These shares were given to their friends to be kept entire for them, and to be de-
     livered in due time to their nearest relations, or whomsoever should appear to be
     their lawful heirs.
     The whole dividend being entirely finished, they set sail thence for the Isle of
     Tortuga. Here they arrived one month after, to the great joy of most that were u-
     pon the island. For as to the common Pirates, in three weeks they had scarce any
     money left them; having spent it all in things of little value, or at play either
     at cards or dice. Here also arrived, not long before them, two French ships laden
     with wine and brandy and other things of this kind; whereby these liquors, at the
     arrival of the Pirates, were sold indifferent cheap. But this lasted not long; for
     soon after they were enhanced extremely, a gallon of brandy being sold for four
     pieces of eight. The Governor of the island bought of the Pirates the whole cargo
     of the ship laden with cacao, giving them for that rich commodity scarce the twen-
     tieth part of what it was worth. Thus they made shift to lose and spend the riches
     they had got in much less time than they were purchased by robbing. The taverns,
     according to the custom of the Pirates, got the greatest part thereof; insomuch
     that soon after they were constrained to seek more by the same unlawful means they
     had obtained the preceding.

     L'Ollonais makes new preparations to take the city of St. James de Leon; as also
     that of Nicarague, where he miserably perishes.

     L'Ollonais had got himself very great esteem and repute at Tortuga by this last
     voyage, by reason he brought them home such considerable profit. And now he needed
     take no great care how to gather men to serve under his colours, seeing more came
     in voluntarily to proffer their service to him than he could employ, every one re-
     posing such great confidence in his conduct for seeking their fortunes, that they
     judged it a matter of the greatest security imaginable to expose themselves in his
     company to the hugest dangers that might possibly occur. He resolved therefore for
     a second voyage, to go with his officers and soldiers towards the parts of Nicara-
     gua, and pillage there as many towns as he could meet.
     Having published his new preparations, he had all his men together at the time ap-
     pointed, being about the number of seven hundred, more or less. Of these he put
     three hundred on board the ship he took at Maracaibo, and the rest in other ves-
     sels of lesser burden, which were five more: so that the whole number were in all
     six ships. The first port they went to was in the Island of Hispaniola, to a pla-
     ce called Bahaya, where they determined to victual the fleet and take in provi-
     sions. This being done, they set sail thence, and steered their course to a port
     called Matamana, lying on the South side of the Isle of Cuba. Their intent was to
     take here all the canoes they could meet, these coasts being frequented by an huge