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A39081	Bucaniers of America, or, A true account of the most remarkable assaults committed of late years upon the coasts of the West-Indies by the bucaniers of Jamaica and Tortuga, both English and French wherein are contained more especially the unparallel'd exploits of Sir Henry Morgan, our English Jamaican hero who sack'd Puerto Velo, burnt Panama, &c. / written originally in Dutch by John Esquemeling ... ; and thence translated into Spanish by Alonso de Bonne-Maison ... ; now faithfully rendred into English.; Amerikaanse zeerovers. English	Exquemelin, A. O. (Alexandre Olivier).; Bonne-Maison, Alonso de.	1684 (1684)	Wing E3894; ESTC R21525	201,281	412

two days under the Conditions which he had offered them by his Letter he would immediately come and force them to do it No sooner had Captain Morgan received this Message from Don Alonso than he put all things They resolve 〈◊〉 fight in order to fight resolving to get out of the Lake by main force and without surrendring any thing In the first place he commanded all the Slaves and Prisoners to be tyed and guarded very well After this they gathered all the Pitch Tar and Brimstone they could find in the whole Town therewith to prepare the Fire-ship above-mentioned Stratagem against the Spanish Fleet. Likewise they made several inventions of Powder and Brimstone with great quantity of Palm-leaves very well ointed with Tar. They covered very well their counterfeit Cannon laying under every piece thereof many pounds of Powder Besides which they cut down many out-works belonging to the Ship to the end the Powder might exert its strength the better Thus they broke open also new Port-holes where instead of Guns they placed little Drums of which the Negro's make use Finally the Decks were handsomly beset with many pieces of wood dressed up in the shape of men with Hats or Montera's and likewise armed with Swords Muskets and Bandeleers The Brulot or Fire-ship being thus sitted to their purpose they prepared themselves to go to They go to the Port. the entry of the Port. All the prisoners were put into one great Boat and in another of the biggest they placed all the Women Plate Jewels and other rich things which they had Into others they put all the bales of Goods and Merchandize and other things of greatest bulk Each of these Boats had twelve men on board very well armed The Brulot had orders to go before the rest of the Vessels and presently to fall foul with the great Ship All things being in a readiness Captain Morgan exacted an Oath All are sworn to fight of all his Comrades whereby they protested to defend themselves against the Spaniards even to the last drop of bloud without demanding quarter at any rate promising them withal that whosoever thus behaved himself should be very well rewarded The Spanish Armada destroyed by Captaine Morgan Part. 2. Page 13●… The Pirats were extreamly gladded at this signal Victory obtained in so short a time and with so great inequality of Forces whereby they conceived greater pride in their minds than they had before Hereupon they all presently They attempt to take the Castle ran ashore intending to take the Castle This they found very well provided both with men great Cannon and Ammunition they having no other Arms than Muskets and a few Fire-balls in their hands Their own Artillery they thought incapable for its smalness of making any considerable breach in the Walls Thus they spent the rest of that day firing at the Garison with their Muskets till the dusk of the evening at But in vain which time they attempted to advance nigher unto the Walls with intent to throw in the Fire-balls But the Spaniards resolving to sell their lives as dear as they could continued firing so furiously at them as they thought it not convenient to approach any nearer nor persist any longer in that dispute Thus having experimented the obstinacy of the Enemy and seeing thirty of their own men already dead and as many more wounded they retired unto their Ships The Spaniards believing the Pirats would return The Spaniards prepare against a new assault the next day to renew the attack as also make use of their own Cannon against the Castle laboured very hard all night to put all things in order for their coming But more particularly they employed themselves that night in digging down and making plain some little hills and eminent places from whence possibly the Castle might be offended But Captain Morgan intended not to come ashore again busying himself the next day in taking prisoners some of the men who still swam Many Spaniards taken up swimming alive upon the Waters and hoping to get part of the Riches that were lost in the two Ships that perished Among the rest he took a certain Pilot who was a stranger and who belonged unto the lesser Ship of the two with whom he held much discourse enquiring of him several things Such questions were What number of people those three Ships had had in them Whether they expected any more Ships to come From what Port they set forth the last time when they came to seek them out His answer unto all these questions was as followeth which he delivered in the Spanish Tongue Noble Sir be pleased to pardon and spare me that no evil be done unto Speech of a Pilot to Cap. Morg. me as being a stranger unto this Nation I have served and I shall sincerely inform you of all that passed till our arrival at this Lake We were sent by orders from the Supreme Council of State