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be more respectivly regarded all the journey after, by 

 them whom feare of punishment doeth onely holde 

 within compasse. The campe lodged that night at 

 Lorinha : the next day we had intelligence all the way, 

 that the enemy had made head of horse and foot 

 against us at Torres Vedras, which we thought they 

 would have held : but comming thither the second day 

 of our march, not two houres before our vantgard came 

 in, they left the towne and the castle to the possession 

 of Don Antonio. 



There began the greatest want we had of victuals, 

 especially of bread, upon a commandement given from 

 the Generall, that no man should spoile the countrey, 

 or take any thing from any Portugal! : which was more 

 respectively observed, then I thinke would have bene 

 in our owne countrey, amongst our owne friends and 

 kindred : but the countrey (contrary to promise) wholly 

 neglected the provision of victuals for us, whereby we 

 were driven for that time into a great scarsity. Which 

 mooved the Colonell generall to call all the Colonels 

 together, and with them to advise for some better course 

 for our people : who thought it best, first to advertise 

 the king what necessity we were in, before we should of 

 our selves alter the first institution of abstinence. The 

 Colonell generall having acquainted the Generall here- 

 with, with his very good allowance thereof, went to the 

 king ; who after some expostulations used, tooke the 

 more carefull order for our men, and after that our army 

 was more plentifully relieved. 



The third day we lodged our army in three sundry 

 villages, the one battalion lying in Exarama de los Caval- 

 leros, another in Exarama do Obispo, and the third in 

 San Sebastian. 



Captaine Yorke who commanded the Generals horse 

 company, in this march made triall of the valour of the 

 horsemen of the enemy ; who by one of his Corporals 

 charged with eight horses thorow 40 of them, & him- 

 selfe thorow more then 200 with some forty horses : who 



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