[XXIX‑29] According to Sharp in Id., 14, and the anonymous narrator in Sharp's Voy., 15. Ringrose says: 'He drew off with him, to the number of Three-score and Ten of our Men.' Bucaniers of Amer., ii. 30.
[XXIX‑30] Sharp fixes this date at April 29th. Hacke's Col. Voy., 16.
[XXIX‑31] She contained 2,000 jars of wine, 50 jars of gunpowder, and 51,000 pesos according to Ringrose. Bucaniers of Amer., ii. 31. Sharp, who made the capture, says the ship was taken on the 26th of April, having 1,400 jars of wine and brandy, some ammunition, and 50,000 pesos, Hacke's Col. Voy., ii. 15.
[XXIX‑32] For 3,000 pesos. Id., 16.
[XXIX‑33] So close was the blockade of the city, and so great the terror inspired by the buccaneers, that the first news received at the city of Mexico affirmed that Panamá was captured, many Spaniards slain, and that the nuns and many other people had fled to the mountains. This intelligence was transmitted by the president of Guatemala, and did not reach Mexico until August 8, 1680. Robles, Diario, ii. 310.
[XXIX‑34] While there Ringrose completed a chart of the bay of Panamá and a portion of the coast, which was more correct than any in the possession of the Spaniards. Bucaniers of Amer., ii. 32-3. The authorities again differ with regard to the date.
[XXIX‑35] 'The Island Quibo or Cabaya, is in lat. 7 d. 14 m. North of the Equator.' Dampier's Voy., i. 212. It is called by Ringrose Cayboa. Bucaniers of Amer., ii. 33. Its modern name is Coquimbo. In crossing thither a storm was encountered and two barks foundered, one containing 15 men and the other seven. This storm and wreck are not mentioned by the anonymous writer of Sharp's Voy., though Sharp himself alludes to it in Hacke's Col. Voy., ii. 34.
[XXIX‑36] 'They entered the river with 50 Men ... and on their way up found two vessels, which they abandoned.' South Sea Company: A View of the Coast, 162.
[XXIX‑37] Before quitting Taboga, where they stayed about 14 days, one of the buccaneers, a Frenchman, fled to the enemy and betrayed all his comrades' plans. The stockades were built by the Spaniards on the advice of the runaway Frenchman, Hacke's Col. Voy., ii. 33-4.
[XXIX‑38] Besides Sawkins two other men were killed and three more wounded, according to Ringrose. The anonymous writer in Sharp's Voy., 16-17, says that the failure of the enterprise was owing to the 'Rashness and Want of conduct' of Sawkins, who rushed to the assault before one fourth of the men had landed, being a man that nothing upon Earth could terrifie.'