board the ships. And withal, he intimated to the Spaniards that the very next day
     they should pay their ransoms, forasmuch as he would not wait one moment longer,
     but reduce the whole town to ashes in case they failed to perform the sum he de-
     manded.
     With this intimation Captain Morgan made mention to the Spaniards of the letters
     he had intercepted. Whereupon they made him answer, that it was totally impossible
     for them to give such a sum of money in so short a space of time; seeing their
     fellow-townsmen were not to be found in all the country thereabouts. Captain Morgan
     knew full well their intentions, and, withal, thought it not convenient to remain
     there any longer time. Hence he demanded of them only five hundred oxen or cows,
     together with sufficient salt wherewith to salt them. Hereunto he added only this
     condition, that they should carry them on board his ships, which they promised to
     do. Thus he departed with all his men, taking with him only six of the principal
     prisoners, as pledges of what he intended. The next day the Spaniards brought the
     cattle and salt to the ships, and required the prisoners. But Captain Morgan refu-
     sed to deliver them till such time as they had helped his men to kill and salt the
     beeves. This was likewise performed in great haste, he not caring to stay there
     any longer, lest he should be surprised by the forces that were gathering against
     him. Having received all on board his vessels, he set at liberty the prisoners he
     had kept as hostages of his demands. While these things were in agitation, there
     happened to arise some dissensions betweeen the English and the French. The occa-
     sion of their discord was as follows: A certain Frenchman being employed in kil-
     ling and salting one of the beeves, an English Pirate came to him and took away
     the marrow-bones he had taken out of the ox; which sort of meat these people es-
     teemed very much. Hereupon they challenged one another. Being come to the place
     of duel, the Englishman drew his sword treacherously against the Frenchman, woun-
     ding him in the back, before he had put himself into a just posture of defence;
     whereby he suddenly fell dead upon the place. The other Frenchmen, desirous to
     revenge this base action, made an insurrection against the English. But Captain
     Morgan soon extinguished this flame, by commanding the criminal to be bound in
     chains, and thus carried to Jamaica; promising to them all he would see justice
     done upon him. For although it was permitted to challenge his adversary, yet it
     was not lawful to kill him treacherously as he did.
     As soon as all things were in readiness, and on board the ships, and likewise the
     prisoners set at liberty, they sailed thence, directing their course to a certain
     island, where Captain Morgan intended to make a dividend of what they had pilla-
     ged in that voyage. Being arrived at the place assigned, they found near the value
     of fifty thousand pieces of eight, both in money and goods. The sum being known,
     it caused a general resentment and grief, to see such a small booty; which was not