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Inake ufe of Foreigners for this Expedition; and. three of 
the four Ships that he fent, were not only manned with, 
hut commanded by, Frenchmen . The firft was the Glou- 
eefier , of fifty Guns, and 400 Men, formerly an Englijh 
Man of War ; the feCond was the Ruby, fifty Guns, 3 50 
Men, another TtgEyT Ship the third was a Frigate of forty 
Guns, and 200 Men ; the fourth was the Leon Franco , a 
Spanijh Man of War of fixty Guns, and 450 Men, all Spa- 
niards. Mcnfietir Martinet , a French Gentleman, was 
Commodore of this Squadron, and commanded the Pem- 
broke ; M- le jonquiere had the Ruby ; the reft I do not re- 
collect. The French performed their Navigation well 
enough, and got round the Gape, tho 5 it was in the Middle 
of Winter •, but the laft of the four, manned by the Spa- 
niards ^ after ieveral Attempts, could not Weather Cape 
Horn , but was forced back to the River of Plate , where, 
at laft, tiie Ship was unfortunately caft away. It looks as 
if, by this Expedition, an Experiment was made to fee, if 
the SpaMards were hardy enough to go through this terrible 
Nav igation •, hut, as they have little or no Trade into any 
cold Climates, and unufed to hard Work, it is no Won- 
der they failed in that Point. The Bifcaneers , indeed, are 
robuft Fellows enough ; and, if the Leon Franco had been 
‘manned with them, fhe had certainly doubled the Cape 
with the other three Ships ; but the Spaniards, in general, 
ever fince acquiring their Poflefiions in America , are grown 
io delicate and indolent, that it would be hard to find an 
intire Ship's Company able to perform that Navigation. 
The prodigious Advantage of the Trade of Chili this 
Way is fo manifeft, that his Catholic Majefty is obliged 
by Treaties to fliut out all Nations, as well as the Englijh , 
though he makes nothing of it himfelf; and it is very rare, 
that a Spanifh Ship has gone by Cape Horn : From hence 
arifes the extraordinary Price all European Goods fetch at 
Chili and Peru . 1 have been told at Lima , that they are 
often fold at 400 per Cent. Profit ; and, I may fay, the 
Goods that are carried from France by Cape Horn , are in 
themfelves 50 per Cent, better than thofe that go in the 
Elota of Gales to Carthagena or La Vera Cruz ; becaufe the 
former are delivered frefh and undamaged in fix Months, 
whereas the other are generally eighteen Months before 
they can come to Chili ; fo that the French , during the 
importing Trade, made their Markets, furnilhed them- 
felves with Provifton, and got Home again in twelve or 
fourteen Months time. When Martinet arrived at Chili in 
the Year 1717. with the King of Spain's Commiffion to 
take or deftroy all his Countrymen that were trading clan- 
deftinely, he foon found Employment for his three Ships, 
the fourth being loft, as I haveobferved ; and of fourteen Sail 
of St. Malomen , there was but one efcaped him, fine being 
land-lock’ d in a little Creek, where (lie lay hid, till he was 
got to Leeward ; after which file weighed, and came aw T ay 
with half her Cargo unfold. Though all this was to ex- 
ecute the Orders of his Catholic Majefty, and doing a - 
fenfible Pleafure to the Britijh South Sea Company, yet the 
Creole Spaniards, eipecially the trading Part of them, 
found .themfelves ajmoft ruined by it, becaufe it hindered 
the Circulation of Money, and fpoiled Bu finds, fo that 
they could not bear the Sight of the French Men of War, 
though they liked the French Merchantmen well enough : 
On the other hand, the French , imagining they had done 
the Spaniards effectual Service, expended, no doubt, civil 
Treatment in Return, while they ftaid among them. But, 
as foon as Martinet brought his Prizes into Calao, and the 
Frenchmen had received their proper Shares, they, forget- 
ting the old Antipathy of the Spanijh to the French Nation, 
gave themfelves extravagant Airs afhore by dancing and 
drinking ; and this ftrll incenfed the Creolians more againft 
them, who called them Cavaclios and Renegades, for 
falling foul on their own Countrymen. From one thing or 
other, their mutual Quarrels grewfo high, that the French- 
men were forced to go in Parties about Lima and Calao , 
■the better to avoid public Outrages and Affronts, At laft,- 
a young Gentleman, who was Enfign on board the Ruby , 
and Nephew to Captain jonquiere , was fhot from a Win- 
dow, and the Malefactor took Refuge in the great Church 
at Calao. Martinet , Jonquiere , and the other Captains, 
joined in a Petition to the Viceroy, that the Murderer 
might be delivered to juft ice : But the Viceroy, being an 
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Archbifhop, would by no means violate the Rights of the 
Church to humour any body : Upon which they ordered 
all their Men on board by public Beat of Drum, and 
brought their three Ships, with their Broadfides, to bear 
on the Town of Calao , threatening to demolilh the Houfes 
and Fortifications, unlefs the Affaffin was delivered up or 
executed. All this Bluftering could not prevail with the 
Viceroy to give them any Satisfaction, though they had 
feveral other Men killed befide that Gentleman. 
