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but was supported by two ; and in that manner he 

 moved from place to place to encourage the men. 

 But the latter he could not prevail on, neither by 

 commands, entreaties, or offers of rewards. At last, 

 fainting among them, he was carried off." 



Contrary to the General's advice, the troops, con- 

 sisting mostly of volunteers, who had been tempted 

 to enlist by the prospect of Spanish loot, were on 

 arriving at Hispaniola informed that they would be 

 allowed a fortnight's pay in lieu of booty, and that 

 any attempt to secrete plunder would be punished with 

 death. Naturally there was a mutiny ; the soldiers felt 

 that they had been defrauded, and refused to fight. 

 The attempt to capture Hispaniola ignominiously failed, 

 and the expedition returned to England without having 

 accomplished anything except the capture of Jamaica, 

 which was thought a very unimportant prize. 



Penn and Venables were both sent in disgrace to 

 the Tower, but were soon discharged with a surly 

 intimation that there was not sufficient evidence to 

 convict them of criminal negligence. Mrs. Venables 

 probably expressed the General's feelings when she 

 wrote : " Unfaithfully was my dear Husband dealt 

 withal. Nothing of their promises performed. They 

 pretended the honour of God and the propagating of 

 the Gospel. But alas ! their intention was self-honour 

 and riches, and so the design prospered according to 

 their hypocrisy." She writes almost as bitterly as 

 Lucy Hutchinson when the base conduct of the 

 Presbyterians at Nottingham towards her husband 

 stirred her gentle spirit into fierce revolt. Soured and 



