deman, we wIU make ample restitution for what lit m§y have done, ihould he be unable fo to do him* felf. This order (hall be proclaimed, by found of trumpet, in all our quarters, and we wilt have it repeated when on the point of entering your terri-tories, fo that no one may excufe himfelf, by plead-ing ignorance, and in confequence aâ otherwife than honeftly. Tell me, if this be fatisfaâory to you/ * Yes, fir Walter/ replied the count, € I am con-tented with wha^t you fay f and you are welcome to this country, for I fee you with pleafure : but come, let us go to dinner, it is now time, and we can have fome further converfation. Accurfed be this war of Portugal, fir Walter ; for I never fuf~ fered fo irtuch as I did in one battle between the kings of Caftille • and Portugal, when I loft the flower of my men at arms from Béarn, who were there flain. When they took leave of me, J fore- ' warned them to ad with caution, for the Portuguefe were a hardy race, who, whenever they had the upper hand, (hewed mercy to none. I advife you, therefore, that when you and fir William de Lig-fcac, who are the commanders of the men at arm* that have paffed, and of thofe that are to follow, are arrived in Caftille, and the king afks counfel of you, you be not too hàfty in recommending a battle with the duke of Lancafter and the king of Portugal, without evident advantage, nor with the Englifli and Portuguefe ; for they are a hungry race, and the Englifli are, for two rendons, eager to %ht. They have not gained any thing for fome timeout rather 196