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 ; what he had offered before the attack, he granted after the victory; the Englih were allowed to leave the place with every honour, only their departure was delayed by the terms of the capitulation twenty days; and to ecure their tay, the rudder of the Favourite was taken off. What they deired to carry away they removed without moletation; and of what they left an inventory was drawn, for which the Spanih officer by his receipt promied to be accountable.

this petty revolution, o udden and o ditant, the Englih minitry could not poibly have uch notice as might enable them to prevent it. The conquet, if uch it may be called, cot but three days; for the Spaniards, either uppoing the garrion tronger than it was, or reolving to trut nothing to chance, or conidering that as their force was greater, there was les danger of bloodhed, came with a power that