See #1166 and <http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docs/ref/rst/restructuredtext.html#simple-tables>.

```

% pandoc -f rst -t html5

=====  =====

col 1  col 2

=====  =====

1      Second column of row 1.

2      Second column of row 2.

       Second line of paragraph.

3      - Second column of row 3.

       - Second item in bullet

         list (row 3, column 2).

\      Row 4; column 1 will be empty.

=====  =====

^D

col 1

col 2

1

Second column of row 1.

2

Second column of row 2. Second line of paragraph.

3

Second column of row 3.

Second item in bullet list (row 3, column 2).

Row 4; column 1 will be empty.

```