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sea, where we tliought that we had seen our last day. From the 

 harbour of Dunkirk no assistance by boats could be sent to us, since the 

 enemy fired hotly on such boats as showed tbemselves. On the other 

 hand, the sea was running high, and the wind strong, so that we 

 found ourselves on the brink of being all lost. jSTotwithstanding all, 

 we took to swimming, helping ourselves with planks or floating 

 wreckage. Some soldiers were, however, drowned, as also a Scotch 

 captain. I reached land in my shirt, and without any other clothing, 

 and some soldiers of Medina, who were near at hand, came to my 

 assistance. It was pitiful to see us entering the to-\vn, reduced again 

 to a state of complete nakedness, while under our very eyes 270 

 Spaniards, who were on board one of the vessels which brought us to 

 Dunkirk, were being cut to pieces by the Dutch, who spared but three 

 out of the whole lot. AH that they are now paying for, since more 

 than 400 Dutchmen, who have been taken since then, have been 

 beheaded. All this I was anxious to write to you. Prom the city of 

 Antwerp, 4th of October of the year 1589. 



Feancisco de Cuellae. 



{Academia de la Hist., Colec. Salazar, No. 1,fol. 58.^ 



U.I.A. PEOC, SEtl. III., VOL. ttt. 



