. ëê§ - . tjie winës fo ftropg and ardent, that .thegr a#eûe/A .their heads, ftomachs and boWels, and thqy had nqt rPiy jferhedy ; for there was a great fcarcity of good Water to temper them with, or to cool theui. Their •food was contrary to what tfyey had always been àccuftpmed to ; for jn their owp country they live •at their èafe, whilft npw^they were burnt with exter-nal and internal heat The greateft lords were in the utrnoft poverty and diftrefs; and fuch effiefts, as were natural, followed, yttiiçh I lhall relate to you. The englifh knights and fquires, feeing their dif* Acuities increase* from the fçarcity of forage and tfye # extreme heat of the weather, began to murmur and :fay,r*-c Our expedition leems drawing to a pocyf -tend} for we remaip too long i& one place/ € That is true/ replied others ; * and we have anothd* thing .much againft us : we hive brought women, wfyo only wifh to remain quiet J and for one day that they are inclined to travel, they will repofe fifteen. It is this which has checked us, and will be our de-finition ; ifor if, on owr landing at Cofunna* we had advanced into £he country, we ihouid have fu* deeded m putting it under our obedience; for no^e would have dared: to dppofé us : but thefe long re* fidences have encouraged our ..enemies, who haye ftrengtherued their ftrong places, tand reinforced - their towns and caftla.with men at arms.from France ; and have alfo pofted. them in the narrow • pallies,, and along the rivers to guard and defend them. They, will defeat jus without a battle j for •VOL. VIIL Bb they