THE PORTUGAL VOYAGE ad. 



1589. 



For, what civill countrey hath ever suffered themselves 

 to be conquered by so few men as they were ; to be 

 deprived of their naturall King, and to be tyrannized 

 over thus long, but they ? And what countrey, living 

 in slavery under a stranger whom they naturally hate, 

 having an army in the field to fight for them and their 

 liberty, would lie still with the yoke upon their necks, 

 attending if any strangers would unburthen them, 

 without so much as rousing themselves under it, but 

 they ? They will promise much in speeches, for they 

 be great talkers, whom the Generall had no reason to 

 distrust without triall, and therefore marched on into 

 their countrey : but they performed little in action, 

 whereof we could have had no proofe without this thorow 

 triall. Wherein he hath discovered their weaknesse, and 

 honorably performed more then could be in reason ex- 

 pected of him : which had he not done, would not these 

 maligners, who seeke occasions of slander, have reported [II. ii. 148.] 

 him to be suspicious of a people, of whose infidelity he 

 had no testimony : and to be fearefull without cause, 

 if he had refused to give credit to their promises without 

 any adventure ? Let no frivolous questionist therefore 

 further enquire why he marched so many dayes to Lisbon, 

 and taried there so small a while. 



The next morning, seeing no performance of promise 

 kept, he gave order for our marching away ; himselfe, 

 the Earle of Essex, and Sir Roger Williams remaining 

 with the stand that was made in the high street, till the 

 whole army was drawen into the field, and so marched 

 out of the towne, appointing Captaine Richard Wingfield, 

 and Captaine Anthony Wingfield in the arrereward of 

 them with the shot ; thinking that the enemy (as it 

 was most likely) would have issued out upon our rising ; 

 but they were otherwise advised. When we were come 

 into the field, every battalion fell into that order which 

 by course appertained unto them, and so marched that 

 night unto Cascais. Had we marched thorow his 

 Countrey as enemies, our Souldiours had beene well 



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