PIRATE ARTICLES

1. Every Man shall obey civil Command; the Captain shall have one full Share and a Half in all Prizes. The Master, Carpenter, Boatswain and Gunner shall have on Share and a quarter.
2. If any Man shall offer to run away, or keep any secret from the Company, he shall be marron'd with one Bottle of Powder, one Bottle of Water, one small Arm and Shot.
3. If any Man shall steal any Thing in the Company, or game to the Value of a Piece of Eight, he shall be marron'd or shot.
4. If at any Time we should meet another Marooner that Man that shall sign his Articles without the Consent of our Company shall suffer such Punishment as the Captain and Company shall think fit.
5. That Man that shall strike another whilst these articles are in force, shall recieve Moses's Law.
6. That Man that shall snap his Arms, or smoake Tobacco in the Hold without a cap, or carry a candle lighted with a latern, shall suffer the same Punishment as in the former Article.
7. That Man that shall not keep his Arms clean, fit for an Engagement, or neglect his Business, shall be cut off from his Share, and suffer such Punishment as the Captain and Company see fit.
8. If any Man shall lose a Joint in Time of Engagement, he shall have 400 Pieces of Eight, if a Limb, 800.
9. If at any Time we meet with a prudent Woman, that Man that offers to meddle with her, without her Consent, shall suffer death.