The Introduction. 39 



her to Windward fome Days before^ alfo for Trade,' 

 which the Spamards knew very wellv^nd juftasthe 

 Aftion was over they law this Sioop comiiigdown, 

 hefore the Windjtowards their Ship-^ upOii which the 

 Sf awards took about loooo /. in Specie, as^l am ia- 

 formed, quitted the Ship^ and went off m their 

 Launch linmolefted. 



About the fame Time^ a Gnard h Coafi^ of Pmo 

 Ricoy commanded by one Matthew Lttke^ an h,tlmn^ 

 took four Engiijh Veifels, and murthered all the 

 Cr^ws : He was taken by the Lancefian Man of 

 War, in May 17223 and brought to JamakM^ were 

 they were all but leven defervedly hanged* it is 

 likely the Man of War might not have meddled 

 with her, but that Ihe bliadly laid the Litmefim mt 

 Board, thinking ihe had been a Mercliant Ship^^ 

 who thereupon catched a Tartar. Afterwards in 

 rummaging there was found a Cartridge of Powder 

 ma e up with a Piece of an Engllp Journa}^^ belong- 

 ing, I beh'eve, to the dean Snow; and upon Ex- 

 amination, at laft, it was dilcovered that they 

 had taken this Veifel and murthered the Crew ; 

 and one of the Spaniards^ when he came to die^ con- 

 leffedthathe had killed twenty E?7glijh Men with 

 his own Hands. 



Jago de la Vega, Febr 20^ 



A Letter from his Excellency Sir Nicolas Laws^ 

 our Governor^ to the Alcaldes of Trinidado 

 Cuba, dated the 26th of Jm. ijii-^i* ' 



Gentlemen, 



H E frequent Depredations, Robberies^ and 

 _ • other Aifts of Hoftility,,vvhich have beea 

 ^ committed on the King my Royal Mafter's Sub- 

 ^ jeth, by a Parcel of Banditti, who pretend to 



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