in Spain being six Men of War well equipped into these Seas with instructions to cruze upon the English Pirats and root them out from these parts by destroying as many of them as we could These Orders were given by reason of the news brought unto the Court of Spain of the loss and ruine of Puerto Velo and other places Of all which Damages and Hostilities committed here by the English very dismal lamentations have often-times penetrated the ears both of the Catholick King and Council unto whom belongeth the care and preservation of this new World And although the Spanish Court hath many times by their Embassadours sent Complaints hereof unto the King of England yet it hath been the constant answer of his Majesty of Great Britain That he never gave any Letters-patents nor Commissions for the acting any Hostility whatsoever against the Subjects of the King of Spain Hereupon the Catholick King being resolved to revenge his Subjects and punish these proceedings commanded six Men of War to be equipped which he sent into these parts under the command of Don Augustin de Bustos who was constituted Admiral of the said Fleet. He commanded the biggest Ship thereof named N a S a de la Soledad mounted with eight and forty great Guns and eight small ones The Vice-Admiral was Don Alonso del Campo y Espinosa who commanded the second Ship called la Concepcion which carried forty four great Guns and eight small ones Besides which Vessels there were also four more whereof the first was named the Magdalen and was mounted with thirty six great Guns and twelve small ones having on board two hundred and fifty men The second was called St. Lewis with twenty six great Guns twelve small ones and two hundred men The third was called la Marquesa which carried sixteen great Guns eight small ones and one hundred and fifty men The fourth and last N a S a del Carmen with eighteen great Guns eight small ones and likewise one hundred and fifty men We

of gore blood embruing therewith the ground about the Tree Afterwards to make the smart of his wounds the greater he anointed them with juyce of Lemmon mingled with salt and pepper being grounded small together In this miserable posture he left him tyed unto the tree for the space of four and twenty hours These being past he commenc'd his punishment again lashing him as before with so much cruelty that the miserable wretch under this torture gave up the ghost with these dying words in his mouth I beseech the Almighty God Creator of heaven and earth that he permit the wicked Spirit to make thee feel as many torments before thy death as thou hast caused me to feel before mine A strange thing and worthy all astonishment and admiration Scarce three or four days were past after this horrible fact when the Almighty Judge who had heard the clamours of that tormented wretch gave permission unto the author of wickedness suddainly to possess the body of that barbarous and inhumane Amirricide who tormented him unto death Insomuch that those tyrannical hands wherewith he had punished to death his innocent Servant were the tormentours of his own body For with them after a miserable manner he did beat himself and lacerate his own flesh till he lost the very shape of man which nature had given him not ceasing to howl and cry without any rest either by day or night Thus he continued to do until he died in that condition of raving madness wherein he surrendred his Ghost unto the same spirit of darkness who had tormented his body Many other examples of this kind I could rehearse but these not belonging unto our present discourse I shall therefore omit them The Planters that inhabit the Cariby Islands In the Cariby Islands they are worse are rather worser and more cruel unto their Servants then the precedent In the Isle of Saint Christopher dwelleth one whose name is Bettesa very well known among the Dutch Merchants who hath killed above an hundred of his Servants with blows and strips The English do the same with their Servants And the mildest cruelty they exercise towards them is that when they have served six years of their time the years they are bound for among the English being seven compleat they use them with such cruel hardship as forceth them to beg of their Masters to sell them unto others although it be to begin another servitude of seven years or at least three or four I have known many who after this manner served fifteen and twenty years before they could obtain their freedom Another thing The English use to sell one another for debts very rigorous among that Nation is a Law in those Islands whereby if any man oweth unto another above five and twenty shillings English mony in case he cannot pay he is liable to be sold for the space of six or eight months I shall not trouble the patience of my Reader any longer with relations of this kind as belonging unto another subject different from what I have proposed to my self in this history Whereupon I shall take my beginning from hence to describe the famous actions and exploits of the greatest Pirates of my time during my residence in those parts These I shall endeavour to relate without the least note of passion or partiality yea with that candor which is peculiar both to my mind and stile Withal certifying my Reader I shall give him no stories taken from others upon trust or hearsay but only those enterprises unto which I was my self an eye witness CHAP. VI. Of the Origen of the most famous Pirates of the coasts of America A notable exploit