[Footnote 307: "In the city they had 200 fresh men, two forts, all the streets barricaded and great guns in every street, which in all amounted to thirty-two brass guns, but instead of fighting commanded it to be fired, and blew up the chief fort, which was done in such haste that forty of their own soldiers were blown up. In the market-place some resistance was made, but at three o'clock they had quiet possession of the city...."--Morgan's Report.] [Footnote 308: S.P. Spain, vol. 58, f. 156.] [Footnote 309: C.S.P. Colon., 1669-74, No. 547.] [Footnote 310: After the destruction of Panama in 1671, the old city was deserted by the Spaniards, and the present town raised on a site several miles to the westward, where there was a better anchorage and landing facilities.] [Footnote 311: The incident of Morgan and the Spanish lady I have omitted because it is so contrary to the testimony of Richard Browne (who if anything was prejudiced against Morgan) that "as to their women, I know or ever heard of anything offered beyond their wills; something I know was cruelly executed by Captain Collier in killing a friar in the field after quarter given; but for the Admiral he was noble enough to the vanquished enemy." (C.S.P. Colon., 1669-74, No. 608.)] [Footnote 312: The President had retired north to Nata de los Santos, and thence sent couriers with an account of what had happened over Darien to Cartagena, whence the news was forwarded by express boat to Spain. (S.P. Spain, vol. 58, f. 156). That the president made efforts to raise men to oppose the retreat of the buccaneers, but received no support from the inhabitants, is proved by Spanish documents in Add. MSS., 11,268, ff. 33, 37, etc.] [Footnote 313: The President of Panama in his account contained in Add. MSS. 11,268, gives the date as 25th February. Morgan, however, says that they began the march for Venta Cruz on 14th February; but this discrepancy may be due to a confusion of the old and new style of dating.] [Footnote 314: The buccaneers arrived at Chagre on 26th February.--Morgan's account.] [Footnote 315: Exquemelin, _ed._ 1684, Part III. pp. 31-76.] [Footnote 316: C.S.P. Colon., 1669-74, No. 608. Wm. Frogge, too, says that the share of each man was only L10.] [Footnote 317: Add. MSS., 11,268.] [Footnote 318: C.S.P. Colon., 1669-74, No. 542, I.] [Footnote 319: Ibid., No. 542, II.] [Footnote 320: S.P. Spain, vol. 57, f. 76; vol. 58, f. 27.] [Footnote 321: C.S.P. Colon., 1669-74, Nos. 513, 531, 532, 544; Beeston's journal.] [Footnote 322: S.P. Spain, vol. 58, f. 30.] [Footnote 323: _Cf._ Memorial of the Conde de Molina complaining that a new governor had not been sent to Jamaica, as promised, nor the old governor recalled, 26th Feb. 1671 (S.P. Spain, vol. 58, f. 62).] [Footnote 324: C.S.P. Colon., 1669-74, No. 272.] [Footnote 325: Ibid., No. 331.] [Footnote 326: C.S.P. Colon., 1669-74, Nos. 377, 424.] [Footnote 327: Ibid., Nos. 405, 441, 452, 453, 552, 587.]