Margaret Tudor: A Romance of Old St. Augustine

Margaret Tudor: A Romance of Old St. Augustine

The names of Mr. John Rivers,kinsman and agent of Lord Ashley,Dr. Wm. Scrivener and Margaret Tudor appear in the passenger list of the Carolina, as given in the Shaftesbury Papers (Collections of the South Carolina Historical Society, Vol. V, page 135). In the same (page 169) may be found a brief account of the capture, at Santa Catalina, of Mr. Rivers, Capt. Baulk, some seamen, a woman, and a girl; also (page 175) mention of the unsuccessful embassy of Mr. Collins; and (page 204) the Memorial to the Spanish Ambassador touching the delivery of the prisoners, one of whom is alluded to as Margaret, presumably Margaret Tudor. The names of the two Spaniards, Seor de Colis and Don Pedro Melinza, each appear once in the Shaftesbury Papers (pages 25 and 443): the latter individual was evidently a person of some consequence in San Augustin; the former, in the year 1663, was "Governour and Captain-General, Cavallier, and Knight of the Order of St. James." It is now more than a month since our captivity began, and there seems scant likelihood that it will come to a speedy close,altho', being in good health myself, and of an age when hope dies slowly, I despair not of recovering both liberty and friends. Yet, in the event of our further detention, of sickness or any other evil that may befall meand there is one threateningI write these pages of true history, praying that they may some time reach the hand of my guardian and uncle, Dr. William Scrivener, if he be still alive and dwelling in these parts. Should they chance, instead, to meet the eyes of some friendly-disposed person of English blood and Protestant faith, to whom the name of William Scrivener is unknown, I beseech him to deliver them to any person sailing with the sloop Three Brothers, which did set out from the Island of Barbadoes on the 2nd of November last,being in the hire of Sir Thomas Colleton, and bearing freight and passengers for these shores.[2] ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 24335
Author: Colcock, Annie T.
Release Date: Jan 17, 2008
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Illustrator: Gilbert, W. B., active 1902