But they finding themselues in number
something aboue a hundred, wherein were about thirtie or fortie shot,
though scarce one third of them were seruiceable, insisted to march
against the enemies, to repell them from farther spoyles of
their houses.
But while they were marching towards them, the Spaniards returned
aboord their Gallyes, and presently remooued them farther into
the Bay, where they anchored againe, before and neere a lesser
fisher towne, called Newlyn.
There againe with all speede they landed, and imbattelled in the
slope of a hill, about foure hundred pikes and shot, sending about
two rankes of soldiers, three in a ranke, vp to the top of the hill,
to discouer what forces or ambushes of the Countrey might lye in view:
who espying none but those that were returned with Sir Frauncis
Godolphin, from their forementioned fruitlesse march, gaue notice
thereof to their imbatteled company. Wherevpon they forthwith
marched towards Penzance.
Vpon their moouing, Sir Frauncis Godolphin moued also, to enter
Penzance before them: and assoone as that weake number were entred
into the open greene being of three quarters of a mile length,
the Gallyes ceased not to ply them all that way with their ordinance
from their prowes, as busily as they could.
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