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"Come friends, who plough the sea: Truce to navigation, Take another station. Let us vary piracy With a little burglary!"
PiracyIts more fun to be a pirate than to join the navy. — Piracy
"Its more fun to be a pirate than to join the navy."
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Piracy is an act of robbery or criminal violence by ship or boat-borne attackers upon another ship or a coastal area, typically with the goal of stealing cargo and valuable goods, or taking hostages. Those who conduct acts of piracy are called pirates, and vessels used for piracy are called pirate ships. The earliest documented instances of piracy waere in the 14th century BC, when the Sea Peoples
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"To the mast nail our flag, it is dark as the grave, Or the death which it bears while it sweeps o’er the wave. Let our deck clear for action, our guns be prepared; Be the boarding-axe sharpened, the scimetar bared; Set the canisters ready, and then bring to me, For the last of my duties, the powder-room key. It shall never be lowered, the black flag we bear; If the sea be denied us, we sweep through the air."
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