o A Voyage to 



to come thither to trade, as was mention**! in the King's 



Order. 



Ncvcrthelcfs, after this Publication, there arrived in De~ 

 amber and January, 7 French Ships, almoft all of them 

 commanded by Men of S. Malo. The firft was the Mar- 

 tial of 50 Guns ; the Chancelor, the Mary Anne, the Fly- 

 boat under the Direction of the Chancelor, the Well-beloved, 

 which had been detain'd at Buenos Ayres, with the Captain 

 and the Supercargo 5 but the former having found Means 

 to make his Efcape, came by Land to his Ship at La Con- 

 ception. The Flying- Fijh, after having flay'd 8 Days in 

 the Road, went away to Valparaiso, where he was refufed 

 the Port, fo that he was obliged to proceed to Quintero, 

 to join the AJJutnption, which was under the fame Cir- 

 cumftances. 



Befides thofe Ships arrived from Europe, feveral others 

 of thofe that were upon the Coaft came together,* the Holy 

 Ghoft, and the Prince of Afturias arrived from Callao ; 

 the Margaret from Pifco • the S. Barbara Tartane, from 

 Valparaifo ; and the Concord from the fame Place, bring- 

 ing their Plate to be fentto France. So that there affem- 

 bled at La Conception 1 5 Sail of French, great and fmall, 

 and about 2600 Men. 



Tho' the Corregidor, or Governor, a mortal Enemy to 

 the Nation, fought all means to do Harm to the French, 

 yet he could not have the Orders publifli'd againft the 

 French put in Execution, either becaufe he was hindred 

 by his own Intereft 3 endeavouring to extort fome Contri- 

 butions from them, or becaufe that Multitude impofed a 

 little on him ; or laftly, becaufe the Inhabitants privately 

 diffuaded him, that they might make the better Market of 

 their Provifions. He was iatisfy'd with offering all the 

 Affronts he could to the Officers and Ships Crews, as 

 hamftringing their Horfes, when they went out of Town to 

 sake the Air j imprifoning them upon the leaft Pretence of 

 Misbehaviour, and talking to them in publick in the vileft 

 language^ and moft provoking Expre(Tions. That wicked 



