4000003871

BooK

Ro_yal

Commentaries.

at which

Pitan-o's

men mad~ a full fiop, and ílood ftill in e~peétarion of the Ene–

my.'s coming up-ro them; and by the way as they approached,

Carvajal

ordered

fomefew íhots ro be made at rhgm, to incite them to retur~ whole volli~s; which

fucceeded ac.c.ordingly,.

for

théY'

advanced,faft, and charged with their Pikes, fuing

as chey went atme d1fiance of three hundrnd paces: all chis while

Carúajal

fired

noc one Mu(quer, till che Enemy was come wichin íhot,,and then they poured

whole íhowers of&llets on them ;, which coming from e,rpert Marks-men, above

a hundred and fifty men were killed ac ch~

firíl

charge, ~nd amongíl them cwo

Captains;

that che whole Body began to lledifordered

and ac·afecond charge

they

were -put into coofuíion, and plainly ran away. ·

11ms far

Carate,

wbo wrore all the paniculars at the beginning, rniddle and end

of chis Batee! : aod che like Ilelation .is given by

Gomarla

and

Palenti'1fJ,

with

lictle

or no differenc~.

íhall repeac their NarratiVes , and add what I have heard re-

porced from boch íldes.

. .

lt is faid, chac the reafon v.·hy

Carvajal

would .not ·advancé, bue ftood

fiill

tó

keet>Jiis

ground unrill che Enemy .made che firft on-fet, was chis, The· whole

body of bis Mufquetiers were not above two hundred and fifty men in ali ; yec

they had íixor feven hundred Fire-arms, beingfuch as

hacl

been left chem-'by che

fugirive So

uldie

rs ; chefe Arms forne few days befare che Battel were fitted·up,

and new

fü:

5.ea

aod,delivered ·co che hands of che Souldiers;

thac fome Souldi–

ers carried chree, fome fom'.Mu[quets-; and becaufe ic wás dülicult for a Souldi–

er to carry'fucha heap of Arms on bis íhoulders, it was dioughc moft conveni-

ent to fian~ füll and expeét che coming of the Enemy.

· This

Fr1nctfco Carvajal

was certainly as great a Captain as any was

hinime;

and whatfoever h¡;: faid or aéted was accompanied with much íharpoefs and dex–

terity : and cherefore we

will

mention forne few fayings of hls, wnich he uttered

duriog che

time

that chéfe matters were tranfaétiog.

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Two days before this Battel, a certain Souldier oíJ¡is of good farne and eíl:eem

carne , and deíired him to give him a little l:e-ad to

tlfaJ\e

forn,e Bullets-againíl: che ,

day ofBartel. How, faid

Carvajal,

I cannot believe that a Souldier of your w<;>r–

íhip's quality íhould be wichout Bullets when plie Enerny is near : Really , Sir ;

anfwerc.~d che S0uldier , I have none: You¡:,,-Woríhip muft pardon me , teplyed

canlajal,

nd give

me leave not to believe you ; for it is impoffible ybQ íhould

wichouc

Bulle.es.

The Souldier finding himfelf thus urged, in truth, Sir, .faid

he, upon rhe word of aSouldier, I have.bec chree.

Oli,

Sir, anfwered

C"roajal,

did not I .tell you, that your Worfhip being the man you were taken for, could

not be wichout Bullecs ;, and therefure I deGre you to lend me one óf your chree,

to beftow upon 'aoother ; <!Od chell kili me to day a Bird wich one ofche two re–

rnainiog , and a mm with che ocher on che day of che Fight ; and then I will re–

quire you to íhoot no more. By this faying ,

Ct¡rvajal

would give us to under–

frand, ch.¡.t if every Mufquetier cou~ bue kill his man, che Viétory would be fe•

' cure and cerca-in.

Bue howfoever, he largely füpplied che Souldier with Ammu–

nition and Arms , as he did all che ochers who had occalion of Powder and Bul–

let: in chis pleafant manner he treaced with bis Friends; but when he carne to

· deal wich his Enemies, he rreated cliem at another race, with ali gravity, cau–

tion and refervednefs requin;d.

Another quaint fayiog of his was expreífed to bis Mufquetiers

fight of che '

Enemy ; when he adviCed thém to level their Atms from the Girdle downwards,

and not from che Breaíl: co che Head l.lP.Wards : For, look you, Gentlemen, faid

he, Bullets are apc to rife , and thar which milles, chough bue i:wo Fingers

breadrh , is lofi , and cannot doe execution ; bl:'!t chat which flies low , and gra–

zés

ren paces off, may yet have fome effeét : And in ca[e yóa wound your Erierny

eirher in the•Thighs or Le!§ , he muft fall , and becorne difabled ; when, on the

contrary, a man may receive a füor eirher in his Arrn or Body, tmlefs thé w0und

be morral, he may yec conci~ue fighcing. Upon.chis ~roimd , and

f?(

this rea–

fon, he ordered his Muíqueriers nor to fü:e ábove a·hundred paces d1íl:aqr frorn

the Enemy ;' which , as

Carate

faith , did

foch

cruel and terrible execurioh , chac

in che

firíl:

ranks of Capcain:; and Eofigns, and in the eleven files which were in

che Van before chem , chere temained not ten meo found , ali beiog

killed

woimded; which was afad cafe, and much to be lameoced.

lik~ manner thefe

Sbot gauled the Horfe very much;

which

Alonf! de Men~op1,

,and

'/ero.nimo de Pil–

leg,u

were Capcains ; fo cbac ten or twelve of che Cavahers were d1finouar~d

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