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immediately

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aced the

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of

71

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ere

Pedro Al

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Ho

i1

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.

. .on

o

er

e

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Gomn.

de

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G

fil-1f{o

t'

Ill

F

"7-<J

.A.7!f!ITes~

o

ere

Capt

of Horfe,

:Banked

ch\.;

oot on

t1

lc::fc

'm

.uate

Tai

in

che

1

St

Chapter of

his

fourth Book,

' That thefi Command

ar ed

ery

orderly,

k~ing

their

Colours anJ

1

Compani

in n equ l .llne

· they

emfe es being

in

die

6fit

rank ;

and·

th

t

the

Iofaocry,

Com

nd d

y

e

uptains,

Pebo

rle

Yergara,

and

'fobn

Yale~

de

Guev ra,

mar hed

bel

een the

"'

o Wings and $qlladrons of

Horfe ;

and that

NNnno de

Caf/ro,

w

h Comm

a

ded

e Harquebnfiers,

~as

placed

in the

Vrui,

to

begin

the

Fight, and

being

epnlf

ed

to

retire

into

the

main

Body.

"

Yaca de

Caftro

remajned

with

his

thirty

Horfe in the Rere, at fame

ifianre

" from the

main

Body, from whence he

might

be able to obfi

rve.all

chat

ffed,

' and

accordingly apply fuccours

and relief where

occalion

did rnofi: require.

Thus

far

Carate.

Pedro

de

.AJVtrrlUio

wore over

his

Arms a

Coat

of

white

Sateen,

Th

fhed and

pinked,

faying,

That

hen Archers(}

oot at

Butts,

there

are very

fe

wl ich

hie

the bite Mark.

Io this

pofiure

they remained in expe& tion

.of

the coming of

Alma_gro,

who by

this

time was encred the Plain, and encamped

on cl

ndge of

a

Hill

fo

far dill:ant

from

the Royal Army, as

as

our

of

Cannon.fhor.

Ptdro

Suare~

Serjeant-Major,

who

had

been

long a

Souldier

in

Italy,

and

ained up co

the

War,

foon

perceived

the

advantage

they

had

of

the ground, nnd

rew op

his

Squadrons in form and manner to anfwer thofe

.of

cl

e nemy.

fii

Infantry

he

flanked

on

one fide ·

and

the

other

ith Wings of

H orfe

o manded

y

hi

Uptain-General

7ohn Ba/fa,

and

Major·G~neral

Pedro

a

Onnate

;

d de

talns

were

(ohn

Tello

de

G

~an,

Diego

Mende~,

{ohn

de

Omut, /Yi

anin

ae

Bil/;

o,

Diego

de

HOJeda

and

Mala:ve~:

All

which

\ ·ere brave

fc

ow , and

e

1re

d co

con–

quer

he

Empire,

and a

quire

Dominion over

the poor

affi I

f

r at

ount

ey.

The

Serjeant-Major

placed aJl the Artillery in

the

ront,

(of \ h·

h

Pedro

de

C"n–

dia

was chief Mafi:er

or

Captain) bearing

direltly

n that

Gd

of

cl

e n my,

here

it

was

poffible.

for

them

to

be attacked

:

And chen

he went ro

Ahn"gro,

h

with

a Guard

f

ight

or ten

en was placed in d e mi

ll: ·

en the

Horfe

and

Fooc ;

nd faid co

him

in

this

manner

:

Sir, ; our

Lordfl ip

now

All

; our

Forces

fo adv11.nrageo1ifly

drawn up under the defance

ef

J OJtr

CantWn;

1hut

011

plntfa

hut

to continue i"n thio order, and nor to move from

it,

JOit

maJ overcome

JOHr

Ei1em1

J

it

her

withol!t

pHjh

of the L ance, or ftrokf of

ord: For /er

the

E n

m;

ccme

wh1

h

wa

they

will,

J OH

mll,ff hrta}z and deftr

them

wi~h

;011r

Cannon, hefore

rho

can cwu

-n:

~1

of

M11f-

qnet.

But

by

chat

time hat things

couJd

be

chus

ordere

3

i

c \ as co-

wards the E

ening,

hen the un wa.s onely

nvo

hour

1gh.

.

Yaca de Caftro

and

is

Council Vtrere

much

di

i

ed

in rhe· r pini

, \\ herher

they

!hould

ogage

that

day

or not.

Frar1cifco de

Ca

riJal,

'

o

eljeant-

. Major, and an

x

rien

ed

u · r, \

of

opinion,

t

c by no

t

ean rhe

Bae-

r

1

fhould be deferr

th

t

d

y,

though

they

fc

ught

pan

f

ch o·

c ·

or

chat

were to

gi

e

courage

co

their

nemi ,

and

ch

k co

the

forward

ref

o

uci n of

their

o~

n

Army,

and

might,

perha

, giv

time

and

cafi

unto

t:v r I

f

rhem

co