page_0: "Articles of the good ship Catherine's Folly
 (as set forth by Captain 'Dark' William Markham)

Every man shall obey civil Command; the Captain shall have one full share and a half in all Prizes; the Master, Carpenter, and Boatswain shall have one Share and quarter.
 
If any man shall offer to run away, or keep any Secret from the Company, he shall be marroon'd with one Bottle of Rum, one Bottle of Water, one cutlass.

If any man shall steal any Thing in the Company, or gamble, to the Value of a Piece of Gold, he shall be marroon'd or shot."
 
page_1: "If at any Time we should meet another Marrooner (that is Pyrate) that Man that shall sign his Articles without the Consent of our Company, shall suffer such Punishment as the Captain and Company shall think fit.
 
That Man that shall strike another whilst these Articles are in force, shall receive Ludman's Law (that is forty stripes lacking one) on the bare Back.
 
That Man that shall snap his Arms, or carry a Candle lighted without a Lanthorn, shall suffer the same Punishment as in the former Article."
 
page_2: "That Man that shall not keep his blade clean, fit for an Engagement, or neglect his Business, shall be cut off from his Share, and suffer such other Punishment as the Captain and the Company shall think fit.
 
If any Man shall lose a Joint in time of an Engagement he shall have 400 pieces of gold; if a limb 800.
 
If at any time you meet with a prudent Woman, that Man that offers to meddle with her, without her Consent, shall suffer present Death." 


 

 





 