{"date":"April 14","id":"04-14","intro":["Spanish towns in the New World were rich in treasure and tempting booty for English soldiers of fortune, who were venturesome and merciless. “Ho! for the Spanish Main!” was the rallying cry for all freebooters and buccaneers."],"minutes":29,"readings":[{"author":"Walter Bigges","end":242,"start":229,"volume":33,"work":"Drake’s Great Armada"}],"slug":"april-14","status":"proofread","title":"A Raid on Spanish Treasure in America","url":"/harvard-classics/april-14/","words":5799}