The great stern Anabaptist, who had not winced at the news of his mother's death, dropt right on his knees on the floor, and burst into violent sobs.
"Glory to God! Glory to God! O Lord, I thank thee! Captain Drake in the South Seas! The blood of thy innocents avenged, O Lord! The spoiler spoiled, and the proud robbed; and all they whose hands were mighty have found nothing.

Glory, glory! Oh, tell me, sir, did she fight ?" "We gave her three pieces of ordnance only, and struck down her mizzenmast, and then boarded sword in hand, but never had need to strike a blow; and before we left her, one of her own boys had changed her name, and rechristened her the 'Cacaplata.'" "Glory, glory! Cowards they are, as I told them.

I told them they never could stand the Devon mastiffs, and well they flogged me for saying it; but they could not stop my mouth.

O sir, tell me, did you get the ship that came up after her ?" "What was that ?" "A long race-ship, sir, from Guayaquil, with an old gentleman on board,--Don Francisco de Xararte was his name, and by token, he had a gold falcon hanging to a chain round his neck, and a green stone in the breast of it.

I saw it as we rowed him aboard.