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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kobold Stew" data-source="post: 6439131" data-attributes="member: 23484">Can I share some details about ships' constitutions?Articles from Capt. Bartholomew Roberts’s ship. I. Every Man has a Vote in the Affairs of Moment; hasequal Title to the fresh Provisions, or strong Liquors, at anyTime seized, and may use them at Pleasure, unless a Scarcitymake it necessary, for the Good of all, to vote a Retrenchment.II. Every Man to be called fairly in Turn, by List, on boardof Prizes, because, (over and above their proper Share) theywere on these Occasions allowed a Shift of Cloaths: But if theydefrauded the Company to the Value of a Dollar, in Plate,Jewels, or Money, Marooning was their Punishment. If theRobbery was only betwixt one another, they contented themselveswith slit ing the Ears and Nose of him that was Guilty,and set him on Shore, not in an uninhabited Place, but somewhere,where he was sure to encounter Hardships.III. No person to Game at Cards or Dice for Money.IV. The Lights and Candles to be put out at eight a-Clockat Night: If any of the Crew, after that Hour, still remainedenclined for Drinking, they were to do it on the open DeckV. To keep their Piece, Pistols, and Cutlash clean, and fitfor Service.VI. No Boy or Woman to be allowed amongst them. If anyMan were found seducing any of the latter Sex, and carry’dher to Sea, disguised, he was to suffer Death.VII. To Desert the Ship, or their Quarters in Battle, waspunished with Death or Marooning.VIII. No striking one another on board, but every Man’sQuarrels to be ended on Shore, at Sword and Pistol.IX. No Man to talk of breaking up their Way of Living,till each shared a 1000 l. If in order to this, any Man shouldlose a Limb, or become a Cripple in their Service, he was tohave 800 Dollars, out of the publick Stock, and for lesserHurts, proportionately.X. The Captain and Quarter-Master to receive two Sharesof a Prize; the Master, Boatswain, and Gunner, one Shareand a half, and other Officers one and a Quarter [everyoneelse to receive one share].XI. The Musicians to have Rest on the Sabbath Day, butthe other six Days and Nights, none without special Favour.There's also a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirate_code" target="_blank">wikipedia article</a> with more examples that I have just seen -- it includes Roberts's (without the early spellings). Modifying Roberts's or one of the others seems relatively straightforward, and I think would be a fun element -- we can adjust the shares, add provisions for magic or special items ("For items of rare and magickall value, officers may forfeit their wages down to the value of one share in exchange for their choise, selected in an order determined by agreement of the Captain and Quarter Master. Where there is no agreement to bee had, the item shall be cast overboard or sold."). Other nice clauses, I think include:* If any Gold, Jewels, Silver, &c. be found on Board of any Prize or Prizes to the value of a Piece of Eight, & the finder do not deliver it to the Quarter Master in the space of 24 hours he shall suffer what Punishment the Captain and the Majority of the Company shall think fit.* He that sees a Sail first, shall have the best Pistol or Small Arm aboard of her.Hope this helps, and gets some ideas churning.</blockquote>

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