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DE CHASTE’S VOYAGE TO TERCERA. &
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the little hope there was of receiving fuccour; that apart of his men had already fur-
rendered, and given account of his diftrefs ; the greater part of thofe remaining being
ready to do the fame; fome dying of hunger and thirft, and the wounded for want of
being drefled ; fome of the furgeons having gone over to the enemy, and the others
having loft their unguents ; he aflembled his captains, who entreated him to propofe
terms, and preferve thofe who were dying hourly to no avail,-and this being refolved
upon among them, and hearing from a particular friend, a knight of Malta, who was
with the army, that the enemy was in motion to force his entrenchments, and who
entreated him to have fome pity on him, and fend immediately a perfon to treat: they
chofe the commander, Du Mayet, for that purpofe, who having proceeded to the Spa-
niards, made propofals as advantageous as if we had been on equal terms: he was, in
confequence, fent back again by them with derifion, without any other anfwer than that
it was a great folly and a temerity on the part of the French, whofe lives were in their
hands, inftead of humiliating themfelves to afk for them, and render at difcretion;
to propofe to make the boldeft and beft conditions. They ordered the commander,
Du Mayet, to withdraw immediately, and informed him he fhould have a reply to his
impertinent requelts, carried by fitteen thoufand fighting men. Notwith{tanding this,
Don Pedro de Padilhe did not difcontinue writing to the commander De Chafte, but
acquainted him that having fent one of his officers who had no reafon in his propofals,
he had confequently returned without concluding any treaty, which from the affection
he bore towards him, and the regard he had for his life, he had hoped would have been
concluded ; that the Marquis de Santa Cruz had begged and forbid his people. to
fpeak to him any more about capitulating with the French, as he would fee the end of
them for their ob{tinacy; however, that if he would immediately fend fome other perfon,
more yielding than the commander Du Mayet, the whole company of Spanifh Cava-
liers would entreat the marquis to liften to him; that he had forefeen that his reliance
upon the cowardly Portuguefe coming to rally about him, would be the caufe of his
lofs; and that he had nothing to expect on that {core : for the purpofe of certifying as
“much to him, he fent him the letter which the commander had difpatched to the Portu-
guefe captain Francifco, which had afterwards been fent by him to the marquis, accom-
panied with an offer of his fervices to ruin the French ; that he committed himfelf much
in courting that wretched race, having been already deceived by them; and which if
joined to his force could not prevent his ruin. Hereupon the commander having com-
municated with his captains, felected M. Angernaques, Maitre de Camp, to whom
he gave full power to treat of his furrender; he immediately departed, and his arrival
cauled the army to halt, which was on its march from the city of Angra, to force the
French entrenchments ; andalthough M. Angarnaques required feveral things which he
had no hopes of obtaining, he, neverthelefs, with great difficulty, concluded the follow-
ing treaty. 1, That the faid marquis promifed the faid commander and his people
fhould be allowed to return to France with their fwords. 2, ‘hat he would hire vef-
fels, properly victualled, for their tranfport with their baggage: (which would not
much encumber the backs of the French, they having loft every thing; preferving no
more than the cloaths they had on on the day of battle.) . And 3, That the faid mars
quis, on account of the doubt entertained of his faith, fhould {wear upon the Holy Evan-
gelilts, to obferve the treaty which he fhould fign, with the principal officers of his army.
‘This was done, and thefe articles agreed to and figned, were carried to the commander,
who was on his way ‘vith his troops towards Angra, where the faid army was. At
about a quarter of a league he was honourably met by the moft confiderable officers,
and affured by the before mentioned Padilhe, on the part of the marquis, that he might
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