5J4- 



£f.' M*rth* 

 taken by the 

 Dutch. 



The valiant 

 Exploit of 

 John Lieh- 



tbart. 



The Expedi- 

 tion of the 

 MrOWH-fiJk 



Frigat. 



A M ET^IC A. Chap. VlL 



In the mean while Pater lying before Punta del Gallo, intending to Invade the 

 City built on the Shore of the Ifland Trinidad > y but the Fort built at the Mouth of 

 the River, and contrary Current preventing his Defign, he ran through the mid- 

 dlemoft Hole oi'Boccas to Blanca, where he caught two thoufand Goats and a So* 

 naire, Cct fcveral Towns on fire, whileft the Spaniards made a Smother of dry Stub- 

 ble all along the Fields, through which the Hollanders were to return, that Co they 

 might be choak'd with the Smoak ; which their Invention had prov'd fuccefsful, 

 had not the Hollanders fore'd a Way through a Wood. At laft the Fleet leaving Hi* 

 fpaniola, Steer'd for St. Martha, a Town built on the Main Coaft between Cartha* 

 gena, and the River La Hacha, being inftigated thereto by a Letter (taken by the 

 Hollanders in a Prize) writ by the Governor Hieronymo de Quero to the Spanifh King . 

 which Letter fet forth the prefent Condition of St. Martha, whereby they conceiv'd 

 great hopes of a poflibility of taking it, and of the Advantages that would accrue 

 thereby : nor did it happen contrary to their expectation ; for the Admiral Landing 

 his Men, took the City without the leaft refiftancc 5 and though the great Fort fir'd 

 fome Guns, yet it foon furrendred on promife of Quarter . the City alfo was fav'd 

 from being burn'd, by paying fifty five hundred Pieces of Eight, after they had 

 plunder'd the fame, and carry'd away whatfoe're they thought good. Mean while 

 the Provifions growing fcarce in the Fleet, Pater judg'd it convenient to return 

 home, where he arriv'd fafcly with all his Prizes. 



Notable Exploits were pcrform'd by John Lichthart,ont of which,amongft others 

 ought not to be omitted, yi^. he fetting Sail homewards from %ecijfa about the 

 beginning of Otlober Anno 1630. chane'd to fall with his Ship, the Over*y%el, zmongd 

 five fBifcayan Pyrats, Cruifing between the French and Engitfh Coaft, which thought 

 to clap him aboard on a fudden ; but they feeing him bear up to them, were afraid 

 to venture, and Tack'd about : after which he was fet upon about three Leagues 

 to the Northward of the Lizard, by three Frigats belonging to Dunkirk, the biggeft 

 whereof carry'd thirty fix Guns, the fecond twenty eight, and the laft twelve 5 with 

 which three he maintain'd a Fight eight hours, in which he had fourteen Men kill'd, 

 and thirty two wounded ; his Ship refembled a Wreck, the Main. mail being fhot 

 overboard, the Rudder hung by pieces at the Stern, and the Tackling all fliatter'd 

 and torn, befidesfeven Shot under Water, and not lefs than four hundred through 

 the fides above, but not without fufficient marks of retribution on the Dunkirkers 

 fide ; but Lichthart getting into Plymouth, mended his Ship, and from thence Sail'd 

 to Jmjlerdam, where he was Prefented with a Gold Chain in recompence of his 

 Valor. 



The Expedition of the Brouw-Fifi Frigat is alfo remarkable, which Sailing be- 

 yond Qape de Verd, Steer'd by Cape P^oxo along the Shore to the River Catchieu, at 

 whofe Mouth lie two Shelves, and between them ran a Channel through which the 

 Ships pafs'd. The !Broum*FiJf? Sailing about a League up the River, which is a Mile 

 in breadth, took a Portuguese Barque. The Seamen alfo Landing on the Ifle S*/fo, 

 (pake Portuguefe with the Natives, who are Coal-black, and have ftrong Bodies, go 

 Arm'd with Darts, Bowes, Arrows, Symiters, and were Baptiz'd by a Pried fent 

 thither from Portugal, who with a few Countrcy*men had built a Chappel and 

 fome Houfes there. 



From hence the Brown-Fijh Sail'd to the moft Northern Ifle Bifegos, which is con- 

 tinually at Wars with !Bijfis. The King of this Ifle receiving fome Prefents from 

 the Netherlander s, gave leave to his Subje&s, {fiie atfirft, to go aboard of them. 

 ■ Steering from hence to TS^oronho, they found the Inhabitants carry'd away, and 

 their Gardens and Houfes ruin'd, fo that they could get nothing but wild Pum- 



pions • 



