for that purpose; which Pett afterwards repaid.
The Constance was of only 200 tons burden.

She set sail for the South a few days before Christmas, 1592.

There is no doubt that she was bound upon a piratical adventure.

Piracy was not thought dishonourable in those days.

Four years had elapsed since the Armada had approached the English coast; and now the English and Dutch ships were scouring the seas in search of Spanish galleons.
Whoever had the means of furnishing a ship, and could find a plucky captain to command her, sent her out as a privateer.