tfefe duke tppitfar lite good news. Thar annfc? fok* Jowed the vanguard of thecoaftabley whkfr had pr-rivéd at the ford, fie fquttë entered the river a* thdr guide-j and, when they few there was- not any danger^ all paffed in the bet manner they could. The van* having croffedr baked on the bank to guide the main army over. Sir John Holland kept his promife with the galician fquire, by giving him his liberty and a prefent j and he inftantly fet off for Medina del Campo, where the king of Caftille then was. Jt is a handfome and ftrong city in that country. ' • The duke of Lancafter and the king of Portugal rode in company, and came to this ford, which i* called Place-ferrade, where the gravel is found and firm. They croffed without difficulty, as did their armies : the rear divifion croffed on the morrow, and they all encapped themfelves on its banks. News was foon carried to Ruelles*, Cateferiesf* Medina del Campo, Vilalpando, St. Phagon J, and to the other towns and caftles in Caftille, that the Englifh had paffed the Duero, having difcovered a ford. They were much furprifed, and faid they puft have been fhewn it through treachery ; for, if it had not been made known by fome of the na-tives, they would never have found it out. There js nothing but what fooner or later is difcovered, * Ruelles, Q. I St. Phagon, Q. f Cateferies, Q. 17»