On the Spanish Main
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This was seldom a difficultmatter, for some experienced sailor--a good fellow, brave as a lion, andfortunate in love and war--was sure to be among them. Having chosen thecaptain, the company elected sailing masters, gunners, chirurgeons (ifthey had them), and the other officers necessary to the economy of shipsof war. They then discussed the "lays" or shares to be allotted to eachman out of the general booty.
[Footnote 11: Exquemeling gives these details. ] Those who lent the ships and bore the... cost of the provisioning, weregenerally allotted one-third of all the plunder taken. The captainreceived three shares, sometimes six or seven shares, according to hisfortune. The minor officers received two shares apiece. The men orcommon adventurers received each one share. No plunder was allotteduntil an allowance had been made for those who were wounded on thecruise. Compensation varied from time to time, but the scale mostgenerally used was as follows[12]:--"For the loss of a right arm sixhundred pieces of eight, or six slaves; for the loss of a left arm fivehundred pieces of eight, or five slaves; for a right leg five hundredpieces of eight, or five slaves; for a left leg four hundred pieces ofeight, or four slaves; for an eye one hundred pieces of eight, or oneslave; for a finger of the hand the same reward as for the eye.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
This was seldom a difficultmatter, for some experienced sailor--a good fellow, brave as a lion, andfortunate in love and war--was sure to be among them. Having chosen thecaptain, the company elected sailing masters, gunners, chirurgeons (ifthey had them), and the other officers necessary to the economy of shipsof war. They then discussed the "lays" or shares to be allotted to eachman out of the general booty.
[Footnote 11: Exquemeling gives these details. ] Those who lent the ships and bore the... cost of the provisioning, weregenerally allotted one-third of all the plunder taken. The captainreceived three shares, sometimes six or seven shares, according to hisfortune. The minor officers received two shares apiece. The men orcommon adventurers received each one share. No plunder was allotteduntil an allowance had been made for those who were wounded on thecruise. Compensation varied from time to time, but the scale mostgenerally used was as follows[12]:--"For the loss of a right arm sixhundred pieces of eight, or six slaves; for the loss of a left arm fivehundred pieces of eight, or five slaves; for a right leg five hundredpieces of eight, or five slaves; for a left leg four hundred pieces ofeight, or four slaves; for an eye one hundred pieces of eight, or oneslave; for a finger of the hand the same reward as for the eye.
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