otherwise I am not willing to fight, for my part." The captain
cannot do this; so they strike, and the ship and cargo are lost.

If I should turn this supposed example into a real history, and name
the ship and the captain that did so, it would be too plain to be
contradicted.

Wherefore, for the encouragement of sailors in the service of the
merchant, I would have a friendly society erected for seamen;
wherein all sailors or seafaring men, entering their names, places
of abode, and the voyages they go upon at an office of insurance for
seamen, and paying there a certain small quarterage of 1s. per
quarter, should have a sealed certificate from the governors of the
said office for the articles hereafter mentioned:

I.

If any such seaman, either in fight or by any other accident at sea,
come to be disabled, he should receive from the said office the
following sums of money, either in pension for life, or ready money,
as he pleased:

Pounds Pounds
An eye 25 2
Both eyes 100 8
One leg 50 4
Both legs 80 6
For the Right hand 80 6
loss of Left hand 50 or 4 per annum for life
Right arm 100 8