Today, my life as a pirate begins for real! Though my back really, really hurts. Oh well, a flogging will do that to you. Still even the pain of my aching back cannot quell the fire of excitement burning in my chest! My darling lover, John Rackham a.k.a Calico Jack and I are currently sailing away from New Providence, and from our old lives. We are off to rob ships on the high seas! Before I close this book to attend to other matters, I first should explain what lead up to this joyous event:
James Bonny, the husband I have cast out from my heart, discovered John and I's love and brought me before the governor, and demanded that I be returned to him and flogged for adultery. Dear John tried to spare me of this fate by offering to buy me in divorce-by-purchase, but I refused to be "bought and sold like cattle". I was flogged. True love prevailing however, and John and I have just escaped to begin our life of piracy together!
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