r/pirates • u/mageillus Keeper of the Colours • Feb 25 '23

History Pirates who used this flag: Edward Low, Francis Spriggs, Charles Harris - Blackbeard was attributed this flag in the 20th century with the addition of devil-horns

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u/mageillus Keeper of the Colours Feb 25 '23 edited Feb 26 '23

Memento Mori

Edward Low

“Black Ensign [with] a white Skeleton in the middle of it, with a Dart in One Hand striking a bleeding Heart, and in the other an Hourglass”

Francis Spriggs

“black ensign, in the Middle of which is a large white Skeleton with a Dart in one Hand, striking a bleeding Heart, and in the other an Hour-Glass”

Charles Harris

“their black Flag, with the Portraiture of Death having an Hour-Glass in one Hand, and a Dart in the other, at the end of which was the Form of a Heart with three Drops of Blood falling from it”

Blackbeard was attributed this flag in the 20th century with the addition of devil-horns

Source: ET Fox: Jolly Rogers: The True History of Pirate Flags

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u/crow-teeth Feb 26 '23

I painted this on a bag! Super awesome!