Sunday, May 8, 2011

Seafaring Sunday: Pirate Mothers

YOU Mary Read and Anne Bonny, alias Bonn, are to go from hence to the Place from whence you came, and from then to the Place of Execution; where you shall be severally hang'd by the neck, 'till you are severally Dead.  And GOD of his infinite Mercy be merciful to both of your Souls.

~ pronouncement of His Excellency Lord Nicholas Lawes of Jamaica, 1720

Header: Read and Bonny from Johnson's History of Pyrates
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2 comments:

  1. Timmy!May 8, 2011 at 11:43 AM

    Ahoy Pauline! And we all know how THAT turned out, don't we?

    Happy Mother's Day, Pirate Queen!

    Sorry I won't be able to spend the rest of it with you. See you on Thursday...

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  2. PaulineMay 8, 2011 at 5:14 PM

    Ahoy, Timmy! Unfortunate but true after all. Safe journey, mate.

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