Captain Kidd Page #3

Wardens! Wardens!

There's that dainty scum Mercy...

Complaining about the taste

of the King's bounty again.

- Watch it!

- Bounty?

Bounty me eye! The King's allowance

is thrupence a day for food!

Not muck from the sewers of Whitechapel!

Making trouble again, hey Mercy?

I'm asking only what a man

is legally entitled to.

Here, smell this!

Delicious.

Hear ye Governor!

What manner of a kingdom is this...

Where a man is condemned

before he's heard...

And starved before

they hang him?

- Who is that quarrelsome feller?

- Adam Mercy.

He was taken in a pirate ship

by his Majesty's frigate Wasp.

He's always escaping, so that's

why we keep him in chains.

He's got a lacing of tiger's blood in him.

This ain't exactly a flower garden, is it?

Oh, forgive me Governor!

These are two of me officers...

Mr Boyle, Governor Landers...

Mr Lorenzo, Governor Landers.

Spanish blood.

A pretty lot of sinners

Capitan...

Do you think there is anyone down there

who knows us?

I hope not.

Governor, would you be good enough

to tell them what we are here for?

Give heed you, you... vermin!

Her's news to your advantage.

Is the hangman dead then?

Out with it then, Jack nasty face!

Is it that your mother's turned

into an honest woman?

Silence, you mutinous dogs!

If another man speaks I'll trice him up

by the thumbs and flay him raw!

Governor...

Is that the way to win the love

of these unfortunate gentlemen?

Now, then me bullies!

Would you rather do the gallows dance...

And hang in chains till the crows

pick your eyes from your rotting skull...

Or would you feel the roll of a stout ship

beneath your feet again?

- Aye.

- Aye!

I have a vessel, the Adventure galley...

And the King's commision to sail her.

And for those who show

a loyal and a stout heart...

There's a Royal pardon in the offing.

Which of you knows the waters

of Madagascar?

I do!

Would you have him unlocked, Governor?

Warden, unlock him!

Look you then!

I want men with iron in their blood...

And steel in their sinews!

And the first up here

is the first enlisted.

Governor, if your wardens are ready, would you

be good enough to have them lower the ropes.

Lower away!

Here they come!

Make ready lads!

Put your hands on that,

I'll make you a free man!

The other now!

Next!

Next one! Come on!

Name.

Philip Shaftstow.

Philip Shaftstow, regardless of the fact

that I'm your Captain...

You will always address

a gentleman as 'Sir', scum.

Aye, sir.

Make your mark.

On board!

Name.

- Adam Mercy, sir.

- Oh, so it's you.

Mercy. That's a comical handle

for a blade of fortune. Mercy!

It's also something the

world needs more of!

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