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11 Basilica Hands
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55 Pirates are searching the ruins for something. I hid among the rocks to listen in and caught the name Israel Hands. Nearly gave myself away.
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7-Plenty of rumors circulate about him on Tortuga. They say Hands was born into a large merchant family in Bristol. The elder brothers inherited the business—while he, as in a fairy tale, was left with nothing but a cat.
7+Plenty of rumors circulate about him on Tortuga. They say Hands was born into a large merchant family in Bristol. The elder brothers inherited the business, while he, as in a fairy tale, was left with nothing but a cat.
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9-And as if that weren’t enough, his father was said to hit the bottle almost every night, beating both his wife and his youngest son—for good measure.
9+And as if that weren't enough, his father was said to hit the bottle almost every night, beating both his wife and his youngest son, for good measure.
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1111 One evening, after the old man once again had one too many, misfortune struck: he tumbled down the stairs and smashed his head… at least a dozen times. Took a few ribs with it too. Must have been a very long staircase.
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1313 After that, Hands decided to take fate into his own hands and ran off to see the fabled New World. In the harbor he signed on with a small privateer vessel, where he met Edward Teach. Later, without much thought, Hands followed him into the service of Benjamin Hornigold, back when Hornigold was still a pirate himself.
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15-They say it was under Hornigold that Hands earned the nickname “Basilica.” Whether for a fondness for churches—or for nuns—I couldn’t say.
15+They say it was under Hornigold that Hands earned the nickname "Basilica." Whether for a fondness for churches, or for nuns: I couldn't say.
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17-I don’t know what Hands’ men are looking for here, but I’d best put some distance between us. Even wolves are safer company.
17+I don't know what Hands' men are looking for here, but I'd best put some distance between us. Even wolves are safer company.
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19-As usual, I’ll have to stash my excess belongings beneath a fallen log marked with a red cloth…
19+As usual, I'll have to stash my excess belongings beneath a fallen log marked with a red cloth…
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21-— from the diary of Alexandre Exquemelin, traveler
21+ from the diary of Alexandre Exquemelin, traveler
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