡΠ²Π°Π½ΠΈΠ΅).
The chief of the Buccaneers, were he English or French, a Morgan or a Granmont, was still a responsible person, whose country might countenance him, or even praise him, so long as he refrained from any deed which might shock the leathery seventeenth-century conscience too outrageously. Some of them were touched with religion, and it is still remembered how Sawkins threw the dice overboard upon the Sabbath, and Daniel pistolled a man before the altar for irreverence.
But there came a day when the fleets of the Buccaneers no longer mustered at the Tortugas (Π½ΠΎ Π²ΠΎΡ Π½Π°ΡΡΡΠΏΠΈΠ» Π΄Π΅Π½Ρ, ΠΊΠΎΠ³Π΄Π° ΡΠ»ΠΎΡΠΈΠ»ΠΈΠΈ Π±ΡΠΊΠ°Π½ΡΠ΅ΡΠΎΠ² Π±ΠΎΠ»ΡΡΠ΅ ΡΠΆΠ΅ Π½Π΅ ΡΠΎΠ±ΠΈΡΠ°Π»ΠΈΡΡ Π² ΡΠ²ΠΎΠΈΡ ΠΈΠ·Π»ΡΠ±Π»Π΅Π½Π½ΡΡ Π³Π°Π²Π°Π½ΡΡ ; Tortuga β Π’ΠΎΡΡΡΠ³Π° /ΠΎΡΡΡΠΎΠ² Π² ΠΠ°ΡΠΈΠ±ΡΠΊΠΎΠΌ ΠΌΠΎΡΠ΅, ΠΊΡΡΠΏΠ½ΡΠΉ ΡΠ΅Π½ΡΡ ΠΏΠΈΡΠ°ΡΡΡΠ²Π° Π² XVII Π²./), and the solitary and outlawed pirate took their place (Π° ΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠΎ ΠΈΡ Π·Π°Π½ΡΠ» = Π° ΠΏΡΠΈΡΠ΅Π» ΠΈΠΌ Π½Π° ΡΠΌΠ΅Π½Ρ ΠΏΠΈΡΠ°Ρ-ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΠ½ΠΎΡΠΊΠ°, ΠΎΠ±ΡΡΠ²Π»Π΅Π½Π½ΡΠΉ Π²Π½Π΅ Π·Π°ΠΊΠΎΠ½Π°). Yet even with him the tradition of restraint and of discipline still lingered (ΠΎΠ΄Π½Π°ΠΊΠΎ ΠΈ Ρ Π΅Π³ΠΎ /ΠΏΡΠΈΡ ΠΎΠ΄ΠΎΠΌ/ ΡΡΠ°Π΄ΠΈΡΠΈΠΈ ΡΠ΄Π΅ΡΠΆΠ°Π½Π½ΠΎΡΡΠΈ ΠΈ Π΄ΠΈΡΡΠΈΠΏΠ»ΠΈΠ½Ρ ΠΈΡΡΠ΅Π·Π»ΠΈ Π½Π΅ ΡΠΎΠ²ΡΠ΅ΠΌ; to linger β Π·Π°ΡΠΈΠΆΠΈΠ²Π°ΡΡΡΡ, Π·Π°Π΄Π΅ΡΠΆΠΈΠ²Π°ΡΡΡΡ; ΡΠΎΡ ΡΠ°Π½ΡΡΡΡΡ); and among the early pirates, the Avorys, the Englands, and the Robertses (ΠΈ Ρ ΠΏΠ΅ΡΠ²ΡΡ ΠΏΠΈΡΠ°ΡΠΎΠ² β ΠΠΉΠ²ΠΎΡΠΈ, ΠΠ½Π³Π»Π΅Π½Π΄ΠΎΠ² ΠΈ Π ΠΎΠ±Π΅ΡΡΡΠΎΠ²), there remained some respect for human sentiment (Π΅ΡΠ΅ ΠΎΡΡΠ°Π²Π°Π»ΠΎΡΡ Π½Π΅ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΠΎΠ΅ ΡΠ²Π°ΠΆΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ ΠΊ ΡΠ΅Π»ΠΎΠ²Π΅ΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΠΈΠΌ ΡΡΠ²ΡΡΠ²Π°ΠΌ). They were more dangerous to the merchant than to the seaman (ΠΎΠ½ΠΈ ΠΏΡΠ΅Π΄ΡΡΠ°Π²Π»ΡΠ»ΠΈ ΠΎΠΏΠ°ΡΠ½ΠΎΡΡΡ Π±ΠΎΠ»Π΅Π΅ Π΄Π»Ρ ΡΠΎΡΠ³ΠΎΠ²ΡΠ΅Π², Π½Π΅ΠΆΠ΅Π»ΠΈ Π΄Π»Ρ ΠΌΠΎΡΡΠΊΠΎΠ²: Β«ΠΎΠ½ΠΈ Π±ΡΠ»ΠΈ ΠΎΠΏΠ°ΡΠ½Π΅Π΅β¦Β»).
