Castle."

This report our Captain credited, the rather for that himself had heard
the report of the ordnance at sea; and perceived sufficiently, that he
was now descried. Notwithstanding in farther examination of this old
mariner, having understood, that there was, within the next point, a
great ship of Seville, which had here discharged her loading, and
rid now with her yards across, being bound the next morning for Santo
Domingo: our Captain took this old man into his pinnace to verify that
which he had informed, and rowed towards this ship, which as we came
near it, hailed us, asking, "Whence our shallops were?"

We answered, "From Nombre de Dios!"

Straightway they railed and reviled! We gave no heed to their words, but
every pinnace, according to our Captain's order, one on the starboard
bow, the other on the starboard quarter, and the Captain in the
midship on the larboard side, forthwith boarded her; though we had some
difficulty to enter by reason of her height, being of 240 tons. But
as soon as we entered upon the decks, we threw down the grates and
spardecks, to prevent the Spaniards form annoying us with their close
fights: who then perceiving that we were possessed of their ship, stowed
themselves all in hold with their weapons, except two or three yonkers,
which were found afore the beetes: when having light out of our
pinnaces, we found no danger of the enemy remaining, we cut their cables
at halse, and with our three pinnaces, towed her without the island into
the sound right afore the down, without [beyond the] danger of their
great shot.

Meanwhile, the town, having intelligence hereof, or by their watch, took
the alarm, rang out their bells, shot off about thirty pieces of great
ordnance, put all their men in a readiness, horse and foot, came down to
the very point of the wood, and discharged their calivers, to impeach us
if they might, in going forth.

The next morning (14th August) our ships took two frigates, in which
there were two, who called themselves King's _Scrivanos_, the one of
Cartagena, the other of Veragua, with seven mariners and two Negroes;
who had been at Nombre de Dios and were now bound for Cartagena with
double [? duplicate] letters of advice, to certify them that Captain
DRAKE had been at Nombre de Dios, had taken it; and had it not been that
he was hurt with some blessed shot, by all likelihood he had sacked it.
He was yet still upon the coast; they should therefore careful