`` We come every moment somewhat clearer of these sandbanks ; with every moment , then , the sea packeth upon us heavier , and for all these whimperers , they will presently be on their backs . For , my master , 't is a right mystery , but true , there never yet was a bad man that was a good shipman . None but the honest and the bold can endure me this tossing of a ship . '' `` Nay , Lawless , '' said Dick , laughing , `` that is a right shipman 's byword , and hath no more of sense than the whistle of the wind . But , prithee , how go we ? Do we lie well ? Are we in good case ? '' `` 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 XXXXX , and a steady hand . ''
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