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A19211	The historie of the vniting of the kingdom of Portugall to the crowne of Castill containing the last warres of the Portugals against the Moores of Africke, the end of the house of Portugall, and change of that gouernment. The description of Portugall, their principall townes, castles, places ... Of the East Indies, the isles of Terceres, and other dependences ...; Dell'unione del regno di Portogallo alla corona di Castiglia. English	Conestaggio, Gerolamo Franchi di.; Silva, Juan de, conde de Portalegre, 1528-1601, attributed name.	1600 (1600)	STC 5624; ESTC S108618	292,010	348

King had thrust forwarde by his owne feare and that of Emanuel Soares one of the newe Veriadors of the chamber hee displaced the strangers from thence and being not yet well assured hee commaunded that all strangers shoulde depart the citie and soone after he decreed although it were not executed that they shoulde be spoiled These two armies remained eight daies in this estate neere one to the other without moouing and little skirmishing at the end whereof the Duke sent foorth Sanches d'Auila with a hundreth and fiftie horse and some fewe foote to discouer the countrey and plot the meanes to batter the tower of Belem they were encountred by three hundreth horse and fiue hundreth Portugale foote who without order ranne towards them But for that the Castillians pretended nothing but to discouer being but weakely charged by the Portugals hauing skirmished a while with the losse of fewe men they returned to their lodging and the day following they issued foorth with a greater number and hauing entred skirmish of the one side the Castillians of the other hauing planted three peeces of artillerie which the night before they had drawen neere vnto the tower they forced after some fewe cannonadoes first the armie of galleies to retire to Lisbone and then the tower to yeelde by meanes whereof the kings armie at sea might safely enter into the port of Belem as presently they did THE SEVENTH BOOKE The Contents of the seuenth Booke The route at Alcantara The taking of Lisbone The sacke of the subburbes The praise and dispraise of the Duke of Alua The sicknesse of the Catholique King The voyage of Sanches d'Auila into the Prouince which lieth betwixt Doro and Migno The winning of the cities of Auero and Porto The flight of Anthony The taking of Viana The death of Queene Anne The Kings progresse to Eluas The resolution of the inhabitants of the Terceraes The Popes offer to send an armie against England BEtwixt the two armies there was no other let then the rockes of the brooke of Alcantara The Duke finding that Anthony supposing himselfe in safetie would not come to the field resolued for that he woulde not force him in so defensible a lodging to seeke some other meanes to defeate him quite or at the least to make him dislodge and free the citie from such a curbe the which he vnderstoode came not to his obedience for that this armie was so neere them But hauing not yet viewed the enimie nor his lodging but from farre trusting little to the report of others woulde first himselfe see the seate and howe they were lodged before he woulde attempt any matter of importance and therefore on Saint Bartholomewes day he issued foorth of his lodging with his whole army onely with an intent to discouer The left banks of Tagus whereupon these armies were encamped is hilly but yet easie and is deuided by the brooke of Alcantara as it were into straight lines the which takes his name of a small village seated vpon the right angle where it dischargeth it selfe into the riuer There vpon the brooke is a bridge of stone the bankes of both sides beginning from the mouth of the riuer running a mile vpward are very high and vneasie yet vpwarde there lieth a champion ground although somewhat vneeuen yet very commodious for lodging vpon the left banke was the Portugals campe in a manner vpon the triangle where the rocke is highest fortified toward the enimie with ill fashioned trenches and much artillerie The Duke marched to the right banke with his whole armie right against the Portugals where hauing made a long stande considering well the seate to be naturally strong but little helpes by arte he see the enimies perceiuing his approch to put themselues into squadrons within their rampiers standing still without any shew of issuing foorth labouring onely to endomage them with their cannons So as hauing wel resolued what to do after some skirmish he returned for this night vnto the place from whence he came and for the day following gaue this order that after midnight they should giue a hot allarum on al sides to keepe the enimie on foote to wearie him and to cause him to put his men in order as hee had done the day before He enioyned Frauncis d'Alua Generall of the artillerie that before day he shoulde plant vpon the hils which discouer the enimies lodging and their trenches some great artillerie with sufficient munition to batter the Portugals rankes to scoure their defences and the place where they shoulde stande to defende the bridge when it should be assaulted He commaunded to thrust into the army at sea a thousand Harquebusiers fiue hundreth Italians and fiue hundreth Spaniards with order to the Marquesse of Saint Croix to charge the enimies when a certaine signe should be giuen vnto them He called all the chiefe Commaunders of the campe and saide vnto them that he hoped to driue the enimie that day by force from his lodging that he desired them to be obedient to obserue the directions which he had giuen and shoulde giue for as by that and their valour the enterprise was easie so without order and obedience it was most difficult That one of the chiefest points his Maiestie had commaunded was to saue the citie of Lisbone the which the king had in so great regard that he had rather leaue to vanquish then by vanquishing to spoile it And therefore hee did presse them to promise that if they were so happy as wholie to breake the enimie they shoulde not onely forbeare to spoile it but defend it from such as would attempt it assuring them that the king would be more pleased with the defence thereof then with the victorie it selfe He added moreouer and that with great vehemencie that if his ill happe were such as that they shoulde not satisfie him in this he beseeched God that the first shoote the enimie shoulde make shoulde rather depriue him of life then to see a thing so much against the seruice and will of his Maiestie These words being ended and al things executed the Duke a little before day leauing in his lodging a reasonable guard of all nations marched against the Portugals in this order notwithstanding some of the chiefe were of opinion they shoulde first trie this armie with courses and light charges being a generall opinion by the aduertisements they had receiued that fewe men woulde put them to flight The Duke deuided his armie into three bodies two of foote and one of horse the which marched not one after an other but as it were in front as the hilly countrey would giue them leaue In the middle was the Duke with the greatest part of the Spanish foote some Germaine pikes deuided into fowre squadrons which marched not all in fronte nor one after an other but scattered as the place would suffer them being in al about sixe thousand On the right side were all the Italians the rest of

