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* The Republic of Pirates_ Being the True an - Colin Woodard
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:NOTER_DOCUMENT: ../../../library/books/Colin Woodard/The Republic of Pirates_ Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the (11177)/The Republic of Pirates_ Being the True an - Colin Woodard.epub
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** Notes for page (19 . 32479)
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:NOTER_PAGE: (19 . 32479)
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:ID: e10d6a00-fddf-4324-b14c-cbc88e1ac175
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In a few weeks, Maynard would be a household name from New England to London, Port Royal, and beyond. In Boston, thirteen-year-old Benjamin Franklin, then a printer’s apprentice, wrote and published a “sailor’s song” about Maynard’s accomplishment, which he sold on the street. The text has been lost, save for one stanza ending with the lines
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It’s better to swim in the sea below
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Than to swing in the air and feed the crow,
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Says jolly Ned Teach of Bristol
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