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I had a really good guess earlier today that I started to post from my phone, but the friend I was waiting for (so we could beat the b-day girl to her surprise party) came up just as I was writing it... now I can't remember... ARGH!
Mary Read (unknown – 1721) was an English pirate. She is chiefly remembered as one of only two women (her comrade, Anne Bonny, was the other) known to have been convicted of piracy during the early 18th century, at the height of the Golden Age
Mary Read was illegitimately born in England, in the late 17th century, to the widow of a sea captain.
Read's mother began to disguise illegitimately born Mary as a boy after the death of Mary's older, legitimate brother (name unknown). This was done in order to continue to receive financial support from his paternal grandmother. The grandmother was apparently fooled, and Read and her mother lived on the inheritance.
Still dressed as a boy, Read then found work as a footboy, later on a ship and then in the British military
Read, in male disguise, proved herself through battle, but she fell in love with a Flemish soldier. When they married, she dressed as a woman for the first time in her life.
Upon her husband's early death, Read resumed male dress and military service in Holland. With peace, there was no room for advancement, so she quit and boarded a ship bound for the West Indies.
Read's ship was taken by pirates, who forced her to join them. She took the King's pardon c.1718-1719, and took a commission to privateer, until that ended with her joining the crew in mutiny. In 1720 she joined pirate John "Calico Jack" Rackham and his companion, the female pirate Anne Bonny.
Read remained dressed as a man at first. Nobody knew that Read was female until Bonny began to take a liking to Read thinking she was a handsome young fellow. That forced Read to reveal to Bonny that she was a woman. Rackham, who was Bonny's lover, became jealous of the intimacy between them and threatened to cut the throat of Bonny's new paramour. To prevent Read's death, Rackham was also let in on the secret.
Read fell in love with one of the sea artists . The sea artist was due to fight a duel with an experienced pirate he had rubbed the wrong way. Read, knowing that her beloved stood no chance against him, started a quarrel with the pirate and challenged him to a duel that would take place before the pending duel with the forced man.
Read prevailed in the death match, and her lover showed up on time for his duel.
In October 1720, pirate hunter Captain Jonathan Barnet took Rackham's crew by surprise while they were hosting a rum party off the west coast of Jamaica. After a volley of fire left the pirate vessel disabled, Rackham's crew and their "guests" fled to the hold, leaving only the women and one other to fight Barnet's boarding party. Allegedly, Read angrily shot into the hold, killing one, wounding others when the men would not come up and fight with them.
Barnet's crew eventually overcame the women. Rackham surrendered, requesting "quarter."[2]
Rackham and his crew were arrested and brought to trial in what is now known as Spanish Town, Jamaica, where they were sentenced to hang for acts of piracy.
Read and Bonny escaped the noose when they revealed they were both "quick with child" (known as "Pleading the belly"), so they received a temporary stay of execution.
Read died in prison in April 1721, but there is no record of burial of her baby. Official documents state that Read died of fever associated with childbirth.
Five Guns West
Composer(s): Adam Ant; Marco Pirroni
Performer(s): Adam & The Ants
Ladies can be captains and ladies can be chiefs
just like glorious Amazons, Ann Bonny, Mary Read
ladies can be captains and ladies can be chiefs
this stuff I'm talking buddy-bob
don't give me any grief
5 Guns West
I'm a big tough man with a big tough plan
gonna take a whirl with a big tough girl
I'm a big tough man with a big tough plan
gonna spend my life with a big tough wife
a woman's wrath hath no man, and this all men must fear
these were ladies from hell, carving crimson careers
ladies can be captains and ladies can be chiefs
this stuff I'm talking buddy-bob
don't give me any grief
5 Guns West
I'm a big tough man with a big tough plan
gonna spend my day in a big tough way
I'm a big tough man with a big tough plan
gonna take a whirl with a big tough girl
5 Guns West
I'm a big tough man with a big tough plan
gonna spend my life with a big tough wife
I'm a big tough man with a big tough plan
gonna take a whirl with a big tough girl
Im' a big tough man and my name is Stan
gonna take a ride with my big tough bride
I'm a big tough man with a big tough plan
gonna spend my day in a big tough way
Mary Read was illegitimately born in England, in the late 17th century, to the widow of a sea captain.
