Some minor actions of the buccaneers are omitted
here, not being of sufficient consequence to excuse
detaining the reader, to whom will next be related one
of their most remarkable exploits.
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CHAPTER VI.
Treaty of America. Expedition of the buccaneers
against Panama. Exquemeliri s History of the
American Sea Rovers. Misconduct of the Euro-
pean governors in the West Indies.
T N July, 1670, was concluded a treaty between
-■■ Great Britain and Spain, made expressly with
the intention of terminating the buccaneer war and
of settling all disputes between the subjects of the two
countries in America. It has been with this especial
signification entitled the Treaty of America, and is
the first which appears to have been dictated by a
mutual disposition to establish peace in the West
Indies. The articles particularly directed to this end
are the following : —

Art. II. There shall be an universal peace and
sincere friendship, as well in America as in other
parts, between the kings of Great Britain and Spain,
their heirs and successors, their kingdoms, planta-
tions, &c.
III. That all hostilities, depredations, &c., shall
cease between the subjects of the said kings.
IV. The two kings shall take care that their
subjects forbear all acts of hostility, and shall call in

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all commissions, letters of marque and reprisals, and
punish all offenders, obliging them to make reparation.
VII. All past injuries on both sides shall be
buried in oblivion.
VIII. The king of Great Britain shall hold and
enjoy all the lands, countries, &c., he is now possessed
of in America.
IX. The subjects on each side shall forbear trading
or sailing to any places whatsoever under the dominion
of the other without particular licence.
