Valcour (AVP 55) - Naval Cruise Book

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February 1955 Dom in of Neptunus Rex :f'T5Zfiim A, SU'BPOIE1'LfLA,AND smnfious Exrmonnmmr ',f eff 9.2 x , ,' The Royal High Court of the Raging Main -T 5 To Whom'May Come These Presents b Greetings and Beware WHEREAS, The good ship VILGOUR, bound southward of the Equator, udll. enter into our domain for the second time, and WHEREAS, the aforesaid ship carries a large and loathsome cargo of land- lubbers, beach-combers, guardirats, sea-lawyers, lounge lizards, parlor- dunigans, plow-deserters, park bench warmers, chicken-chasers, hay-tossers, flour-flushers, cross-word puzzle bugs, bridge sharks, Long Beach sheiks, Pike cowboys, asphalt arabs, and other foul creatures of the land, falsely mas- querading as seamen, of which low scum.you are member, hating never appeuaed before usg and WHEREAS,THE ROYAL COURT of the Raging Main will congene on board the good ship vntcoua, on the 1st day of February, 1955, at 37 oo'ooH west longitude, oo0oo'oov latitude, and WHEREAS, an inspection of our Royal Muster shows that it is high time your sad and wandering nautical soul appears before OUR AUGUST PRESENOEg P V- BE Il KNOWN, That we hereby summon and command you,j5lLJ-Y SLUILJACKELI a-,,,, to appear before the Royal High Court and Our August Presence on the aforesaid date at such time as may best suit OUR pleai sure, under penalty of eternal pickling, t You.will accept most heartily and with good grace the pains and penalties of the awful tortures that will be inflicted upon you to determine your fitness to be one of our Trusty Shellbacks and answer to the following chargeef , CHARGE I In that you have hitherto wi show reverence and allegiance to our Ra a vile landlubber and pollywog. CHARGEO II- Q5nQUllV,E' EST cmeam, ,SMOKING THE BOS'NS PIPE h Disobey this Sum ons Under Pain of Our Swift and Terrible Displeasureo Our Vigilance is Ever Wakeful, Our Vengeance is Just and Sure. Given uzmderpx Hand and Seal E 2 PIUNUS Bm R ' f of the Raging main DAVY JONES Clerk

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-In-.V Neptunus Rex Capta1n hands over command to Davy Jones I ,gg f Lookout' For Davy Jones E UHTUR Pollywog off1cers and flrst class PO's stand mspeotion