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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates by Howard Pyle: And now it was determined that the plunder harvest was ripe at
Porto Bello, and that city's doom was sealed. The town was
defended by two strong castles thoroughly manned, and officered
by as gallant a soldier as ever carried Toledo steel at his side.
But strong castles and gallant soldiers weighed not a barleycorn
with the buccaneers when their blood was stirred by the lust of
gold.
Landing at Puerto Naso, a town some ten leagues westward of Porto
Bello, they marched to the latter town, and coming before the
castle, boldly demanded its surrender. It was refused, whereupon
Morgan threatened that no quarter should be given. Still
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