At laft, Jonquiere , unwilling to ufe Extremities, and no 
longer able to bear the Place where his Nephew was mur- 
dered, obtained of his Commodore Martinet , that he mio-ht 
make the belt of his Way home. About this time, many 
Fathers, and many rich Paffengers, were got together at 
the Town of Conception , intending, when this Squadron 
came by, to take their Paffage to ' Europe ; for they knew, 
that all Ships bound to Cape Horn , muft touch at Con- 
ception, or thereabouts, for Provifton: Herein Jonquiere 
got ftart of his Commodore, having now the Advantage 
of fo many good Paffengers in his Ship ; for, as the King 
or Spain has no Officers at Conception to regifter the 
Money fhipped there, fo it is unknown what vaft Sums 
thofe Paffengers and Miffionaries put on board the Ruby . 
By this Opportunity, the Padres and others gained two 
great Advantages ; firft, they were {pared the Trouble of 
a Voyage to Panama or Acapulco , and thence traverfing 
the Continent to Porto Bello , or La Vera Cruz , where they 
muft have had their Coffers vifited, to fee if the Indulto 
to his Majefty was fairly accounted for •, and then they 
faved every Shilling of that Indulto, or Duty, becaufe the 
Ruby touched firft in France , where no Cognizance at all 
was to be taken of the Affair ; fo that as they faved one 
Moiety of the Duty payable in America , they like wife got 
dear of the other payable in Spain ; becaufe the Ship 
arrived in France , where they put all the Money on fhore. 
There was on board the Ruby , befides thefe Paffengers 
Money, a confiderable Sum arifing to his Catholic Majefty 
for the Confifcation of the thirteen Interlopers taken by 
this Squadron ; all which together, I was well informed, 
amounted to four Million of Dollars aboard that Ship: 
What a fine Booty then we miffed through Shelvocke ' s ob- 
ftinate ConduCt ! For, when this fame Ship th t Ruby found 
us in the Harbour of St. Catharine' s, Jonquiere's Com- 
pany, as I faid before, were fo infirm, that he had not 
more than fixty found Men out of four hundred, fo that 
he really was afraid of us, and would not even fend his 
Boat afhore to the Watering-place, where we kept Guard, 
and our Coopers and Sailmakers were at Work, till he 
had firft allied our Captain Leave : Nor is this at all 
ftrange ; for, underftancling we had a Confort, he was really 
in Pain all the time he was there, left the Succefs fhould 
come in. 
Alter Captain Martinet had cleared the Coaft of Peru 
and Chili of his Countrymen, he fent Exprefs with the 
News, to Madrid, his Brother-in-Law Monfieur de Grange , 
who came by Way of Porto-Bello , Jamaica , and London. 
Upon delivering his Meffage, the King asked him what 
he fhould do for him : De Grange humbly begged, that 
his Majefty would pleafe to give him the Command of a 
Ship to go round Cape Horn again. He accordingly had 
the Zelerin of fifty Guns : He came firft to Calais , where 
the Ship was getting ready; but was furprifed to find a cold 
Reception from the French Merchants, and other Gentle- 
men of his Acquaintance refiding there ; for, as there were 
Merchants of feveral Nations interefted in the Ships taken 
and confifcated as aforefaid, they unanimoufly looked upon 
him, and all the French aboard that Squadron, as falfe 
Brethren, for ferving a foreign Power to. the Prejudice of 
their Own Countrymen ; and, while he expected a valuable 
Cargo configned to him, being what he aimed at, he found 
himfelf quite difappointed ; for no Man would {hip the 
Value of a Dollar with him. . Captain Fitzgerald , who 
was then at Cales , feeing this, made him a confiderable 
Propofal for the Privilege of going his next Officer, and to 
take aboard what Goods he could procure in his own Name. 
De Grange , being a little embaraffed, accepted the Offer, 
and obtained at Court a Commiffion for him as fecond 
Captain. Accordingly they manned the 'Zelerin chiefly 
with French and feme Englijh Seamen ; and got very well 
round 
