ABSTRACT
Therefore we removed thither the royal strong-box and all the books and papers of the accountant's office and others in addition which seemed important, together with our own valuables, even our clothing. And so did the general and the other soldiers who were there when the enemy arrived and assaulted with such vigour that we were compelled to withdraw under such stress of risk and danger that we could save nothing but the garments on our backs, and our arms and munitions. The enemy took everything. The royal strongbox contained little money because, payments due on account of these two forts being made, there is never much over, most years nothing.