But there came a day when the fleets of the Buccaneers no longer mustered at the Tortugas, and the solitary and outlawed pirate took their place. Yet even with him the tradition of restraint and of discipline still lingered; and among the early pirates, the Avorys, the Englands, and the Robertses, there remained some respect for human sentiment. They were more dangerous to the merchant than to the seaman.
But they in turn were replaced by more savage and desperate men (Π½ΠΎ ΠΈ ΠΎΠ½ΠΈ Π² ΡΠ²ΠΎΡ ΠΎΡΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π΄Ρ ΡΠΌΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ»ΠΈΡΡ Π±ΠΎΠ»Π΅Π΅ ΠΆΠ΅ΡΡΠΎΠΊΠΈΠΌΠΈ ΠΈ ΠΎΡΡΠ°ΡΠ½Π½ΡΠΌΠΈ Π»ΡΠ΄ΡΠΌΠΈ; to replace β Π·Π°ΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΡΡ, Π·Π°ΠΌΠ΅ΡΠ°ΡΡ), who frankly recognized (ΡΡΠ½ΠΎ ΠΎΡΠΎΠ·Π½Π°Π²Π°Π²ΡΠΈΠΌΠΈ; frankly β ΡΠ΅ΡΡΠ½ΠΎ, ΠΎΡΠΊΡΠΎΠ²Π΅Π½Π½ΠΎ) that they would get no quarter in their war with the human race (ΡΡΠΎ ΠΈΠΌ Π½Π΅ ΡΡΠΎΠΈΡ ΠΆΠ΄Π°ΡΡ ΠΏΠΎΡΠ°Π΄Ρ Π² Π²ΠΎΠΉΠ½Π΅ ΠΏΡΠΎΡΠΈΠ² ΡΠ΅Π»ΠΎΠ²Π΅ΡΠ΅ΡΡΠ²Π°; to get β ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΡΠ°ΡΡ; quarter β ΡΠ΅ΡΠ²Π΅ΡΡΡ; ΠΏΠΎΡΠ°Π΄Π°, ΠΌΠΈΠ»ΠΎΡΠ΅ΡΠ΄ΠΈΠ΅ /ΠΏΡΠΎΡΠ²Π»ΡΠ΅ΠΌΡΠ΅ ΠΏΠΎ ΠΎΡΠ½ΠΎΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΡ ΠΊ ΠΏΠ»Π΅Π½Π½ΠΈΠΊΡ/), and who swore that they would give as little as they got (ΠΈ ΠΏΠΎΠΊΠ»ΡΠ²ΡΠΈΠΌΠΈΡΡ, ΡΡΠΎ ΠΈ ΡΠ°ΠΌΠΈ Π½Π΅ Π±ΡΠ΄ΡΡ Π·Π½Π°ΡΡ ΠΆΠ°Π»ΠΎΡΡΠΈ: Β«ΡΡΠΎ Π΄Π°Π΄ΡΡ ΡΠ°ΠΊ ΠΆΠ΅ ΠΌΠ°Π»ΠΎ, ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΡΠΈΠ»ΠΈΒ»; to swear). Of their histories we know little that is trustworthy (ΠΎΠ± ΠΈΡ ΠΆΠΈΠ·Π½ΠΈ Π½Π°ΠΌ ΠΈΠ·Π²Π΅ΡΡΠ½ΠΎ ΠΎΡΠ΅Π½Ρ ΠΌΠ°Π»ΠΎ, ΡΡΠΎ Π·Π°ΡΠ»ΡΠΆΠΈΠ²Π°Π»ΠΎ Π±Ρ Π΄ΠΎΠ²Π΅ΡΠΈΡ; history β ΠΈΡΡΠΎΡΠΈΡ /ΠΏΠΎΡΠ»Π΅Π΄ΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΠ΅Π»ΡΠ½ΠΎΡΡΡ ΠΈΡΡΠΎΡΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΠΈΡ ΡΠΎΠ±ΡΡΠΈΠΉ/; ΠΏΡΠΎΡΠ»ΠΎΠ΅; trustworthy β Π·Π°ΡΠ»ΡΠΆΠΈΠ²Π°ΡΡΠΈΠΉ Π΄ΠΎΠ²Π΅ΡΠΈΡ; Π½Π°Π΄Π΅ΠΆΠ½ΡΠΉ; trust β Π΄ΠΎΠ²Π΅ΡΠΈΠ΅; worthy β ΡΡΠΎΡΡΠΈΠΉ). They wrote no memoirs and left no trace (ΠΎΠ½ΠΈ Π½Π΅ ΠΏΠΈΡΠ°Π»ΠΈ ΠΌΠ΅ΠΌΡΠ°ΡΠΎΠ² ΠΈ Π½Π΅ ΠΎΡΡΠ°Π²ΠΈΠ»ΠΈ Π½ΠΈΠΊΠ°ΠΊΠΈΡ ΡΠ»Π΅Π΄ΠΎΠ²), save an occasional blackened and blood-stained derelict (Π΅ΡΠ»ΠΈ Π½Π΅ ΡΡΠΈΡΠ°ΡΡ ΡΠ»ΡΡΠ°ΠΉΠ½ΡΡ ΠΏΠΎΡΠ΅ΡΠ½Π΅Π²ΡΠΈΡ ΠΈ Π·Π°ΠΏΡΡΠ½Π°Π½Π½ΡΡ ΠΊΡΠΎΠ²ΡΡ ΠΎΡΡΠ°Π½ΠΊΠΎΠ² ΡΡΠ΄ΠΎΠ²; derelict β Π±ΡΠΎΡΠ΅Π½Π½ΠΎΠ΅ ΠΊΠΎΠΌΠ°Π½Π΄ΠΎΠΉ ΡΡΠ΄Π½ΠΎ) adrift upon the face of the Atlantic (Π΄ΡΠ΅ΠΉΡΡΡΡΠΈΡ Π² Π²ΠΎΠ΄Π°Ρ ΠΡΠ»Π°Π½ΡΠΈΠΊΠΈ; face β Π»ΠΈΡΠΎ; ΠΏΠΎΠ²Π΅ΡΡ Π½ΠΎΡΡΡ). Their deeds could only be surmised from the long roll of ships (ΠΎΠ± ΠΈΡ Π΄Π΅Π»Π°Ρ ΠΌΠΎΠΆΠ½ΠΎ Π»ΠΈΡΡ Π΄ΠΎΠ³Π°Π΄ΡΠ²Π°ΡΡΡΡ ΠΏΠΎ Π΄Π»ΠΈΠ½Π½ΠΎΠΌΡ ΠΏΠ΅ΡΠ΅ΡΠ½Ρ ΠΊΠΎΡΠ°Π±Π»Π΅ΠΉ; roll β ΡΠ²ΠΈΡΠΎΠΊ, ΡΠ²Π΅ΡΡΠΎΠΊ; ΠΏΠ΅ΡΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π½Ρ, ΡΠΏΠΈΡΠΎΠΊ) which never made their port (ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΡΠ΅ Π½ΠΈΠΊΠΎΠ³Π΄Π° Π½Π΅ Π²Π΅ΡΠ½ΡΠ»ΠΈΡΡ Π² ΡΠ²ΠΎΠΉ ΡΠΎΠ΄Π½ΠΎΠΉ ΠΏΠΎΡΡ; to make port β Π²Ρ ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΡΡ Π² ΠΏΠΎΡΡ).
But they in turn were replaced by more savage and desperate men, who frankly recognised that they would get no quarter in their war with the human race, and who swore that they would give as little as they got. Of their histories we know little that is trustworthy. They wrote no memoirs and left no trace, save an occasional blackened and blood-stained derelict adrift upon the face of the Atlantic. Their deeds could only be surmised from the long roll of ships which never made their port.