The Black Swan Page #3

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Ah, gentlemen, Captain Leech

is in a temper.

Aha! Morgan's fetch-and-carry.

Don't cross with him, Jamie. You're

too drunk to do yourself justice.

- A little room, please.

- I always wanted to cut that...

oily tongue out of you.

Leech! Jamie! Stop it!

Stop it, you lubbers! Stop or

I'll blast the both of you!

I told you he was coming!

Sit down, you two.

Over there, Captain Leech.

Your seat, Captain Waring.

Ale for all hands, Barney...

and keep it pouring till

we're all drowned.

Gentlemen, I am delighted to see

you all still alive and kicking.

You were all my captains once...

and I have called you together to

know if you will still follow me.

Where to? The gallows at

100 guineas a head?

Your head, Captain Leech...

were it filled with gold instead

of slops, wouldn't fetch that.

Gentlemen...

I have come from England

with an offer from...

His Majesty King Charles.

A king's pardon and a hundred

acres of land...

to each of you who will

settle down ashore...

or take your ships into

peaceful trade.

Oh, they'll clap us in jail

the minute we dump...

our cannon.

It's a trick.

And who's going to give us

the hundred acres of land?

- The new governor of Jamaica.

- The new governor?

- And who is the new governor?

- Henry Morgan...

Sir Henry Morgan...

knighted by His Majesty and assigned

the island of Jamaica for his ruling.

I said it before and I say it again.

A king's spy.

No, Captain Leech. A king's right

arm in the Caribbean...

and a strong one.

Gentlemen, England has signed

a peace with Spain...

The long fight is over.

It's a trick.

Spain wants a breathing spell

from our attacks...

so she can strengthen

her forces here.

- Quiet, Jamie.

- It's a scurvy trick, I say!

Sit down!

They'll bring over armies and

ships to murder us if we...

give them peace.

- Aye, they will.

- Quiet, you bubbleheads!

The privateers are done for.

They're in the past.

They must give way now to progress

and the making of...

law-abiding colonies.

England wants peace and

time to build her empire.

Will you join me for that,

Brother Leech?

I sailed the Main with you, Morgan...

and if you're crawling under

the king's flag...

I'll keep sailing it without you!

- Who's coming along to Maracaibo?

- There's a lot of gold in Maracaibo.

As governor of Jamaica, I make

my first pronouncement.

I'll run every pirate and privateer

into the bottom of the Caribbean.

I give those of you who

don't join me...

a month to clear out of

English waters.

My ship, the Black Swan,

don't drop...

her sails for any king's spy.

That's my answer to you,

Captain Morgan.

And if any of you yellow-livers

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