of Pierre le Grand I have told you in the precedent Chapters of this Book after what manner I was compell'd to adventure my life among the Pirates of America Unto which sort of men I think my self obliged to give this name for no other reason but that they are not maintained or upheld in their actions by any Soveraign Prince For this is certain that the Kings of Spain have upon several occasions The King of Spain complaineth against the Pirates sent by their Embassadours unto the Kings of France and England complaining of the molestations and troubles those Pirates did often cause upon the coasts of America even in the calm of Peace Unto whose Embassadours it hath always been answered That such men did not commit those acts of hostility and Piracy as subjects unto their Majesties and therefore his Catholick Majesty might proceed against them according as he should sind fit The King of France besides what hath been said added unto this answer That he had no fortress nor Castle upon the Isle of Hispaniola neither did he receive one farthing of tribute from thence Moreover the King of England adjoyned That he had never given any Patents or Commissions unto those of Jamaica for committing any hostility against the subjects of his Catholick Majesty Neither did he only give this bare answer but also out of his Royal desire to pleasure the Court of Spain recalled the Governour of Iamaica placing another in his room All this was not sufficient to prevent the Pirates of those parts from acting what mischief they could to the contrary But before I commence the relation of their bold and insolent actions I shall say somthing of their Origen and most common exercises as also of the chiefest among them and their manner of arming before they go out to Sea The first Pyrate that was known upon the The rise of Pierre le Grand Island of Tortuga was named Pierre le Grand or Peter the Great He was born at the Town of Diep in Normandy That action which rendred him famous was his taking of the Vice-Admiral of the Spanish Flota nigh unto the Cape of Tiburon upon the Western side of the Island of Hispaniola This bold exploit he performed alone with one only boat wherein he had eight and twenty persons no more to help him What gave occasion unto this enterprize was that until that time the Spaniards had passed and repassed with all security and without finding the least opposition through the Channel of Bahama So that Pierre le Grand set out to Sea by the Caycos where he took this great Ship with almost all facility imaginable The Spaniards they found aboard were all set on Shore and the Vessel presently sent into France The manner how this undaunted Spirit attempted and took such an huge Ship I shall give you out of the Journal of a true and faithful Author in the same words I read them The Boat saith he Bold attempt of Pierre le Grand wherein Pierre le Grand was with his companions had now been at Sea a long time without finding any thing according to his intent of Piracy sutable to make a prey And now their provisions beginning to fail they could keep themselves no longer upon the Ocean or they must of

midst of Peace between the two Crowns of Spain and England and that in case they would be obstinate he would certainly put them all to the Sword The Pirats made answer That Island had once before belonged unto the Government and Dominions of the King of England and that instead of surrendring it they preferred to lose their lives On Friday the 13th of the said month three Negro's from the Enemy came swimming aboard our Admiral These brought intelligence that all the Pirats that were upon the Island were only threescore and twelve in number and that they were under a great consternation seeing such considerable Forces come against them With this intelligence the Spaniards resolved to land and advance towards the Fortresses the which ceased not to fire as many great Guns against them as they possibly could which were corresponded in the same manner on our side till dark night On Sunday the 15th of the said month which was the day of the Assumption of our Lady the weather being very calm and clear the Spaniards began to advance thus The Ship named St. Vincent which rid Admiral discharged two whole broad-sides upon the Battery called the Conception The Ship called St. Peter that was Vice-Admiral discharged likewise her Guns against the other Battery named St. Iames. In the mean while our People were landed in small Boats directing their course towards the point of the Battery last mentioned and from thence they marched towards the Gate called Cortadur●… The Lieutenant Francis de Cazeres being desirous to view the strength of the Enemy with onely fifteen men was compelled to retreat in all haste by reason of the great Guns which played so furiously upon the place where he stood They shooting not onely pieces of Iron and small Bullets but also the Organs of the Church discharging in every shot threescore Pipes at a time Notwithstanding this heat of the Enemy Captain Don Ioseph Ramirez de Leyva with threescore men made a strong Attack wherein they fought on both sides very desperately till that at last he overcame and forced the Pirats to surrender the Fort he had taken in hand On the other side Captain Iohn Galeno with fourscore and ten men passed over the Hills to advance that way towards the Castle of St. Teresa In the mean while the Major Don Ioseph Sanchez Ximenez as Commander in chief with the rest of his men set forth from