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Are you talking about history? Or is it just fictional?

Well, let's continue.

Still two questions remain:

1) Failed to understand "So it was with the Cassandra." Does it mean "so the unfortunate event (the perish of Roberts' men) came along with the predictions"?

2) Does "so it was with the old Walrus, Flint's old ship, as I've seen a-muck witb the red blood and fit to sink with gold" mean "so it came along with the old Walrus (Flint's old ship), because I've seen the omen that it (Flint's old ship) was suitable to sink with gold aboard (the ship)"?

oristarA wrote:

Well, let's continue.

Still two questions remain:

1) Failed to understand "So it was with the Cassandra." Does it mean "so the unfortunate event (the perish of Roberts' men) came along with the predictions"?

2) Does "so it was with the old Walrus, Flint's old ship, as I've seen a-muck witb the red blood and fit to sink with gold" mean "so it came along with the old Walrus (Flint's old ship), because I've seen the omen that it (Flint's old ship) was suitable to sink with gold aboard (the ship)"?

So it was = it was thus...

That was Roberts' men, that was, and comed of changing names to their ships — Royal Fortune and so on. Now, what a ship was christened, so let her stay, I says. So it was with the Cassandra, [whose name was unchanged] as brought us all safe home from Malabar,[i.e. not an unlucky ship] after England took the Viceroy of the Indies; so it was with the old Walrus, Flint's old ship, as I've seen a-muck witb the red blood [covered with blood but not defeated] and fit to sink [heavily loaded, not really likely to sink because of that] with gold."

When someone is "fit to die of laughter" they are not really likely to die, they are just very amused. An expression with "fit to" is a dramatic exaggeration - fit to burst (with excitement or surprise), fit to be tied (when a person is so angry ("mad") that they are said to resemble an insane person who should be tied up)

Does "so it was with the old Walrus, Flint's old ship, as I've seen a-muck with the red blood and fit to sink with gold" mean "so it came along with the old Walrus (Flint's old ship), because I've seen the omen that it (Flint's old ship) was suitable to sink with gold aboard (the ship)"?

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Does "so it was with the old Walrus, Flint's old ship, as I've seen a-muck with the red blood and fit to sink with gold" mean "so it came along with the old Walrus (Flint's old ship), because I've seen the omen that it (Flint's old ship) was suitable to sink with gold aboard (the ship)"?

No, it doesn't mean that.

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the old Walrus, Flint's old ship, as I've seen a-muck witb the red blood [covered with blood but not defeated]

I also wonder what does "a-muck" means.

this answer is so loose and lazy

oristarA wrote:

this answer is so loose and lazy

You should not complain in such an ungrateful fashion about McTag, who seems to be a decent fellow, who is not obliged to answer, who has helped you a great deal, and who has stood up valiantly to a certain troll. Also I suspect it is too hot for dithyrambic pursuits where he is.

too hot for dithyrambic pursuits

I was simply joking. I am sorry if McTag's offended.

oristarA wrote:

I was simply joking. I am sorry if McTag's offended.

Best not to, your sense of humour doesn't translate very well.

I was simply joking. I am sorry if McTag's offended.

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I was simply joking. I am sorry if McTag's offended.

I am not offended. It's quite amusing to sometimes help (and sometimes not) a Chinese learner unravel eighteenth-century dialect, nautical dialect at that, or at least one author's version of it.
You do turn up with the most amazing variety of texts, Ori.
Even although the sun is not over the yardarm, it being not much later than seagull-fart, I'm off to splice the mainbrace.