The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-07-11
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Sail WestWard-ho and away.
With wonderful speech of Spanish
rold and the vast. rich countries ~
,ng to the West, Capt. join Oxen
nam was home again; and not a prom
Sc he made but was increased ten
old hy his swearing henchman. Saliva
ion Yea.
Amyas Leigh. a stout Devon youth,
was aflre to take the sea with Capt.
rohn as he listened; but his godfa-
sher, Sir Richard Grenvil. said he was
vet too young. Later, it might be. And
later he went, his first voyage being
with the famous Sir Francis Drak"
around the world.
Following that voyage came fight
ing in Ireland in the company of Sir
Walter Raleigh and the poet Spenser;
and then an expedition with Sir Hum
phrey Gilbert wherein, because of mu-
TIMES, disease, ill-found ships and
great storms, Sir Humphrey met his
death; and Amyas came home in sad
ness.
At this time Amyas, With a{score of
other Devon gallants, was in lave with
Mistress Rose Salterne; but she was
for no Devon cavalier. A Spanish cap
tain of bravery and charm was dwell
ing in Devon till his ransom should
be coming, and 1t was he who captured
the fancy of the lovely but capriciouS
Rose. and carried her off to Caracas,
whereof he had been appointed gov
ernOr.
Whether Rose went as Don GuZ-
mans wife or leman, no one could say.
Mr.. Salterne. father to Rose, and rich
merchant of the port, gave a ship ana
500 pounds toward the fitting out,
the same to be commanded by Amyas,
by now experienced in seamanship and
the handling of rough men; and so
he sailed on his first venture on the
good ship Rose, of 200 tons burthen
and 100 men, with beef, pork and good
ale in abundance, and culverins,
swivels, muskets, calivers, long bows,
pixies and cutlasses aplenty. He was
to discover the whereabouts and con-
dition of Rose if he could, but surely
to damage to his utmost what Spanl-
ards he should fall afoul of. COM
mission to his liking, for it was an
article of faith with Amyas, as with
most young English rOvers of that day,
that all Spaniards were cruel and cow
ardly. even as his own great Queen
Elizabeth was all white purity. With
Amyas went Frank, his brother,
scholar and courtier, and mad like
wise for love of Rose Salterne; also
Salvation Yeo, his own Captain Oxen
ham being long dead.
Westward they sailed to tropic
shores: to low wooded hills, spangled
by ffref1ies; westward through won
drous seas where islands and capes
hung suspended in abr In a wooded
blight they spied a caravel, which they
captured, and in her they found store
of brown pearls; also cargo OF salt
hides which smelt evilly as they
burned.
Amyas sailed on to La Guayara in
Caracas, finding Don Guzman not at
home, but having sight of Rose Sal
terne, she being truly Don GuHman's
wife, in a garden of the governors
palace. In the fight with Don Guz-
mans men Frank Leigh was wounded
and captured. Amyas was knocked
unconscious, but taken safely away by
1is men who retreated III good order
Leaving fatal La ~Guayra far behind
the Rose thrashed through rolling sea-
and Overhauled a long caravei, tee
long. indeed, to maneuVer with the
nimble Rose. Two galleys were ais"
With her. Victory fell to Amyas, but
i victory which left his ship so bat
tered and his crew so deCimated. thai
re ran in to a little bay for repairs
md regeneration. Here, with their
culverinS and Swivels behind Il stock
ude, Don GuZman came upon them, in
'Orce too strong for their shattered
numbers; so, first burning the Rose
they turned their back to the sea ana
marched inland.
And now came hope of glory for
heir queen and for themselves great
reaSure in quest Of the Golden City
n the Kingdom of Manoa, whereof
friendly Indians told them. Through
lntrodden hills and forests they
marched, past the falls of the OrinOco
md the upper waters of the great
Amazon from low swamps to high
DIateaus. wherefrom they viewed the
,ternal SHOWS of Chimborazo towering
lbove the thunder cloud and the fiery
cone of Cotopaxi flaming against the