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The New England Holiday

           Theytransgressedwithoutfearorscruple,therulesofbehaviourthatwerebindingonallothers:smokingtobaccounderthebeadle’sverynose,althougheachwhiffwouldhavecostatownsmanashilling;andquaffingattheirpleasure,draughtsofwineoraqua-vitaefrompocketflasks,whichtheyfreelytenderedtothegapingcrowdaroundthem.Itremarkablycharacterisedtheincompletemoralityoftheage,rigidaswecallit,thatalicencewasallowedtheseafaringclass,notmerelyfortheirfreaksonshore,butforfarmoredesperatedeedsontheirproperelement.Thesailorofthatdaywouldgoneartobearraignedasapirateinourown.Therecouldbelittledoubt,forinstance,thatthisveryship’screw,thoughnounfavourablespecimensofthenauticalbrotherhood,hadbeenguilty,asweshouldphraseit,ofdepredationsontheSpanishcommerce,suchaswouldhaveperilledalltheirnecksinamoderncourtofjustice.

           Buttheseainthoseoldtimesheaved,swelled,andfoamedverymuchatitsownwill,orsubjectonlytothetempestuouswind,withhardlyanyattemptsatregulationbyhumanlaw.Thebuccaneeronthewavemightrelinquishhiscallingandbecomeatonceifhechose,amanofprobityandpietyonland;nor,eveninthefullcareerofhisrecklesslife,washeregardedasapersonagewithwhomitwasdisreputabletotrafficorcasuallyassociate.

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