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where to go, or wbat t©' doe, _they Fetunntd to tbeir 9-uarters, ásking one the
other what che meaning of thl:lfé matters-was, and- how 1t carne to país tliat die.y;
were 'thus Vtit, Catnpa, Lldclla, ~hi~h is as muoh as to fay, fo<?llih, cowardly,>–
rufillanimous; Howfoever all chis d1d n0t deuer them from their pdf-pofo; Joc
cliey continued che Sidge fbr che ,fp~~ of eight Months after ali die fe Aétioas,
as will appciar ili che Sequel of th1S Hillory. ·
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the Afir4c/e ~hicb weu ~rought !;y our Lady in favóur ó/
t'he Ch1·iflia4s; 4nd ó{ d Iignfi~·Cómhate hetwee'll two·
Indiarts.
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T HE lndians being r'etreated into theit Camp, the Jnc,c called cheéa.
befare him, and publickly reprehended them for the Cowardife iand Pufd-·
lanimity whic.h they há<S íhewn in that days Badel,;rellmg. therrl wha.c a íhamc! it
was cbat fuch a rnulcirurle of Jf,diafl-s íhould fly &otn ·\refo)re tbe Face of a fawl!
nuinber1of Viracoc~M , who were adready tired 0m,, lrnd iharaíled aod weákned
wich Famine and Hünger; wherefore tili!ey íh0ulcl 1.110w,Iook to it, :and cndeavow
tQ repair the Hónour wh\ch they had iloíl: in the late Batee!, and.a(qllic ,tlhemfel~esi
]íke therwife he would fend ~han 1:0 fpid 'Wftth1:he Wdmen, and chu(i:
ocher in tkiFplaces, of ibero€r Cootage and Braveny. The lnlh4r, u1
e cuf was paíl:, aUedged, ·nhat there appeared a oew Pir111ioah11, caroyíng;
Thunder iínd Lrghmmg in his Hallld, wfuo fo terrified and a.mazed tmem, dJat cqefr
knew c they did, "vheoheritihey foughr, or W€l'e puc co fügmt, btUJl)lt)mt~
ítd to themfolves better in che next Engagemenc; (i)íl wliüch aifuranceab-er
Jnc,e o hen\ CCD pUC theír Sduldim int0 a.readinefs againfb ,tlhet el:iird -bight
when he refolved,to m'ake anocher'accempc on thé _Piracoqhas, llno.pihg;:thati b~-~
Darkaeís l'hey fhduld tnot fee,or dHfü1gui{lh the Yri>111cocha wholfu· acbly a&igfwdl
thém. The Chrifüans on t'he other fide wich hmnble"frnankfuJtlef; arlrnowlij~
che ?Yfotcy 0f Divin~ Providence i111 cneir Delivery, ancl b~arm,fu aaom:agéd>
afld ,hearccred by bfutm" 8uccefs, chac having ~11 fixedctheir ,ArlrIJs_¡l;átrl rlí~1
chei.r H0rfes, n~ey believed, ancil were aífurro 'tn~rH€av~n 'had. ~lro~d llhat·
Kingddrn on tfoem, ifl céftimooy •and ih ·earooltwb&bf ihe liiad,giv.m them !m:>
lace Ul!le*-p€óted Viétory. ' ) J , r I
'{líe nighc l!ieing come, \Whkh thl:l IJ11oa had appoirlnetl for another Bxll)l©it, rtfu?i
lv-di-a111 farilliea forth wi'dn..farious rRage, ~ffireatning, do revenge1alnd tmáke amendf
for che lace.Difg1•ace, al1d noc rn lfpare, e>r igi,ve quatrei;_ to dmé 0f the P-ttáéocbdJ..":i
of ali vvl-íioh die S'pánitrhls havililg inrelligenae iftom ltlreilkli1th-1, ·, ivho haG{ ~
d\eir Menial Sérvahm; (and novv-1 ferv€d tmern for Spies1 ) •put~liiemfehres m ;w
pólt:ure rt© receive them ac che time appoinced¡ crallidg,vV'itln grnaf Oevonioh upcm
che Nam€ ofChriíl: oar Lord, tM ·ble'ífoo Vi1!gin., .and rH~ rA.poThte,St 'fanie:r. :w.
fucco1mánd defend chern in ~hat tim~ @f.,&tr.emicy, .'fhe 'rlfltlia& bemg drf!Wfl:l
up irt Battd, and rnady to aílail ~he Ghviíl:lans, b-ehiold¡dthereap~red·b1 itlre :~ i
Otll' Lady,, vvith che Child J~.fus in her Atlmes, vviqh /fer ,fuublii lufir.erhnd'br~,
nefs, thac che Infidels béholding che i\ppariticm, v~~eiftrocken,:r¡.vich;amm-v.
and lookiog up íl:eclfaíUy upon it, fudh aDqft., oFSlnd 5 foll lfkedil)ew)flr<§tWt
above imo their Eyes, thac they knevv noc che place in-vvhich cheyltllfe'ile, doo1
fo retumed1again co tlieir quarcers, {rom vvlmnce·füfimany lcdaysíchey ~urtl: n~f á~–
vencurn to'fally for~h. . ? ri 1 l ,;,1 f h1 · ·(rm i i'
This vv.05 novv che fevemeenfü,nigh't diat cAe Ndiañr h,khfo ,tl-llátt~ .1
niaras vv-ithin ,the c~mpafs ,óf füe·M:n:ket-.place-, d1aoneither ·by cD>ay;JlQt:i "hc ·
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