Trunnion, exhausted as he was, smiled at this sally, and, after some
pause, resumed his admonitions in this manner:--"I need not talk of
Pipes, because I know you'll do for him without any recommendation;
the fellow has sailed with me in many a hard gale, and I'll warrant
him as stout a seaman as ever set face to the weather. But I hope
you'll take care of the rest of my crew, and not disrate them after
I am dead, in favour of new followers. As for that young woman, Ned
Gauntlet's daughter, I'm informed as how she's an excellent wench,
and has a respect for you; whereby, if you run her on board in an
unlawful way, I leave my curse upon you, and trust you will never
prosper in the voyage of life. But I believe you are more of an
honest man, than to behave so much like a pirate. I beg, of all
love, you wool take care of your constitution, and beware of running
foul of harlots, who are no better than so many mermaids, that sit
upon rocks in the sea, and hang out a fair face for the destruction
of passengers; thof I must say, for my own part, I never met with
any of those sweet singers, and yet I have gone to sea for the
space of thirty years.
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