THE PORTUGAL VOYAGE a.d. 



1589. 



admit of that ; sixe, eight, or tenne, or as many as they 



would appoint, should meet so many of theirs in the 



head of our battell to trie their fortunes with them ; and 



that they should have assurance of their returne and 



honourable intreaty. 



The Generall accordingly made all his army ready by 

 three of the clocke in the morning and marched even to 

 the place where they had encamped, but they were dis- 

 lodged in the night in great disorder, being taken with a 

 sudden feare that we had bene come upon them, as the 

 Generall was the next day certainely informed : so as the 

 Trumpet followed them to Lisbon, but could not get 

 other answere to either of his letters, but threatening to 

 be hanged, for daring to bring such a message. How- 

 beit the Generall had caused to be written upon the 

 backside of their pasport, that if they did offer any 

 violence unto the messengers, he would hang the best 

 prisoners he had of theirs : which made them to advise 

 better of the matter, and to returne them home ; but 

 without answere. 



After our army came to Cascais, and the castle sum- 

 moned, the Castellan thereof granted, that upon five or 

 sixe shot of the canon he would deliver the same, but 

 not without sight thereof. The Generall thinking that 

 his distresse within had bene such for want of men or 

 victuals as he could not holde it many dayes, because he 

 saw it otherwise defensible enough, determined rather to 

 make him yeeld to that necessity, then to bring the 

 cannon, and therefore onely set a guard upon the same, 

 least any supply of those things which he wanted should 

 be brought unto them. But he still standing upon those 

 conditions, the Generall about two dayes before he deter- 

 mined to goe to Sea, brought three or foure pieces of 

 battery against it : upon the first tire whereof he sur- 

 rendered, and compounded to go away with his baggage 

 and armies ; he had one canon, two culverings, one 

 basiliske, and three or foure other field pieces, three- 

 score and five Souldiours, very good store of munition, 



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