ABSTRACT
This was not pleasant news for Aguirre, but he was obliged to Chaves nevertheless, and made arrangements to leave his present position at once, for the above mentioned two places, for he considered that any delay on his part would be dangerous, as it would give time for the governor to col-
lect more forces, and obstruct his march; so he ordered that, early on the following day, they should raise their camp and leave Valencia. On the night previous, for fear any of his people should desert him, he commanded that all his soldiers should sleep together in an enclosure belonging to his habitation, whence they could have escaped with the same facility as if they had been in the streets, for the walls of the enclosure were only of frail palings. But their desire to continue this loose sort of life prevented them from leaving the company of the traitor.
