Front matter
Reading edition
THEY MARCHED ... LIKE MEN WHO HAD LOST ALL INTEREST IN LIFE
PRINCE RUPERT THE BUCCANEER
BY
C. J. CUTCLIFFE HYNE
WITH EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS BY G. GRENVILLE MANTON
THIRD EDITION
METHUEN & CO. 36 ESSEX STREET W.C. LONDON
First Published . . . April 1901 Second Edition . . . June 1901 Third Edition . . . . May 1907
TO E. C. H.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
I. The Pawning of the Fleet II. The Admission to the Brotherhood III. The Rape of the Spanish Pearls IV. The Ransoming of Caraccas V. The Passage-money VI. The Mermaid and the Act of Faith VII. The Galley VIII. The Regaining of the Fleet
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
They marched ... like men who had lost all interest in life . . . Frontispiece
Prince Rupert shone out like a very Paladin
Then one Watkin, a man of iron and a mighty shooter, took the lead
It would be a perpetual sunshine for me, Querida
Master Laughan endeavoured to outdo them all in desperation and valour
"Oh, I say what I think," retorted Watkin with a sour look
The secretary was occupied in leading her own.
There is no mistaking the manner of buccaneers returning well-laden