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not to afford them Christian burial, but for their clothes and attire ; and if any had gold 

 rings on their fingers these were cut off, leaving them exposed to the voracity of the monsters 

 of the sea, At last they set sail for Savona, the place of their assignation. There were 

 in all fifteen vessels, Captain Morgan commanding the biggest, of only fourteen small 

 guns. His number of men was 9GO. Few days after they arrived at the Cabo de Lobos, 

 south of Hispaniola, between Cape Tiburon and Cape Punta de Espada. Hence they could 

 not pass, by reason of contrary winds, for three weeks, in spite of every effort to do so. 

 Then Captain Morgan doubled the cape, and spk'd an English vessel at a distance. Having 



BLOWING fP OF THE FRENCH PIRATE SHIP. 



spoken to her, they found she came from England, and bought of her, for ready money, 

 sorn,e provisions they wanted. 



"Captain Morgan proceeded on his voyage till he came to the port of Ocoa; here be 

 landed some men, sending them into the woods to seek water and provisions, the better to 

 spare such as he had already on board. They killed many beasts, and among others some 

 horses. But the Spaniards, not well satisfied at their hunting, laid a stratagem for them, 

 ordering three or four hundred men to come from Santo Do ningo, not far distant, and 

 desiring them to hunt in all the parts thereabout near the sea, that so if the pirates should 

 return they might find no subsistence. Within few days the pirates returned to hunt, 

 but finding nothing to kill, a party of about fifty straggled farther on into the woods. The 

 Spaniards, who watched all their motions, gathered a great herd of cows, and set two or 

 three men to keep them. The pirates, having spied them, killed a sufficient number; and 

 though the Spaniards could see them at a distance, yet they could not hinder them at 

 present; but as soon as they attempted to carry them away they set upon them furiously, 



