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A69205	A true coppie of a discourse written by a gentleman, employed in the late voyage of Spaine and Portingale sent to his particular friend, and by him published, for the better satisfaction of all such, as hauing been seduced by particular report, haue entred into conceipts tending to the discredit of the enterprise, and actors of the same.	Wingfield, Anthony, Captain.	1589 (1589)	STC 6790; ESTC S109628	42,462	64

aduenture to returne home againe These men haue either conceiued well of their owne wits who by obseruing the passages of the warre were become sufficient Soldiers in these fewe wéekes and did long to be at home where their discourses might be wondred at or missing of their Portegues and Milrayes they dreamed on in Portingall would rather returne to their former manner of life than attend the end of the Iourney For séeing that one hazard brought on another and that though one escaped the bullet this day it might light vpon him to morow the next day or any day that y e warre was not confined to any one place but that euerie place brought foorth new enemies were glad to sée some of the poore Soldiers fall sicke that they fearing to be infected by them might iustly desire to goe home The sicknes I confesse was great because any is too much But hath it béen greater than is ordinarie amongst Englishmen at their first entrance into the warres whether soeuer they goe to want the fulnes of their flesh pots Haue not ours decayed at al times in France with eating young fruites and drinking new wines haue they not aboundantly perished in the Lowe Counteries with cold and rawnes of the Ayre euen in their Garrisons haue there not more died in London in sixe Moneths of the Plague than double our Armie being at the strongest And could the Spanish Armie the last yeare who had all prouisions that could bée thought on for an Armie and tooke the fittest season in the yeare for our Climate auoide sicknes amongst their Soldiers May it then be thought that ours could escape there where they found inordinate heat of weather and hot wines to distemper them withal But can it bée that wée haue lost so many as the common sort perswade themselues we haue It hath béen proued by strickt examinations of our musters that wée were neuer in our fulnes before our going from Plymoth 11000. Soldiers nor aboue 2500. Marriners It is also euident that there returned aboue 6000. of all sorts as appeareth by the seuerall payments made to them since our comming home And I haue truely shewed you that of these number verie neare 3000. forsooke the Armie at the Sea whereof some passed into France and the rest retourned home So as wee neuer being 13000. in all and hauing brought home aboue 6000. with vs you may sée how the world hath béen seduced in beléeuing that wée haue lost 16000. men by sicknes To them that haue made question of the gouernment of the warres little knowing what appertaineth therunto in that ther were so many drūkards amongst vs I answer that in their gouernment of shires parishes yea in their verie housholdes themselues can hardlie bridle their vassalls from that vice For we sée it a thing almost impossible at any your faires or publique assemblies to finde any quarter thereof sober or in your Townes any Alepoles vnfrequented And we obserue that though any man hauing any disordered persons in their houses doo locke vp their drinke and set buttlers vpon it that they will yet either by indirect meanes steale themselues drunke from their Masters tables or runne abroad to séeke it If then at home in the eyes of your Iustices Mayors Preachers and Masters and where they pay for euerie pot they take they cannot be kept from their liquor doo they thinke that those base disordered persons whome themselues sent vnto vs as liuing at home without rule who hearing of wine do long for it as a dainetie that their purses could neuer reach to in England hauing it there without money euē in their houses where they lie hold their guarde thay can be kept from being drunk and once drunk held in any order or tune except we had for euerie drunckard an officer to attend him But who be they that haue runne into these disorders Euen our newest men our youngest men and our idlest men and for the most parte our slouenly prest men whome the Iustices who haue alwaies thought vnworthely of any warre haue sent out as the scumme and dregges of their Countrey And those were they who distempering themselues with these hot wines haue brought in that sicknes which hath infected honester men than themselues But I hope as in other places the recouerie of their diseases dooth acquaint their bodies with the ayre of the Countries where they be so the remainder of these which haue either recouered or past without sicknes will prooue most fit for Martiall seruices If we haue wanted Surgions may not this rather be laide vpon the Captaines who are to prouide for their seuerall Companies than vpon the Generalls whose care hath béen more generall And how may it be thought that euerie Captaine vpon whome most of the charges of raising their Companies was laid as an aduenture could prouide themselues of all things expedient for a warre which was alwaies wont to bée maintained by the purse of the Prince But admit euerie Captaine had his Surgion yet were the want of curing neuer the lesse for our English Surgions for the most part bée vnexperienced in hurts that come by shot because England hath not knowen warres but of late from whose ignorance procéeded this discomfort which I hope will warne those that heereafter goe to the warres to make preparation of such as may better preserue mens liues by their skill From whence the want of carriages did procéede you may coniecture in that we marched through a Countrey neither plentifull of such prouisions nor willing to parte from any thing yet this I can assure you that no man of worth was left either hurt or sicke in any place vnprouided for And that the General commanded all the Mules Asses that were laden with any baggage to be vnburdened and taken to that vse and the Earle of Essex and hee for money hired men to carrie men vpon Pikes And the Earle whose true vertue and Nobilitie as it dooth in all other his actions appeare so did it very much in this threw his owne stuffe I meane apparrell and necessaries which he had there from his owne carriages and let them be left by the way to put hurt and sicke men vpon them Of whose most honorable deseruings I shall not néede here to make any particuler discourse for that many of his actions doo hereafter giue mée occasion to obserue the same And the great complaint that these men make for the want of victualls may well proceed from their not knowing the wants of the warre for if to feede vppon good beenes mutton and goats be to want they haue indured great scarcitie at land whereunto they neuer wanted two daies together wine to mixe with their water nor bread to eate with their meate in some quantitie except it were such as had vowed rather to starue than to stirre out of their places for food of whom we had too manie who if their time had serued

