otnote 176: Beeston's Journal; Brit. Mus., Add. MSS., 13,964, f.
16:--"Original letter from the Licentiate Maldonado de Aldana to Don
Francisco Calderon y Romero, giving him an account of the taking of
Campeache in 1663"; dated Campeache, March 1663.

According to the Spanish relation there were fourteen vessels in the
English fleet, one large ship of forty-four guns (the "Centurion"?) and
thirteen smaller ones. The discrepancy in the numbers of the fleet may
be explained by the probability that other Jamaican privateering vessels
joined it after its departure from Port Royal. Beeston writes in his
Journal that the privateer "Blessing," Captain Mitchell, commander,
brought news on 28th February that the Spaniards in Campeache had notice
from St. Jago of the English design and made elaborate preparations for
the defence of the town. This is contradicted by the Spanish report, in
which it appears that the authorities in Campeache had been culpably
negligent in not maintaining the defences with men, powder or
provisions.]

[Footnote 177: S.P. Spain, vol. 46. Fanshaw to Sec. Bennet, 13th-23rd
July 1664.]

[Footnote 178: Ibid., vol. 45. Letter of Consul Rumbold, 31st March
1663.]

[Footnote 179: Ibid., 4th May 1663.]

[Footnote 180: C.S.P. Colon., 1661-68, No. 443. Dated 28th April 1663.]

[Footnote 181: Ibid., Nos. 441, 442.]

[Footnote 182: Rawlinson MSS., A. 347, f. 62.]

[Footnote 183: Beeston's Journal.]

[Footnote 184: C.S.P. Colon., 1661-68, No. 571; Beeston's Journal.]

[Footnote 185: S.P. Spain, vol. 46, ff. 94, 96, 108, 121, 123, 127, 309
(April-August 1664).]

[Footnote 186: C.S.P. Colon., 1661-68, Nos. 697, 744, 812.]

[Footnote 187: S.P. Spain, vol. 46, f. 280.]

[Footnote 188: S.P. Spain, vol. 46, f. 311.]

CHAPTER IV

TORTUGA--1655-1664

When the Chevalier de Fontenay was driven from Tortuga in January 1654,
the Spaniards left a small garrison to occupy the fort and prevent
further settlements of French and English buccaneers. These troops
possessed the island for about eighteen months, but on the approach of
the expedition under Penn and Venables were ordered by the Conde de
Penalva, President of S. Domingo, to demolish the fort, bury the
artillery and other arms, and retire to his aid in Hispaniola.[189] Some
six months later an Englishman, Elias Watts,[190] with his family and
ten or twelve others, came from Jamaica in a shallop, re-settled the
island, and raised a battery of fo