My encounter with Amazon Pirates

          4-sept-1642
    Personal journal to D.Calehan,
    Seaman cook aboard her majestys navy Flagship-
    The "Silver Star".
    3-days was I drifting at sea, a lone suvivor.
    Vaguely I remember A dense fog
    & being pulled aboard A dark ship;
    Glimpses of women,their voices fading....
    Must be a dream- Was I rescued?
    Little did I know what lie in my future.
   
          5-sept-1642
    I awoke to A scurvy fellow looking down
    as if wondering what to do with me.
    "He's awake!" She shouted, this - was - A - Woman?!
    A Buxom large woman walked over,yanked me up
    and asked "Can ye walk,Boy?"
    (Obviously the "Captain"?) barely breathing;
    I was in shock - Finally I whispered "Yes".
    She barked orders to two young girls,
    "take him to the galley,feed him then
    take him to my quarters!"
 
    I ate feverishly in silence and confusion
    then went to see the captain.
    She looked me over and sent the others out.
    I asked for "Parle'" and she laughed,
    I was being given A choice -
    "Take ye chances back in the sea, or
    be me ships Cabin Boy?"
    If I chose the latter then I could be released
    when they next came to Port.
    I accepted the job, thus began my life as "Boy".

        12-Oct-1642
    In all my 19 yrs. never had I seen women like this,
    Tall, Masculine- Bigger than any man & yet some
    still fair to the eyes; But alas not to be fooled,
    for they are Pirates just as any other.
    Each day begins before sunrise, in the galley
    I help prepare food and ale for the crew.
    then sharpen swords and other forms of weaponry
    to ready them for battle.
    Scrub the crews sleeping quarters -
    their clothes and the decks from bow to stern.
    Cabin Boy? More like Slave.
    Not sure how long I can live like this.

        30-dec-1642
    Thus far i've managed to keep my journal hidden,
    I fear worse than death if it's found.
    After the attack on a Village in "Port De' Pinto";
    Plundering all to be had,
    One of the crew died of her wounds this morning.
    "Captain Jade" gave a breif summary of "Lil"
    and set her ablaze pushing the wooden raft out to sea.
    With all the Gold, jewels and food piled in the center
    of the ship; Captain Jade ordered A pint of Rum to
    each of the crew, taking A pint o Whiskey for herself.
    They drank in rememberance of "Lil".

          02-Jan-1643
    Out to sea once more,they continued to celebrate their bounty.
    One by one they passed out, I bided my time and waited
    giving them more drink.
    I knew this could be my only chance for escape.
    Finally their all down - full of Rum & whiskey,
    they wouldn't wake.
    slowly and quietly I bagged some food,
    water and only a couple of gold coins-
    (maybe I can Barter my way to A safe port)
    I loaded the dingy and lowered it,
    I started rowing faster and faster till my arms ached
    and daylight approached. 
    Hiding from the suns blaze under a sheet I drifed and slept,
    Rowing at night.
   
      4-jan-1643
    Heading due south by the compass I took.
  I can only ponder as to what the crew of the "Jade Dragon"
  would've been thinking when they found I was gone;
  Will they come looking for me? I pray not.
  I'd rather die at sea -or by my own hand
  than lose my soul, broken down as A slave
  on any Pirate ship.
    I again put my fate at the mercy of the sea;
  waiting in hopes of A rescue.
    (not by pirates)
   
    These events are as I lived them,for 4-long months.
    If I am found dead, let this be a warning.

    I am D.C. - Seaman cook aboard her majestys
      Navy Flagship the " Silver Star".
    I was the only survivor.