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<v Speaker 1>Chapter twenty five of Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts.

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<v Speaker 1>and Pirates of Our Coasts by Frank Richard Stockton, chapter

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<v Speaker 1>twenty five, Bonnet again to the front. It must not

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<v Speaker 1>be supposed that the late commander of the Revenge continued

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<v Speaker 1>to be satisfied as he sat in the cabin of

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<v Speaker 1>Blackbeard's vessel and made the entries of the day's sailing

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<v Speaker 1>in various performances. He obeyed the orders of his usurping

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<v Speaker 1>partner because he was obliged to do so, but he

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<v Speaker 1>did not hate Blackbeard any the less because he had

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<v Speaker 1>to keep quiet about it. He accompanied his pirate chief

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<v Speaker 1>on various cruises, among which was the famous expedition to

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<v Speaker 1>the harbor of Charlestown, where Blackbeard traded mister Wragg and

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<v Speaker 1>his companions for medicines. Having a very fine fleet under him,

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<v Speaker 1>Blackbeard did a very success tessful business for some time,

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<v Speaker 1>but feeling that he had earned enough for the present,

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<v Speaker 1>and that it was time for him to take one

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<v Speaker 1>of his vacations. He put into an inlet in North Carolina,

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<v Speaker 1>where he disbanded his crew. So long as he was

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<v Speaker 1>on shore, spending his money and having a good time,

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<v Speaker 1>he did not want to have a lot of men

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<v Speaker 1>about him who would look to him to support them

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<v Speaker 1>when they had spent their portion of the spoils. Having

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<v Speaker 1>no further use for Bonnet, he dismissed him also, and

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<v Speaker 1>did not object to his resuming possession of his own vessel.

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<v Speaker 1>If the Green Pirate chose to go to sea again

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<v Speaker 1>and perhaps drown himself and his crew, it was a

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<v Speaker 1>matter of no concern to Blackbeard. But this was a

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<v Speaker 1>matter of very great concern to Steed Bonnet, and he

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<v Speaker 1>proceeded to prove that there were certain branches of the

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<v Speaker 1>piratical business in which he was an adept and second

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<v Speaker 1>to none of his fellow practitioners. He wished to go

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<v Speaker 1>pirating again, and saw a way of doing this which

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<v Speaker 1>he thought would be far superior to any of the

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<v Speaker 1>common methods. It was about this time that King George

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<v Speaker 1>of England, very desirous of breaking up piracy, issued a

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<v Speaker 1>proclamation in which he promised pardon to any pirate who

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<v Speaker 1>would appear before the proper authorities, renounce his evil practices

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<v Speaker 1>and take an oath of allegiance. It also happened that

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<v Speaker 1>very soon after this proclamation had been issued, England went

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<v Speaker 1>to war with Spain. Being a man who kept himself

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<v Speaker 1>posted in the news of the world so far as

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<v Speaker 1>it was possible, Bonnet saw in the present state of

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<v Speaker 1>affairs a very good chance for him to play the

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<v Speaker 1>part of a wolf in sheep's clothing, and he proceeded

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<v Speaker 1>to begin his new piratical career by renouncing piracy, so

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<v Speaker 1>leaving the revenge in the inlet. He journeyed overland to Bath,

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<v Speaker 1>and there he signed pledges, took oaths, and did everything

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<v Speaker 1>that was necessary to change himself from a pirate captain

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<v Speaker 1>to a respectable commander of a duly authorized British privateer.

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<v Speaker 1>Returning to his vessel with all the papers in his

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<v Speaker 1>pocket necessary to prove that he was a loyal and

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<v Speaker 1>law abiding subject of Great Britain, he took out regular

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<v Speaker 1>clearance papers for Saint Thomas, which was a British naval

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<v Speaker 1>station and where he declared he was going in order

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<v Speaker 1>to obtain a commission as a privateer. Now the wily

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<v Speaker 1>Bonnet had everything he wanted except a crew. Of course,

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<v Speaker 1>it would not do for him and his present respectable

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<v Speaker 1>capacity to go about enlisting unemployed pirates. But at this

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<v Speaker 1>point fortune again favored him. He knew of a desert

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<v Speaker 1>island not very far away, where Blackbeard, at the end

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<v Speaker 1>of his last cruise, had marooned a large party of

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<v Speaker 1>his men. This heartless pirate had not wanted to take

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<v Speaker 1>all of his followers into port because they might prove

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<v Speaker 1>troublesome and expensive to him, and so he had put

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<v Speaker 1>a number of them on this island to live or die,

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<v Speaker 1>as the case might be. Bonnet went over to this island, and,

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<v Speaker 1>finding the greater part of these men still surviving, he

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<v Speaker 1>offered to take them to Saint Thomas in his vessel

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<v Speaker 1>if they would agree to work the ship to port.

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<v Speaker 1>This proposition was of course joyfully accepted, and very soon

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<v Speaker 1>the Revenge was manned with a complete crew of competent desperaca.

