The prisoners being all dead and annihilated (excepting only two, whom they reser-
     ved to show them what they desired), they marched hence to the town of San Pedro,
     or St. Peter, distant ten or twelve leagues from Puerto Cavallo, having in their
     company three hundred men, whom L'Ollonais led, and leaving behind him Moses van
     Vin for his lieutenant to govern the rest in his absence. Being come three lea-
     gues upon their way, they met with a troop of SPaniards, who lay in ambuscade for
     their coming. These they set upon with all the courage imaginable, and at last to-
     tally defeated, howbeit they behaved themselves very manfully at the beginning of
     the fight. But not being able to resist the fury of the Pirates, they were forced
     to give way and save themselves by flight, leaving many Pirates dead upon the pla-
     ce and wounded, as also some of their own party remained by the way. These L'Ollo-
     nais put to death without mercy, having asked them what questions he thought fit
     for his purpose.
     There were still remaining some few prisoners who were not wounded. These were as-
     ked by L'Ollonais if any more Spaniards did lie farther on in ambuscade? To whom
     they answered, there were. Then he commanded them to be brought before him, one
     by one, and asked if there was no other way to be found to the town but that? This
     he did out of a design to excuse, if possible, those ambuscades. But they all con-
     stantly answered him, they knew none. Having asked them all, and finding they
     could show him no other way, L'Ollonais grew outrageously passionate; insomuch
     that he drew his cutlass, and with it cut open the breast of one of those poor
     Spaniards, and pulling out his heart with his sacrilegious hands, began to bite
     and gnaw it with his teeth, like a ravenous wolf, saying to the rest: I will ser-
     ve you all alike, if you show me not another way.
     Hereupon those miserable wretches promised to show him another way; but withal
     they told him, it was extremely difficult and laborious. Thus, to satisfy that
     cruel tyrant, they began to lead him and his army. But finding it not for his pur-
     pose, even as they told him, he was constrained to return to the former way, swea-
     ring with great choler and indignation: Mort Dieu, les Espangols me le payeront
     (By God's death the Spaniards shall pay me for this).
     The next day he fell into another ambuscade; the which he assaulted with such hor-
     rible fury that in less than an hour's time he routed the Spaniards, and killed
     the greatest part of them. The Spaniards were persuaded that by these ambuscades
     they should better be able to destroy the Pirates, assaulting them by degrees; and
     for this reason had posted themselves in several places. At last he met with a
     third ambuscade, where was was placed a party of Spaniards both stronger and to