MCCY seems to be trading with everyday more popular money flow yet holds a spirit in trading like the early days of shipping bringing to a keen mind of 1600 - 1700 and the shrewd cunning of Black Bart Roberts ...
Bartholomew Roberts (1682 - 1722) ... being well educated was reluctant to be a pirate after being captured working on a slave ship as a third mate, Bart was captured by pirates lead by Captain Davis, yet was elected captain himself in 1719 after his Captain Davis was killed by ambush. He was elected due to his high tech skills of navigation which was his main power on the seas capturing more ships than any other known pirate over 470 vessels. He drank tea as a well dressed gentleman rather than rum and he did not take to drink nor gamble alwas keeping on course with orderly ship and discipline crew.
Roberts not as famous and respected as privateer pirates Drake or Morgan who won his crews pardon to freedom with grace and inspired Morgan & Greene's white owl raiders tactics of the Revolutionary War leading to the surrender entrapment of Cornwallis at Yorktown.
Black Bart Roberts was killed by a surprise morning cannonball when his crew took to being extremely drunk celebrating after capturing a rum shipment. His crews strength was intelligence, navigation skills & molasses yet their weakness was rum. His famous quote was "Mans greatest weakness is the plunder of other pirates" whereby he gained the respect of certain nations in consorted gentleman manner protecting their shipping along with his own only to be betrayed on occassion. His fleet of ships & crew had a moral code that was strictly abided by and respected on the high seas.
After Roberts was elected captain his crew named their sloop the Fortune and agreeded to a new moral code of articles, which they swore on a Bible to uphold.
1) Every man shall have an equal vote in affairs of moment. He shall have an equal title to the fresh provisions or strong liquors at any time seized, and shall use them at pleasure unless a scarcity may make it necessary for the common good that a retrenchment may be voted.
2) Every man shall be called fairly in turn by the list on board of prizes, because over and above their proper share, they are allowed a shift of clothes. But if they defraud the company to the value of even one dollar in plate, jewels or money, they shall be marooned. If any man rob another he shall have his nose and ears slit, and be put ashore where he shall be sure to encounter hardships.
3) None shall game for money either with dice or cards.
4) The lights and candles should be put out at eight at night, and if any of the crew desire to drink after that hour they shall sit upon the open deck without lights.
5) Each man shall keep his piece, cutlass and pistols at all times clean and ready for action.
6) No boy or woman to be allowed amongst them. If any man shall be found seducing any of the latter sex and carrying her to sea in disguise he shall suffer death.
7) He that shall desert the ship or his quarters in time of battle shall be punished by death or marooning.
8) None shall strike another on board the ship, but every man's quarrel shall be ended on shore by sword or pistol in this manner. At the word of command from the quartermaster, each man being previously placed back to back, shall turn and fire immediately. If any man do not, the quartermaster shall knock the piece out of his hand. If both miss their aim they shall take to their cutlasses, and he that draweth first blood shall be declared the victor.
9) No man shall talk of breaking up their way of living till each has a share of 1,000. Every man who shall become a cripple or lose a limb in the service shall have 800 pieces of eight from the common stock and for lesser hurts proportionately.
10) The captain and the quartermaster shall each receive two shares of a prize, the master gunner and boatswain, one and one half shares, all other officers one and one quarter, and private gentlemen of fortune one share each.
11) The musicians shall have rest on the Sabbath Day only by right. On all other days by favor only.
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