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<v Speaker 1>All these operations took a good deal of time, and

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<v Speaker 1>at last, when everything was ready for Bonnet to start

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<v Speaker 1>out on his piratical cruise, he received information which caused

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<v Speaker 1>him to change his mind and to set forth on

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<v Speaker 1>an errand of a very different kind. He had supposed

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<v Speaker 1>that Blackbeard, whom he had never forgiven for the shameful

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<v Speaker 1>and treacherous manner in which he had treated him, was

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<v Speaker 1>still on shore enjoying himself. But he was told by

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<v Speaker 1>the captain of a small trading vessel that the old

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<v Speaker 1>pirate was preparing for another cruise, and that he was

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<v Speaker 1>then in okracoke Inlet. Now Bonnet folded his arms and

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<v Speaker 1>stamped his feet upon the quarter deck. The time had

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<v Speaker 1>come for him to show that the name of his

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<v Speaker 1>vessel meant something. Never before had he had an opportunity

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<v Speaker 1>for revenging himself on anybody, But now that hour had arrived,

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<v Speaker 1>he would revenge himself upon Blackbeard. The implacable Bonnet sailed

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<v Speaker 1>out to sea in a truly warlike frame of mind.

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<v Speaker 1>He was not going forth to prey upon unresisting merchantmen.

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<v Speaker 1>He was on his way to punish a black hearted pirate,

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<v Speaker 1>a faithless scoundrel who had not only acted knavishly toward

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<v Speaker 1>the world in general, but had behaved most disloyally and

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<v Speaker 1>disrespectfully toward a fellow pirate chief. If he could once

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<v Speaker 1>run the revenge alongside the ship, of the perfidious Blackbeard,

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<v Speaker 1>he would show him what a green hand could do.

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<v Speaker 1>When Bonnet reached Okracoke Inlet, he was deeply disappointed to

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<v Speaker 1>find that Blackbeard had left that harbor, but he did

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<v Speaker 1>not give up the pursuit. He made hot chase after

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<v Speaker 1>the vessel of his pirate enemy, keeping a sharp lookout

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<v Speaker 1>in hopes of discovering some signs of him. If the

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<v Speaker 1>enraged Bonnet could have met the ferocious Blackbeard face to face,

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<v Speaker 1>there might have been a combat which would have relieved

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<v Speaker 1>the world of two atrocious villains, and Captain Maynard would

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<v Speaker 1>have been deprived of the honor of having slain the

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<v Speaker 1>most famous pirate of the day. Bonnet was a good

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<v Speaker 1>soldier and a brave man, and although he could not

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<v Speaker 1>sail a ship, he understood the use of the sword

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<v Speaker 1>even better, perhaps than Blackbeard. And there is good reason

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<v Speaker 1>to believe that if the two ships had come together,

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<v Speaker 1>their respective crews would have allowed their captains to fight

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<v Speaker 1>out their private quarrel without interference. For pirates delight in

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<v Speaker 1>a bloody spectacle, and this would have been to them

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<v Speaker 1>a rare diversion of the kind. But Bonnet never overtook Blackbeard,

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<v Speaker 1>and the great combat between the rival pirates did not

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<v Speaker 1>take place. After vainly searching for a considerable time for

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<v Speaker 1>a trace or sight of Blackbeard, the baffled Bonnet gave

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<v Speaker 1>up the pursuit and turned his mind to other objects.

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<v Speaker 1>The first thing he did was to change the name

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<v Speaker 1>of his vessel. If he could not be revenged, he

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<v Speaker 1>would not sail in the revenge. Casting about in his

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<v Speaker 1>mind for a good name, he decided to call her

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<v Speaker 1>the Royal James. Having no intention of respecting his oaths

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<v Speaker 1>or of keeping his promises, he thought that as he

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<v Speaker 1>was going to be disloyal, he might as well be

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<v Speaker 1>as disloyal as he could, and so he gave his

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<v Speaker 1>ship the name assumed by the son of James the Second,

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<v Speaker 1>who was a pretender to the throne and was then

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<v Speaker 1>in France plotting against the English government. The next thing

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<v Speaker 1>he did was to change his own name, for he

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<v Speaker 1>thought this would make matters better for him if he

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<v Speaker 1>should be captured after entering upon his new criminal career.

