himself, ten, twenty, or thirty, as he hath need.

Upon this notice, we forthwith marched four leagues, till we came within
two leagues of Venta Cruz, in which march two of our Cimaroons which
were sent before, by scent of his match, found and brought a Spaniard,
whom they had found asleep by the way, by scent of the said match, and
drawing near thereby, heard him taking his breath as he slept; and being
but one, they fell upon him, stopped his mouth from crying, put out his
match, and bound him so, that they well near strangled him by that time
he was brought unto us.

By examining him, we found all that to be true, which our spy had
reported to us, and that he was a soldier entertained with others by the
Treasurer, for guard and conduct of this treasure, from Venta Cruz to
Nombre de Dios.

This soldier having learned who our Captain was, took courage, and was
bold to make two requests unto him. The one that "He would command his
Cimaroons which hated the Spaniards, especially the soldiers extremely,
to spare his life; which he doubted not but they would do at his
charge." The other was, that "seeing he was a soldier, and assured him,
that they should have that night more gold, besides jewels, and pearls
of great price, then all they could carry (if not, then he was to be
dealt with how they would); but if they all found it so, then it might
please our Captain to give unto him, as much as might suffice for him
and his mistress to live upon, as he had heard our Captain had done to
divers others: for which he would make his name as famous as any of them
which had received like favour."

Being at the place appointed, our Captain with half his men [8 English