Many,  not  being  able  to  fly  whither  they  desired,
hid  themselves,  for  that  present,  among  the  shrubs
of  the  sea-side,  but  very  unfortunately;  for  most  of
them   being   found   by   the   pirates,   were   instantly


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klllccl,  without  any  quarter.  Some  religious  men
were  brought  prisoners  before  Captain  Morgan;  bu
he,  being  deaf  to  tlieir  cries,  commanded  them  all
to  be  pistoled,  which  was  done.  Soon  after  they
brought  a  captain  to  him,  whom  he  examined  very
strictly;  particularly,  wherein  consisted  the  forces  of
those  of  Panama?  lie  answered,  their  whole
strength  consisted  in  four  hundred  horse,  twenty-
four  companies  of  foot,  each  one  hundred  men
complete;  sixty  Indians,  and  some  negroes,  who  were
to  drive  two  thousand  wild  bulls  upon  the  English,
and  thus,  by  breaking  their  files,  put  them  into  a  to-
tal disorder:  beside,  that  in  the  city  they  had  made
trenches,  and  raised  batteries  in  several  places,  in
all  which  they  had  placed  many  guns;  and  that  at
the  entry  of  the  highway,  leading  to  the  city,  they
had  built  a  fort  mounted  with  eight  great  brass
guns,  defended  by  fifty  men.
