ABSTRACT
The general remained in Barquicimeto (whilst Paredes went out to look after the enemy) with the rest of the king’s troops, some seventy in number, armed in about the same unsatisfactory manner as the party of Paredes. The general had only two arquebuses, one of them having no lock, and very little powder; neither could it be said that they were good horsemen, indeed only the captains had any pretensions to the art; as to the men, when mounted, they looked more like baggage than caballeros. Having made these warlike preparations the general, Pena, remained behind, not over comfortable, anxiously hoping for the success o f the maestro del campo.
