That was Roberts ' men , that was , and comed of changing names to their ships -- ROYAL FORTUNE and so on . Now , what a ship was christened , so let her stay , I says . So it was with the CASSANDRA , as brought us all safe home from Malabar , after England took the viceroy of the Indies ; so it was with the old WALRUS , Flint 's old ship , as I 've seen amuck with the red blood and fit to sink with gold . '' `` Ah ! '' cried another voice , that of the youngest hand on board , and evidently full of admiration . `` He was the flower of the flock , was Flint ! '' `` Davis was a man too , by all accounts , '' said Silver . `` I never sailed along of him ; first with England , then with Flint , that 's my story ; and now here on my own account , in a manner of speaking . I laid by nine hundred safe , from England , and two thousand after Flint . That ai n't bad for a man before the mast -- all safe in bank . ` Tai n't earning now , it 's saving does it , you may lay to that . Where 's all England 's men now ? I dunno . Where 's Flint 's ? Why , most on 'em aboard here , and glad to get the duff -- been begging before that , some on 'em . Old Pew , as had lost his sight , and might have thought shame , spends twelve hundred pound in a year , like a lord in Parliament . Where is he now ? Well , he 's dead now and under hatches ; but for two year before that , shiver my timbers , the man was starving ! He begged , and he stole , and he cut throats , and starved at that , by the powers ! '' `` Well , it ai n't much use , after all , '' said the young seaman . ''
` XXXXX n't much use for fools , you may lay to it -- that , nor nothing , '' cried Silver .
CASSANDRA Davis England Flint Indies Malabar Parliament Roberts Tai hatches