_The Lights and Candles to be put out at eight o'Clock at Night: If any of the Crew, after that Hour, still remained inclined for Drinking, they were to do it on the open Deck_; which _Roberts_ believed would give a Check to their Debauches, for he was a sober Man himself, but found at length, that all his Endeavours to put an End to this Debauch, proved ineffectual. V. _To keep their Piece, Pistols, and Cutlash clean, and fit for Service_: In this they were extravagantly nice, endeavouring to outdo one another, in the Beauty and Richness of their Arms, giving sometimes at an Auction (at the Mast,) 30 or 40 _l._ a Pair, for Pistols. These were slung in Time of Service, with different coloured Ribbands, over their Shoulders, in a Way peculiar to these Fellows, in which they took great Delight. VI. _No Boy or Woman to be allowed amongst them. If any Man were sound seducing anny of the latter Sex, and carried her to Sea, disguised, he was to suffer Death_; so that when any fell into their Hands, as it chanced in the _Onslow_, they put a Centinel immediately over her to prevent ill Consequences from so dangerous an Instrument of Division and Quarrel; but then here lies the Roguery; they contend who shall be Centinel, which happens generally to one of the greatest Bullies, who, to secure the Lady's Virtue, will let none lye with her but himself. VII. _To Desert the Ship, or their Quarters in Battle, was punished with Death, or Marooning._ VIII. _No striking one another on Board, but every Man's Quarrels to be ended on Shore, at Sword and Pistol, Thus_; The Quarter-Master of the Ship, when the Parties will not come to any Reconciliation, accompanies them on Shore with what Assistance he thinks proper, and turns the Disputants Back to Back, at so many Paces Distance: At the Word of Command, they turn and fire immediately, (or else the Piece is knocked out of their Hands:) If both miss, they come to their Cutlashes, and then he is declared Victor who draws the first Blood. IX. _No Man to talk of breaking up their Way of Living, till each had shared a_ 1000 _l. If in order to this, any Man should lose a Limb, or become a Cripple in their Service, he was to have_ 800 _Dollars, out of the publick Stock, and for lesser Hurts, proportionably._ X. _The Captain and Quarter-Master to receive two Shares of a Prize; the Master, Boatswain, and Gunner, one Share and a half, and other Officers, one and a Quarter._ XI. _The Musicians to have Rest on the Sabbath Day, but the other six Days and Nights, none without special Favour._