the walls of the castle ... these were forced, at the head of the companies to raise and apply them to the walls ... Thus many of the religious men and nuns were killed". In Morgan's affidavit he stated that he had "against evil deeds, piracies and robberies the greatest abhorrence and distrust", and that "for the kind of men called buccaneers", he "always had and still has hatred". The court found in his favour and the book was retracted; damages of £200 were paid to him. The passage about the use of nuns and monks as a human shield was retracted from subsequent publications in England. For a comparison of the 1678 Dutch edition and the 1686 French translation, see the 1974 translation and interpretation by the Danish author and historian Erik Kjærsgaard. For a contemporary reprinting, see Esquemeling, Alexander O., The Buccaneers of America. A true account of the most remarkable assaults committed of late years upon the coasts of West Indies by the Buccaneers of Jamaica and Tortuga (both English and French), containing also Basil Ringrose’s account of the dangerous voyage and bold assaults of Captain Bartholomew Sharp and others. Peter Benchley, in his book The Island, referred to Exquemelin at length, having used his work in his research. References External links De Americaensche Zee-Roovers (selections from the original 1678 Dutch-language copy of The Buccaneers of America, illustrated). From the Library of Congress. De Americaensche Zee-Roovers Full text of the 1678 Dutch edition, from Gallica. Die americanische see-räuber Full text of the 1679 German translation from the Library of Congress. Piratas de America Full text of the 1681 Spanish translation, from the Library of Congress. Histoire des avanturiers qui se sont signalez dans les Indes Full text of French translation of 1686, from Google Books. Life of Alexandre Exquemelin with links to further information, personal blog http://honfleurthenandnow.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/pirates-and-crocodiles.html Spanish Version EPUB 1640s births 1707 deaths People from Honfleur Indentured servants 17th-century French historians 17th-century pirates French domestic workers Dutch surgeons