He besought our assistance, and promised us plenty of slaves, if we would go there and storm the place with him.

Captain Hawkins agreed, cheerfully enough; and set off, with a portion of his crews, to assist the king.
"The enemy fought well, and it was only after a very hard fight on our part, and a loss of many men, that we took the town.

Methinks the two hundred and fifty slaves which we took there were dearly paid for; and there was much grumbling, among the ships, at the reckless way in which our admiral had risked our lives, for meager gain.

It is true that these slaves would sell at a high price, yet none of us looked upon money, gained in that way, quite as we do upon treasure taken in fair fight.

In the one case we traffic with the Spaniards, who are our natural enemies; and it is repugnant, to a Christian man, to hand over even these poor negroes to such willful masters as these; in the other we are fighting for our queen and country.