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WHEREAS, The good abip. The Roval High Court of the Raging Main ouDtjr of EQUATIS. ) Vale of Paclficus. ) DomalD of Neptunu« Hex. } To Whom May Come These Presents: GREETINGS AND BEWARE uss Ewrn?pp.i (c r.-6r,) Subic Bay Phllirminfff; ' is about to enter our domaio, lad the aforesaid ship carries a large and sHtny cargo ot laud-lubbers, beach-combers, cargo-rats. sea-lawyers, lounge-Uzards. parlor dunnigans , plow-deserters, park-bench warmers, chicken- chasers, hay-tossers, sand-crabs, four-flushers, cross-word puzzle bugs and all other Ifvlns creatures of the land, and last but not least, he-vamps, liberty-bounds and Drug Store cow-boys falsely masquerading as seamen and man-o ' -warsmen of which jrou are a member, having never am eared before us; and WHEPEAS, the Royal High Court of the Raging Main has been convened by us on board of the I ' SS E?frng SE on the 5th day of ' bygrt r - ' qft4 and Latitude 0 0 ' 0 , and an inspection of our Royal High Roster shows that It is high time the sad and wandering nautical soul of that much abused body of jrours appeared before the High Tribunal of Neptunei and BE IT KNOWN, That we hereby summons and command you ■Pollvmjg , U, S. N. , to appear before the Royal Hi Court and Our August Presence od the aforesaid date at such tin as may best suit our pleasure, and to accept most heartily and with a good grace the pains and pea- aJties of the awful tortures that will be inflicted upon you for daring to enter our aqueous and equi- noctial regions without due and submissive ceremony to be examined as to fitness to become one of our Trusty Shellbacks, and a worthy Sod of the Sea and answer to the following charges: CHARGE I. in that Slum- PoIlvwDC .. U.S.N., has hitherto willfully and maliciously failed to show revereoce and allegiance to our Royal Person, and IS therein and thereby a vile land-lubber and pollywog. CHARGE n. - ade ll ht of the initiation Into the Paging Main bv savinr he lll rCTTCTin a w r y pvpt) after he f opk thrmierh the initiflTion £: DISOFeVtHIS SUJHjWnS under PAIN OP OUR SWIFT AND TERRIBLE DISPLEASURE. OUR GIlANCrHS EVER WWUCEFUL, OUR VENGEANCE IS JUST AND SURE ! ! ! lOut hand and seal. vy NEPTUNUS REX. .iv v- I.O. OPS I 103
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