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"One foot on sea and one on shore,
To one thing constant never."
Much Ado about Nothing.
IN THREE VOLUMES.
LONDON:
HURST AND BLACKETT, PUBLISHERS,
SUCCESSORS TO HENRY COLBURN,
13, GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET.
1855.
LONDON: SERCOMBE AND JACK, 16 GREAT WINDMILL STREET.
Son of a Welsh farmer—Runs to sea—Turns Buccaneer—JoinsMansvelt and takes the Island of St. Catherine—Mansveltdies—St. Catherine re-taken by theSpaniards—Morgan takes Port au Prince—Quarrel ofFrench and English adventurers about a marrow-bone—TakesPorto Bello—Captures Le Cerf Volant, a Frenchvessel—It blows up—Takes Maracaibo—-City deserted—Torturesan Idiot beggar—Le Picard, his guide—TakesGibraltar—Also deserted—Tortures the citizens—With aFire-ship destroys the Spanish fleet and repasses the bar—Escapesthe fort by a stratagem—The Rancheria expedition—Sailsfor Panama—Captain Bradley takes theCastle of Chagres—Anecdote of a wounded Buccaneer 1
CHAPTER II.—CONQUEST OF PANAMA.
March from Chagres over the Isthmus—Famine—Ambuscadesof Indians—Wild bulls driven down uponthem—Victory in the Savannah—Battle of the Forts—Takesthe city—Burns part of it—Cruelties—Revels—Virtueof the Spanish prisoner, and her sufferings—Retreatswith prisoners—Ransom—Divisions of booty—Treasonof Morgan—Escapes by night to Jamaica—Dispersionof his fleet—Morgan's subsequent fate 125
CHAPTER III.—THE COMPANIONS AND SUCCESSORS OF MORGAN.
Œxmelin's interview with the old Buccaneer—Adventurewith Indians—Esquemeling's escapes—D'Ogeron'sescape from the Spaniards—Buccaneers' fight inTobago against the Dutch—Captain Cook captures a