Chap. XIII. AMERICA. \i\ 



iC tented, ®e contented, GodTbould be highly incens'd : to which the Cajique anfwer'd, 

 " Ghaibba Cynato machabucha guamechyna, that is, What card if God be angry, 



Since the Spaniards had firft pofleffion of this Ifland, it hath been twice Invaded ot s"2? 

 by the Englif?, the firft time under the Conduct of Sir Francis Drake, who took the S^'iia*. 

 Town of Sa« Domingo, ftaid in it a good while, and could if he had pleas'd, have 

 totally difpoflefs'd the Spaniards j the fecond time under Colonel Venables, fent 

 thither by Oliver Qrom^ell during his ufurp'd Dominion j at which time it might 

 as eafily have been taken as at firft,had not the Bufinefs been rafhly and indifcreetly 

 managed, as fhall prefently be declar'd more at large. The firft Expedition of Sir 

 Francis Drake hath been already hinted, but for the memorablenefs of that bold 

 Exploit, we (hall give a particular Account of it from a late Writer, who hath fee 

 forth the Life of that brave Englijh Heroe. In the Year of our Lord 1580. about the 

 end of February fetting Sail from St. Chrijlophers for Hifyaniola, by the Way they met 

 with a fmall Frigat bound for San Domingo, and the Men of her being Examined, 

 one alTur'd them that the Haven of it was a barr'd Haven, and the Shore well 

 fortifi'd, fo that there was no convenient Landing within ten Englijli Miles of the 

 City, whither this Man undertook to conduct them. January the firft they Landed 

 ten Miles from the City, and marching thither under the Command of the Lieute- 

 nant General, arriv'd about one a Clock in the Afternoon 5 when they came near, 

 about a hundredand fifty Gentlemen well Mounted, prefented themfelves againft 

 them j but the fmall Shot playing upon them, they departed, and the Englif? pro- 

 ceeded towards the two Gates of the City that lay towards the Sea, both which the 

 Spa?iiards had Mann'd, and planted their Ordnance without the Gates, and fome 

 fmall Shot in an Ambufli by the Way-fide : The EngliJJ? being about twelve hun- 

 dred Men, divi4ed themfelves ; the Lieutenant-General leading the one half to one 

 Gate, and Captain Towel the other half to the other Gate, vowing that wich God's 

 afliftance they would not reft till they met in the Market-place : "No fooner had the 

 Spaniards difcharg'd their Ordnance, doing fome little Execution, but the Lieute- 

 nant-General hafted, or rather ran upon them, to prevent their Charging again, 

 and notwithftanding their Ambufli, entred Pell Mell with them into the Gate, not 

 Haying till he came into the Market-place, unto whom fhortly after came Captain 

 Towel with his Companies. This Place they ftrengthned with Barricado's, the 

 City being too large to be guarded by fo fmall and weary an Army, And after 

 Mid-night they in the Caftle, hearing fomc of the Englijh bufie about the Gate, 

 quitted it, fome being taken Prifoners, and others efcaping by Boats. The next 

 day the Englijh enlarged their Quarters, and fortifi'd themfelves, and held the Town 

 for a Moneths fpace. During this time the General fent a Negro Boy with a Flag 

 of Truce to the Spaniards, who by the Way was met by fome Officers of the Galley 

 which the Englijhhzd taken, together with the City, who furioufly thruft the poor 

 Boy through the Body -, who returning to the General, and having declar'd how 

 barbaroufly they had us'd him, fell down and died in his Prefence. The General 

 being much mov'd herewith, commanded theProvoft-Martial to take two Fryers, 

 and to carry them to the fame place with a fufficient Guard, and there to hang 

 them j and withal he fent one of the Prifoners to inform the Spaniards why he did 

 it, and to tell them, that till the Party who had thus murder'd his Meffenger were 

 deliver'd to him, there fliould no day pafs wherein he would not hang two Prifo- 

 ners, till all were confum'd. Hereupon the day following the Murthcrer was 

 brought, and an Offer made to deliver him to the General, who yet thought it more 

 honorable to make them perform the Execution themfelves in the fight of the Eng- 

 UJh } which was done accordingly. 



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