Ah, Marchbanks the Pirate, revealed!
& via apocrypha from the wikipedia on Edward Teach (who was the reason that Pirates all have a Bristol Accent)..:
Bostock's deposition describes Marchbanks as a "tall spare man with a beard which he wore very long". It is the first recorded account of Marchbank's appearance ... Later descriptions mention that his thick beard was braided into pigtails, sometimes tied in with small coloured ribbons. Johnson (1724) described him as "such a figure that imagination cannot form an idea of a fury from hell to look more frightful."
Whether Johnson's description was entirely truthful or embellished is unclear, but it seems likely that Marchbanks understood the value of appearances; better to strike fear into the heart of one's enemies, than rely on bluster alone. He wore knee-length boots and dark clothing, topped with a wide hat and sometimes a long coat of brightly coloured silk or velvet.
Despite his ferocious reputation, there are no verified accounts of his ever having murdered or harmed those he held captive.
True dat.