mewhat fallen, so as most of all their shot was in vain. Our
Lieutenant-General commanded our shot to forbear shooting until we were
come to the wall-side. And so with pikes roundly together we approached
the place, where we soon found out the _barricados_ of pipes or butts to
be the meetest place for our assault; which, notwithstanding it was well
furnished with pikes and shots, was without staying attempted by us.
Down went the butts of earth, and pell-mell came our swords and pikes
together, after our shot had first given their volley, even at the
enemy's nose. Our pikes were somewhat longer than theirs, and our bodies
better armed; for very few of them were armed. With which advantage our
swords and pikes grew too hard for them, and they driven to give place.
In this furious entry the Lieutenant-General slew with his own hands the
chief ensign-bearer of the Spaniards, who fought very manfully to his
life's end.

We followed into the town with them, and, giving them no leisure to
breathe, we won the market-place, albeit they made head and fought
awhile before we got it. And so we being once seized and assured of
that, they were content to suffer us to lodge within their town, and
themselves to go to their wives, whom they had carried into other places
of the country before our coming thither. At every street's end they had
raised very fine _barricados_ of earthworks, with trenches without them,
as well made as ever we saw any work done; at the entering whereof was
some little resistance, but soon overcome it was, with few slain or
hurt. They had joined with them many Indians, whom they had placed in
corners of advantage, all bowmen, with their arrows most villainously
empoisoned, so as if they did but break the skin, the party so touched
died without great marvel. Some they slew of our people with their
arrows; some they likewise mischiefed to death with certain pricks of
small sticks sharply pointed, of a foot and a-half long, the one end put
into the ground, the other empoisoned, sticking fast up, right against
our coming in the way as we should approach from our landing towards the
town, whereof they had planted a wonderful number in the ordinary way;
but our keeping the sea-wash shore missed the greatest part of them very
happily.

I overpass many particular matters, as the hurting of Captain Sampson at
sword blows in the first entering, unto whom was committed the charge of
the pikes of the vant-guard by his lo