Penn gave notice of his intentions, suddenly to set sail for England, and would not be dissuaded.
Here the manuscript ends, but in continuation, Oldmixon[2] observes, that “they arrived in England in September, when they were both imprisoned for their scandalous conduct in this expedition, which would have been an irreparable dishonour to the English Nation, had not the island of Jamaica, which chance more than council, bestowed upon them, made amends for the loss at Hispaniola.” Their imprisonment would seem to have received general approbation, as in certain Passages of Every Dayes Intelligence, from Sept. 21 to 28, 1655, published by authority, it is said, “Gov. Penn and Gen. Venables, would be petitioning his Highnes, the Lord Protector for their enlargement out of the Tower again; but it is a little too soon yet; it were not amiss that they stayed till we hear again from the West Indies.” His subsequent liberation, and the particulars of his life after this period, with the time of his decease, and his residence when he quitted the cares of this world, are alike unknown to the writer, and have baffled all attempts at discovery.
[2] British Empire in America, 1740, 8vo.
THE Experienc’d Angler, or Angling Improved.
Sold by Rich: Marriott in St Dunstans Church-yard.
Vaughan Sculp.
THE
Experienced Angler:
OR
ANGLING
IMPROVED.
BEING
A general Discourse of Angling;
Imparting many of the aptest wayes
and choicest Experiments for the
taking of most sorts of Fish in
Pond or River.
LONDON:
Printed for Richard Marriot, and are to be sold
at his Shop in St. Dunstan’s Church-yard,
Fleet-street. 1662.