Ned was standing near him, and observed him stagger.
"Are you hit, sir ?" he asked anxiously.
"Tush, my boy," he replied, "it is a scratch; say nothing of it.
"Now, forward to the Treasury.

The town is in your hands, my lads.
It only remains to you to sack as much treasure as you can carry; but remember, do not lose your discipline, and keep together.

If we straggle, we are lost.
"Now, light at once the torches which you have brought with you, and shout aloud to the inhabitants, you that can speak Spanish, that if any more resistance is offered, we will burn the whole town to the ground." This threat mightily alarmed the inhabitants, and the firing ceased altogether; for as these were not regular soldiers, and knew that the object of the English attack was to plunder the public treasuries, rather than private property, the townsmen readily deemed it to their interest to hold aloof, rather than to bring upon their city and themselves so grievous a calamity as that threatened by the English.
In the advance, two or three Spaniards had fallen into the hands of the men and, these being threatened with instant death if they hesitated, at once led the way to the governor's house, where the silver, brought down on mules from Panama, was stored.

A party were placed at the door of this building, and Captain Drake, with the rest, entered.
The governor had fled, with his attendants.

The house was richly furnished; full of silk hangings, of vessels of gold and silver, and of all kinds of beautiful things.