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bound from Guinea for Carthagena, withthree Hundred Negroes, which theycarried to Puerto Ricco and there set a*{hoar, and then funk the Ship. Thetwelfth, passing Westward along theSouth-Coast of Hifpaniola, they took aFrigat, in which they found two andtwenty Jars of Copper Mony; beingbound for Puerto Ricco, to buy Winethere.

The next Day, they took two smallFrigats more ; But they had nothing ofany Value in them.

The fifteenth, they sacked a Townof Hifpaniola , called Ocoa, where theyfound an Ingenio, which furnished themwith Sugar and Poultry good Store • Butthe Inhabitants, having discovered theShips over Night, were fied to theMountains. They brought, however,a good Number of Cattle, and twoWaggon-load of Sugar, which they of-fered to ransom the Town, consistingof about forty or fifty Houses. Whilethis was doing, Captain Fred, in one oftheir Ships, took two Spanijh Frigats.

The seven and twentieth, they at-tempted the Town of Taguana, on theNorth-west Part of Hifpaniola, consist-ing of one Hundred and fifty Houses,but were obliged to retreat; However,the next Night, they took and burnt it,not leaving a House standing. Thefirst Day’s Skirmish was with a Hun-dred and fifty Portuguese Horse, whocharged them with great Fury ; Butse-ing they were not likely to prevail, theybrought in a Drove of two Hundredor wore Bullocks,between them and theEnglish, thinking thereby to break theirLine, and bring them into Confusion;But it happened, that the Cattle turnedupon their Masters, and thus their Stra-tagem proved to their own Detriment.In this Skirmish, the Spaniards lost theirGovernour. The English , on theirSide, lost but two Men, in both Con-flicts. The same Night, after they hadburnt the Town, they, likewise, burnta Village near it, called Hguava .

From hence, they stood for the Bayof Honduras , where, on the ninth ofMay, they took a Spans Ship, withinShot of the Castle, and then, with theirBoats, fetched away four Frigats, whichrode before the Town, the Castle firingupon them the whole Time. The fif-teenth, they took and plundered Puertode Cavallos, the Town, being about twoHundred Houses, where they found aconsiderable Booty of Quicksilver,

Wine, Mony, Linnen, Silks and Cablico. They, likewise, took the Bellsout of the Church, and destroyed theirImages, but spared the Town, havingfound every Thing else to their Satis-faction. They found that the Townwas wealthy, and had a considerableTrade, having that Year loaded four ve-ry rich Ships. Having refressied them-selves in this Town to their Mind, andprovided whatever they wanted, theyWent on Board again.

They then stood back again for j SpanishTruxillo, and by the Way chased a Spa- Ship run a-nijh Ship, which proved to be one o{fi 0ar an &those loaded at Puerto de Cavallos ; But urnUthe Spaniards run her assioar, and setFire to her. They made slu'fc to extin-guish the Fire, and saved Part of herLoading, which consisted chiefly ofHides, and some Jars of Balsam. Arriv-ing at Truxillo, the sixth of June, theysaw a Ship close under the Castle, whichthey entered, but were obliged, by a su-periourForce,toretreat.Passing afterwards -A-fadftthe Gulf of Bahama , they took a smallFrigat coming from Cuba. They foundonly five Spaniards on Board, with fiveand fifty Hogs, and about two Hundredweight of excellent Tobacco, in Rolls.

They lightened them of their Hogs andTobacco -, But let the Men go awaywith their Figate.

During their Voyage, this smallFleet of three Ships and a Pinnace,sacked four Towns, and took or burntseventeen Frigats and two Ships, ofwhich, however,they carried but two toEngland having burnt and funk the rest.

In their Way from Florida, homewards,by the Island of Flores they met Sir JohnBurroughs, and assisted him in takingthe great Spanijh Carrack, called theMother of God, which the Reader hasan Account in the foregoing Chapter.

Their Commander in Chief, Newport ,was intrusted to carry her Home, andarrived with her at Dartmouth, the se-venth of September.

Captain King’s Voyage to the Bap ofMexico.

This Voyage was

undertaken for Hadtluyt,the Adventure of Mr. More, Mr. How,and Mr. Boreman, Owners of the Solo- from Vat--mon , of two Hundred Tuns, command- cllff »ed by Captain William King ; And ofSir Henry Palmer, Owner of the Jane-Bonaventure, of forty Tuns. These4 E S hip s