`` Master Shelton , '' replied Lawless , `` I have been a Grey Friar -- I praise fortune -- an archer , a thief , and a shipman . Of all these coats , I had the best fancy to die in the Grey Friar 's , as ye may readily conceive , and the least fancy to die in John Shipman 's tarry jacket ; and that for two excellent good reasons : first , that the death might take a man suddenly ; and second , for the horror of that great , salt smother and welter under my foot here '' -- and Lawless stamped with his foot . `` Howbeit , '' he went on , `` an I die not a sailor 's death , and that this night , I shall owe a tall candle to our Lady . '' `` Is it so ? '' asked Dick . `` It is right so , '' replied the outlaw . `` Do ye not feel how heavy and dull she moves upon the waves ? Do ye not hear the water washing in her hold ? She will scarce mind the rudder even now . Bide till she has settled a bit lower ; and she will either go down below your boots like a stone image , or drive ashore here , under our lee , and come all to pieces like a twist of string . '' `` Ye speak with a good courage , '' returned Dick . `` Ye are not then appalled ? '' `` Why , master , '' answered Lawless , `` if ever a man had an ill crew to come to port with , it is I -- a renegade friar , a thief , and all the rest o n't . Well , ye may wonder , but I keep a good hope in my wallet ; and if that I be to drown , I will drown with a bright eye , Master Shelton , and a steady hand . '' Dick returned no answer ; but he was surprised to find the old vagabond of so resolute a temper , and fearing some fresh violence or treachery , set forth upon his quest for three sure men . The great bulk of the men had now deserted the deck , which was continually wetted with the flying sprays , and where they lay exposed to the shrewdness of the winter wind . They had gathered , instead , into the hold of the merchandise , among the butts of wine , and lighted by two swinging lanterns . Here a few kept up the form of revelry , and toasted each other deep in Arblaster 's Gascony wine . But as the Good Hope continued to tear through the smoking waves , and toss her stem and stern alternately high in air and deep into white foam , the number of these jolly companions diminished with every moment and with every lurch . Many sat apart , tending their hurts , but the majority were already prostrated with sickness , and lay moaning in the bilge .
Greensheve , Cuckow , and a young fellow of Lord Foxham 's whom XXXXX had already remarked for his intelligence and spirit , were still , however , both fit to understand and willing to obey .
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