Blackbeard's grisly head fell to the deck.
After winning the bloody battle, Maynard took the pirate's head and tied it to the bowsprit so that, as they sailed home, all could see that Blackbeard was dead. They took the pirate's body and threw it overboard. Legend says that this headless body swam around the ship three times before sinking into the Atlantic.
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