TWO MILLIONS CAPTDBED. 



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Centurion swept the galleon's decks, the topmen wounding or 

 killing every officer but one who appeared upon tho quarter, and 

 totally disabling the commander himself. The confusion of the 



THE CENTURION AND THE TREASU R E -SH I P. 



Spaniards was now plainly visible from the Centurion. The 

 officers could no longer bring the men up to the work ; and, at 

 about three in the afternoon, she struck her colors and sur- 

 rendered. 



The galleon, named the Nostra Signora de Cabadonga, 

 proved to be worth, in hard money, one million and a quarter of 

 dollars. She lost sixty-seven men in the action, besides eighty- 

 four wounded; while the Centurion lost but two men, and had 

 but seventeen wounded, all of whom recovered but one. "Of so 

 little consequence," remarks Anson, "are the most destructive 

 arms in untutored and unpractised hands." The seizure of the 



Manilla treasure caused the greatest transport to the Centurion's 

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