2. The navigators may choose their own masters.

3. The traders must be chosen and named by the community to which

they belong, and the navigators have no voice in their election.

4. If during a voyage it is found that the king is bad or incompetent,

another may be put in his place, and on the return home he may make

his complaint to the Olderman.

5. If the fleet returns with profits, the sailors may divide one-third

among themselves in the following manner: The king twelve portions,

the admiral seven, the boatswains each two portions, the captains

three, and the rest of the crew each one part; the youngest boys

each one-third of a portion, the second boys half a portion each,

and the eldest boys two-thirds of a portion each.

6. If any have been disabled, they must be maintained at the public

expense, and honoured in the same way as the soldiers.

7. If any have died on the voyage, their nearest relatives inherit

their portion.

8. Their widows and orphans must be maintained at the public expense;

and if they were killed in a sea-fight, their sons may bear the names

of their fathers on their shields.

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