Wherefore Hereupon The
Sea-Captains Are Likewise To Give Their Resolution, How They Will
Undertake The Safety And Service Of The Ships Upon The Arrival Of
Any Spanish Fleet.'
THE SECOND point we make to be this, whether it be meet to go
presently homeward, or else to
Continue further trial of our
fortune in undertaking such like enterprises as we have done
already, and thereby to seek after that bountiful mass of treasure
for recompense of our travails, which was generally expected at
our coming forth of England: wherein we answer:--
'That it is well known how both we and the soldiers are entered
into this action as voluntary men, without any impress or gage
from her Majesty or anybody else. And forasmuch as we have
hitherto discharged the parts of honest men, so that now by the
great blessing and favour of our good God there have been taken
three such notable towns, wherein by the estimation of all men
would have been found some very great treasures, knowing that
Santiago was the chief city of all the islands and traffics
thereabouts, St. Domingo the chief city of Hispaniola, and the
head government not only of that island, but also of Cuba, and of
all the islands about it, as also of such inhabitations of the
firm land, as were next unto it, and a place that is both
magnificently built and entertaineth great trades of merchandise;
and now lastly the city of Carthagena, which cannot be denied to
be one of the chief places of most especial importance to the
Spaniard of all the cities which be on this side of the West
India:
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