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consequence of this calamity, Mr. Warner return¬ 
ed to England to implore succour; and it was on 
that occasion, that he sought and obtained the pow¬ 
erful patronage and support of James Hay, earl of 
Carlisle. This nobleman caused a ship to be fitted 
out, laden with all kinds of necessaries. It was 
called the Hopewell, and arrived at St. Christopher’s 
on the 18th of May 1624; and thus he certainly 
preserved a settlement, which had otherwise died 
in its infancy. Warner himself did not return to 
St. Christopher’s until the year following. He was 
then accompanied by a large body of recruits, and 
D’Esnambuc arrived about the same time; perhaps 
the same day. This latter was the captain of a 
French privateer; and, having in an engagement 
with a Spanish galleon of superior strength, been 
very roughly handled, he was obliged, after losing 
several of his men, to seek refuge in these islands. 
He brought with him to St. Christopher’s about 
thirty hardy veterans, and they were cordially re¬ 
ceived by the English, who appear at this time to 
have been under some apprehensions of the Cha- 
raibes. Hitherto Warner’s first colony had lived on 
friendly terms with these poor savages, by whom 
they were liberally supplied with provisions; but 
having seized on their lands, the consciousness of 
deserving retaliation made the planters apprehen¬ 
sive of an attack, when probably none was intend¬ 
ed. Du Tertre relates, that the French and Eng¬ 
lish receiving information of a projected revolt, con¬ 
curred in a scheme for seizing the conspirators be¬ 
forehand. Accordingly they fell on the Charaibes 
