I have sent the _Mastre del Campe_, the Colours, some Paper and Letters; he is the onely man hereabouts, and hath chiefly advised in this relief, and therefore I hope shall not be released till we are better settled. I had almost forgot to acquaint your Honour that the enemy at their first coming, sent a Lieutenant and two more, to scatter Papers amongst our Souldiers signifying that who would come to them, should have fair quarter and transport; who being met withall by some of our Hunters, were all kil’d, and so that hopefull design of theirs had no effect: And that the Governour of _Porto Rico_, having set One hundred men to demand some _English_, living in new _Turtola_, a Coloney of the _Dutch_, being refused to have them delivered up, was in his return cast away by the _Hericane_, one onely _Mulatto_ escaped. The King of Spains Affairs do very much fail in these parts, and his Trade is almost brought to nothing, by the many private Men of War of _English_ and _French_ and ours are still abroad to annoy them. All I have more is, onely to intreat your Honour, and all our Friends with us, to magnifie the goodness of God, who hath given yett by his glimmering, some hopes, that he altogether hath not forgotten us, but doth, and will at length continue to own his Servants, who trust in him, and to subscribe myself, Your most Obedient and Faithfull Servant, EDWARD DOYLEY. _Cagway, Feb. 3, 1657._ In spite of the fact that Doyley felt aggrieved at having been twice superseded by Cromwell in military command (by Sedgwick and by Brayne, both avowed followers of Cromwell) and at not being appointed actual governor, and showed his resentment by asking to be allowed to return home, he loyally did his best for the infant colony which fate had more than once entrusted to his care; and it was owing to the wise and prompt methods he pursued that the last serious attempt made by the Spaniards to retake Jamaica was frustrated. In the May of 1658, Spanish reinforcements of troops from Spain, consisting of thirty small companies making in all about one thousand men, landed at the mouth of the =Rio Novo= in St. Mary, where they erected a fort of some strength on a rocky eminence near the sea and not far from the west bank of the river. The account of the occurrence given by Long, which is relied on by later historians, is taken from the letter which Doyley sent home; and it is better, therefore, to give the description in Doyley’s own words, which, though not printed in the “Calendar of State Papers,” are given by Thurloe: Right Honourable, [Illustration: RIO NOVO ]