The Monarchs of the Main; Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers. Volume 2 (of 3)

One foot on sea and one on shore, To one thing constant never. Much Ado about Nothing.
IN THREE VOLUMES.
LONDON: HURST AND BLACKETT, PUBLISHERS, SUCCESSORS TO HENRY COLBURN, 13, GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET. 1855.

LONDON: SERCOMBE AND JACK, 16 GREAT WINDMILL STREET.

Son of a Welsh farmer—Runs to sea—Turns Buccaneer—Joins Mansvelt and takes the Island of St. Catherine—Mansvelt dies—St. Catherine re-taken by the Spaniards—Morgan takes Port au Prince—Quarrel of French and English adventurers about a marrow-bone—Takes Porto Bello—Captures Le Cerf Volant , a French vessel—It blows up—Takes Maracaibo—-City deserted—Tortures an Idiot beggar—Le Picard, his guide—Takes Gibraltar—Also deserted—Tortures the citizens—With a Fire-ship destroys the Spanish fleet and repasses the bar—Escapes the fort by a stratagem—The Rancheria expedition—Sails for Panama—Captain Bradley takes the Castle of Chagres—Anecdote of a wounded Buccaneer 1
March from Chagres over the Isthmus—Famine—Ambuscades of Indians—Wild bulls driven down upon them—Victory in the Savannah—Battle of the Forts—Takes the city—Burns part of it—Cruelties—Revels—Virtue of the Spanish prisoner, and her sufferings—Retreats with prisoners—Ransom—Divisions of booty—Treason of Morgan—Escapes by night to Jamaica—Dispersion of his fleet—Morgan's subsequent fate 125

Œxmelin's interview with the old Buccaneer—Adventure with Indians—Esquemeling's escapes—D'Ogeron's escape from the Spaniards—Buccaneers' fight in Tobago against the Dutch—Captain Cook captures a Spanish vessel—Captains Coxen and Sharp begin their cruise 189
The South sea now visited—Buccaneers land at Darien—March overland—Take Santa Maria—Sail to Panama—Ringrose is wrecked—Failure of Expedition—Driven off by Spanish fleet—Partial victory—Coxen accused of cowardice—Sharp elected commander, deposed—Plunder Hillo and take La Serena—Take Arica—Sharp re-elected—Retreat with difficulty—Conspiracy of the prisoners—Land at Antigua—Return to England—Sharp's trial for piracy—Seizes a French ship in the Downs—Returns to Jamaica 215