Sun observed 84. What followed ibid. Embargo laid on all Spanish Vessels in the South Sea for fear of the Bucaniers 76. it is taken off 129 Enchanted Island 205 English Gulf a place so named by the Bucaniers its draught 188 F. Farol or Farollon de Glantanos an Island so called nigh Panama 24. The Bucaniers arrive there and seize the watchman of the Isle ibid. Fowls very great seen at Sea and where 102. seen again 114. A strange Sea-fowl like an Eagle 180 Francisco a Negro attempteth to make his escape 154. He is detained prisoner for this attempt 159 Francisco an Indian attempteth the same ibid. Francisco a Biscayner and a Pilot of the South Sea 163 G. Galapagos an Island of the South Sea where the Bucaniers designed to careen 48. Great currents and calms thereabouts 64 Gallo an Island nigh Gorgona its latitude and appearance at Sea 56 Grampusses 53 61 199 Guayaquil designed upon by Sawkins also by Captain Sharp 45. They change this resolution 53. An account of the said place 71 Goat-key a place so called 74 Goats in huge quantity at the Isle of Juan Fernandez 116 Gold whereabouts gathered in great quantity 11 50 53 127 Golden Island whereabouts scituated the Bucaniers meet at the said place 4 Golfo Dulce a draught thereof 155. it is named King Charles his Harbour by Captain Sharp 154 Gorgona Island its latitude scituation appearance at Sea and description 50 51 c. it s continual rains 49 Gorgonilla another Island 56 Gulf of San Miguel 4 15 16. its smoothness of water 18 Gulf of Ballona 14. its description 20. How it lieth in relation to the Bay of Panama 40 Gulf of Nicoya its description 148. The Bucaniers arrive there and search it 143. They take there some prisoners and two barks 144 Gulf of the English or English Gulf its draught and description 188 Guadalupe one of the Caribe-Islands its appearance at Sea 211 Guasco its Point 138. An account of this place 139. Description of its Port 144 Guyones a Cape so named its latitude and appearance at Sea 150 H. Captain Harris a chief Commander among the Bucaniers 2. What party he led at their first landing upon Darien 4. He taketh a Spanish Bark 25. is killed in the engagement before Panama 32 Hilo its Port and Point 94 91 92. The Town taken 94. The Sugar-work burnt 97. The inhabitants force the Bucaniers to retreat ibid. What they got there 98. The place surprized and taken again 142 Hernando a Negro of this name runneth away from the Bucaniers 154 Houses of Darien how they are built even neater than those at Jamaica 6 I. Juan Fernandez an Island of this name its appearance at Sea description and some account thereof 115 c. A particular observation made there by the Author and others ibid Juan Diaz a River so called nigh Arica 136 Captain Juan a Spanish Commander promiseth to conduct the Bucaniers to Guayaquil 45. He is set at liberty 109 Joseph Gabriel a Spaniard dieth 53. He promiseth to deliver Panama into the hands of the Bucaniers ibid. Islands of Ice 192 Island enchanted 205 K. King of Darien goeth with the Bucaniers to take Panama 13. He promiseth 50000 men to assist the English ibid. He returneth home from Panama 35 King Golden-cap Son unto the King of Darien 13. He goeth with the Bucaniers on the expedition of Panama ibid. He remaineth behind after his Father was returned home 35 King Charle's his Harbour 154 King Charles the first of England assisted by the Merchants of Lima 63 L. Land of San Tiago 57 Land of San Matteo 57 Land-fowls 88. seen at Sea yet no land 193 194 Land seen but not found about the Latitude of 57 D. South 191 Leaves of a certain nature eaten by the Inhabitants of Yqueque 128 Lapina the Embarcadero of Guayaquil 71 Lima its Merchants send a ship laden with Plate unto the King of England 63. its Table used by the Author 101. Whereabouts the ship was lost 167 Limpets in strange quantities at the Duke of Yorks Islands 180 c. Limpet point 188 Loa a River so called 142. The Bucaniers could not find it ibid. A Church built there by Sir Francis Drake ibid. Lobos an Island so called or the Isle of Seals 140 169 Lopez Don Diego Commander of el Santo Rosario being a rich prize taken under the Aequinoctial 163. is killed in the fight ibid. Santa Lucia an Isle of this name being one of the Western Islands 210 Lyons adore the Cross at Tumbez 76 Lyon of the Sea or a Sea-Lyon its description and where seen by the Author 110 M. Captain Mackett a Commander among the Bucaniers his forces 2. He is left to guard the ships 4 Magallan-Clouds very famous among the Bucaniers 85 Man-of-war-fowl a Sea-fowl so called in the West-India's 207 Manta a Port and Town so called 60 61 165 Manzanilla-tree the effects of the drops falling from off the leaves 44. One of the Bucaniers poysoned therewith 206 Santa Maria a Town so called with a Garrison is designed upon by the Bucaniers its scituation 4. is taken and burnt 10 14 Santa Martha a Spanish Town taken by Captain Sawkins 38. The Bishop thereof made Bishop of Panama Marigalanta one of the Caribe-Islands 211 Martinica-Island another of the Western Isles ibid. San Matteo its Bay 158. Land of San Matteo 57 Mero a Point of land of this name 168 Mexillones a Bay so called 142 Mines of Silver very rich 127 San Miguel the Gulf. ibid. Miscelaw how it is prepared 7 8 Monte de Christo its latitude and