Day 66: The presence of the Welsh Dragon confounded me for a bit until I recalled Black Bart, arguably the most successful pirate of all time - Bartholomew Roberts who set one of the first codes of conduct for pirates, a sketchy outline to keep honesty among thieves. Bart was a Welshman, driven like so many to piracy as an alternative to the scant wages given the crews who plied legitimate business upon the sea. As did many before and after him, Black Bart died in battle, having lived but 39 years of the "merry life and short one" he once claimed to prefer.
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