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Spaniards are on the run?' Then deponent looked about him and,
seeing that this was so, he ordered his men to withdraw.
As he was retiring, near the (p. 165) Caleta and the place where
the English came in, deponent came up with Don Pedro Vique who
was alone, going toward the city, with no arms but a sword sheathed
in his belt. Deponent seized him by the arm and said: 'General,
now is the moment for men to show themselves men. Check these
people and let us die here fighting these dogs.' Don Pedro Vique
replied: 'Since the country's already lost, what do you suppose we
can do about it?'
And so they kept on toward the trench by the Dominican
monastery where deponent found Bartolome Lopez, sargento major
of the city, on his horse, standing near the trench, to whom deponent
said: 'What are you doing, senor sargento mayor?' To which he replied:
'What do you expect me to do, brother?' And witness said to him:
'Stop those men who are coming on and let us die fighting.' And the
sargento mayor pricked up his horse and shouted: 'Gentlemen, halt!'
Deponent followed after him to the Santo Domingo trench and as
he entered there Don Pedro Vique entered on deponent's right and
three English pikes entered on his left. Deponent said to Don Pedro:
'These coming here are English!5 (p. 166) and deponent laid hand
to his sword and struck at one of them. When these English saw that
we were not of their party they drew back and deponent and the
rest went into the trench, and at a turn in the trench was one of our
harquebusiers who fired and felled one of these English. Deponent
raised his musket to fire on the advancing enemy and an Englishman
nearby struck at him with his pike. Deponent ducked his head and
fired.
At this time all the Spaniards entered into the city and crossed
San Francisco bridge. Deponent inquired for the governor and for
General Don Pedro Vique and some persons told him that they had
taken horse and were departing down the Turbaco road. Similarly
they told him that Captain Alonso de San Miguel had crossed the
bridge earlier than they, for when day broke they were at the
Anchorage. They also told him that Captain Alonso Bravo had gone
but this appeared later to be untrue, for he was wounded and a
prisoner of the enemy. They killed his ensign at the Caleta where
they entered.
A little after (p. 167) deponent had crossed the bridge Captain
Martin Polo came up with a dozen or fourteen men and there held
the English and many people got over. The enemy killed two of
Captain Martin Polo's men there. He retired finally because many