AD THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1586. 



men into two partes, to enterprise both the gates at one 

 instant, the Lieutenant Generall having openly vowed 

 to Captaine Powel (who led the troope that entred the 

 other gate) that with Gods good favour he would not 

 rest untill our meeting in the market place. 



Their ordinance had no sooner discharged upon our 

 neere approch, and made some execution amongst us, 

 though not much, but the Lieutenant generall began 

 forthwith to advance both his voice of encouragement, 

 and pace of marching : the first man that was slaine with 

 the ordinance being very neere unto himselfe : and there- 

 upon hasted all that hee might, to keepe them from the 

 recharging of the ordinance. And notwithstanding their 

 Ambuscados, we marched or rather ran so roundly in to 

 The cit'ie of them, as pell mell wee entred the gates, and gave them 

 5. Dcmingo j^ore care every man to save himselfe by flight, then 

 "^ ^^' reason to stand any longer to their broken fight. Wee 



forthwith repayred to the market place : but to be more 

 truely understood, a place of very faire spacious square 

 ground, whither also came as had bene agreed Captaine 

 [III. 540.] Powel with the other troope : which place with some 

 part next unto it, we strengthened with Barricados, and 

 there as the most convenient place assured our selves, 

 the Citie being farre too spacious for so small and weary 

 a troope to undertake to guarde. Somewhat after mid- 

 night, they who had the guard of the Castle, hearing us 

 busie about the gates of the said Castle, abandoned the 

 same : some being taken prisoners, and some fleeing 

 away by the helpe of boates to the other side of the 

 Haven, and so into the countrey. 



The next day we quartered a litle more at large, but 

 not into the halfe part of the towne, and so making 

 substantiall trenches, and planting all the ordinance, that 

 ech part was correspondent to other, we held this towne 

 the space of one moneth. 



In the which time happened some accidents, more then 

 are well remembred for the present, but amongst other 

 things, it chanced that the Generall sent on his message 



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