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I had a capital case of the right sort given to me by a brother Pipes. One evening I had asked some of the upper class dockyard maties, for we were lying at Antigua, to take a glass of grog.
In recognition of the kinship between Bacon's Essays and Character writings, they were dedicated To the Honourable, and my much worthy honoured, truly learned, and Judicious Knight, SIR FRANCIS BACON, his Maties. Attorney General, Increase of honour, health, and eternal happiness.
Norrie felt a bayonet under his left shoulder-blade. Coke was roared down, and a hoarse voice growled: "Me for the tall timbers, maties. It's each one for hisself now." "Aye, aye!" came the chorus . . . "Shove her ashore! . . . Give us a chanst there. . . We've none at sea." Dom Corria, being something of a fatalist, did not interfere.
On the fourth day we righted her, as the dockyard maties had botched her up. We had now to wait about six weeks for the rudder; in the meanwhile we got on board the water, provisions and stores, and fresh powder, the last having had a ducking.
"Shipmates! take me by the arms, and swab up the lee-scuppers with me, but I mean to steer a clam-cart before I go again to a ship's wheel. Let the Navy go by the board to sea again, I won't!" "Start my soul-bolts, maties, if any more Blue Peters and sailing signals fly at my fore!" cried the Captain of the Head. "My wages will buy a wheelbarrow, if nothing more."
"There's only ten maintopmen belonging to our watch; if you are one, then there'll be eleven," said a second sailor. "Get out of the top!" "This is too bad, maties," cried Israel, "to serve an old topmate this way. Come, come, you are foolish. Give us a quid." And, once more, with the utmost sociability, he addressed the sailor next to him.
"Yes, but I am strong and big for my age; I am quite as strong as a good many men. Of course I don't mean the boatmen and the dockyard maties, but men who don't do hard work. Anyhow, there are lots of men who go out to America who are no stronger than I am, and of course I shall get stronger every month. I can walk thirty miles a day easy, and I have never had a day's illness."
Only you lead us, sir, and we'll do all the work. Is that the right word, maties?" "Yes," came like a hiss from the whole party. "There, sir. You hear. Don't you be afraid as we won't do our duty by you." "No, no, Tom Fillot, I'm not a bit afraid of that, but the venture seems too wild." "Not it, sir. Why, we're all red hot to be let go; so now then, what about the plans?"
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