appearance at Sea 61 Montgomery Robert one of the Bucaniers dieth 82 Monserrate one of the Caribe-Islands its appearance at Sea 211 Mora de Sama 91 92 Moro de Horse its appearance at Sea 141 Morro Moreno its appearance at Sea ibid. Mulato-boy one given by the Bucaniers unto Captain Sharp for to wait on him 210 Mules flesh eaten by the Bucaniers at Hilo 99 Mussels in great quantities found at the Duke of Torks Islands 180. Huge ones 183. Those Indians open them more readily with their fingers than we with knives ibid. Mussel Point 188 N. Negro's two of them make their escape 154. More attempt it but are taken ibid. Negro a Shoomaker to the Bucaniers set at liberty for his good service 210 Needle its variation observed by the Author at several places and times 189 192 194 198 200 203 206 Nicoya the Gulf. Night whereabouts the Bucaniers found none 192 Noddy a bird of this name seen at Sea with hopes of seeing land 209 O. Observation made by the Author concerning the Navigation about the latitude of 52 D. S. where the Needle varieth very much 194 Orson a name so given to an Indian boy taken in the English Gulf 185 Oisters very large and great at Cayboa 44 Otoque an Island of the Bay of Panama 38 40 P. Paita 77 78. The Bucaniers design upon the said place 168. Description of its Bay and scituation 191
Fame to propose them unto our English Nation as the truest patterns of undaunted and exemplary Courage that ever it produced were to disparage the Conduct of Sir Henry Morgan and his Companions as if all this were intended onely to diminish the glory of his Actions and eclipse the splendour of his and their valorous Triumphs Methinks if Envy reacheth thus far with the same reason or unjust measure those persons may say that to publish this present Journal is to divulge nothing else than a Satyr against Captain Sharp and that Mr. Ringrose who every-where admireth his Conduct and extolleth his Actions unto the Sky's yea and was present himself and concerned in the same Affairs did mean nothing else than to traduce both his own and Captain Sharps name as infamous unto Posterity For my part I judge my self so far distant from blemishing in the least or disparaging Sir Henry Morgan or his Heroick Actions that I believe I have shewed my self to be the greatest admirer of his personal Valour and Conduct yea I think that I have done more towards the advantage both of the Honour and Credit of that great Commander by soliciting and publishing that Translation than all the Authors of our English Nation besides And I could unfeignedly wish that these persons who pretend to be so passionate for Sir Henry Morgan and his huge Deserts as to Misinterpret the sincere respects and service I have endeavoured to perform unto his Merits would outdo what I have already done in this particular and give us either a more full exact and true account of his Exploits or the best Panegyrick of his Prowess that ever was Written and then experiment whether I did not readily embrace the Printing such a thing at my own cost and charge and rather render them ten thousand thanks for his Commendations than carp at their Actions for Penning or Printing the 〈◊〉 â—or what if the French or Dutch Author 〈◊〉 the History of the Bucaniers did mistake himself in two or three points relating to Sir Henry Morgan Must therefore the Publisher be blamed for faithfully Printing what was most faithfully Translated Must the Saddle be set upon the wrong Horse and the faults of the Author be imputed unto the Printer Thus if Mr. Ringrose should happen to commit any mistake in these present Papers that blame should be presently mine and happy should be all Authors if so readily their errours could be discharged upon the Publishers Besides what Authors can there be found so accurate in all things as not to be subject now and then to some little lapses of their Pen Were it so in John Esquemeling as he ought to be pardoned for any small peccadillo not wittingly nor willingly committed concerning what he relateth of Sir Henry Morgan so am I hitherto perswaded that he never designed to offend that great person or falsely traduce his memory in the least My Argument is because he himself had the hand of a private Bucanier in those Affairs he himself was a Sharer in those Bootys an Actor in those Enterprizes and could no more blame Sir Henry Morgan for leading unto those Attempts than blemish himself for following unto them Another Reason even more prevalent is that he all along speaketh more honourably of Sir Henry Morgan than of any other Commander of the Bucaniers though they were his own Country-men either Francis Lolonois or Roche Brasiliano whereof the one was a Dutch man and the other was born in France So that to say that he representeth the English Bucaniers as the worst of men is plainly to forget that he relateth ten times greater villanies of his own Nation and Country People and that the partiality they accuse him of if any such can be found in that Author is rather bent against the French and other Nations than the English Doth he in any place of his History lay all the faults and cruelties of the English Bucaniers upon Sir Henry Morgan Or do we believe that if committed without order as in most Armys many things are so done the General or Commander