In short, I visited several of these islands to no purpose; some I found were inhabited, and some were not; on one of them I found some Spaniards, and thought they had lived there; but speaking with them, found they had a sloop lying in a small creek hard by, and came thither to make salt, and to catch some pearl-mussels if they could; but that they belonged to the Isle de Trinidad, which lay farther north, in the latitude of 10 and 11 degrees.
It would be needless to take notice of all the ceremonies and civilities that the Spaniards received me with.
They were approaching the scene of war; and as bands of Spaniards sometimes took advantage of the night to make expeditions even as far as the neighborhood of Arras, they determined to remain in the town until the morrow.
"We have fallen in with a party of Spaniards. Come back, sirs, back."
Let those go back who will, but I must see more of these
Spaniards ere I turn."
But above all he longed to fight the
Spaniards, who were the great sea kings of those days.
And from this time he began to seek new alliances and to temporize with France in the expedition which she was making towards the kingdom of Naples against the
Spaniards who were besieging Gaeta.
I really cannot say now whether I loved the Moors or the
Spaniards more.
I kept my piece in my hand still without firing, being willing to keep my charge ready, because I had given the
Spaniard my pistol and sword: so I called to Friday, and bade him run up to the tree from whence we first fired, and fetch the arms which lay there that had been discharged, which he did with great swiftness; and then giving him my musket, I sat down myself to load all the rest again, and bade them come to me when they wanted.
Otter told Philip that the model was a
Spaniard and that he had never sat before.
A second
Spaniard, who was the brother of the first, instantly drew his sword and flew at Pendragon, and after a short but furious combat in which both got three wounds in as many minutes, Pendragon drove his blade through the other's body and the second
Spaniard was accounted for.
Nobody entered the alley or left it; no- body resembling the
Spaniard entered or left the tavern door.