Pirate Hall / PIRATEHALL

“Yes, I do heartily repent. I repent I had not done more mischief; and that we did not cut the throats of them that took us, and I am extremely sorry that you aren’t hanged as well as we.” -Anonymous Pirate

“In honest work, the food is bad, the wages are low and the work is hard. In piracy, there is plenty of loot, it’s fun and easy and we are free and powerful. Who, when presented with this choice, would not choose piracy? The worst that can happen is you can be hanged. No, a merry life and a short one shall be my motto.” -Bartholomew “Black Bart” Roberts

“Damnation seize my soul if I give you quarters, or take any from you.” -Edward “Blackbeard” Teach
(Translation: “I’ll be damned if I accept your surrender or surrender to you.”)

“Let’s jump on board, and cut them to pieces.” -Blackbeard

“I am sorry to see you here, but if you had fought like a man, you needn’t be hanged like a dog.” -Anne Bonny to “Calico Jack” Rackham in prison after he had decided to surrender to pirate hunters instead of fight. (Johnson, 165)

“Heaven, you fool? Did you ever year of any pirates going thither? Give me hell, it’s a merrier place: I’ll give Roberts a salute of 13 guns at entrance.” -Thomas Sutton, a captured member of Roberts’ crew, when told by a fellow pirate that he hoped to make it into Heaven. (Johnson 246)

Ranks: Only but one Rank among Pirates. That be a Free Man. Free Men get an Equal Vote and an Equal share of the BOOTY! YAR!

“RULES”

1. Act like a brother, be treated like a brother.