HowseverelyCervanteswaswoundedmaybeinferredfromthefact, thatwithyouth, avigorousframe, andascheerfulandbuoyantatemperamentaseverinvalidhad, ; hehadlosttheuseofit, asMercurytoldhiminthe "ViajedelParnaso" , however, didnotabsolutelyunfithimforservice, andinApril1572hejoinedManuelPoncedeLeon'scompanyofLopedeFigueroa'sregiment, inwhich, itseemsprobable, hisbrotherRodrigowasserving, andsharedintheoperationsofthenextthreeyears, , heobtainedleavetoreturntoSpain, andsailedfromNaplesinSeptember1575onboardtheSungalley, incompanywithhisbrotherRodrigo, PedroCarrillodeQuesada, lateGovernoroftheGoletta, andsomeothers, andfurnishedwithlettersfromDonJohnofAustriaandtheDukeofSesa, theViceroyofSicily, recommendinghimtotheKingforthecommandofacompany, onaccountofhisservices; adonoinfeliceaseventsproved.Onthe26ththeyfellinwithasquadronofAlgerinegalleys, andafterastoutresistancewereoverpoweredandcarriedintoAlgiers.