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of_o about_o 60000_o man_n most_o horse_n he_o advance_v towards_o the_o portugal_n who_o have_v enter_v by_o easy_a march_n the_o main_a land_n as_o far_o as_o the_o river_n mucazan_n without_o any_o other_o interruption_n than_o a_o light_a skirmish_n and_o be_v by_o this_o time_n increase_v by_o some_o troop_n of_o moor_n that_o come_v and_o submit_v to_o mulei_n mahomet_n beside_o a_o small_a number_n of_o andeluzians_n that_o guard_v the_o frontier_n so_o that_o the_o army_n consist_v beside_o those_o that_o be_v leave_v to_o guard_v the_o fleet_n of_o 13000_o foot_n and_o 1600_o horse_n not_o reckon_v the_o moor_n who_o make_v not_o above_o six_o or_o seven_o hundred_o viz._n ten_o thousand_o portugal_n three_o thousand_o german_n a_o thousand_o spaniard_n and_o six_o hundred_o italian_n the_o army_n of_o moluc_n consist_v of_o 3000_o moor_n of_o