Note 2 — Chapter IX · THE “DANGEROUS VOYAGE” AND THE EFFECT OF A NAGGING TONGUE
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Laden with loot,—with wines and spirits, silver bullion,2 golden coins, jewels torn from the fingers of terrified women; plate and chalices from desecrated churches; embroidered vestments of murdered priests, treasure won through unspeakable tortures; satins and silks; even hides and tallow,—the battered galleon, scarred by shot and shell, her gilded stern castle hacked away to afford room for guns, her counter charred by fire, her decks blood-stained, cruised ever southward toward the Horn.