PARLEY RINGFIRE IN THE HOLE Pirate Collection ''Parley. I invoke the right of parley. According to the Code of the Brethren set down by the pirates Morgan and Bartholomew, you have to take me to your captain. If an adversary demands parley, you can do them no harm until the parley is complete." Parley was a negotiation conference, especially one between enemies over terms of a truce or other matters. The root of the word parley is parler, which is the French