... ramparts and fire two pieces of artillery at the Spanish ships. The offer was accepted, and the man ran up to the ramparts and discharged the guns. A sudden panic seized the Spaniards, and the ... inhabitants werehanged, burned, or beheaded every day. The news of the massacre of St. Bartholomew, of the treachery of the King of France towards the inhabitants of the Netherlands, and of the ... purpose and hope if the Spaniardscapture the place, to take advantage of the fact that all will be absorbed in the work of plunder, and to slip myhawsers and make off. Wind and tide are both favourable,...