In your situation, diplomacy won't matter. If you're attacked, by all means, attack back. But don't sit in a place where you know Corsairs are going to come after you.
A way a lone a last a loved a long the riverrun, past Eve and Adam's, from swerve of shore to bend of bay,
brings us by a commodius vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle and Environs.
