land), knocked the brute down. Another of the Englishmen, runningup at the same time to help his comrade, knocked the Spaniard down;and then two Spaniards more came in to help their man, and a thirdEnglishman fell in upon them. They had none of them any firearmsor any other weapons but hatchets and other tools, except thisthird Englishman; he had one of my rusty cutlasses, with which hemade at the two last Spaniards, and wounded them both. This frayset the whole family in an uproar, and more help coming in theytook the three Englishmen prisoners. The next question was, whatshould be done with them? They had been so often mutinous, andwere so very furious, so desperate, and so idle withal, they knewnot what course to take with them, for they were mischievous to thehighest degree, and cared not what hurt they did to any man; sothat, in short, it was not safe to live with them.…