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Royal Commentaries.

·at

which

Picarro's

men

madt! a full

fiop,

and ftbQd

fiill

expectation

the Ene–

wy's coming up to them

and by the way

they

~ached,

Carva1al

ordered

fome few fuots

made

them,

to incite

them

.to

reru:~hole yoll~es; wh~ch

fucceeded accordingly,

for

they

advanced

fall.,

and charged

with

their Pikes, firmg

e1s they went at

the dift:ance of

three hundred paces :

all

this

whlle-Caruajal

fired

not one Mufquet, till the

Enemy was

come within lhof,

and

then they poured

whole {bowers of Bullets on them ; which coming from expercMarks-men, above

a hundred and

fifry

men were killed at this firft

char~e

d amongfi: them two •

Captains;

that the whole

Bo~y be~an

to bedifordered ; and at a fecond charge

they were put

inm

confufion~

and plamly

ran

away.

Thus far

Carate,

who wrote all the.particulars at the beginning, middle and end

this

Battel: and che

Relation is given by

Gomara

and

Palentino,

with little

• or no difference.

fhall

repeat their Narratives , and.add

what

have heard re–

porced from both fides.

.It

faid, that the reafon

vvhy

Carvajal

would nor advance, but

ftood

fiill

keep

his

ground

µntill

the Enemy made the firft on-fee,

was

this., The whole _

body of

his

Mnfquetiers were not above two hundred and fifty men

all;

yet

·they had fix or feven hundred Fire-arms ., being fuch as had been left

~hem

by -the

fugitive Souldiers; thefe

Arms

fome few

days

before the Bartel were

fitt~d

up ,

and

new

fixed

and

delivered to the hands of the Souldiers, fo chat fome Souldi–

ers

carried three,

fo~e

four Mufquecs ; and becaufe it

was

difficult for

Souldi–

er co carry fuch a

h~ap

of Arms on

his

fuoulders ,

was thought moll: conveni;.

ent

co fiand

ill

aJld

peel:

the

coming of

the

Enemy.

•

This

Francifco Carvajal

was certainly as great

Captain

ariy

was

his time;

and

hatfoever he faid or atl:ed

was

accornpanied with much fharpnefs and

d~x

terity :

and

therefore we

will

mention fqme few

£iyings

his,

which

he uttered

during the time that thefe matters were tranfaeting.

Two days before

chis

Battel, a certain Souldier of

his

of good fame and efieem

came, and defired him

give him

little Lead to make fome Bullets againfl:

the

day of

Bartel.

How, faid

C11r-vajal,

I cannot believe that a Souldier of your wor–

fuip's quality fhould be without Bullets whe1!lJ1e boemy

near: Really,

Sit ,

anf

wered

the Souldier ,

I ha

e none: Your

vv orfhip

mufl: pardon

me ,

replyed

Carvajal ,

and give me leave not to believe

y4u;

for

is imJ?oflible you iliould

withoµt Bullets. The Souldier finding himfelf thus urged,

truth,. Sir, faid

· he,

upon

the word of a Souldier, I have bot three. Oh,

,Sir,

anfwere~Carvaja/,

did not

tell you, that your Worfhip being the

man

you were taken tor, could

not be without Bullets ; arid therefore I ddire you co 'lend

one of

ur three,

to bellow upon another ; and then

kill

day a Bird

irh one of the two re–

maining , and a m1n

with the

other on the day of the Fight ; and then

will re–

quire you co (boot no more. By chis faying,

Carvaj11l

would give us to under–

fiand, that if

~very

Mufquetier could bur kill his man, the Vietory would be

fe–

cure and certain. But howfoever, he largely fupplied the Souldier with Ammu-–

hition and Arms , as he did all the others who had occafion of Powder and Bul–

let:

this pleafant manner

treated

ith his Friends; but when he came co

deal with his Enemies, he treated them at another race, with all gravity, cau-

tion

and refervednefs required.

An'other quaint faying of his was exprefied to his Mufquetiers in

fight

of the

Ene111y; when be advifed chem

level their Arms from the Girdle downwards,

and not from the Breafi

the Head

up\~

ards : For, look you, Gentlemen, faid

he, Bullets are apt

rife,

and that which milfes, though but two Fingers

breadch, is loft , and cannot doe execution ; but that which flies low ,. and gra–

z:s ten

_paces

off;. may yet

have

me effect :

And

cafe you wound your

Etiemy ,

eicher m

Thighs or Legs, hemuA:

fafl,

and

become difabled;

when

rl1e

cofltrary, a maa may receive a ffior either

his A:rm or·Body; unletS

the'

wound

morra:l , he may

yet

cnntirrue fighting. Upon chis grouna ,

and

fo'r

this

rea–

fon ,. he ordered his Mufquecier not to fire a ove a

hundred paces

difiant

from

~he

Enemy;

hrch

Ca"r

ate fa

ith, did

Cuch cnref

ancf

rerribre

exeauidn

rhat

· m the firfr

ranks of

Caprams

an.cl

Enfigns, and

cbe

eleven files whrcrr

e·

rhe

Van

hefo~e

them, there

rem

ained nor ten m*etl

found,,

a11

being'~

kil ed or

wounded;, wh1ch was

a.fad

cafe, and rmrcll to

lam~nred.

Jike-

man\ier

tflete

Shot gauled

dle

~orfe

very

rnucB,

of which

Al~

Me'1dafk

and!

ferMimtJ

'11-

legtU

\\ ..

ere Captams ;

that terr or mrelve.

tne1

Cavaliers

were

difnionn

ed,

and

797_

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