Pirate code of honor Bashny.Net

Opinion that among the pirates anarchy, is erroneous. Life pirates obey certain laws - Pirate code, the requirements of which must have been carried out to the letter. Each of the sailors put his signature under the agreements concluded between all team members. Elected at the head of its most respected and experienced sailor, who served as captain and was also obliged to adhere to the rules defined agreement.

In many ways, pirate agreement resembled letters of marque. Here is one example of a real pirate agreements in force, made up of the team of John Phillips on board the ship "Avenger»:





 - Each team member has equal rights in decision-making, equal share of the spoils, and is free to use this share as he pleases, unless the team is not hungry or other deprivation.

 - Each team member must pay a share in the total production and then have the right to participate in its division. Who tries to hide a part of the captured, will be landed on a desert island.

 - The game of cards or dice for money is prohibited.
 - Lights and candles should be extinguished at eight o'clock in the evening. If someone wants to continue to drink alcohol, it should do so only on the upper deck.

 - Guns, swords and other weapons must be kept clean and fully cooked.

 - Women are not allowed to be on the ship. Anyone who hold a woman on the ship will be executed.

 - Those who leave the ship during combat, or will be executed landed on a desert island.

 - Fighting on the ship prohibited duel with swords or pistols can only take place on the shore.

 - If someone decides to leave the team, he must make a repayment at the rate of a thousand doubloons on each of the remaining.

 - Each of the team members must obey the requirements of the agreement. Everyone is entitled to their share of total production. Captain and kvartmeyster receive a double portion. Boatswain, gunner and the owner of the ship to get a half share, assistant carpenter and the other officers receive a share of a quarter.

 - If any of the team showed cowardice, try to conceal from the other part of the total production, or attempt to escape, the team must land the perpetrator on a desert island with a bottle of powder, a bottle of rum, a bottle of fresh water and a loaded gun.

 - If any of the teams will be convicted of stealing or cheating, it should be planted on a desert island with only a loaded gun.

 - If on a desert island will be found a man, a sailor or pirate, he must sign the agreement, but only with the consent of the whole team and the captain.

 - If one of the team will hit the other, the offender relies sentence of 40 strokes of the cane.

 - Who is going to shoot a pistol, smoke a pipe or light a candle at the naval reserves gunpowder, punishable by 40 strokes rods.

 - Anyone who does not contain a weapon clean or will not perform assigned shipboard work, deprived of its part of the total production, even if it is the captain himself.

 - If any of the team lost an arm at the elbow, he shall be paid compensation of 400 ducats. If the hand is not up to the shoulder, the compensation is doubled. If it is lost leg knee - paid 400 ducats of the total production, if the leg is cut off completely, the amount is doubled.

 - If someone tries to take over a woman without her consent, shall be sentenced to death.
Delёzh production

Depending on the situation delёzh production could occur in different proportions. If the captain acted under cover of letters of marque, he was obliged to pay a fee to the state in the amount of from 10 to 90% of production, for example by the rules of Queen Elizabeth at the rate of production was divided 50/50. The rest of the production was divided into parts between team members. Each part of the called action. Captain commonly believed two shares, the most important members of the team: kvartmeysteru - 1 3/4, the rest of the officers (the owner of the vessel, the carpenter, the boatswain, gunner) for 1 1/4 shares. The other members of the team received on the whole share beginners - 1/4. The members of the boarding party gave an additional 1/4 shares as a bonus. This carve production relates to goods and gold, weapons also belonged to those who took possession of them in combat and was not subject to redistribution.