. The history of the buccaneers of America; containing detailed accounts of those bold and daring freebooters; chiefly along the Spanish main, in the great South sea, succeeding the civil wars in England . to grimp up the baskets of earth, were compelled to use anold stratagem, wherewith at last they deceived and overcamethe Spaniards. Lolonois retired suddenly with all his men, making show asif he fled. Hereupon the Spaniards, crying out, They flee,they flee, let us follow them, sallied forth, with great disorder,to the pursuit. Being drawn to some distance from the bat-teries, which was the
. The history of the buccaneers of America; containing detailed accounts of those bold and daring freebooters; chiefly along the Spanish main, in the great South sea, succeeding the civil wars in England . to grimp up the baskets of earth, were compelled to use anold stratagem, wherewith at last they deceived and overcamethe Spaniards. Lolonois retired suddenly with all his men, making show asif he fled. Hereupon the Spaniards, crying out, They flee,they flee, let us follow them, sallied forth, with great disorder,to the pursuit. Being drawn to some distance from the bat-teries, which was the pirates only design, they turned uponthem unexpectedly, with sword in hand, and killed above twohundred men ; and thus fighting their way through those whoremained, they possessed themselves of the batteries. TheSpaniards that remained abroad, themselves over for lost,fled to the woods ; those in the battery of eight guns surren-dered themselves, obtaining quarter for their lives. The piratesbeing now become masters of the town, pulled down the-Span-ish colors and set up their own, taking prisoners as many asthey could find. These they carried to the great church, THE BUCCANEERS OF Capture of Gibraltar. 76 THE BUCCANEERS OF AMERICA. where they raise a battery of several great guns, fearing lestthe Spaniards that were fled should rally, and come upon themagain ; but next day; being all fortified, their fears were gathered the dead to bury them, being above five hun-dred Spaniards, besides the wounded in the town, and thosethat died of their wounds in the woods. The pirates had alsoabove one hundred and fifty prisoners, and nigh five hundredslaves, many women and children. Of their own companions, only forty were killed, and almosteighty wounded, whereof the greatest part died through thebad air, which brought fevers and other illness. They put theslain Spaniards into two great boats, and carrying them a quar-ter of a league to sea, they sunk the boats
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