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On this day in 1720
John 'Calico Jack' Rackham protects the rum while Anne and Mary fight
Crossed swords and a grinning skull distinguish Calico Jack Rackham's flag, and that's just what pirate hunters find while prowling Jamaican waters. When they attack Pirate Jack's ship, his female crew, Anne Bonny and Mary Read, return the fight while the men, drunk on rum, wait it out in the hold.
Rackham and his pirates were swiftly tried and found guilty. Most of them were hanged. Bonny and Read were also sentenced to hang, but both of them declared they were pregnant. A judge ordered their claim checked out and it was found to be true, a fact which automatically commuted their death sentence. Read died in prison shortly thereafter, but Bonny survived. No one knows for sure what became of her and her child. Some say she reconciled with her rich father, some say she remarried and lived in Port Royal or Nassau.
In a famous quote Bonny told Rackham in prison:
“I'm sorry to see you here, but if you had fought like a man, you need not have hanged like a dog.”
OK, I might have sussed it.
I've been in a meeting place for quite a long time tonight, not in full screen though and I haven't had a black screen all night. I'm going to do more testing though first, fingers crossed.
It might just be coincidence. So, I'm not getting my hopes up. Or, it might even be a fix from the Devs.
I'll keep you posted. :
