The voyages and adventures of Capt. Barth. Sharp and others in the South Sea being a journal of the same : also Capt. Van Horn with his buccanieres surprizing of la Veracruz : to which is added the true relation of Sir Henry Morgan his expedition against the Spaniards in the West-Indies and his taking Panama : together with the president of Panama's [i.e. Juan Perez de Guzman] account of the same expedition, translated out of Spanish : and Col. Beeston's adjustment of the peace between the Spaniards and English in the West Indies / published by P.A., Esq.

Nevis in the West-Indies, August 18. 1683.

Captain Charles Carlisle, Comman∣der of his Majesties Ship the Francis, having Orders from Sir William Staple∣ton, Governour in chief of the Leeward Islands, to go in search of several Py∣rates, who have infested these parts, came on the first of this Month into the Road of S. Thomas, one of the Virgin Islands, where he found at An∣chor the Ship la Trompeuse, comman∣ded by that notorious Pyrate Hamlin, (who had taken seventeen Ships of all Nations, of which eleven English, upon the Coast of Guinea, and most barba∣rously and inhumanely treated the Men belonging to the••) but the Francis no sooner came within reach of the Pyrate, but she received a shot from him, which was followed by ano∣ther from the Castle: Captain Carlisle sent on shoar to know the reason, and to demand the Pyrate as a common Enemy; but receiving no satisfactory answer, he immediately prepared Fire∣works, and that Night fitted out his

Boats, and set the Pyrates Ship on fire, and then rowed betwixt her and the Shoar, to prevent any assistance that might come from thence to her relief; all the Men that were on board her, made their escape, except four which were taken Prisoners: The Fire took good effect, and when the Pyrates Ship was burnt down to the Powder, she blew up, one piece of Timber of her, which was all on fire, lighting on a∣nother Ship likewise in the Road, (that used to be helpful to them in Careening) burnt her also. The next Morning the Francis setting sail from thence, they espyed a Ship on Ground, about a League from them, which they made up to, and coming to her, found her a Ship laden with Cables, Cordage, and other necessaries for Shipping, and designed for supply of the Pyrates; wherefore they likewise set Fire to, and burnt her, and then again set sail for this Island, where they safely arrived with the four pyrate Prisoners, who upon Examination, confessed, That the day before the Trompeuse was burnt, they had landed in the Castle there, a very large Chest of Gold

Dust, 150 Piggs of Silver, 200 Baggs of Coined Money, besides Plate, Jew∣els, Elephants-Teeth, and other valu∣able Goods and Commodities. This service is very acceptable to all Traders in these parts, whose Trade is very much secured by the destruction of this Pyrate.