Chapter 5

HOW THE SPANIARDS RE-TOOK LA GUAYRA AND HOW CAPTAIN ALVARADO FOUND A NAME AND SOMETHING DEARER STILL IN THE CITY.

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XVIII.--Discloses the way in which Mercedes de Lara fought with woman's cunning against Captain Henry Morgan 301

XIX.--How Captain Alvarado crossed the mountains, found the Viceroy, and placed his life in his master's hands 326

XX.--Wherein Master Teach, the pirate, dies better than he lived 347

XXI.--The recital of how Captain Alvarado and Don Felipe de Tobar came to the rescue in the nick of time 354

XXII.--In which Sir Henry Morgan sees a cross, cherishes a hope, and makes a claim 370

XXIII.--How the good priest, Fra Antonio de Las Casas, told the truth, to the great relief of Captain Alvarado and Donna Mercedes, and the discomfiture of Master Benjamin Hornigold and Sir Henry Morgan 385

XXIV.--In which Sir Henry Morgan appeals unavailingly alike to the pity of woman, the forgiveness of priest, the friendship of comrade, and the hatred of men 402