The History of the Pyrates. Vol. II.: Containing the lives of Captain Misson, Captain Bowen, Captain Kidd, Captain Tew, Captain Halsey, Captain White, Captain Condent, Captain Bellamy, Captain Fly, Captain Howard, Captain Lewis, Captain Cornelius, Captain Williams, Captain Burgess, Captain North, and their several crewsDefoe, Daniel
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The History of the Pyrates. Vol. II.: Containing the lives of Captain Misson, Captain Bowen, Captain Kidd, Captain Tew, Captain Halsey, Captain White, Captain Condent, Captain Bellamy, Captain Fly, Captain Howard, Captain Lewis, Captain Cornelius, Captain Williams, Captain Burgess, Captain North, and their several crews
Defoe, Daniel
Pirates -- Early works to 1800
By the forty five _Boozes_, wherein are deposited the Ashes, it may be
conjectured that as many of their Kings lie there, and so the Molotto
was informed.
The second for Largeness belongs to the _Cossues_ or Queens, (for, it
must be observed, that the Males and Females are never buried in the
same _Moorzack_:) It is built all of white Marble, and is fifty nine
Foot square, the inside Wall exactly the same with the outside, but the
Floor is of black and white Marble laid in Squares, much like what may
be seen in Noblemens Houses in _Europe_. There are fifty six _Boozes_ of
Gold, standing on black Marble Pedestals; there are twelve large Lamps,
each with seven Lights, three in each Corner, and one of Silver in the
Middle, which burns constantly, as in the King's.
The third belongs to the _Acobibs_, or Princes; it is also built of
white Marble; its Form is exactly round, being seventy nine Foot in
Circumference; there are in it fifty three _Boozes_ standing on black
Marble Pedestals, with thirteen Lamps of Silver with seven Lights each;
twelve of them are plac'd in a circular Form, and the thirteenth in the
Middle, which burns constantly, the Cieling is painted green.
The fourth belongs to the _Matotzes_ or Princesses; It is built of a
greenish Marble, vein'd with black, being of a circular Form like that
of the _Acobibs_ or Princes, and much about the same in Circumference;
the inside Wall is of white Marble; the Floor of various Colours, as
black, white, and green; and the Cieling which is made in the Form of a
Cupola, is yellow: It hath sixty four _Boozes_, standing on Pedestals of
black and white Marble, and eight large Silver Lamps with seven Lights
to each, placed in a circular Form, besides one in the middle which
burns constantly.
The fifth belongs to the _Foramzeps_ or Male Children of the Prince; it
is built of a white Marble, with large black Veins in it, both the
inside Wall and Floor being of a light grey Marble; it is thirty Foot
square, having nineteen _Boozes_ of Gold, and sixty of Silver, standing
on Pedestals of the same Sort of Marble, with the outside Wall; there
are in it eight large Silver Lamps, hanging two in each Corner, besides
one in the middle which burns continually.
The sixth _Moorzack_ belongs to the _Squeenzibs_ or Female Children of
the Prince; it is built of a curious red Marble, with Veins of white
running thro' it, and is twenty eight Foot square, the inside Wall and
Floor being of white Marble; it has a hundred and nineteen _Boozes_ of
Silver standing on Pedestals of a blewish grey Marble; it has eight
Silver Lamps disposed two in a Corner, besides one in the middle that
burns continually.
All these here taken Notice of, belong to those of the King's own Blood,
but as it may seem a little too tedious to be particular in the
Description of them all, we shall only observe who the great Persons
are, who are distinguished by having _Moorzacks_ assigned to them alone,
or to their Families.
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