A Consultation being held, it was resolved Captain _Misson_ should take the Name of _Fourbin_, and returning to _Carthagene_, dispose of his Prize, and set his Prisoners ashoar. Accordingly they ply'd to the Eastward, and came to an Anchor between _Boca Chieca_ Fort, and the Town, for they did not think it expedient to enter the Harbour. The Barge was manned, and _Caraccioli_, with the Name of _D'Aubigny_, the first lieutenant, who was killed in the Engagement with the _Winchelsea_, and his Commission in his Pocket, went ashore with a Letter to the Governor, sign'd _Fourbin_, whose Character, for fear of the worst, was exactly counterfeited. The Purport of his Letter was, that having discretionary Orders to cruize for three Months, and hearing the _English_ infested his Coast, he was come in search of 'em, and had met two _Dutch_ Men, one of which he had sunk, the other he made Prize of. That his limited Time being near expired, he should be obliged to his Excellency, if he would send on board him such Merchants as were willing to take the Ship and Cargoe off his Hands, of which he had lent the _Dutch_ Invoice. Don _Joseph de la Zerda_, the then Governor, received the Lieutenant (who sent back the Barge at landing) very civilly, and agreed to take the Prisoners ashoar, and do every Thing was required of him; and ordering fresh Provisions and Sallading to be got ready as a Present for the Captain, he sent for some Merchants who were very ready to go on board, and agree for the Ship and Goods; which they did, for two and fifty thousand Pieces of Eight. The next Day the Prisoners were set ashoar; a rich Piece of Brocade which was reserv'd, sent to the Governor for a Present, a Quantity of fresh Provision bought and brought on board, the Money paid by the Merchants, the Ship and Goods deliver'd, and the _Victoire_, at the Dawn of the following Day, got under Sail. It may be wonder'd how such Dispatch could be made, but the Reader must take Notice, these Goods were sold by the _Dutch_ Invoice, which the Merchant of the Prize affirmed was genuine. I shall observe, by the by, that the _Victoire_ was the _French_ Man of War which Admiral _Wager_ sent the _Kingston_ in search of, and being afterwards falsly inform'd, that she was join'd by another of seventy Guns; and that they cruiz'd together between the Capes, order'd the _Severn_ up to Windward, to assist the _Kingston_, which had like to have prov'd very fatal; for these two _English_ Men of War, commanded by Captain _Trevor_ and Captain _Padnor_, meeting in the Night, had prepared to engage, each taking the other for the Enemy. The _Kingston's_ Men not having a good Look-out, which must be attributed to the Negligence of the Officer of the Watch, did not see the _Severn_ till she was just upon them; but, by good Luck, to Leeward, and plying up, with all the Sail she could crowd, and a clear Ship. This put the _Kingston_ in such Confusion, that when the _Severn_ hal'd, no answer