ThuswereallymustnotbedeludedbytheprofessionsofMr.
Kingsley’ssentimentalbuccaneer，withhispityfor\"theIndianfolkofold.\"
ExceptDenisScott，aworthybanditinhisday，CaptainHenryMorganisthefirstrenownedBritishbuccaneer.HewasayoungWelshman，who，afterhavingbeensoldasaslaveinBarbadoes，becameasailoroffortune.WithaboutfourhundredmenheassailedPuertoBello.
\"Ifournumberissmall，\"hesaid，\"ourheartsaregreat，\"andsoheassailedthethirdcityandplaceofarmswhichSpainthenpossessedintheWestIndies.Theentranceoftheharbourwasprotectedbytwostrongcastles，judgedas\"almostimpregnable，\"whileMorganhadnoartilleryofanyavailagainstfortresses.MorganhadthelucktocaptureaSpanishsoldier，whomhecompelledtoparleywiththegarrisonofthecastle.Thishestormedandblewup，massacringallitsdefenders，whilewithitsgunshedisarmedthesisterfortress.
Whenallbutdefeatedinanewassault，thesightoftheEnglishcoloursanimatedhimafresh.Hemadethecaptivemonksandnunscarrythescalingladders;inthisunwontedexploitthepoorreligiousfolklostmanyoftheirnumbers.Thewallwasmounted，thesoldiersweredefeated，thoughtheGovernorfoughtlikeaSpaniardoftheoldschool，slewmanypirateswithhisownhand，andpistolledsomeofhisownmenforcowardice.Hediedathispost，refusingquarter，andfallinglikeagentlemanofSpain.Morgan，too，wasnotwantinginfortitude：heextorted100，000pieces—of—