Read's mother began to disguise illegitimately born Mary as a boy after the death of Mary's older, legitimate brother (name unknown). This was done in order to continue to receive financial support from his paternal grandmother. The grandmother was apparently fooled, and Read and her mother lived on the inheritance.
Still dressed as a boy, Read then found work as a footboy, later on a ship and then in the British military
Read, in male disguise, proved herself through battle, but she fell in love with a Flemish soldier. When they married, she dressed as a woman for the first time in her life.
Upon her husband's early death, Read resumed male dress and military service in Holland. With peace, there was no room for advancement, so she quit and boarded a ship bound for the West Indies.
Read's ship was taken by pirates, who forced her to join them. She took the King's pardon c.1718-1719, and took a commission to privateer, until that ended with her joining the crew in mutiny. In 1720 she joined pirate John "Calico Jack" Rackham and his companion, the female pirate Anne Bonny.
Read remained dressed as a man at first. Nobody knew that Read was female until Bonny began to take a liking to Read thinking she was a handsome young fellow. That forced Read to reveal to Bonny that she was a woman. Rackham, who was Bonny's lover, became jealous of the intimacy between them and threatened to cut the throat of Bonny's new paramour. To prevent Read's death, Rackham was also let in on the secret.
Read fell in love with one of the sea artists . The sea artist was due to fight a duel with an experienced pirate he had rubbed the wrong way. Read, knowing that her beloved stood no chance against him, started a quarrel with the pirate and challenged him to a duel that would take place before the pending duel with the forced man.
Read prevailed in the death match, and her lover showed up on time for his duel.
In October 1720, pirate hunter Captain Jonathan Barnet took Rackham's crew by surprise while they were hosting a rum party off the west coast of Jamaica. After a volley of fire left the pirate vessel disabled, Rackham's crew and their "guests" fled to the hold, leaving only the women and one other to fight Barnet's boarding party. Allegedly, Read angrily shot into the hold, killing one, wounding others when the men would not come up and fight with them.
Barnet's crew eventually overcame the women. Rackham surrendered, requesting "quarter."[2]
Rackham and his crew were arrested and brought to trial in what is now known as Spanish Town, Jamaica, where they were sentenced to hang for acts of piracy.
Read and Bonny escaped the noose when they revealed they were both "quick with child" (known as "Pleading the belly"), so they received a temporary stay of execution.
Read died in prison in April 1721, but there is no record of burial of her baby. Official documents state that Read died of fever associated with childbirth.
Five Guns West
Composer(s): Adam Ant; Marco Pirroni
Performer(s): Adam & The Ants
Ladies can be captains and ladies can be chiefs
just like glorious Amazons, Ann Bonny, Mary Read
ladies can be captains and ladies can be chiefs
this stuff I'm talking buddy-bob
don't give me any grief
5 Guns West
I'm a big tough man with a big tough plan
gonna take a whirl with a big tough girl
I'm a big tough man with a big tough plan
gonna spend my life with a big tough wife
a woman's wrath hath no man, and this all men must fear
these were ladies from hell, carving crimson careers
ladies can be captains and ladies can be chiefs
this stuff I'm talking buddy-bob
don't give me any grief
5 Guns West
I'm a big tough man with a big tough plan
gonna spend my day in a big tough way
I'm a big tough man with a big tough plan
gonna take a whirl with a big tough girl
5 Guns West
I'm a big tough man with a big tough plan
gonna spend my life with a big tough wife
I'm a big tough man with a big tough plan
gonna take a whirl with a big tough girl
Im' a big tough man and my name is Stan
gonna take a ride with my big tough bride
I'm a big tough man with a big tough plan
gonna spend my day in a big tough way
ChrissyB
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So Rosey is the winner? 
lol you are quite the trivia expert! I wouldve never got that in a million clues probably lol
I wouldve never got that in a million clues probably lol