in Chief ought to be accountable for them Or if those things were performed by order that the Spaniards had not deserved them at the hands of the Bucaniers Ay but he mistaketh the Pedigree of Sir Henry Morgan Truely a great fault and unpardonable in John Esquemeling a Forreigner to our Nation and an illiterate Bucanier that he should not be better read in our English History So did he also mistake his very name calling him Captain John Morgan for Henry but that that fault was rectified in the Translation As if every private Souldier ought to be thoroughly acquainted with the Christian name of his General and know whether he was Baptized John or Thomas Richard or William Now what dishonour can it be reputed unto the merits of Sir Henry Morgan to be misrepresented by John Esquemeling for the Son of a Rich Yeoman in Wales whenas at the same time he saith that he was of good quality in that Country even as most who bear that name in Wales are known to be Doth not all our English Nation know the Family of the Morgans to be one of the Ancientest and best Qualified in all Wales or England and that to be descended of a rich Yeoman of the same Family is as great an hounour and as honourable a Pedigree as any private Gentleman needeth to pretend unto But then Sir Henry Morgan did not burn Panama And what disgrace were it to that worthy person if he had set fire unto it for those reasons he knew best himself Certainly no greater dishonour than to take and plunder the said City Thus are these persons so far transported with passion towards Sir Henry Morgan as to bereave him of the glory of his greatest Actions whether true or false For whether he fired the Town or not for that Question I shall not make mine this I am sure that it was constantly so reported and believed here in England viz. that the English had set fire unto it that unto this day the Bucaniers do believe it to be so and consequence unto this belief Mr. Ringrose in these Papers saith plainly in some place or other that Panama was once burnt by Sir Henry Morgan that the Spaniards themselves never believed nor reported this Fact otherwise neither will they easily be perswaded to the contrary unto this very day as I am credibly informed by those persons who lived in Spain at the same time that the news of the taking of Panama was brought into Spain and who have been resident there for these many years since For what concerneth what is now Published that the Governour of Panama fired the Town himself is rather believed by the Spaniards to be a sham of the Governours making thereby to save his own Bacon against whom they rail as the greatest Coward that ever was for deserting the Town and flying to the Mountains at the approach of the English How
then say they could he fire it himself or give orders to have it fired when we know he was upon the Spur thirty or forty Miles distant from thence Had he done it he would have set fire unto every House before he had left the Town and not so many Hours after the English were in possession of the place and he at such a distance from it Thus both the English Nation and the Spanish having agreed to give the honour of this Action either truely or falsely unto Sir Henry Morgan I cannot but admire that those who pretend to be the greatest admirers of his merits should endeavour to devest him of it What concerneth two or three points more relating to Sir Henry Morgan in the History of the Bucaniers I shall not undertake to Apologize for John Esquemeling in case he hath misrepresented them All that I shall say is this that that worthy person is not the first General or Chief Commander whose Actions have been misconstrued or misunderstood by the common Souldiers and consequently ill represented by them at home Neither is any thing in this World more subject to glosses and false representations than the Heroick Actions of great men by their Servants or inferiours If this be the case of John Esquemeling and that he was Male-contented whith his Fortune at Panama what is that to me What fault was that of mine I' th' mean while why have not these persons so zealous of the honour of Sir Henry Morgan given us the true Journal of his huge Exploits but rather suffer his famous Actions to lye dormient for so many years in England at the same time that other Nations have Pubshed them abroad And then why must I be blamed by these persons his admirers for doing for the renown of Sir Henry Morgan what I could if I could not do so much as I would willingly have done READER Correct these two places thus PAge 1. Line 21. for plundered once read taken once p. 33. l. 14. blot out by him BUCANIERS OF AMERICA The Second Volume PART IV. Containing the dangerous Voyage and bold Assaults of Captain Bartholomew Sharp and others performed in the South Sea for the space of two years c. CHAP. I. Captain Coxon Sawkins Sharp and others set forth in a Fleet towards the Province of Darien upon the Continent of America Their designs to pillage and plunder in those parts Number of their Ships and strength of their Forces by Sea and Land AT a place called Boca del Toro The place where they met together was the general Rendezvouz of the Fleet which lately had taken and sackt Puerto Velo the second time that rich place having been plundered