Brother, you are a free man serving your Company and the Brethren of the Black Flag with honour and fidelity.
Each of those who fight under the Black Flag is your Brother in life and in arms whatever his nationality, his race, or his religion might be, and you will stand with him in solidarity for that is what Brothers do.
Respect for the traditions of your Company and the Brethren of the Black Flag, devotion to your leaders, discipline and comradeship are your strengths, courage and loyalty your virtues.
You are an elite soldier, you train rigorously, you maintain your weapon as your most precious possessions, and you keep yourself in peak physical condition.
The contract is sacred; you honour it until it is fulfilled and, if necessary in the field, at the risk of your life.
In combat, you act with passion but without hate for you are a professional, you respect defeated enemies, and you never abandon your dead, your wounded, or your arms.
You will protect and provide for the wives and children of your fallen Brothers as if they were your own, just as your Brothers will protect and provide for yours when you fall.
And fall you will.
