[XXX‑30] According to one authority only two men were on the lookout. One of these perceived the buccaneers and hastened to the city to give warning. His story was not believed; he was arrested and it was the intention to have him publicly flogged. This occurred August 21, 1685. Morel, Visita, MS., 47-8.
[XXX‑31] 'Townley, with 80 of the briskest Men, marched before, Captain Swan with 100 Men marched next, and Captain Davis with 170 Men marched next, and Captain Knight brought up the Rear.' Dampier's Voy., 219.
[XXX‑32] There is a discrepancy in the account of Dampier, who states that 59 men were left with him, which would raise the number of those who left the fleet to 530, without counting the four captains.
[XXX‑33] Townley took the town at 3 p. m., Swan arrived at 4 p. m., and Davis at 5 p. m. Knight did not come up till an hour later, leaving many tired out, who afterward came straggling in. The Spaniards killed 'a stout old Grey-headed Man aged about 84, who had served under Oliver in the time of the Irish Rebellion.' He had refused to remain with the canoes, and when surrounded by the Spaniards would not accept quarter, but discharged his gun at them, 'so they shot him dead at a distance. His name was Swan; he was a very merry hearty old Man, and always used to declare he would never take Quarter.' Id., 219-20. According to Morel de Sta Cruz, Visita, MS., 48, the buccaneers entered the town at 11 a. m., opposed by only 50 men, 49 of whom fled, the remaining one fighting until disabled by many wounds.
[XXX‑34] One Smith who had dropped behind and was captured so exaggerated the numbers of the freebooters that the governor was afraid to attack them, though Smith estimated his forces at over 1,000 men. Smith was afterward exchanged for a lady of high position. Dampier's Voy., 220. Lussan states that the French, having arrived at the port of Realejo some months later, learned that succor had been sent from towns in Nicaragua and Salvador, and that the English freebooters 'avoient envoyé plusieurs fois offrir à ces gens de secours, le combat en raze savana, ce qu'ils avoient toujours refusé, disant qu'ils n'étoient pas encore tous ramassez.' Journal du Voy., 112-3.
[XXX‑35] 'Our Captains demanded 300,000 Pieces of Eight for its Ransom, and as much Provision as would victual 1,000 Men 4 months.' Dampier's Voy. According to Voy., A New Col., iii. 78, 30,000 pieces of eight.
[XXX‑36] Swan was accompanied by Townley with his two barks. Knight and Harris followed Davis. Dampier cast his lot with Swan 'to get some knowledge of the Northern Parts of this Continent of Mexico.' Dampier's Voy., 223-4. Swan after an eventful cruise on the Mexican coast steered across the Pacific homeward bound, having parted company with Townley. After enduring great privation he reached the Ladrone Islands, and thence proceeded to the Philippines, where his men mutinied, and left him with more than 40 others on the island of Mindanao. He was afterward murdered by the natives. Id., 375, 445-6.
[XXX‑37] 'À cause de l'excommunication qu'ils avoient eux-mêmes fulminée contre elle.' Lussan, Journal du Voy., 119.
[XXX‑38] 'Après quatre jour d'une abstinence fort étroite.' Id., 126.
[XXX‑39] About 20 leagues distant from Chiriquita, and about 24 leagues west of Panamá. Id., 88, 131.