[[4]] "The Buccaneers of America," by John Esquemeling (Published, 1684).
[[5]] Dampier. To search for this wreck with a view to recover the treasure in her was one of the objects of an expedition from England to the South Sea a few years later than the voyage of Davis.
[[6]] "History of the Buccaneers of America," by Captain James Burney (1816).
[[7]] Colnet's "Voyage to the Pacific."
[[8]] Esquemeling.
[[9]] "On the Spanish Main," by John Masefield.
CHAPTER XI
THE MYSTERY OF THE LUTINE FRIGATE
Harbored in the stately edifice of the Royal Exchange, down in the heart of London City, is that ancient and powerful corporation known to seafaring men the world over as Lloyd's. Its chief business is the underwriting of maritime insurance risks and its word is law wherever fly the house-flags of merchant shipping. More than two hundred years ago, one Edward Lloyd kept a coffeehouse in Tower Street, a thoroughfare between Wapping and the Thames side of the city, and because of its convenient situation the place became a popular resort for sea captains, underwriters, and insurance brokers who discussed such important matters as arrivals in port, wrecks, missing ships, and rumors of war.