a.d. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1589. 



furie of the execution, the Generall sent the vantgard 

 one way, and the battell another, to burne and spoile ; 

 so as you might have seene the countrey more then 

 three miles compasse on fire. There was found very 

 good store of munition and victuals in the Campe, some 

 plate and rich apparell, which the better sort left behinde, 

 they were so hotly pursued. Our sailers also landed 

 in an Hand next adjoyning to our ships, where they 

 burnt and spoiled all they found. Thus we returned 

 [II. ii. 143.] to the Groine, bringing small comfort to the enemy 

 within the same, who shot many times at us as we 

 marched out ; but not once in our comming backe 

 againe. 



The next day was spent in shipping our artillery 

 landed for the battery, and of the rest taken at the 

 Groine, which had it bene such as might have given us 

 any assurance of a better battery, or had there bene 

 no other purpose of our journey but that, I thinke the 

 Generall would have spent some more time in the siege 

 of the place. 



The two last nights, there were that undertooke to 

 fire the higher towne in one place, where the houses 

 were builded upon the wall by the water side ; but they 

 within suspecting as much, made so good defence against 

 us, as they prevented the same. In our departure there 

 was fire put into every house of the low towne, inso- 

 much as I may justly say, there was not one house left 

 standing in the base towne, or the cloister. 



The next day being the eight of May, we embarked 

 our army without losse of a man, which (had we not 

 beaten the enemy at Puente de Burgos) had bene im- 

 possible to have done ; for that without doubt they 

 would have attempted something against us in our 

 imbarking : as appeared by the report of the Commissary 

 aforesayd, who confessed, that the first night of our 

 landing the Marques of Seralba writ to the Conde de 

 Altemira, the Conde de Andrada, and to Terneis de 

 Santisso, to bring all the forces against us that they 



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