Adventure on the High Seas
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Roaring Seas! Flaming Hearts! Riotous Adventure!
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Adventure Awaits on the High Seas
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Adventure on the high seas!
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Atonement and Loyalty in Naval Command
King William III:
Captain Kidd is dead, my Lord Blayne. His account is closed. Now in what manner can I atone for the injustice I worked upon your father? Off with you, First Sea Lord. What do you suggest?
First Sea Lord:
We've a fine frigate of 50 guns commissioned for American waters that we thought of naming the Lady Anne.
King William III:
It should be a wedding gift to you from the crown for your loyalty and service to King and Country.
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Consequences of Greed and Ambition
Capt. William Kidd: [from the scaffold]
So here's me bequest to them what hunts what I have hid and to their sons sons down through the corridors of time: greed that spawns murder; hatred that corrodes the soul; ambition - the foulest strumpet of all.
Heckler at Kidd's hanging: [to hangman]
Hey, Dick - Dick Kent. Sell me a bit of that rope for a sixpence will you?
Capt. William Kidd: [to hangman]
Save your money, me lads. You can have it all for nothing if you'll only step here and wear it! Hurry up, Kent. Can't wait forever.
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Accusations of Piracy and Imprisonment
Adam Mercy:
May it please your Majesty, I accuse this man of piracy and murder!
Capt. William Kidd:
Was ever a gentleman so misfortunate?
King William III:
Lock him up in Newgate. He's to be held for the next session of the Court of Oyez and Terminer - there to be tried for his life.
Capt. William Kidd:
Hands off me, you scum! All I done was for the credit and for the honor and glory of England!
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Prisoners Seek Clarity on Their Fate
Capt. William Kidd:
Governor, would you be good enough to tell them what we're here for?
Newgate Prison Governor Landers:
Give heed you-you vermin. Here's news to your advantage...
First prisoner:
Is the hangman dead, then?
Second prisoner:
Out with it, Jock Nastyface! Is it that your mother's turned into an honest woman?
Newgate Prison Governor Landers:
Silence you mutinous dogs! If another man speaks. I'll trice him up by the thumbs and flog him raw!
Capt. William Kidd:
Tsk-tsk-tsk. Is that the way to win the love of these unfortunate gentleman?
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The Temptation of Wealth and Violence
Capt. William Kidd:
Twenty thousand pounds apiece in their hands would only be spent in sinful ways.
Orange Povey:
And you propose to remove them from the path of temptation. How? A knife in the dark?
Capt. William Kidd:
I'm not a violent man, Mister Povey, I detest violence. People have such an awkward habit of getting in my way.
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The Importance of Honesty and Familiarity
Capt. William Kidd:
But however we do it, it must be legal-like and honest.
Cyprian Boyle:
Stick to ways you're familiar with.
Capt. William Kidd:
Why, you pox-raddled villain, I can be as honest as any man if I have the incentive!
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The Consequences of Asking Too Many Questions
Adam Mercy:
Who might this be?
Orange Povey:
Perhaps a man that asked too many questions.
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Loyalty and Conduct in Desperate Times
Capt. William Kidd:
There's none would be so loyal, nor fight so desperate, as cutthroats under sentence of death... if they knew that at the end of the voyage a royal pardon would be in their pockets.
King William III:
I shall hold you responsible for their good conduct.
Capt. William Kidd:
Between their conduct and mine, your majesty, there will be little to choose.
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The Refinement of a Gentleman
Capt. William Kidd:
I'm one of nature's gentlemen, but I need polish, my good man. If I'm to improve myself...
Cary Shadwell:
A gentleman only employs the term "My good man" when addressing lower servants or his inferiors, sir.
Capt. William Kidd: [sucks his teeth; sucks his teeth again]
You see... ...that's why I want you. With my upbringing...
Cary Shadwell:
A gentleman never sucks his teeth, sir. Many a man's social career has been ruined by less, sir.
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Unexpected Flattery Among Rivals
Orange Povey:
You cold-gutted shark.
Capt. William Kidd:
Ahh!... You're a flatterer. You've no idea how gratifying it is to have a congenial soul to confide in.
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The Nature of Mortality and Loyalty
Capt. William Kidd:
Stab me, there's a pretty sight!
Orange Povey:
It'll be prettier still when the fire reaches the magazine, Captain.
Cyprian Boyle:
Pity though. Lots of stout seamen among em. They've been with us a long time.
Capt. William Kidd:
We can none of us live forever, Mr. Boyle. Dead men don't talk.
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Ambition and the Pursuit of Power
Capt. William Kidd:
I am an ambitious man, Mister Povey... and an ambitious man, if he be bold enough, can carve himself a kingdom.
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Deception Behind an Honest Appearance
Capt. William Kidd:
There's no mask for a treacherous heart like an honest face. Keep an eye on him!
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Desire for Strong and Determined Crew
Capt. William Kidd:
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!
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Reflection on Loyalty and Betrayal
Capt. William Kidd: [the pirates gather around the dead man]
Are we such callous rascals that we'd leave a dead comrade without commending his soul to his new master? Here lieth one who through treachery and avarice would have placed in jeopardy the lives of honest men. And here may he lie forever in the sands of Madagascar. Rest in peace.
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Consequences of Memory and Action
Capt. William Kidd:
Your neck will be stretched as long as your memory, one of these days.
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Choice Between Death or Freedom at Sea
Capt. William Kidd:
Now then, me bullies! Would you rather do the gallows dance, and hang in chains til the crows pluck your eyes from your rotten skulls? Or would you feel the roll of a stout ship beneath your feet again?
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