the Germaines some few Spaniards ordered in three squadrons one a side of an other by Prosper Colona which should amount to the like number On the left hand which was the thirde body were their horsemen cōmanded by Ferrant son to the Duke in the first ranke whereof marched their Harquebusiers on horsebacke in the second their gennetters in the thirde their light horsemen behinde their men at armes where Ferrant himselfe remained vpon the riuer which lay on the right hand the which in that place is about three miles broad was the Marquesse with threescore and two galleies and fiue and twentie ships the which lying but musket shot from their foote serued as a wing to the armie on that side to answer the horse which were on the other In the meane while Anthony hauing viewed the enimies the day before and how little they had effected beleeued notwithstanding the great allarum which he heard in the night it woulde fall out as the day before and that after some light skirmishes the enimie he not issuing foorth of his lodging shoulde retire the second time yet desirous to put his men in order as the day before he coulde not doe it for being vnaccustomed to suffer wearie with the trauaile of the day and disquietnes of the night they did not execute that which was commaunded besides their number was greatly diminished for many being accustomed to lie in the towne all night and returne in the day were not yet come and others amazed were quite fledde away And therefore he commaunded the Bishop of Guarda who plaied at Lisbone as a man may say the part of a king to sende with all diligence to the campe all such men as were within the citie who with drums and bels ceased not all night to sound and with serieants armed to driue the citizens and handy crafts men by force out of their beds compelling them to go foorth armed with some few whereof the saide Bishop went to the campe that night But heereof followed no good effect for such as were sent foorth against their wils being fearefull fled to other places so as the Portugall armie neither encreased in number nor in order The Duke in the meane time presented himselfe on the right banke opposite to the Priors armie vpon the hils where hee had planted his cannon where viewing the Portugals scattered in their lodging hee founde himselfe deceiued in his conceaued opinion that vpon the allarum giuen they shoulde ranke themselues into squadrons Hee now perceiued that this intent to batter their rankes with his artillerie could not succeed as hee had presupposed and disordering them to charge them on all sides supposing in this manner he should easily breake them But hauing changed his resolution according to the occurrants being willing to hazard a battaile he did endomage them all he coulde with his cannon and so did the Prior likewise on his part He commaunded Prosper Colona to attempt the bridge with his men that were in the squadrons on the right hand striuing to passe it and to winne as much ground as he could He gaue order to Sanches d'Auila with two thousande Harquebusiers which he had drawne out of his middle Battalion hauing passed the brooke aboue whereas the bankes are lowest and easiest to ascend to draw the enimie to combate with all the aduantage he could charging them in flanke euen vnto their trenches He gaue commission to Ferrant his sonne who taking a greater compasse shoulde passe the brooke whereas the bankes were not high vnto the other side with his horse and go against the enimie but if he shoulde not issue foorth of his lodging as it was supposed they should then assaile them on all parts at one instant hee remaining behinde with the rest of the foote to succour where need should require in a place more eminent then the rest from the which he might discouer both armies where hauing left his squadrons a little behinde him he sate him downe viewing howe the assault woulde succeed making necessarie countersignes Prosper Colona came to the bridge before that either Sanches d' Auila or the horsemen could attaine to the other banke it may be for that it behooued them to make a longer march or for that the Italians as the Duke said to winne honor made too great haste They found it not vnfurnished for the Portugals had there planted their souldiers of most esteeme who at the first assault made great resistance For although the Italians fought valiantly yet was it long ere they preuailed any thing for the place being narrowe defended and guarded in flanke with some Harquebufiers which had fortified themselues within a mill to the which they coulde not approch by reason it was inuironed with water they came to fight with great disaduantage so as hauing in a manner wone it they were repulsed with some losses But Prosper hauing caused his soldiers to moūt vp on a narrow causway which kept the water of the mill by the which they might though vneasily come vnto the house hauing with the losse of some fewe assaulted it those within were all cut in peeces so as such as guarded the bridge wanting their succours in flanke being endomaged from the same mill by the Italians Colona charging them with greater force at the same instant on the bridge he woone it and passed to the other banke wherein Lewes Douara did good seruice who seeing the Italians repulsed hee caused them to be succoured almost against the Dukes will with some Germaine pikes the which he obtained from the Generall There did they long endure a hot fight for the Portugals being as yet ignoraunt that they were charged in any other other part all the force of the armie with the Prior himselfe ranne to the bridge where Prosper repeld them valiantly and put them to flight The Duke behelde what Sanches d' Auila shoulde do being most assured that if he obeied him all the enimies campe were broken but he feared that seeing the Italians in fight being cholericke he shoulde be impatient to take so long a course as to go charge them in flanke but woulde assaile them at the first encounter the which he esteemed dangerous but seeing him obedient he helde the battaile woone so as comming to the other bank with his Harquebusiers and Ferrant with his horsemen they founde no resistance For although that Anthony being scarce arriued at the bridge came to this other side the Portugals beginning now to vnderstande the successe of the bridge being fearefull presently fled towards the citie At this instant the Duke gaue signe vnto the galleies who without their masters rowed towards the citie with the rest of their armie discharging their artillerie against the Portugals fleete the which being a little retired without any place to flie vnto set saile but without any resistance they became a pray vnto the enimie Anthony being vnexpert neuer supposed the Duke woulde charge him within his