ty rights of Englishmen to trade in Spanish seas.]

[Footnote 125: The memory of the exploits of Drake and his
contemporaries was not allowed to die in the first half of the
seventeenth century. Books like "Sir Francis Drake Revived," and "The
World encompassed by Sir Francis Drake," were printed time and time
again. The former was published in 1626 and again two years later; "The
World Encompassed" first appeared in 1628 and was reprinted in 1635 and
1653. A quotation from the title-page of the latter may serve to
illustrate the temper of the times:--

Drake, Sir Francis. The world encompassed. Being his
next voyage to that to Nombre de Dios, formerly
imprinted ... offered ... especially for the stirring up
of heroick spirits, to benefit their country and
eternize their names by like bold attempts. Lon. 1628.

_Cf._ also Gardiner, _op. cit._, iii. pp. 343-44.]

[Footnote 126: Gardiner, _op. cit._, iii. p. 346; _cf._ also "Present
State of Jamaica, 1683."]

[Footnote 127: Long: "History of Jamaica," i. p. 260; C.S.P. Colon.,
1675-76. Addenda, No. 274.]

[Footnote 128: Long, _op. cit._, i. p. 272 _ff._]

[Footnote 129: Ibid.; Thurloe Papers, VI. p. 540; vii. p. 260; "Present
State of Jamaica, 1683"; C.S.P. Colon., 1675-76. Addenda, Nos. 303-308.]

[Footnote 130: Long, _op. cit._, i. p. 245; C.S.P. Colon., 1675-76.
Addenda, Nos. 236, 261, 276, etc.

The conditions in Jamaica directly after its capture are in remarkable
contrast to what might have been expected after reading the enthusiastic
descriptions of the island, its climate, soil and products, left us by
Englishmen who visited it. Jackson in 1643 compared it with the Arcadian
plains and Thessalien Tempe, and many of his men wanted to remain and
live with the Spaniards. See also the description of Jamaica contained
in the Rawlinson MSS. and written just after the arrival of the English
army:--"As for the country ... more than this." (Narrative of Gen.
Venables, pp. 138-9.)]

[Footnote 131: C.S.P. Colon., 1675-76. Addenda, Nos. 229, 232; Lucas:
Historical Geography of the British Colonies, ii. p. 101, and note.]

[Footnote 132: Lucas, _op. cit._, ii. p. 109.]

[Footnote 133: C.S.P. Colon., 1675-76. Addenda, Nos. 230, 231. Fortescue
was Gen. Venables' successor in Jamaica.]

[Footnote 134: Ibid., No. 218; Long, _op. cit._, i. p. 262.]

[Footnote 135: C.S.P. Colon., 1675-76. Addenda, Nos. 218, 252; Thurloe
Papers, IV. pp. 451, 457.]