which bare too with them and séemed by striking her sayles as though she would also haue ankered but taking her fittest occasion hoysed againe and would haue passed vp the Riuer but the Generall presently discerning her purpose sent out a Pinnace or two after her which forced her in such sort as she ranne her selfe vppon the Rocks all the men escaped out of her and the lading being manie chests of sugar was made nothing woorth by the salt water In his going thether also he tooke ships of the Port of Portingal which wer sent from thence with fiftéene other from Pedro Vermendes Xantes Serieant Maior of the same place laden with men and victualls to Lisbone the rest that escaped put into San Vues The next day it pleased General Norris to cal al y e Colonells together and to aduise with them whether it were more expedient to tarrie there to attend the Forces of the Portingall horse and foote wherof the King had made promise and to march some conuenient number to Cascais to fetch our Artillarie and munition which was all at our ships sauing that which for the necessitie of the Seruice was brought along with vs Whereunto some carried away with the vaine hope of Don Antonio that most part of the Towne stood for vs held it best to make our abode there and to send some 3000. for our Artiliarie promising to themselues that the Enemie being wel beaten the day before would make no more sallyes Some others whose vnbeléefe was verie strong of anie hope from the Portingall perswaded rather to march whollie away than so be anie longer carried away with an opinion of things wherof there was so little apparance The Generall not willing to leaue anie occasion of blott to be layd vpon him for his spéedie going from thence nor to loose anie more time by attending the hopes of Don Antonio tolde them that though the Expedition of Portingall were not the onely purpose of their Iourney but an aduenture therin which if it succéeded prosperously might make them sufficiently rich wonderfull honorable and that they had done so much alreadie in triall thereof as what ende soeuer happened could nothing impaire their credits Yet in regard of the Kings last promise that hée should haue that night 3000. men armed of his owne Countrey he would not for that night dislodge And if they came thereby to make him so strong that hee might send the like number for his munition he would resolue to trie his fortune for the Towne But if they came not he found it not conuenient to diuide his Forces by sending anie to Cascais and kéeping a Remainder behinde sithence he saw them the day before so boldly sally vpon his whole Armie and knew that they were stronger of Soldiers armed within the Towne than hee was without And that before our returne could be from Cascais that they expected more supplies from all places of Souldiers for the Duke of Bragantia and Don Francisco de Toledo were looked for with great reliefe Whereupon his conclusion was that if the 3000. promised came not that night to march wholly away the next morning It may bee here demanded why a matter of so great moment should be so slenderlie regarded as that the Generall should march with such an Armie against such an Enemie before hee knewe either the fulnes of his owne strength or certaine meanes how he should abide the place when he should come to it Wherein I pray you remember the Decrée made in the Councell at Penicha and confirmed by publique protestation the first day of our march that our Nauie should meete vs in the riuer of Lisbone in the which was the store of all our prouisions so the mean of our tariance in that place which came not thogh we continued till we had no Munition left to entertaine a verie small fight We are also to consider that the King of Portingall whether carried away with imagination by the aduertisements hee receiued from the Portingalls or willing by any promise to bring such an Armie into his Countrie thereby to put his fortune once more in triall assured the Generall that vppon his first landing there would be a reuolt of his subiects wherof there was some hope giuen at our first entrie to Penicha by the manner of the yéelding of that Towne and Fort which made the Generall thinke it most conuenient speedilie to march to the principall place thereby to giue courage to the rest of the Countrie The Friers also and the poore people that came vnto him promised that within two daies y e Gentlemen and others of the countrie would come plentifully in within which two daies came many more Priestes and some verie fewe Gentlemen on horsebacke but not till we came to Toras Vedras where they that noted y e course of things how they passed might somewhat discouer the weakenes of that people There they tooke two daies more and at the ende thereof referred him till our comming to Lisbone with assurance that so soone as our Armie should be seene there all the inhabitants would be for the King and fall vpon the Spaniards After two nights tarriance at Lisbone the King as you haue heard promised a supplie of 3000. foote and some horse but all his appoyntments being expired euen to the last of a night all his horse could not make a Cornet of 40. nor his foote furnish two Ensignes fullie although they carried three or foure Colours and these were altogether such as thought to inrich themselues by the ruine of their neighbors for they committed more disorders in euerie place wher we came by spoyle thā any of our own The Generall as you see hauing done more than before his comming out of England was required by the King and giuen credite to his many promises euen to the breach of the last he desisted not to perswade him to stay yet nine daies longer in which time he might haue engaged himselfe further than with any honor he could come out of againe by attempting a Towne fortified wherein were more men armed against vs than wee had to oppugne them with all our Artillarie and Munition being fifteene miles from vs and our men then declining for there was the first shewe of any great sicknes amongst them Whereby it seemeth that either his Prelacie did much abuse him in perswading him to hopes whereof after two or thrée daies he sawe no semblance or he like a sillie louer who promiseth himselfe fauour by importuning a coy mistris thought by our long being before his Towne that in the ende taking pitie on him they would let him in What end the Friers had by following him with such deuotion I knowe not but sure I am the Laitie did respite their homage till they might see which way the victorie would sway fearing to shewe themselues apparantlie vnto him least the Spaniard should after our departure if we preuailed not call them to accompt yet sent they vnder hand