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De Con Y La Porque Nos Vessel Sin

Back Acting on this warning no one answered a word, but after we had gone a little ahead, and the vessel was now lying to leeward, suddenly they fired two guns, and apparently both loaded with chain-shot, for with one they cut our mast in half and brought down both it and the sail into the sea, and the other, discharged at the same moment, sent a ball into our vessel amidships, staving her in completely, but without doing any further damage. We, however, finding ourselves sinking began to shout for help and call upon those in the ship to pick us up as we were beginning to fill.
Front ''Ninguno responda; porque éstos, sin duda, son cosarios franceses, que hacen a toda ropa''. Por este advertimiento, ninguno respondió palabra; y, habiendo pasado un poco delante, que ya el bajel quedaba sotavento, de improviso soltaron dos piezas de artillería, y, a lo que parecía, ambas venían con cadenas, porque con una cortaron nuestro árbol por medio, y dieron con él y con la vela en la mar; y al momento, disparando otra pieza, vino a dar la bala en mitad de nuestra barca, de modo que la abrió toda, sin hacer otro mal alguno; pero, como nosotros nos vimos ir a fondo, comenzamos todos a grandes voces a pedir socorro y a rogar a los del bajel que nos acogiesen, porque nos anegábamos.

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