all be fined as the Captain and Officers
shall direct. And if any of the Company be found pilfering or
stealing any Money or Goods of what kind soever, belonging to the said
Privateer or Company, he or they shall forfeit his or their Share or
Shares of the Prize-Money or Effects then and afterwards taken by the
said Brigantine, during the whole Cruize, to the Owner and Company.
VIII. That if any of the Company in an Engagement with the Enemy, or
in the true Service of the Cruize, shall lose a Leg or an Arm, or be
so disabled as to be deprived of the Use of either; every such Person
shall be allowed out of the effects or Prize first taken, (before any
Division be made) the Sum of _Six Hundred Pieces of Eight_, at Six
Shillings; or the Value thereof in Goods, at the Price according to
public Sale: But if there be not so much taken at that Time, the
vessel and Company shall keep out till they have enough for that
Purpose; Provided no extraordinary Accident happens.
IX. That all the small Plunder, shall be brought to publick Sale, and
be delivered to the highest Bidder, for which their Shares shall be
accountable, excepting the Captain's Perquisites, which are such as
did belong to the Captains of Prizes, and such Clothing as the Captain
shall think proper to allow the Prisoners.
X. That if any Person belonging to the said Brigantine, be killed in
an Engagement, or die on board, his Share or Shares, of all Prizes
taken in his Life-Time, shall be paid to his Executors, if so
appointed by Will; but if no Will be made, then his Part of what was
got as aforesaid shall go to his Widow, or Heirs at Law, if claim'd in
Twelve Months, from the Time of the said Brigantine's Arrival into her
commission'd Port; and on Failure thereof, said Share or Shares shall
be and belong to the general Interest of the Whole.
XI. That if any of the Company do disannul any of the Officers
Commands for the Good of the Cruize, or the general Interest, he or
they shall be fined and punished as the Captain and Officers shall
direct. And if any of the Company do Assault, Strike or Insult any
Male Prisoner, or behave rudely or indecently to any Female Prisoner,
he or they shall be punished as the Captain and Officers shall
direct. And if any of the Company begin an Attack, either by firing a
Gun, or using any Instrument of War, before Orders be given, by the
proper Officers, he or they shall be punished; but if any of the said
Company do refuse to
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