I doubt not that Hawkins would have been glad enough to have made off, if he could have done so; for what with the sale of the slaves, and the vessels we had captured, we had now 1,800,000 pounds, in silver and gold, on board of the ships.

The Spanish admiral accepted the terms which Captain Hawkins laid down, and most solemnly swore to observe them.
"So with colors flying, both fleets sailed into the harbor together.

It is true, however, that the man who places faith in a Spaniard is a fool, and so it proved to us.

No sooner had they reached the port than they began to plot, secretly among themselves, how to fall upon us.

Even then, though they had thirteen big ships, the smallest of which was larger than the Jesus, they feared to attack us openly.
"Numbers of men were set to work by them on the shore, secretly, to get up batteries by which they might fire into us; while a great ship, having 500 men on board, was moored close alongside the Minion.
"I remember well talking the matter over with Jack Boscowan, who was boatswain on board; and we agreed that this time we had run into an ugly trap, and that we did not see our way out of it.
Englishmen can, as all the world knows, lick the Spaniards when they are but as one to five; but when there are twenty of the Dons to one of us, it is clear that the task is a hard one.
"What made it worse was that we were in harbor At sea, our quickness in handling our ships would have made us a match for the Spanish fleet; but at anchor, and with the guns of the port commanding us, we did not truly see how we were to get out of it.
"The fight began by the Spaniards letting their big ship drift alongside the Minion; when, suddenly, 500 men leapt out on our decks.