the Battery of St. Iames passing the Port with four Boats and landing in despite of the Enemy About this same time Captain Iohn Galeno began to advance with the men he led unto the forementioned Fortress So that our men made three Attacks upon the Enemy on three several sides at one and the same time with great courage and valour Thus the Pirats seeing many of their men already kill'd and that they could in no manner subsist any longer retreated towards Cortadura where they surrendred themselves and likewise the whole Island into our hands Our People possessed themselves of all and set up the Spanish Colours as soon as they had rendred thanks to God Almighty for the Victory obtained on such a signalized day The number of dead were six men of the Enemies with many wounded and threescore and ten Prisoners On our side was found onely one man kill'd and four wounded There was found upon the Island eight hundred pound of Powder two hundred and fifty pound of small Bullets with many other Military Provisions Among the Prisoners were taken also two Spaniards who had born Arms under the English against his Catholick Majesty These were commanded to be shot to death the next day by order of the Major The 10th day of September arrived at the Isle an English Vessel which being seen at a great distance by the Major he gave order unto le Sieur Simon who was a French-man to go and visit the said Ship and tell them that were on board the Island belonged still unto the English He performed the commands and found in the said Ship onely fourteen men one woman and her daughter who were all instantly made Prisoners The English Pirats were all transported unto Puerto Velo excepting onely three who by order of the Governour were carried to Panama there to work in the Castle of St. Ierom. This Fortification is an excellent piece of Workmanship and very strong being raised in the middle of the Port of quadrangular form and of very hard stone It s elevation or heighth is of eighty eight geometrical feet the Walls being of fourteen and the Curtains of seventy five feet diameter It was built at the expences of several private persons the Governour of the City furnishing the greatest part of the money so that it did not cost his Majesty any sum at all CHAP. V. Some account of the Island of Cuba Capt. Morgan attempteth to preserve the Isle of St. Catharine as a Refuge and Nest unto Pirats but faileth of his designes He arriveth at and taketh the Village of el Puerto del Principe CAptain Morgan seeing his Predecessour and Admiral Mansvelt was dead endeavour'd Capt. Morgan attempteth to keep St. Cath. as much as he could and used all the means that were possible to preserve and keep in perpetual possession the Isle of St. Catharine seated nigh unto that of Cuba His principal intent was to consecrate it as a Refuge and Sanctuary unto the Pirats of those parts putting it in a sufficient condition of being a convenient Receptacle or Store-house of their Preys and Robberies Unto this effect he left no stone unmov'd whereby to compass his designes writing for the same purpose unto several Merchants that lived in Virginia and New England and perswading them to send him Provisions and other necessary things towards the putting the said Island in such a posture of defence as it might neither fear any external dangers nor be moved at any suspitions of invasion from any side that might attempt to disquiet it At last all his thoughts and cares proved But faileth in the designe ineffectual by the Spaniards retaking the said Island Yet notwithstanding Captain Morgan retained his ancient courage which instantly put him upon new designes Thus he equipped at first a Ship with intention to gather an entire He equippeth another Fleet. Fleet both as great and as strong as he could compass By degrees he put the whole matter in execution and gave order unto every member of his Fleet they should meet at a certain Port of Cuba Here he determined to call a Council and deliberate concerning what were best to be done and what place first they should fall upon Leaving these new preparations in this condition I shall here give my Reader some small account of the aforementioned Isle of Cuba in whose Ports this expedition was hatched seeing I omitted to do it in its proper place The Island of Cuba lieth from East to West Description of the Island of Cuba in the altitude and situation

her Back i' th' day-time and to sleep upon them i' th' night until the year be compleatly expired This Ceremony being finished she hangeth up the Bag and Bones against the Post of her own Door in case she be Mistress of any House But having no House of her own she hangeth them at the Door of her next Neighbour or Relation The Widows cannot marry the second time according to the Laws or Customs of this Nation until the whole space of the two years above-mentioned be compleated The Men are bound to perform no such Ceremonies towards their Wives But if any Pirat marrieth an Indian Woman she is bound to do with him in all things as if he were an Indian Man born The Negro's that are upon this Island live here in all Respects according to the Customs of their own Countrey All these things I have thought fit to take notice of in this place though briefly as judging them worthy the Curiosity of some judicious and inquisitive persons Now I shall continue the Account of our Voyage After that we had refreshed and provided our selves as well as we could at the Island aforesaid we departed