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have been an irreparable dishonour to the English Na- 

 tion, had not the island of Jamaica, which chance more 

 than council, bestowed upon them, made amends for 

 the loss at Hispaniola." Their imprisonment would 

 seem to have received general approbation, as in certain 

 Passages of Every Dayes Intelligence, from Sept. 21 

 to 28, 1655, published by authority, it is said, "Gov. 

 Penn and Gen. Venables, would be petitioning his 

 Highnes, the Lord Protector for their enlargement out 

 of the Tower again ; but it is a little too soon yet ; it 

 were not amiss that they stayed till we hear again from 

 the West Indies. " His subsequent liberation, and the 

 particulars of his life after this period, with the time 

 of his decease, and his residence when he quitted the 

 cares of this world, are alike unknown to the writer, 

 and have baffled all attempts at discovery. 



