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In this expedition they were upon the north coast of Jucutan, being the first discovery of New Spain, or Mexico; and they returned thence to Cuba with some samples of gold, and some prisoners. In the year 1518 , Lopez Suares commanded Don John de Silveira to go and make peace with the Maldive islands, which he did accordingly.
As Suares had foreseen, our action gave the beaten squadron a chance to rally; officers and men who had survived the crushing avalanche collected in groups, and the fight was proceeding fiercely on the open plain. Ordering our squadron to re-form, the general placed himself at our head. Meanwhile, I was watching the gallant Santiago and his handful of men.
He was a man of consummate talent; and his works, which were published in folio in Paris, in 1641, are still highly esteemed. Guillaume du Vair died at Tonnoins, in Agénois, in 1621, at the age of sixty-six years. Chronologie Septennaire, p. 184. François Suarés, a celebrated scholar and theologian, was born at Granada in 1548, and in 1564 became a Jesuit.
Farther away on the left, another body was driving Miller's men into the swamp, and it seemed that the Patriot cavalry must be annihilated. But our squadron remained untouched, and leading us into the plain, Suares issued an order to charge the Royalists who were handling Miller's troops so roughly. "We must win or die, my lads!" he cried; "the country depends on us."
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