4 Chapter 3 Captain!

Chapter 3 Captain! In the fall of 1717, Edward got a chance to move up in the pirate ranks. He and Hornigold met a man named Stede Bonnet. Bonnet was actually an English gentleman, not a roug-hand-tumble sailor. He had owned land on the Caribbean island of Barbados, where he grew sugarcane and had a family. He chose to leave that life behind, however, and become a pirate. Even though he had never been a sailor, he built a ship, found a crew, and headed toward the coast of the American colonies in search of ships to plunder.

第三章船长!1717年秋天，爱德华得到了在海盗队伍中晋升的机会。 他和霍尼戈尔德遇到了一个叫斯泰德·邦纳的人。 邦纳实际上是一位英国绅士，而不是一个粗笨的水手。 他在加勒比海的巴巴多斯岛上拥有土地，在那里种植甘蔗并成家。 然而，他选择放弃这种生活，成为一名海盗。 尽管他从来没有当过水手，但他建造了一艘船，找了一批船员，驶向美国殖民地的海岸，寻找可以掠夺的船只。

Bonnet's pirating went well at first. He captured four ships in his first weeks as a pirate captain. When pirates captured a ship, they did one of three things. If they thought they could use the ship and add it to their pirate fleet, they kept it, usually after setting the people on the ship adrift in small boats. Then they moved a pirate crew aboard to run the ship. They sometimes just stole everything from the ship, including the passengers' possessions, and then let it continue its journey. If they did not want the ship, and they wanted to send a message to beware, they burned it. Most pirates let any passengers and sailors escape first, but a few simply killed them.

邦尼特的海盗行动一开始进行得很顺利。 他当海盗船长的头几个星期就俘获了四艘船。 当海盗劫持一艘船时，他们会做三件事中的一件。 如果他们认为他们可以使用这艘船并将其加入他们的海盗舰队，他们就会保留这艘船，通常是在让船上的人乘坐小船漂流之后。 然后，他们派了一个海盗船员上船来经营这艘船。 他们有时会偷走船上的一切，包括乘客的财产，然后让船继续航行。 如果他们不想要这艘船，他们想要发出警告，让他们小心，他们就把船烧掉。 大多数海盗会先让乘客和水手逃跑，但也有少数海盗会直接杀死他们。

Though Bonnet had captured a few ships, he was not a great sailor. So Hornigold took control of Bonnet's ship, the Revenge. He then made Edward Teach captain of the Revenge. Bonnet remained on board, but only as an assistant to his new captain.

虽然邦纳俘获过几艘船，但他并不是一个伟大的水手。 所以霍尼戈德控制了邦尼特的船，复仇号。 然后他任命爱德华·蒂奇为复仇号的船长。 邦纳留在船上，但只是作为他的新船长的助手。

The Revenge carried twelve large cannons and had 150 sailors on her crew. In the fall, Edward left Hornigold behind and struck out on his own, taking the Revenge for himself. He headed north to find ships entering the big ports of the American colonies.

“复仇号”上有12门大炮，船上有150名水手。 秋天，爱德华离开了霍尼戈尔德，独自出击，为自己报仇。 他向北航行，发现有船只进入美国殖民地的大港口。

Near Virginia, the Revenge stalked and captured a sloop called the Betty and stole all the wine that the ship was carrying. After putting the passengers into lifeboats, the crew sank the Betty. For the next several weeks, heading north along the Virginia and New Jersey coasts, Teach and the Revenge robbed ship after ship. They stole wheat, wine, sails, ropes for rigging their ships, barrels of meat, and other supplies. Many captains brought

在弗吉尼亚附近，复仇号跟踪并捕获了一艘名为贝蒂号的单桅帆船，并偷走了船上所有的葡萄酒。 船员们把乘客们放进救生艇后，把贝蒂号弄沉了。 在接下来的几个星期里，蒂奇和复仇号沿着弗吉尼亚和新泽西海岸向北航行，抢劫了一艘又一艘船。 他们偷了小麦、酒、帆、绑船用的绳子、肉桶和其他物资。 许多船长带来了