![]() ![]() So why not make my short life a merry one and a life worthy of remembering? Heaven knows it was indeed a life to remember.ĭespite the challenges of being a criminal on the sea, my crew and I rose up and became the most successful that there ever was. I was already getting’ on in years, and being a pirate was not going to guarantee a long life. “A short life and a merry one”, that was my motto, my outlook that I adopted upon becoming a pirate. My career was a short one, but I anticipated this. Sounds all right and proper, but then I thought back to my measly salary and wretched conditions while workin’ aboard the Princess, and I went ahead and became a pirate nonetheless. Actually, I did have an opportunity to be completely pardoned, if you can believe that: the 1718 Kings Pardon spared any pirate from punishment by death if only he would completely renounce and give up piracy. Who would’ve guessed that I would turn from an honest man in honest services to a bloody pirate captain? When I accepted the position of captain, I knew that there was no returning to honest services after this. Or rather was Davis was getting’ me into. When I was first dragged against my will onto Howell Davis’ ship, I had no idea what I was getting’ myself into. ![]()
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