Читать книгу The Life of Sir Henry Morgan. With an account of the English settlement of the island of Jamaica онлайн

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"Morgan was perfectly acquainted with all the Avenues to the City. 'Twas night when he came to Puerto de Naos, about ten Leagues west of Puerto de Velo. They sailed to Puerto Pontin where they came to an anchor. They took boats and came about midnight to Esteria longa le Mos, where they all went ashore and marched by Land to the first Posts of the City. An Englishman, who had been a Prisoner in this Place, served them for a Guide.

"This Fellow had Abundance of Courage and was fit for the greatest Attempts. Besides he was pushed on with Desires of Revenge; for the bad Usage he had met with from the Spaniards had inflamed his Mind to such a Degree that he listed for a Pyrate with no other View than to be revenged; and this being the Place where he was formerly confined, he exerted himself on that Account with the greatest Courage, as well as Art and Dexterity.

"There were only Three more daring like himself, who offered themselves to go and secure the Centry. They went on with the greatest Caution, for on their artful management of this first Attempt, the whole success of their Expedition depended; when they were got near enough they at once laid hold the Centry and that so suddenly that he had not Time nor Presence of Mind to give the Alarm by firing off his Musket, and they provided against any other Noise by gagging him.