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<v Speaker 1>So he called himself Captain Thomas, by which name he

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<v Speaker 1>was afterwards known. When these preliminaries had been arranged, he

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<v Speaker 1>gathered his crew together and announced that instead of going

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<v Speaker 1>to Saint Thomas to get a commission as a privateer,

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<v Speaker 1>he had determined to keep on in his old manner

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<v Speaker 1>of life, and that he wished them to understand that

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<v Speaker 1>not only was he a pirate captain, but that they

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<v Speaker 1>were a pirate crew. Many of the men were very

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<v Speaker 1>much surprised at this announcement, for they had thought it

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<v Speaker 1>a very natural thing for the green Hand Bonnet to

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<v Speaker 1>give up pirating after he had been so thoroughly snubbed

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<v Speaker 1>by Blackbeard, and they had not supposed that he would

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<v Speaker 1>ever think again of sailing under a black flag. However,

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<v Speaker 1>the crew's opinion of the green Hand Captain had been

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<v Speaker 1>a good deal changed. In his various cruises, he had

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<v Speaker 1>learned a good deal about navigation and could now give

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<v Speaker 1>very fair orders, and his furious pursuit of Blackbeard had

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<v Speaker 1>also given him a reputation for reckless bravery, which he

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<v Speaker 1>had not enjoyed before. A man who was chafing and

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<v Speaker 1>fuming for a chance of a hand to hand conflict

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<v Speaker 1>with the greatest pirate of the day must be a

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<v Speaker 1>pretty good sort of a fellow, from their point of view. Moreover,

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<v Speaker 1>their strutting and stalking captain so recently balked of his

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<v Speaker 1>dark revenge, was a very savage looking man, and it

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<v Speaker 1>would not be pleasant either to try to persuade him

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<v Speaker 1>to give up his piratical intention, or to decline to

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<v Speaker 1>join him in carrying it out. So the whole of

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<v Speaker 1>the crew, minor officers and men, changed their minds about

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<v Speaker 1>going to Saint Thomas, and agreed to hoist the skull

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<v Speaker 1>and crossbones, and to follow Captain Bonnet wherever he might lead.

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<v Speaker 1>Bonnet now cruised about in grand style and took some

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<v Speaker 1>prizes on the Virginia coast, and then went up into

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<v Speaker 1>Delaware Bay, where he captured such ships as he wanted,

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<v Speaker 1>and acted generally in the most domineering and insolent fashion. Once,

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<v Speaker 1>when he stopped near the town of Loose, in order

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<v Speaker 1>to send some prisoners ashore, he sent a message to

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<v Speaker 1>the officers of the town to the effect that if

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<v Speaker 1>they interfered with his men when they came ashore, he

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<v Speaker 1>blow every house into splinters. Of course, the citizens, having

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<v Speaker 1>pirates to come on shore and depart unmolested. Then after this,

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<v Speaker 1>the blustering captain captured two valuable sloops, and, wishing to

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<v Speaker 1>take them along with them without the trouble of transferring

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<v Speaker 1>their cargoes to his own vessel, he left their crews

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<v Speaker 1>Some days after that, when one of the vessels seemed

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<v Speaker 1>to be sailing at too great a distance, Bonnet quickly

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<v Speaker 1>let her captain know that he was not a man

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<v Speaker 1>to be trifled with, and sent him the message that

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<v Speaker 1>if he did not keep close to the Royal James,

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<v Speaker 1>he would fire into him and sink him to the bottom.

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<v Speaker 1>After a time, Bonnet put into a North Carolina port

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<v Speaker 1>in order to repair the Royal James, which was becoming

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<v Speaker 1>very leaky. And seeing no immediate legitimate way of getting

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<v Speaker 1>planks and beams enough with which to make the necessary repairs,

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<v Speaker 1>he captured a small sloop belonging in the neighborhood and

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<v Speaker 1>broke it up in order to get the material he

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<v Speaker 1>needed to make his own vessel seaworthy. Now, the people

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<v Speaker 1>of the North Carolina coast very seldom interfered with pirates,

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<v Speaker 1>as we have seen, and it is likely that Bonnet

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<v Speaker 1>might have stayed in port as long as he pleased

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<v Speaker 1>and repaired and refitted his vessel without molestation, if he

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<v Speaker 1>had bought and paid for the planks in timber he required.

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<v Speaker 1>But when it came to boldly seizing their property, that

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<v Speaker 1>was too much even for the people of the region,

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<v Speaker 1>and complaints of Bonnet's behavior spread from settlement to settlement,

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<v Speaker 1>and it very soon became known all down the coast

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<v Speaker 1>that there was a pirate in North Carolina who was

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<v Speaker 1>committing depredations there, and was preparing to set out on

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<v Speaker 1>a fresh cruise. When these tidings came to Charlestown, the

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<v Speaker 1>citizens were thrown into great agitation. It had not been

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<v Speaker 1>them with such brutal insolence, and there were bold spirits

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<v Speaker 1>in the town who declared that if any effort by

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<v Speaker 1>them could prevent another visitation of the pirates, that effort

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<v Speaker 1>should be made. There was no naval force in the

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<v Speaker 1>harbor which could be sent out to meet the pirates

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<v Speaker 1>who were coming down the coast. But mister William Rhett,

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<v Speaker 1>a private gentleman of position in the place, went to

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<v Speaker 1>the governor and offered to fit out, at his own expense,

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<v Speaker 1>an expedition for the purpose of turning away from their

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<v Speaker 1>city the danger which threatened it. End of Chapter twenty five,