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upon the Moorifli army, and, throwing them into diforderi 

 drove them back upon Betwudet, who, with his frelh troops, 

 forced them again back to the king. Seeing no hopes of 

 relief, they difperfed to the mountains, and were llaugh* 

 tered, and hunted Hke wild beafts by the peafants, or driven 

 to perifli with thirft and hunger. About 12,000 of the Ma- 

 hometan army are faid to have been (lain upon the fields 

 with no very confiderable lofs on the lide of the conquer- 

 ors. The green flandard of Mahomet was taken, as alfo 

 the black velvet tent embroidered with gold; which laft,wQ 

 fliall fee, the king gave to the Portuguefe amballador fome 

 time afterwards, to confccrate and fay mafs in. A vaft num-^ 

 ber of cattle was taken, and with them much rich mer- 

 chandife of the Indies. Nor did the king content himfelf 

 with what he had got in battle. He ajdvanced and encamp-« 

 ed at a. place where was held the firft market of Adel*. The 

 next day he proceeded to a town where was a houfe of the 

 king, and, going up to the door, and finding it locked, he 

 ftruck the door with his lance, and nobody anfwcring, he 

 prohibited the foldiers from plundering it, and retired with 

 his army home, leaving his Unce (licking in the door as a 

 lign of his having been there, and having liad it in his power. 



Though the king ^vas received on his return amidft the 

 greateft acclamations of his fubjects, as tlie faviour ot his 

 country, the eyes of the whole nation and army were firft 

 fixed on Andreas, whofe bravery had at lall delivered them 

 from that conftant and inveterate Icourge, Mafludi. Every 

 body prefled forward to throw flowers and green branches 

 in his way ; the women celebrating him with fongs, put- 

 ting garlands on his head, and holding out the )Oung chil- 

 dren to fee him as he pafled. The battle was fought in the 



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