[XXX‑40] Lussan nearly lost his life by falling with four others into an ambuscade. But he escaped unwounded, though two of the party were killed and a third lay hors de combat. The faith of this freebooter in the protection of providence is refreshing: 'je ne fus garanti du massacre,' he says, 'sans être seulement blessé, que par une protection du Ciel toute manifeste.' Id., 135.
[XXX‑41] During the month of February 14 died. Id., 143.
[XXX‑42] The pirates lost in this encounter 4 killed and 33 wounded. Id., 146.
[XXX‑43] 'Nous fîmes en suite des Ordonnances par lesquelles nous condamnions à perdre leur part de ce qui se prendroit en ce lieu, ceux d'entre nous qui seroient convaincus de lâcheté, de viol, d'yvroynerie, de desobeïssance, de larcin & d'être sortis du gros sans être commandez.' Id., 151.
[XXX‑44] According to Morel, Visita, MS., 32, and Robles, Doc. Hist. Mex., ii. 435, the sacking of Granada occurred in 1685. But Lussan's date is supported by his mention of the fact that Leon and Realejo had been sacked by the English pirates before the arrival of the French on the coast, Journal du Voy., 112; and Dampier states that those cities were captured in August 1685. Voy., 216-21.
[XXX‑45] Lussan, Journal du Voy., 154. Robles says 900 men entered Leon and Granada. Diario, ii. 435.
[XXX‑46] Lussan states that the people of Granada had been warned three weeks previously by the authorities of Esparza. Journal du Voy., 154-5.
[XXX‑47] Burney states that Granada was not regularly fortified, but had a place of arms surrounded by a wall. Discov. South Sea, iv. 267. Lussan says this was capable of holding 6,000 men. Journal du Voy., 160.
[XXX‑48] 'Ils foncerent dans la ville les yeux fermez, chantans dançans comme des gens qui vont à un festin.' Lettre du Gouv., in Lussan, Journal du Voy., 256.
[XXX‑49] Morel, Visita, etc., MS., 33, says without more loss than 13 men.