It is not doubted, but that he aimed at the good of the People, and great Pitty it is that his Government was so sullied (for want of better Information and Advice, from those whose duty it was to have given it) by that Hobgoblin Monster, Witchcraft, whereby this Countrey was Night-Mar'd, and harrast, at such a rate, as is not easily imagined.[139] After which some complaints going to _England_ about Male-Administration, in the least matters comparatively; yet were such, that he was call'd home to give account thereof, where he soon after expired, so finishing his Life and Government together.[140] Death having thus drawn the Curtain, forbidding any further Scene, it might have been prudence, to let his dust remain without disturbance. But the said Book endeavouring to raise a Statue to him (_i. e._) to ascribe to him such Achievements as either were never performed by him, or else unduly aggravated, this has opened the Mouth, both of Friends and Enemies to recount the mistakes in the said Book; as also those miscarriages, wherewith Sir _William_ was chargeable; such as, had it not been for this Book, had been buried with him.[141] In P. 3, search is made over the World, to whom to compare him in his Advancement; and most unhappily _Pizarro_ is pitched upon as a match for him, who was a Bastard, dropt in a Church-Porch, put to Suck of a Sow, and being grown, ran away, and Shipt himself for _America_; there so prospered, as to Command an Army; and therewith did mighty things, particularly took _Attaballipa_, one of the Kings of _Peru_ Prisoner, and having received for his Ransom, in Gold and Silver to the value of Ten Millions, perfidiously put him to Death; and was the Death of no Man knows how many Thousands of Innocents, and is certainly one of the worst that could have been pitched upon for such comparison.[142] Tho this together with the Rhetorical flourishes, and affected strains therein, are instances of the Author's variety of Learning; for which he is recommended by these Three _Venerable_ Person[143] in the entrance to the said Book. Yet the _Integrity_, _Prudence_, and _Veracity_ thereof, is not so manifestly to be seen. Passing over a multitude of Misrepresentations that are therein relating to the Acts of Sir _William_, as not designing to rake in the Grave of the Dead, Who is it can see the Veracity of those words? P. 40. [He lay within _Pistol-Shot_ of the Enemies Cannon, and beat them from thence, and much batter'd the town, having his Ship shot thro in an hundred places, with _Four and twenty Pounders_,] When in the Judgment of those present, they were not nearer to the Enemy, than about _half or three quarters of a Mile_; that there might be in all about _Seven Shot_ that [147] struck the Hull of the Vessel, none of them known to be bigger than 18 Pounders, the Enemy having but one Gun that could carry so big as an 18 pound Ball.[144]