with much variety, either at too high or too low rates; being
thus occasioned by their own ignorance. This being done, everyone was
put to his oath again, that he had not concealed anything nor
subtracted from the common stock. Hence they proceeded to the dividend
of what shares belonged to such as were dead amongst them, either in
battle or otherwise. These shares were given to their friends to be
kept entire for them, and to be delivered in due time to their nearest
relatives, or whomsoever should appear to be their lawful heirs.

"The whole dividend being entirely finished, they set sail thence for
the Isle of Tortuga. Here they arrived one month after, to the great
joy of most that were upon the island. For as to the common Pirates,
in three weeks they had scarce any money left them; having spent it all
in things of little value, or at play either at cards or dice. Here
also arrived, not long before them, two French ships laden with wine
and brandy and other things of this kind; whereby these liquors, at the
arrival of the Pirates, were sold indifferent cheap. But this lasted
not long; for soon after they were enhanced extremely, a gallon of
brandy being sold for four pieces of eight. The Governor of the island
bought of the Pirates the whole cargo of the ship laden with cacao,
giving them for that rich commodity scarce the twentieth part of what
it was worth. Thus they made shift to lose and spend the riches they
had got in much less time than they were purchased by robbing. The
taverns, according to the custom of Pirates, got the greatest part
thereof; insomuch that soon after they were constrained to seek more by
the same unlawful means they had obtained the preceding."

Morgan himself buried none of his vast treasure, although legend
persists in saying so, nor did he waste it in riotous living. From the
looting of Panama alone he took booty to the value of two million
dollars as his share, and he had no need to hide it. He was thought so
well of in England that Charles II knighted him, and he was appointed
Commissary of the Admiralty. For some time he lived in England,
published his _Voyage to Panama_ in 1683, and spent his remaining years
in Jamaica as an opulent and influential person in high favor with the
ruling powers, and a terror to the luckless, beggared comrades who had
helped him win his fortune. As governor of the island he hanged as
many as he could lay hands on, a kind of ingratitude n