The Pirates of Panama: or, The Buccaneers of America; a True Account of the Famous Adventures and Daring Deeds of Sir Henry Morgan and Other Notorious Freebooters of the Spanish MainExquemelin, A. O. (Alexandre Olivier)
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The Pirates of Panama: or, The Buccaneers of America; a True Account of the Famous Adventures and Daring Deeds of Sir Henry Morgan and Other Notorious Freebooters of the Spanish Main
Exquemelin, A. O. (Alexandre Olivier)
Buccaneers; Pirates; Spanish Main; West Indies -- History
cruelties that ever heathens invented; putting them to the cruellest
tortures they could devise. It was the custom of Lolonois, that having
tormented persons not confessing, he would instantly cut them in pieces
with his hanger, and pull out their tongues, desiring to do so, if
possible, to every Spaniard in the world. It often happened that some of
these miserable prisoners, being forced by the rack, would promise to
discover the places where the fugitive Spaniards lay hid, which not
being able afterwards to perform, they were put to more cruel deaths
than they who were dead before.
The prisoners being all dead but two (whom they reserved to show them
what they desired), they marched hence to the town of San Pedro, or St.
Peter, ten or twelve leagues from Puerto Cavallo, being three hundred
men, whom Lolonois led, leaving behind him Moses van Vin his lieutenant,
to govern the rest in his absence. Being come three leagues on their
way, they met with a troop of Spaniards, who lay in ambuscade for their
coming: these they set upon, with all the courage imaginable, and at
last totally defeated. Howbeit, they behaved themselves very manfully at
first; but not being able to resist the fury of the pirates, they were
forced to give way, and save themselves by flight, leaving many pirates
dead in the place, some wounded, and some of their own party maimed, by
the way. These Lolonois put to death without mercy, having asked them
what questions he thought fit for his purpose.
There were still remaining some few prisoners not wounded; these were
asked by Lolonois, if any more Spaniards did lie farther on in
ambuscade? They answered, there were. Then being brought before him, one
by one, he asked if there was no other way to town but that. This he did
to avoid if possible those ambuscades. But they all constantly answered
him they knew none. Having asked them all, and finding they could show
him no other way, Lolonois grew outrageously passionate; so that he drew
his cutlass, and with it cut open the breast of one of those poor
Spaniards, and pulling out his heart began to bite and gnaw it with his
teeth, like a ravenous wolf, saying to the rest, "I will serve you all
alike, if you show me not another way."
Hereupon, those miserable wretches promised to show him another way, but
withal, they told him, it was extremely difficult, and laborious. Thus
to satisfy that cruel tyrant, they began to lead him and his army; but
finding it not for his purpose as they had told him, he was forced to
return to the former way, swearing with great choler and indignation,
"Mort Dieu, les Espagnols me le payeront. By God's death, the Spaniards
shall pay me for this."
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