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never one of of tliem made the difcovery 

 even the Spaniards then^felves never knew of 

 this place. Befides, for as great a fecret as 

 we thought the Proje^, it was known all 

 the IVefi Indies over, ahd yet it was not in 

 their power to crulli it. At Madera they 

 feeniM to know it^ at St. Thomas Vm fure they 

 knew it ; at Tortobelo their Intelligence was 

 fo good, that they knew the names of all our 

 Councellors and't^aptains of Ships before we 

 landed, and had that particular obfervation^ 

 that there were four Roberts among them. 

 Our circumftances are in fome Refpefts very 

 good, for we have advice by the way of 

 tobelo , that there is a great Rebellion in 

 Mexico^ and Captain Diego and all the Indians 

 about him are at prefent at War with the 

 Spaniards. Captain Ambrofio is going to his 

 aflifl-ance, and that will divert them on that 

 fide \ but which is better than all, that we 

 are now in a pofture of defence againft all the 

 Spanify) force in jimerica. I have feen alrea- 

 dy Butch-, French^ and EngUjl) all at the fame 

 time in our Harbour, and all of them won- 

 der what the reft: of the World have been 

 thinking on, when we came hither to the beft 

 Harbour of America^ in the bcfl: place of it. 

 Captain Long came in eight days after, and I 

 believe we were a great Eye-fore to him, 

 tho^ he faid nothing. He commanded the 

 Hubert Priz^e^ a fmall Englijh Man of War, 

 fitted out by the King, upon whatdefign we 

 know not, but he pretends it was to fearch 

 for a Silver Wreck he was on this coaft a 

 Month before founding it; and converfing 

 with the Natives, he put alhore Men in fome 



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