For our Captain
(of purpose to try what haste they could and would make in extremity),
himself ran in great haste, and so willed the other three with him; as
if they had been chased by the enemy: which they the rather suspected,
because they saw so few with him.
And after his coming aboard, when they demanding "How all his company
did?" he answered coldly, "Well!" They all doubted that all went scarce
well. But he willing to rid all doubts, and fill them with joy, took out
of his bosom a quoit of gold, thanking GOD that "our voyage was made!"
And to the Frenchmen he declared, how their Captain with great pain of
his company, rowed to Rio Francisco; where he took the rest in, and the
treasure which we had brought with us: making such expedition, that
by dawning of the day, we set sail back again to our frigate, and from
thence directly to our ships: where, as soon as we arrived, our Captain
divided by weight, the gold and silver into two even portions, between
the French and the English.
About a fortnight after, when we had set all things to order, and taking
out of our ship [the _Pascha_] all such necessaries as we needed for our
frigate, had left and given her to the Spaniards, whom we had all this
time detained, we put out of that harbour together with the French ship,
riding some few days among the Cabecas.
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