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wliich was the uniform of their general. Thofe who were armed with 

 lances clofed upon us while we were enjibarrafTed in the broken ground, 

 but as foon as we arrived on the plain with our cavalry and artillery, wc 

 made them fmart for i-t. Notwithftanding this they clofed upon us on 

 every fide, infomuch that we could aot venture to move, and we were 

 in the greateft danger but that the hand of God ajQifted us. Whilft 

 we were engaged as I have already related, a number of the ftouteft of 

 thofe warriors who -carded the tremendous two-handed fwords, affo- 

 ciated themfelves in order to feize one of our horfes ; accordingly, as 

 Pedro de Moron, an exceeding good horfeman, was charging amongft 

 them in -company wdth three more, thefe warriors firft feizcd his lance, 

 and then wounding him dangeroufly, one of them with a blow of a 

 two-handed fword, cut through the neck of the mare he rode, fo that 

 Ihe fell inftantly dead, and Moron was brought off with the greateft 

 difficulty ; for it was utterly out of the power of us who formed the 

 battalion to quit it, from fear that the enemy fliould break into us com- 

 pletely. However on this occafion we fucceeded in refcuing him out of 

 the hands of the enemy , and we alfo cut the girths and brought off the 

 faddle, but in fo doing we had ten of our number wounded, and J be^ 

 lieve that we then killed ten chiefs of the enemy, for we were fairly 

 engaged with them foot to foot, and we ufed our fwords to fuch effc6l 

 that they began to retire, taking with them the body of the mare^ 

 which they cut in pieces, and fent all through the diftrids of Tlafcala. 

 This mare was the property of Juan Sedeno, who was at that time ill of 

 three wounds which he had received on the preceding day Moron died 

 of his wounds, at leaft I do not recoUedb having ever feen him after- 

 wards. After being engaged with the enemy for above an hour, 

 during which the artillery made great havoc in their thick and nu- 

 merous bodies, all of us alfo fighting as we were compelled to do for 

 .our lives and his Majefty's fervice, they drew off regularly, and left the 

 field to us, who were too much fatigued to follow them. We there- 

 fore remained in the next village, for that country was thickly inha^ 

 ifcited, and they had Xubterraneous dwellings, in which numbers of 



people 



