This Flag they called Old Roger, and us'd to say, They would live and die under it. It had in it the Portraiture of Death, with an Hour-Glass in one Hand, and a Dart in the other, striking into a Heart, and three Drops of Blood delineated as falling from it. Their black Flag, under which they had committed abundance of Pyracies and Murders, was affix'd to one Corner of the Gallows. Some of them delivered what they had to say in writing, and most of them said something at the Place of Execution, advising all People, young ones especially, to take warning by their unhappy Fate, and to avoid the crimes that brought them to it. This Day, 26 of the Pirates taken by his Majesty Ship the Greyhound, Captain Solgard, were executed here. Īnother early reference to "Old Roger" is found in a news report in the Weekly Journal or British Gazetteer (London, Saturday, OctoIssue LVII, p. 2, col. This is sometimes attributed to red blood, symbolizing violent pirates, ready to kill. It is sometimes claimed that the term derives from "Joli Rouge" ("Pretty Red") in reference to a red flag used by French privateers. This description closely resembles the flags of a number of Golden Age pirates. Richard Hawkins, who was captured by pirates in 1724, reported that the pirates had a black flag bearing the figure of a skeleton stabbing a heart with a spear, which they named "Jolly Roger". Neither Spriggs' nor Roberts' Jolly Roger consisted of a skull and crossbones. While Spriggs and Roberts used the same name for their flags, their flag designs were very different, suggesting that already "Jolly Roger" was a generic term for black pirate flags rather than a name for any single specific design. Johnson specifically cites two pirates as having named their flag "Jolly Roger": Bartholomew Roberts in June 1721 and Francis Spriggs in December 1723. I know whats what and especially what and who is by my side - Honestly…Nevermind.Use of the term Jolly Roger in reference to pirate flags goes back to at least Charles Johnson's A General History of the Pyrates, published in Britain in 1724. I know everyone that tells me they love me doesn’t love me all the time especially when im doing better than alright & they have to watch it from whatever point they at in their life. I know if it was a dark night where all the odds were against my side & my skill went to whoever took my life they’d done me off with a big smile & maybe evn post it for some likes. I’ll take loyalty over an oh my & emoji fire. I was tryna get thru that statement to get to saying I’m not a time in my life where pats on the shoulder help get me by. I got plans I can’t talk about with more than like 4 guys because the last time I shared em with someone on the outside…well that’s another story for another night. My urge for revenge wins the game against my good guy inside every single fckn time. I purposely try to forget what went on between some ppl and I because I know I’m not a forgiving guy even when I try. But I remember every single time someone shined a light in my eyes. I can’t remember the last time someone put they phone down, looked me in the eyes and asked my current insight on the times. That’s some real detrimental shit but that’s that shit my perfectionist mind doesn’t really mind because no one knows whats on my mind when I go to sleep at 9 & wake up at 5 – unless I say it in rhyme.
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