once before under the Conduct of Sir Henry Morgan as is related in the History of the Bucaniers At this place also were two other Vessels the one belonging unto Captain Peter Harris and the other unto Captain Richard Sawkins both Englishmen and Privateers Here therefore a report was made unto the Fleet of a Peace concluded between the Spaniards and the Indians of the Land of Darien who for the most part wage incessant Wars against one another Also that since the conclusion of the said Peace they had been already tryed and found very faithful unto Captain Bournano a French Commander in an attempt on a certain place called Chepo nigh the South Sea Further that the Indians had promised to conduct him unto a great and very rich place named Tocamora upon which he had likewise promised them to return in three Months time with more Ships and Men. Hereupon we all agreed to go visit the said place and thus dispersed our selves into several Coves They 〈◊〉 for Tocamora by the Spaniards called Cúèvas or hollow creeks under the Coasts there to careen and fit our Vessels for that purpose In this place Boca del Toro we found plenty of fat Tortoises the pleasantest meat in the world When we had refitted our Vessels we met at an Island called by us the Water-key and this was then our strength as followeth  Tuns Guns Men. Captain Coxon in a Ship of 80 8 97 Captain Harris in another of 150 25 107 Captain Bournáno 90 6 86 Captain Sawkins 16 1 35 Captain Sharp 25 2 40 Captain Cook 35 00 43 Captain Alleston 18 00 24 Captain Row 20 00 25 Captain Macket 14 00 20 â—hey set sail and 〈◊〉 at the Zamblas We sailed from thence March the 23. 1679. and in our way touched at the Islands called Zamblas These are certain Islands reaching eight Leagues in extent and lying fourteen Leagues Westward of the River of Darien Being here at an Anchor many of the Indians both men and women came to see us Some brought Plantans others other Fruits and Venison to exchange with us for Beads Needles Knives or any trifling bauble whereof they stand in need But what they most chiefly covet are Axes and Hatchets to sell Timber withal The men here go naked Habit of the Indians of those Isles as having only a sharp and hollow tip made either of Gold Silver or Bark into which they thrust their Privy Members the which tip they fasten with a string about their middle They wear as an ornament in their Noses a golden or silver Plate in shape like unto a Half Moon which when they drink they hold up with one hand mean while they lift the cup with the other They paint themselves sometimes with streaks of black as the women do in like manner with red These have in their Noses a pretty thick ring of Gold or Silver and for cloathing they cover themselves with a Blanket They are generally well featured women among whom I saw several fairer than the fairest of Europe with Hair like unto the finest flax Of these it is reported they can see far better in the dark than in the light These Indians misliked our design for Tocamora They change their design of Tocamora for another and disswaded us from it asserting it would prove too tedious a march and the way so mountainous and uninhabited that it would be extream difficult to get Provisions for our men Withal they proffered to guide us undiscryed within few Leagues of the City of Panama in case we were pleased to go thither where we could not choose but know our selves we should not fail of making a good Voyage Upon these and other reasons which they gave us we concluded to desist from the Journey of Tocamora and to proceed to Panama Having taken up these Resolutions Captain Bournano and Captain Row's Vessels separated from us as being all French and not willing to go to Panama they declaring themselves generally against a long march by Land Thus we left them at the Zamblas From thence an Indian Captain or chief Commander They go to the Golden Island named Andraeas conducted us to another Island called by the English the Golden Island situated something to the westward of the
the South side of this Island where we Ankored as was said above we could see the low-land of the main at least a point thereof which lyeth nearest unto the Island The appearance it maketh is as it were of Trees growing out of the water Friday July the second as we were heaving down our ship our Main-mast hapned to crack Hereupon our Carpenters were constrained to cut out large fishes and fish it as the usual terms of that art do name the thing On the next day after the mischance of our Main-mast we killed a Snake which had fourteen inches in circumference A 〈◊〉 Snake and was eleven foot in length About the distance of a League from this Island runneth a ledge of Rocks over which the water continually breaketh the ledge being about two miles more or less in length Had we anchoâ—'d but half a mile more Northerly we had rid in much smoother water for here where we were the wind came â—n upon us in violent gusts Mean while we were there from June the thirtieâ—h to July the third we had dry weather which was esteemed as a rarity by the Spaniards our prisoners And every day we saw Whales and Grampusses Whales and Grampussâ—â— at Gorgona who would often come and drive under our ship We fired at them several times but our Bullets rebounded