Скачать или смотреть The tale of Owen Fitzpen (Roy Thigpen)

A song about one of my ancestors, Owen Fitzpen. A man who was forced to ply the seas at 7 years old, built a comfortable life with a loving wife and family, then in 1620, he was kidnapped by Barbary Pirates in the Mediterranean Sea.

After 7 years of slavery, Owen led a mutiny on a Barbary Corsair, where he and his crew of 11 men overwhelmed the pirate crew of 65 men.

Fitzpen sailed the prize to Cartagena, Spain, and was summoned to the King in Madrid. There, he was offered a Captainship in the Spanish Navy, along with land and a fortune, if he renounced his Protestant faith. He turned down this offer, and returned to England, where he lived out his days in Cornwall.

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