Feeling that unless quick action
was taken on it , the deed of the foretopman ,
so soon as it should be known to them on the gun-decks
would tend to awaken any slumbering
embers of disaffection the Nore among the crew,
a sense of the urgency of the case
overruled in Captain Vere every other consideration.
But tho' a conscientious disiplinarian
he was no lover of authority for
mere authority's sake. Very far
was he from embracing opportunities
for monopolizing monopolisingHS to himself
the perils of moral responsibility
none at least that could properly
be referred to an official superior in rank
was taken on it , the deed of the foretopman ,
so soon as it should be known to them on the gun-decks
would tend to awaken any slumbering
embers of disaffection the Nore among the crew,
a sense of the urgency of the case
overruled in Captain Vere every other consideration.
But tho' a conscientious disiplinarian
he was no lover of authority for
mere authority's sake. Very far
was he from embracing opportunities
for monopolizing monopolisingHS to himself
the perils of moral responsibility
none at least that could properly
be referred to an official superior in rank
Feeling that unless quick action
was taken on it , the deed of the foretopman ,
so soon as it should be known to them on the gun-decks
would tend to awaken any slumbering
embers of disaffection the Nore among the crew,
a sense of the urgency of the case
overruled in Captain Vere every other consideration.
But tho' a conscientious disiplinarian
he was no lover of authority for
mere authority's sake. Very far
was he from embracing opportunities
for monopolizing monopolisingHS to himself
the perils of moral responsibility
none at least that could properly
be referred to an official superior in rank
was taken on it , the deed of the foretopman ,
so soon as it should be known to them on the gun-decks
would tend to awaken any slumbering
embers of disaffection the Nore among the crew,
a sense of the urgency of the case
overruled in Captain Vere every other consideration.
But tho' a conscientious disiplinarian
he was no lover of authority for
mere authority's sake. Very far
was he from embracing opportunities
for monopolizing monopolisingHS to himself
the perils of moral responsibility
none at least that could properly
be referred to an official superior in rank
Transcribed by: John Bryant