ABSTRACT

I forgot to add that after he had burned two-thirds of Santo Domingo, as ransom for Damas [Ladies] Street and the Cathedral they gave him 25,000 ducats in addition to his having sacked the whole city. Nothing could be saved from him because he caught them so unprepared. So also he carried off from that city 113 pieces of brass artillery and burned all the ships except two, which he added to his fleet. One belonged to Senor Juan Antonio Corc;o, Juan de Palma, master. It is one of the best vessels the Englishman has, excepting his flagship and vice-admiral ...