well-arm'd

Updated: June 30, 2025

If it had not been paid the pirates could have put their threat in force without the slightest trouble. Morgan made all ready to ensure his retreat in the event of an attack from Panama. He placed an outpost of 100 "well-arm'd" men in a narrow part of the passage over the isthmus. All the plunder of the town was sent on board the ships. In this condition he awaited the answer of the President.

John Masefield - On the Spanish Main: Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien.