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rnor and clergy of the Spanish part of the island. (Duro, _op. cit._, v. pp. 291, 296-97).] [Footnote 528: Duro, _op. cit._, v. p. 310.] [Footnote 529: C.S.P. Colon., 1669-74, No. 697.] [Footnote 530: Ibid.; _cf._ C.S.P. Colon., 1669-74, No. 138: "The number of tippling houses is now doubly increased, so that there is not now resident upon the place ten men to every house that selleth strong liquors. There are more than 100 licensed houses, besides sugar and rum works that sell without licence."] [Footnote 531: Crawford: Bibliotheca Lindesiana. Handlist of Proclamations.] [Footnote 532: Firth: Naval Songs and Ballads, pp. l.-lii.; _cf._ also Archives Coloniales, Corresp. Gen. de St Dom., vols. iii.-ix.; Ibid., Martinique, vols. viii.-xix.] [Footnote 533: Archives Coloniales, Corresp. Gen. de Martinique, vol. xvi.] APPENDIX I An account of the English buccaneers belonging to Jamaica and Tortuga in 1663, found among the Rawlinson MSS., makes the number of privateering ships fifteen, and the men engaged in the business nearly a thousand. The list is as follows:-- _Captain Ship Men Guns_ Sir Thomas Whetstone a Spanish prize 60 7 Captain Smart Griffon, frigate 100 14 Captain Guy James, frigate 90 14 Captain James American, frigate 70 6 Captain Cooper his frigate 80 10 Captain Morris a brigantine 60 7 Captain Brenningham his frigate 70 6 Captain Mansfield a brigantine 60 4 Captain Goodly a pink 60 6 Captain Blewfield, belonging to Cape Gratia de Dios, living among the Indians a barque 50 3 Captain Herdue a frigate 40 4 There were four more belonging to Jamaica, of which no account was available. The crews were mixed of English, French and Dutch. APPENDIX II List of filibusters and their vessels on the coasts of French San Domingo in 1684:-- _Captain Ship Men Guns_ Le sieur Grammont le Hardy 300 52 " capitaine Laurens de Graff " Neptune 210 54 " " Michel la Mutine 200 44 " " Janquais " Dauphine 180 30 "
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