from thence and steered our Course towards the Island de los Pinos Here we They depart for the Island de los Pinos arrived in 15 days and were constrained to resit again our Vessel which now the second time was very leaky and not fit for sayling any farther Hereupon we divided our selves as before and some went about that Work of careening the Ship mean while others betook themselves to Fishing In this last we were so successful as to take in 6 or 7 hours as much Fish as would Great plenty ●…f Fish abundantly suffice to feed a 1000 persons We had in our Company some Indians from the Cape of Gracias à Dios who were very dextrous both in Hunting and Fishing With the Help of these Men we killed likewise in a short while and salted an huge number of wild Cows sufficient And C●…ws both to satiate our hungry Appetites and to victual our Vessel for the Sea These Cows were formerly brought into this Island by the Spaniards with design they should here multiply and stock the Countrey with Cattel of this kind We salted in like manner a vast number of Tortoises whereof in this Island huge quantities are to be found With these things our former Cares and Troubles began to dissipate and our Minds to be so far recreated as to forget the Miseries we had lately endured Hereupon we began to call one another again by the Name of Brothers which was customary amongst us but had been disused in our Miseries and scarce remembred without Regret All the time we continued here we feasted our selves very plentifully without the least Fear of Enemies For as to the Spaniards that were upon the Island they were here in mutual League and Friendship with us Thus we were only constrained to keep Watch and Ward every night for fear of the Crocodiles which are here in great Many Crocodiles here plenty all over the Island For these when they are hungry will assault any Man whatsoever and devour him as it happened in this Conjuncture unto one of our Companions This Man being gone into the Wood in Company with a Negro they fell into a Place where a Crocodile lay concealed The furious Animal with incredible A Pirat assaulted by one Agility assaulted the Pirat and fastning upon his Leg cast him upon the Ground the Negro being fled who should assist him Yet he notwithstanding being a robust and couragious Man drew forth a Knife he had then about him and with the same after a dangerous Combat overcame and killed the Crocodile Which having done he himself both tired with the Battel and weakned with the loss of Blood that ran from his Wounds lay for dead upon the Place or at least beside his Senses Being found in this posture some while after by the Negro who returned to see what was become of his Master he took him upon his Back and brought him to the Sea-side distant from thence the space of a whole League Here we received him into a Canow and conveyed him on board our Ship After this Misfortune none of our Men dared be so bold as to enter the Woods without good Company Yea we our selves desirous to revenge the Disaster of our Companion went in Troops the next day unto the Woods with design to find out Crocodiles to kill These Animals They go to seek Crocodiles would usually come every night to the Sides of our Ship and make resemblance of climbing up into the Vessel One of these on a certain night we seized with an iron Hook but he instead of flying to the bottom began to mount the Ladder of the Ship till we kill'd him with other Instruments Thus after we had remained there some considerable time and refitted our selves with all things necessary we set Sayl from thence for Iamaica They arrive at ●…aica Here we arrived within few days after a prosperous Voyage and found Captain Morgan who was got home before us but had seen as yet none of his Companions whom he left behind we being the first that arrived there after him The said Captain at that present was very busie Captain Morgan intendeth to keep St. Catharin endeavouring to perswade and levy People to transport unto the Isle of St. Catharin which he designed to fortifie and hold as his own thinking to make it a common Refuge unto all sorts of Pirats or at least of his own Nation as was said before But he was soon hindred in the prosecution But is prevented by a new Governour of this Design by the arrival of a Man of War from England For this Vessel brought Orders from his Majesty of Great Britain to recal the Governour of Iamaica from his Charge over that Island unto the Court of England there to give an Account of his Proceedings and Behaviour in relation to the Pirats whom he had maintained in those Parts to the huge detriment of the Subjects of the King of Spain Unto this purpose the said Man of War brought over also a new Governour of Iamaica to supply the place of the precedent This Gentleman being possessed of the Government of the Island presently after gave notice unto all the Ports thereof by several Boats which he sent forth to ●…at intent of the good and entire Corresponde●…ce which his Master the King of England design●…d henceforwards to maintain in those Western Parts of the World towards his Catholick Majesty and all his Subjects and Dominions And that unto this effect for the time to come he had received from his Sacred Majesty and Privy Councel strict and severe Orders not to permit any Pirat whatsoever to set forth from Iamaica to commit any Hostility or Depredation upon the Spanish Nation or Dominions or any other People of those neighbouring Islands No sooner these