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even after he had publicly issued orders far the sup- 

 pression of this species of hostility. J 



People of all professions, and from all parts of the 

 British empire, now resorted to Jamaica. The con- 

 fusions which overspread England after the death of 

 Cromwell, impelled many to seek for safety and quiet 

 in the plantations. Some of those men who had dis- 

 tinguished themselves by their activity, in bringing 

 their unhappy monarch to the scaffold, considered this 

 island as a sure place of refuge. Foreseeing from 

 the temper which began to prevail amongst all ranks 

 of people in England, especially towards the beginning 

 of the year 1660, that the nation was united in its 

 wishes for the re-establishment of the ancient frame 

 of government, they hoped to find that safety in a 

 colony composed of Cromwell's adherents, which 

 they were apprehensive would shortly be denied 

 them at home. 



J The favour extended by the king to Henry Morgan, the most cele- 

 brated of" the English bucaniers, (a man indeed of an elevated jnind and 

 invincible courage), arose doubtless, in a great measure, from the good un- 

 derstanding that prevailed between them in the copartnership that I have 

 mentioned. When the Earl of Carlisle returned from Jamaica, Morgan 

 was appointed deputy-governor and lieutenant-general in his absence} 

 and, proceeding himself, at a subsequent period, to England, he was re- 

 ceived very giaciously, and had the honour of knighthood conferred on 

 him by his sovereign. I hope, therefore, and indeed have good reason 

 to believe, that all or most of the heavy accusations which have been 

 brought against this gallant commander, of outrageous cruelty towards 

 iiis Spanish captives, had no foundation in truth. 



. 

 Some of those men who had sat as judges at the trial of Charles 



I. are said to have become pcnreable settlers here, and to have remained 



