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In 1595, sir Francis Drake and sir John Hawkins were sent with a fleet to the West Indies, which expedition was only memorable for the destruction of Nombre de Dios, and the death of the two commanders, of whom sir Francis Drake died January 9, 1597, and was thrown into the sea in a leaden coffin, with all the pomp of naval obsequies.
And he would laugh with the loud bellow with which he applauded funny stories ashore as soon as he saw the point in them. "Scared? Diós, why don't you wait till we get a breeze? Hardly enough air out this afternoon to catch your breath! Here she comes, here she comes! Brrrmm! Never touched the old girl! If that fellow had gotten us, good-night and good-morning!
Their intelligence however was exceedingly defective, and their hopes ill founded; for the president had left Panama with all his people three days before, having previously sent off all his treasure to Nombre de Dios, to which place he was likewise gone. In fact, by this diligence, the president avoided the impending danger, without having the slightest suspicion that any such might befal.
Remember that our Alta California has no pearls on its shores, and that even the pearl fisheries of the terrible lower country are almost worn out. Will nothing less content thee?" "No, señor." "Dios de mi alma! Thou hast ambition. No woman has had more offered her than thou. But thou art worthy of the most that man could give.
These, because they were now considerably strengthened, to effect with greater satisfaction their designs. Hereupon, as soon as they were arrived at Gracias a Dios, they all put themselves into canoes, and entered the river, being five hundred men, leaving only five or six persons in each ship to keep them.
He gave the man strict charge to find out "the certain night, and the time of the night, when the carriers laded the Treasure from the King's Treasure House to Nombre de Dios." From Venta Cruz to Nombre de Dios "they travel always by day and not by night, because all that way is full of woods and therefore very cool."
Following John Exquemeling's plan, we add a brief description of this famous town, to help the reader to form a mental picture of it. Porto Bello stands on the south-eastern side of a fine bay, "in the province of Costa Rica." It was neglected until 1584, when a royal mandate caused the traders of Nombre de Dios to migrate thither.
Cheer up," said Sturges, in his best Spanish. "You'll be out in five minutes." "And then you'll bring me his head," whispered Pilar. "Ay, Dios, what I have suffered! I have been years here, señor, and I am nearly mad." "Well, I won't promise you his head, but I've thrashed the life out of him, if that will give you any satisfaction.
The Sun himself could not forget His fellow traveller. What wonder that after Nombre de Dios and the Pacific, the West Indies and the Spanish Main, Cadiz and the Armada, what wonder, after this, that Shakespeare, English to the core, rings out: Conquerors first, prospectors second, then the pioneers: that is the order of those by whom America was opened up for English-speaking people.
Like a flash of powder, the girl of the hot-blooded South burst into fresh flame of passion, her foot stamping the floor, her black eyes glowing with unrestrained anger. "Dios de Dios! Eet ees as I thought. He lofe you, not Mercedes. Vy I not kill you? hey?" Miss Norvell met her fiercely threatening look, her single step of advance, without tremor or lowering of the eyes.
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