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Officers of the Forlorn order'd to have his Sword broke over his Head, with other 

 difgraceful Impofitions, and two Colonels of the Army were order'd to draw 

 up the Caufes of this Mifcarriage to fend to England-, which, becaufe 'twas 

 thought would too much reflecl: on them in Power that were to fupply them, was 

 by thofe Colonels judged inconvenient, and fo 'twas never done. The number of 

 Men loft by Stragling, Sicknefs, and this unhappy Engagement, amounted in the 

 whole to about two hundred and thirty. Tn a (hort time after this, it was order'd 

 to Ship the Men ; which done, after fome Debates amongft the Commiffioners 

 what was beft to be done, Provifions nor Utenfils yet coming fit fot the Defign in- 

 tended, which was to poflefs fome considerable Place in the Main, it was agreed, 

 That they fhould fteer their Courfe for the Ifland of Jamaica-, which they did accor- 

 dingly, and on the tenth day of May 1654. with little oppofition poflefs'd it : 

 where the fame Soldiers have fliew'd not onely fuch Courage and Refolution upon 

 all occafions, (in many and frequent Encounters and Invifions made by the Spani- 

 ards, not onely with Soldiers of thofe Parts, but fuch as have been fent from Spain, 

 Naples, Catalonia, and other Places) as' might fpeak them Englij1>-mcn, but fuch hath 

 been their Patience and Sufferance, as none of this Nation in the memory of Man 

 have ever been put to, the Effedis whereof their King and Countrey, 'tis hop'd, 

 will have occafion to remember, to their immortal Honor and Renown. 



Hifpaniola is furrounded with feveral other Ifles, as 1. Eaftward appears Saona, 

 full of pleafant Woods and Paftures, with Cattel feeding on them : in former times 

 it produe'd much Qd^abi for the City Domingo . but fince the Spaniards murder'd all 

 the Inhabitants Jnno 1502. it hath never been inhabited. 2. The Rocky Shelf 

 St.Catalina. 2.. Jbaque. 4. Nava^a. ^.Guanabo. 6.tortuga, abounding in Hogs, 

 and 7. Seata, famous for the excellent fpeckled Wood which grows there, and a 

 fwift River, which oftentimes detains the Ships there whole Moncths. 



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Porro Rico, and Monico. 



ANother of thofe call'd The Ijles of (Barlovento, is Soriquen, anciently fo nam'd, BounJ, ^ 

 but now more generally Porto %o,from St.Juan de <Porto <fcVo,fts chief Town, £S*£ 

 is an Ifland fifteen Leagues diftant from Santa Crux, to the North- Weft, 

 and about as many from HtftanioU to the South-Eaft, but from the Continent or 

 main Land of Varia (which feems to be the neareft) a hundred and thirty, or a hun. 

 dred thirty fix, as fome reckon. It lieth almoft in a quadrangular Form, being 

 juppos'd to contain about thirty Leagues in length, and not lefsthan twenty in 

 breadth, in eighteen and nineteen Degrees of Northern Latitude. 



The Ifland on the North, which is lefs fruitful than the South part, produces 

 t.ola and .s generally water'd with many Rivers. There is alfo Silver, Tin, Lead, 

 ^•ckulver, and ^««,us'd by Painters. The Rain generally falls there between 

 May and Augufi. A little before, or in the beginning of Harveft, the Hurricanes 

 orcak.ng forth from the Clouds, rage in fuch a manner, that it is impoifible for any 



Plan« L7c thC S "' a " d " NOrthem 3kft §eneUlly d ° th S rC2t dama § e to the 

 Ten Leagues towards the South-Eaft beyond ?mo $ico, appears Siena del Lo- ^ 



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