"And as touching means of compassing this purpose, they would conduct
him safely through the woods, by the same ways by which they fled, that
he should not need to enter their havens with danger, but might come
upon their backs altogether unlooked for. And though his house were of
stone, so that it could not be burnt; yet if our Captain would undertake
the attempt, they would undermine and overthrow, or otherwise break
it open, in such sort, as we might have easy access to his greatest
treasure."
Our Captain having heard all their opinions, concluded so that by
dividing his company, the two first different sentences were both
reconciled, both to be practised and put in use.
JOHN OXNAM appointed in the _Bear_, to be sent Eastward towards Tolou,
to see what store of victuals would come athwart his half; and himself
would to the Westward in the _Minion_, lie off and on the _Cabecas_,
where was the greatest trade and most ordinary passage of those which
transported treasure from Veragua and Nicaragua to the Fleet; so that
no time might be lost, nor opportunity let slip either for victuals or
treasure. As for the attempt of Veragua, or Signior PEZORO'S house by
land, by marching through the woods; he liked not of, lest it might
overweary his men by continual labour; whom he studied to refresh and
strengthen for his next service forenamed.
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