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overflowed at High-water, hath three Openings or Entrances, two for great Ships, 

 and one, the rnoft Northerner fmall Veffels to pafs through , : The Sea al o break, 

 Z ? aga inft this Cliff never molefts the Ships whatever Wind, blow. The Conn, 

 "el is overgrown with Brambles, and hath a Lake two Leagues long and a qua* 

 trey is ove g shore of which flood a Village, inhabited by fmugutfts 



"^IrtuTL^^ flying from thence left the%#*»« abfolute 

 S^lftSU^*« found thirty Chefts of Sugar in one Hut , 

 a P fce which the Admiral li caus'd his fick Men to be brought aftiore, whileft the 



C ptains ^.to.^-V, »°«^ ? arCh P int t i IT?* 

 where they got 'plenty of Oranges and Cartel. In the mean ******** r«k», 

 Mann d ^ ««f » S " men ' C-ifing along the Sea-Coaft of *r^r took three 

 Sh ps one out of the Inlet 7W„, I» S«»«, laden with Sugar and Tobacco ano- 

 t r with the fame Merchandife from ton***., and the thud laden with Wines 

 ( JLbrt On the firft oUuguft the Fleet fct Sail again, to the great forrow of 

 ""; who ot of hopest/being protend by them againft the fortune, 

 had joyn'd heir Forces with theirs , but now being forfaken, they expend no- 

 chingbut utter Ruine , whichto efcape, many of them efuM to be admitted to go 

 „ g g with the Fleet, which had been granted them had not the ^ders^ci 

 Provifions for themfelves. The Fleet getting off at Sea, the Admiral Verm ran 

 with twelve Sail to the Coaft of Jfma, and So«<^< Hennckf^m kept eighteen 

 Ships under his Command, the reft returning home wit! .Admiral Lam : and thus 

 the Fleet left the unforrunate Haven Trayaaon, where above feven hundred Vuteh 

 Seamen were bury'd. Soudewyn Henr.ckfspon refreftung at Cf St. Vincent, fleer d 

 WefterlyT when J Storm (which in twenty four hours blew ^» *f "^ *J 

 Compafs furprifinghim, broke his Main-maft, feparated the whole Fleet, and 

 ^ funkThe Fl#i Frigat , at laft getting beyond the Ifle Vn g >n Gorda the Fleet mee . 

 "again, R ot» Juande «U *i« about the latter end of 'Seftmhr , into whole 

 » a. HaVcn fiJ^a Sail'd with great courage, notwithftand.ng the narrow Mouth 

 ESS, thereof was guarded by a ftrong Fort full of Brafs Guns which fir d very fierce y 

 I """ kSl ° m upon him, who on the other fide was not idle in difchargmg his Guns on the Fort , 

 and hadnotthe (hallow Water before the City prevented his Landing that day, he 

 had gotten a far greater Booty than afterwards he met with , for the Inhabitants 

 had during the Low.water, remov'd all their beft Goods: but the next Morning 

 before Sun-rifing, the Admiral Landed with eight hundred Men, inarch d into the 

 City without any refiftance, pitch'd the States Flag on the Governor s Houfe, guar- 

 ded all Avenues, unhoop'd all the Wine.Casks which he found there, for fear hi. 

 Men fhould make themfelves Drunk therewith, and fonegUft their Duty fir d 

 from the Land-fide towards the Caftle with three Brals Guns, gain d the Re- 

 doubt, built for the fecurity of the Bridge, which unites the fmall Ifle on which 

 Vorto (fee. is built with the great, rais'd a Platform, from whence he fir d Day and 

 Nightwith fix Cannons, guarded by Captain Tbyene, whileft the Commander JM 

 kept Watch near the Fort ; but his Men being rnoft of them fick, he could not do 

 any great Exploits, efpecially fince the Sfamards Sallying out as they did dafly, 

 kill'd many of the Ho//We«, and amongft them Captain M^/, after he had (hot 

 down two Turrets from the Caftle , which damage the Enemy repair d by taking 

 feveral of the Hollanders Boats • by which means they could not prevent frefli Sup- 

 plies from going to the Caftle , the Bef.egers in the mean time beginning daily to 

 be in ereater want for Ammunition and Provifions : whereupon Henmk^on 

 juda'd it convenient to found a Retreat, after he had fet the Ships belonging to 

 the City fcrto (Rico on fire in four places. In which Retreat he receiv d fo many 



Capt Vitcl 

 (Lain. 



