THE VOYAGE TO CADIZ ad. 



1596. 

 they hanged out their flag of truce, and so without any 

 further composition did yeeld themselves absolutely to 

 their mercy, and delivered up the Castle. 



And yet notwithstanding all this, in the night tim.e 

 while they had this respite to pause, and deliberate about 

 the peacemaking, there were divers great and suddaine 

 alarms given : which did breed some great outrages and 

 disorder in the towne. At every which alarme, the two 

 Lordes Generall shewed themselves marvelous ready & 

 forward, insomuch that at the very first alarme, skant 

 wel furnished with any more defence then their shirts, 

 hose, and dublets, & those too altogether in a maner 

 untied, they were abroad in the streetes themselves, to 

 see the uttermost of it. But for that it is not as yet 

 very well knowen (or at the least not well knowen unto 

 me) either wherfore, or by whom these alarmes were 

 attempted : I am therefore to intreat, that a bare report, 

 that such a thing was done, may suffice. 



These things being done, and this surrender being 

 made, present proclamation was pubHshed, that the fury 

 now being past, all men should surcease from all maner 

 of blood and cruell dealing, and that there should no 

 kind of violence or hard usage be offered to any, either 

 man, woman or child, upon paine of death : And so 

 permitting the spoyle of so much of the towne as was 

 by them thought meete, to the common souldiers for 

 some certaine dayes, they were continually in counsell 

 about other grave directions, best knowen to their honor- 

 able wisdomes. 



This honorable and mercifull Edict I am sure was 

 streightly and religiously observed of the English : But 

 how well it was kept by the Dutch, I will nether affirme, 

 nor yet denie. For I perceive betweene them and the 

 Spaniards there is an implacable hartburning, and there- 

 fore as soone as the Dutch squadron was espied in the 

 fight, immediatly thereupon both they of Sivil and S. 

 Lucar and also some of some other places did not onely 

 arrest all such Dutch ships, as delt with them friendly 



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