The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the Xvii Century
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It was stipulated that Admiral Morgan should have the hundredthpart of all the plunder, "that every captain should draw the shares ofeight men, for the expenses of his ship, besides his own; that thesurgeon besides his ordinary pay should have two hundred pieces ofeight, for his chest of medicaments; and every carpenter above hisordinary salary, should draw one hundred pieces of eight. As torecompenses and rewards they were regulated in this voyage much higherthan was expressed in the first par...t of this book. For the loss of bothlegs they assigned one thousand five hundred pieces of eight or fifteenslaves, the choice being left to the election of the party; for the lossof both hands, one thousand eight hundred pieces of eight or eighteenslaves; for one leg, whether the right or left, six hundred pieces ofeight or six slaves; for a hand as much as for a leg, and for the lossof an eye, one hundred pieces of eight or one slave. Lastly, unto himthat in any battle should signalize himself, either by entering thefirst any castle, or taking down the Spanish colours and setting up theEnglish, they constituted fifty pieces of eight for a reward.
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