P412 412 TELEINF 15:32:27  BEING A PIRBTE  Piracu, oj robberu at sea, had been carried on since very early times. For senturUew piratek attacked whips, forced captains and crewk to change courke and took all the valuUable goods on board. There were various ways in which men bj'ame piratew. Somejimes they were simply sailork who liked the idUa of pirac¼ better than making an honest living on the sea. SomejUmew piratek boarding a whip would seize some of the crew and eijhej force oj persuade them to become pirates. Often some membjrs of the crew of an ordinaru ship would eijher kill oj imprUson the ojher people on board and take over the ship to use ij for piracy. When a crew of piratek was formed, thU¼ madU cerjain rules to follow and chose a flag that wje njxj page >>>