172 Of jNNE BONNT. 



once, when a young Fellow would have lain with 

 he\\ againft her Will, ftie beat him fo, that he 

 lay ill of it a confiderable Time. 



While flte lived with her Father, {he was look'd 

 upon as one that wo^i Id be a good Fortune, where- 

 fore it was thought her Father expefted a good 

 Match for her ; but llie fpollt all, for without 

 his Content, £he marries a young Fellow, who be- 

 loitged to the Sea, and was not worth a Groat 

 which provoked her Father to fuch a Degree, that 

 he turned her out of Doors, upon which the young 

 Fellow, who married her, finding himfelf difap- 

 pointed in his Expeftation, ihipped himfelt and 

 Wife, for the Ifland of Providence^ ey^^edmQ Em- 

 ployment there. 



Here flie became acquainted with Raclkam the 

 Pyrate, who making Courtfliip to her, foon found 

 Means of withdrawing her Affeftions from her 

 Husband, fo that fhe confented to elope from him, 

 and go to Sea with Raciam in Men's Cloaths : 

 She was as good as her Word, and after ihe had 

 been at Sea fome Time, ihe proved with Child, 

 and beginning to grow big, Rackam landed heron 

 the Ifland of Cuba ^ and recommending her there 

 to fbme Friends of his, they took Care of her, 

 till {he was brought to Bed: When Ihe was up 

 and well again, he lent for her to bear him 

 Company. . 



The King's Proclamation being out, for pardon- 

 ing of Pyrates, he took the Benefit of it, and fur- 

 rendered afterwards being fent upon the priva- 

 teering Account, he returned to his old Trade, as 

 has been already hinted in the Story of Mary Read. 

 In all thefe Expeditions, ^nne Bonny bore him Com- 

 pany, and when any Bufmefs was to be done in 

 their Way, no Body was more forward or coura- 

 gious than fhe, and particularly when they were 

 taken ; {he and Mary Ready with one more, were 



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