Comments by "William Cox" (@WildBillCox13) on "Naval Tactics in the Age of Sail (1650-1815)" video.

  1. . . . and, also, the origin of the English "Battleship" (Schlachtschiff), as in "Line of Battle Ship". True facts. <It is the bridge of the Brig Absynthe. All around is chaos; body parts, blood, and other evidence of the ruination of hopes and dreams made inevitable by close hauled carronade fire. There is only one man alive on the poop: Captain and Master Eshkalar lately of The Venetian Trade Guild, but now a failed buccaneer and privateer. This erstwhile scourge of the seas holds in his maimed left hand a letter of marque, bidding him to "go forth and teach these heathen Spaniards a lesson they'll not soon forget". It is signed by the queen, but she cannot aid him now. In his right hand, however, is a silver tankard sloshing merrily with his favorite concoction of Hard Rum, Morphia, Tobacco, and Bolivian Coca. Of all things on this wrecked deck only the tankard is unblemished. Through the roar of cannon, the rending of aged lumber, the shearing of planks, shredding of canvas, and shrieks of those gone to Hell too soon--and too quick--Eshkalar is singing. If we swing close, we can barely make out the words formed by the befoamed lips at the center of his riotous beard.> "Er war ein Punker Und er lebte in der großen Stadt Es war in Wien, war Vienna Wo er alles tat Er hatte Schulden denn er trank Doch ihn liebten alle Frauen Und jede rief Come and rock me Amadeus Er war Superstar Er war populär Er war so exaltiert Because er hatte Flair Er war allen nur zu groß Er war ein Rockidol Und alles rief Come and rock me Amadeus"
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  2. Hehehehe
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