n, for which there shall be no
Deduction made out of the said Company's Shares: And in Consideration
thereof, the Owner of the said Brigantine or his substitutes, shall
have and receive _One Half_ of all Prizes, Goods, Wares, Merchandizes,
Monies, Effects, etc. that shall be taken during this Cruize; the
other _Half_ shall be divided, and paid to the said Brigantine's
Company, by the Captain aforesaid, according to the Rules hereafter
stated.
II. That the Captain shall have and receive, for himself, _Six Full
Shares_, and shall be granted all Privileges and Freedoms which have
been granted any Captains of Privateers: That the Lieutenants and
Master, shall each of them have _Three Full Shares_, That the
Captain's Clerk, Mates, Steward, Prize-Master, Gunner, Boatswain,
Carpenter, and Cooper, shall each of them have and receive, _Two Full
Shares_. That the Gunner's Mate, Boatswain's Mate, Doctor's Mate,
Carpenter's Mate, and Cooper's Mate, shall each of them have and
receive _One Share and a Half_.
III. That the doctor of the said Privateer, or whoever is at the
Expence of the Chest of Medicines, shall have and receive the Sum of
---- Pounds, if well furnished. Also the doctor shall have and receive
for himself _Three Full Shares_, as also all Medicines and Instruments
belonging to any Doctor that shall be taken.
IV. That if any Person spies a Sail, and she proves to be a Prize
worth One Hundred Pieces of Eight a Share, he shall receive Forty
Pieces of Eight at Six Shillings. And the first Man who enters on
boarding a Prize in an engagement, and strikes her Colours, shall
receive Half a Share for his Bravery.
V. That all the rest of the said Brigantine's Company, such as shall
be deemed able and sufficient Seamen, shall each of them have and
receive _One Full Share_, out of the Effects, Plunder and Prizes, that
shall or may be taken by the said Brigantine during the Cruize,
Provided, They are not found guilty of the Faults or Crimes hereafter
named.
VI. That as to the Proceedings of the Vessel, and undertaking any
Enterprize at Sea, or on Shore, and into what Port any Prize shall be
Carried that shall be taken during the Cruize, shall be left entirely
to the Captain's Election.
VII. That whoever of the Company shall breed a Mutiny or Disturbance,
or strike his Fellow, or shall Game with Cards or Dice for Money, or
any Thing of Value, or shall sell any strong Liquors on board, during
the Voyage, he or they sh
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