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and then murder'd them all, except himfelf and two Germans. Which villanous aft 

 Lucifer judg' d worthy of punifliment 5 but his Orders being to fliew Kindnefs and 

 Civility to the Inhabitants, he fuffer'd the Murder to go unpunifli'd,but built a tri- 

 angular Fort near the River Wiapoco, on a Hill eight Fathom above the Shore, to 

 prevent the parting by of Sloops ; which done, he went to vifit the Ifland Blanco, 

 where he caught three hundred Goats. From thence he went to the Bay of Honda, 

 the Inhabitants whereof are a valiant People, tall of Stature, having long Beards, 

 and wearing Copper Rings through their Ears. Near the Sea-fide is a Salt-pan, of 

 which the Inhabitants make great benefit. Lucifer fetting Sail again from heJlce, 

 met with three Ketches fent out by the WeftJndia Company at Jmjlerdam, before 

 Corientes. The Commander Dirk Simon feon Van Uitgeeft, fleering his Courfe to- 

 wards the Promontory St. Anton, took a Frigat laden with Meal, Silk, and other 

 rich Goods, and within view of Cuba near the River Poros, defcrying two brave 

 Gallions from Honduras, bore up to them with his three Ketches ; one of which, 

 call'd The Lyon, being got betwixt both the Gallions, was in no fmall danger, the 

 T^etberlanders not being able to get up out of their little Veflel into the high Gallions, 

 in which the Spaniards flood pufhing them down with their Pikes 5 but no fooner 

 did the Netherlander throw their Hand-Granado's amongft them, but Uitgeeft got 

 aboard of the Gallion, and carry 'd her off, whileflthe other by nimble Sailing got 

 away. With this Prize Uitgeeft thinking himfelf fufficiently enrich'd, fleer'd home- 

 wards. 



Joojtjobnfon and Ones Henrickfoon, Commanding each of them a Ketch, took a 

 a Ship coming from Lisbon before Pernambuco, laden with Meal, Salt, Wine, and 

 thirty Monks 5 and not long after a Pink with fix hundred Negro's, a Barque with 

 Salt and Iron, a Ketch with Wine, and a Frigat with Braftle Wood, Sugar and To- 

 bacco : Before Itamerica they took two Prizes more > y with all which they return'd 

 to the Texel. 



The Weft-India Company thus enrich'd by the Spoil taken from their Enemies, 

 fitted out twelve Ships again under the Command of Peter Adrianfzpon Ita, which 

 fet Sail in the beginning of the Year 1628. and anchor'd firft before Blanca, an Ifle 

 abounding with Goats,the Ground flonie, and in fome places Rocky, and having a 

 fmall, but very convenient Haven, from whence Ita ran beyond Porto ^ico, where 

 he took a VeiTel with feven thoufand weight of Ginger, and Landed oppofite to 

 Hifpaniola on the flonie Ifle Catalina, where he took in frefh Water, and then Cruis'd 

 to and again before Cuba, took fix Barques, the Prifoners whereof informed him f 

 That the Honduras Traders were on their Way coming thither, and that they had 

 two fmall Men of War for their Convoy : Not long after Ita difcover'd them 

 Sailing along the Shore towards the Haven of Havana, but before they could get in, 

 Captain John Peters, whofe Ketch carry'd two Brafs, and fourteen Iron Guns, boar* 

 ded the Vice-Admiral, but having no Graplings to take hold with, the Spanift? Ship 

 ran aground, as like wife John Peterfzpon in the purfuit of him • which the Admiral 

 feeing, came to aflift his Vice-Admiral, and ran aground on one fide of John Peters, 

 which drove the Netherlander s Ketch in great danger, fhc not being able to do Exe- 

 cution with her fmall Guns, whileft the Spaniards with their Demy*Cannon play'd 

 vehemently upon her ; neither was Ita, by reafon of calmnefs and contrary Tide, 

 able to come up with them, but was fore'd to fland Northerly, that fo he might 

 get an Eaflerly Wind, which about Noon always blows frefh here, and fo by de- 

 grees got near the Spanijl? Fleet, till at laft coming up with the Vice-Admiral, call'd 

 St.Jago, he threw Fire-pots into her, and prcfently after boarding her, enter'd with 

 that Valor, that of three hundred Spaniards above a hundred and fifty were flain ; 



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