from their bodies Our choice and best provisions here were Indian Conies Monkeys Snakes Oysters Cunks Periwinkles and a few small Turtle with some other sorts of good fish Here in like manner we caught a Sloath A Sloath taken a beast well deserving that name given it by the Spaniards by whom it is called Pereza from the Latin word Pigritia At this Island dyed Josephe Gabriel a Spaniard Deatâ— of a Spanish prisoner born in Chile who was to have been our Pilot unto Panama He was the same man who had stolen and married the Indian Kings Daughter as was mentioned above He had all along been very true and faithful unto us in discovering several Plots and Conspiracies of our prisoners either to get away or destroy us His death was occasioned by a Calenture or Malignant Feaver which killed him after three days sickness having lain two days senceless During the time of our stay at this Island we lengthned our top-sail-yards and got up top gallant masts we made two stay-sails and refitted our ship very well But we wanted Provisions extreamly as having nothing considerable of any sort but flower and water Being almost ready to depart Captain Sharp our Commander gave us to understand They change resolution he had changed his resolution concerning the design of going to Guayaquil for he thought it would be in vain to go thither considering that in all this time we must of necessity be descried before now Yet notwithstanding he himself before had perswaded us to stay Being very doubtful among our selves what course we should take a certain old man who had long time sailed among the Spaniards told us he could carry us to a place called Arica Unto which Town he said all the Plate was brought down from Potosi Chuquisaca and several other places within the Land They dâ—sign for Arica where it was dâ—gged out of the Mountains and Mines And that he doubted not but that we might get there of purchase at least two thousand pound every man For all the Plate of the South Sea lay there as it were in store being deposited at the said place until such time as the ships did fetch it away Being moved with these reasons and having deliberated thereupon we resolved in the end to go unto the said place At this Island of Gorgona afore-mentioned we likewise took down our Round-house coach and all the high carved work belonging to the stern of the ship For when we took her from the Spaniards before Panama she was high as any Third-Rate ship in England CHAP. XI The Bucaniers depart from the Isle of Gorgona with design to plunder Arica They loose one another by the way They touch at the Isle of Plate or Drakes Isle where they meet again Description of this Isle Some Memoirs of Sir Francis Drake An account of this Voyage and the Coasts all along They sail as far in a fort-night as the Spaniards usually do in three months 〈…〉 Gorgona ON Sunday July the 25th in the afternoon all things being now in a readiness for our departure we set sail and stood away from the Island of Gorgona or Sharps Iâ—â—e with a small breez which served us at N. W. But as the Sâ—n went down that day so our breez dyed away by degrees Yet already we could begin to experiment that our ship sailed much better since the taking down her round house and the other alterations which we made in 〈◊〉 The next day about two of the clock in the morning we had a land breez to help us which lasted for the space of six hours more or less So that at noon we found our selves to be five Leagues and a half distant to the South West from Gorgona This day the Spaniards our prisoners told us in common discourse A deep Coast. that in most part of this low-land Coast they find threescore fathom water In the afternoon we had from land a very strong breez mean while we continued making short trips off and in That night we had much rain for the greatest part of the night which occasioned the next morning being the third day of our Navigation to be very cloudy until ten of the clock About that hour it cleared up and then we saw the Island of Gorgona at E. N. E. being distant about twelve Leagues more or less from us We had the wind all this day at S.W. where it continued seldom varying above two points of the Compass to the Westwards Night being come about ten of the clock Captain Sharp ordered me to speak unto Captain Cox and bid him go about and stand off from the shoar for he feared least Cox should come too nigh unto it But he replyed he knew well that he might stand in until two of the clock They loose one another The next day very early in the morning we saw him not the morning being cloudy and stark calm Yet notwithstanding at eight of the clock it cleared up and neither then could we see him From hence we concluded and so it proved that we had lost him in the obscurity of the night through his obstinacy in standing in too long and not coming about when we spoke unto him Thus our Admirals ship was left alone and we had not the company of Captain Cox any longer in this Voyage till we arrived at the Isle of Plate where we had the good fortune to find him again as shall be mentioned hereafter The weather being clear this morning we could see Gorgona at the distance of at least fifteen or sixteen Leagues to the E. N. E. All this day it
