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would abide him no longer then they could make way 

 from him. 



The next day we marched to Lores, and had divers 

 intelligences that the enemy would tary us there : for the 

 Cardinall had made publique promise to them of Lisbon, 

 that he would fight with us in that place, which he 

 might have done adva tageously ; for we had a bridge 

 to passe over in the same place : but before our comming 

 he dislodged, notwithstanding it appeared unto us that 

 he had in purpose to encampe there ; for we found the 

 ground staked out where their trenches should have bene 

 made : and their horsemen with some few shot shewed 

 themselves upon an hill at our comming into that 

 village ; whom Sir Henry Norris (whose regiment had the 

 point of the vantgard) thought to draw unto some fight, 

 and therfore marched without sound of drumme, and 

 somewhat faster then ordinary, thereby to get neere them 

 before he were discovered, for he was shadowed from them 

 by an hill that was betweene him and them : but before 

 he could draw his companies any thing neere, they retired. 



General Drakes regiment that night, for the commodity 

 of good lodging, drew themselves into a village, more 

 then one English mile from thence, and neere the enemy : 

 who not daring to do any thing against us in foure dayes [II. ii. 145,] 

 before, tooke that occasion, and in the next morning fell 

 downe upon that regiment, crying, Viva el Rey Don 

 Antonio, which was a generall salutation thorow all the 

 Countrey as they came : whom our yoong Souldiers 

 (though it were upon their guard, and before the watch 

 were discharged) began to entertaine kindly, but having 

 got within their guard, they fell to cut their throats : but 

 the alarme being taken inwards, the officers of the two 

 next Companies, whose Captaines (Captaine Sydnam and 

 Captaine Young) were lately dead at the Groine, brought 

 downe their colours and pikes upon them in so resolute 

 maner, as they presently drave them to retire with losse : 

 they killed of ours at their first entrance fourteene, and 

 hurt sixe or seven. 



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