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Having stowed their kit bags, Tapping John and Sawn - Off Jones climbed back on deck and joined the rest of the crew to hear what Cap'n Blackbeard's instructions were for the forthcoming mission.

        With a shout of " Cap'n on deck" from bosun Trescothic, all men looked aft to see Cap'n Blackbeard approach the quarter-deck rail from his cabin.
        "Ahoy my lads" shouted Blackbeard with an enormous smile on his face.
        "Ahoy Cap'n!" replied the crew, some looked in disbelief at the Cap'n's freshly shaven face, flamboyant merchants coat and tri-corn hat and clapped their hands in approval for he struck a very handsome figure.  The coat was yellow with enormous cuffs, lace shirt cuffs trimmed the sleeves and the hat sported several large purple feathers;  beneath that a large wig of brown curled fur.  Such a costume drew great approval from all the men.
        "What's 'e been up to?" said Tappin John.
        " Glad you like it men" laughed Blackbeard, "It certainly did the trick in port.
We got most of the vituals for the journey ahead with the promise of fine clothes, like the ones I'm wearing now, and cloth when we return from our voyage, so we'd better come back in one piece or there's going to be alot of disapointed badly dressed people about eh lads?" at that the crew laughed heartily, some wiping tears of laughter from their faces.
To Tappin John it seemed as if this voyage was going to be just a little different from the rest. Sawn-Off looked puzzled, and Mr Scurvy laughed along with everybody else.
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