did see in all the South Sea The name of the Captain of this Vessel was Don Diego Lopez and the ship was called el Santo Rosario or the Holy Rosary The men we found on board her were about the number of forty more or less Having examined our prisoners they informed us that the day before they set sail from el Callao from which Port they were going towards Panama our men whom they had taken prisoners at Arica were brought in to that place They hear of their Surgeons And that they had been very civilly entertained there by all sorts of people but more especially by the women That one of our Surgeons whom we suspected to be Mr. Bullock was left behind and remained still at Arica We lay at anchor from Friday July the 29th which was the day we took this prize until Wednesday following They rummage the prize at the same place under Cape Passao that we anchored before Here we sunk the Bark that we had taken at the Gulf of Nicoya being willing to make use of what rigging she had They sink their Bark and also to contract our number of men In the mean while we took out of the prize much plate and some money ready coyned besides six hundred and twenty jarrs of wine and brandy and other things Thus leaving onely the fore-mast standing in the said vessel we turned her away as we had done the others before together with all the prisoners in her giving them their liberty not to be encumbred with them and withal being desirous to spare our provisions as much as we could We detained onely one man named Francisco who was a Biscainer by reason he reported himself to be the best Pilot of those Seas This being done we shared all the Plate and Linnen taken in our prize and weighed from thence standing S.S. E. with a fresh wind that sprang up Friday August the 4th This day we shared the ready money taken in the Rosario Another dividend made our last prize Our dividend came unto ninety four pieces of eight each man Cape Passao under which all these prizes were taken at N. E. appeareth thus Cabo Passao The land runneth S. E. and is for five leagues together to windward of this Cape all mountainous and high land The next day being August the 5th we compleated our dividends They compleat their dividends sharing this day all our odd money ready coined and plate with some other things Saturday August the 6th This day perusing some letters taken in the last prize Letters perused I understood by them that the Spaniards had taken prisoner one of the last party of our men that left us Also that they were forced to fight all their way over land as they went both against the Spaniards and the Indians these having made peace with the Spaniards since our departure as was mentioned above That our English-men had killed amongst other Spaniards the brother of Captain Assientos and Captain Alonso an Officer so named Moreover that ten sail of Privateers were coming out of the North Sea with intent to march over-land into the South Sea as we had done before but that they were prevented being forced back by the great rains that fell near the Islands called Zamblas On August the 7th we had very fair weather and notwithstanding sometimes strong winds from shoar A strong Current and also a strong Current to leeward This ran so fierce against us the next day August the 8th that in the space of the last four and twenty hours we lost three leagues Tuesday August the ninth Manta we saw the Port and Town of Manta this being nothing else than sixteen or seventeen stragling houses with a large and high brick Church belonging unto it What we got in the day by the help of the wind we lost in the night by the current The same fortune we had the next day for we still gained no way all this while Thursday August the eleventh all the night last past we had but little wind this day we had a violent current to windward as before with some gusts of wind However by the help of these we made shift to get to windward of the Isle of Plate August the 12th in the morning we came to an anchor at the aforesaid Isle We sent our boat ashoar with men Isle of Plate as we had done formerly to kill Goats but we experimented them to be extreamly shy and fugitive over what they were the last year Here it was that our Quarter-master James Chappel and my self fought a Duel together on shoar The Author fighteth a Duel In the evening of this day our slaves agreed among themselves and plotted to cut us all in pieces not giving quarter to any when we should be buryed in sleep They conceived this night afforded them the fittest opportunity by reason we were all in drink A plot of their slaves But they were discovered unto our Commander by one of their own Companions And one of them named San Tiago whom we brought from Yqueque leapt over-board who notwithstanding was shot in the water by our Captain and thus punished for his Treason The rest laid the fault on that slave and so it passed we being not willing to enquire any farther into the matter having terrifyed them with the death of their companion We lay at this Isle until Tuesday following and in the mean while gave our vessel a pair of boots and tops being very merry all the while with the wine and brandy we had taken in the Prize On Tuesday August the 16th in the afternoon we weighed from thence with a S. 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