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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Westward Ho! by Charles Kingsley: Be that as it may, so ends the first day, in which Amyas and the
other Bideford ships have been right busy for two hours, knocking
holes in a huge galleon, which carries on her poop a maiden with a
wheel, and bears the name of Sta. Catharina. She had a coat of
arms on the flag at her sprit, probably those of the commandant of
soldiers; but they were shot away early in the fight, so Amyas
cannot tell whether they were De Soto' s or not. Nevertheless,
there is plenty of time for private revenge; and Amyas, called off
at last by the admiral's signal, goes to bed and sleeps soundly.
But ere he has been in his hammock an hour, he is awakened by
Cary's coming down to ask for orders.
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