For they are wont to take their journey from Panama to Venta Cruz, which is six leagues, ever by night; because the country is all champion, and consequently by day very hot.
We had not lain thus in ambush much above an hour, but we heard the Recuas coming both from the city to Venta Cruz, and from Venta Cruz to the city, which hath a very common and great trade, when the fleets are there.
By examining him, we found all that to be true, which our spy had reported to us, and that he was a soldier entertained with others by the Treasurer, for guard and conduct of this treasure, from Venta Cruz to Nombre de Dios.
It ebbeth and floweth not far into the land, and therefore it asketh three days' rowing with a fine pinnace to pass [up] from the mouth to Venta Cruz; but one day and a night serveth to return down the river.
Esteban the supple had accompanied him, and the ventaof Sarria was in the hands of the silent, swift-footed, but exceedingly capable maid-servant who had played the trick upon Etienne.
His instinct was to ride to the venta straightway and have it out with all the blind mouths of the village in parliament assembled.
So at this newly named Cafe de Madrid our travellers alighted, and the silent Gallegan, gathering the reins in his hands, disappeared into the stables, whose roofs rose over the low front of the venta like a cathedral behind its cloisters.
The venta of Sarria was kept by a nephew of Gaspar's, the octroi man, one recently come to the district.
With the younger Perico's coming, the venta El Corral had promptly become the Cafe de Madrid, while the prices of all liquors rose to mark the change, even as in a like proportion their quality speedily diminished.
At the venta the three adventurers supped by themselves.
He did this quite naturally, for in Spain no distinctions of master or servant hold either upon church pavements or on venta benches.
I do not call that a fault," said Etienne, moving along the wooden settle in front of the venta door to make room for the huge Gallegan, who at that moment strolled up.
So, perforce, he had to sit uneasily with his elbows on the table and watch the dreary game of dominoes which his companions were playing with the chipped and greasy cubes belonging to the venta of Gaspar and Esteban Perico.
He had added a little ham on his own account, which last he had brought in his saddle-bags from the venta of Sarria.
From the kitchen of the venta at San Vicencio, just where the track up the Montblanch takes its first spring into the air, came these and other similar cries.
An hour later he was afoot again in a quarter of the city which was less known to him--namely, in the Calle Preciados, where he sought a venta more or less suspected by the police.
The venta was on the ground-floor, and above it towered storey after storey, built with the quaint fantasy of the middle ages, and surmounted by a deep, overhanging gabled roof.
It is the waiting-maid at the venta where I stay in Ronda--what will you?
It was ten perhaps when I came upon a lonely little venta by the wayside, a one-story building older than the modern world, serving both for dwelling and stable.
Evidently the venta of Penarruria afforded no other accommodations befitting a guest who could squander more than a half peseta for a mere night's lodging.
Hot, thirsty and hungry, I came in mid-afternoon to an isolated ramshackle venta in a rocky wilderness.
Unluckily one of the Englishmen had been secretly taking pulls at his flask and had just become pot-valiant when a stray Spanish gentleman came riding up from Venta Cruz.
Then they lay listening for the mule-bells, till presently the warning tinkle let them know that recuas were approaching from both Venta Cruz and Panama.
The first, or silver train from Venta Cruz, was to pass in silence; only the second, or gold train from Panama, was to be attacked.
He passed his time between the mill and the low wall opposite the Venta of the Break of Day, of which the stones beneath the fig-tree were polished with his constant use of them.
It was supposed, indeed, by some, to be a great condescension that he should stop at the little Venta of the Break of Day and take his half of wine on market-days.
And Felipe Fortis spread himself out on the trellis-bordered bench of the little Venta that stands at the junction of the Valdemosa Road and the new road from Miramar to Palma in the island of Majorca.
The proprietor of the Venta of the Moor's Mill set down upon the table in front of the inn a cracked dish containing an omelette.
Few customers come this way, and the actual trade of the Venta is small.
This was, therefore, a matter of considerable interest to the four persons idling away the afternoon at the Venta of the Break of Day.
Before the door of the venta several dragoons, picturesquely grouped, and about twenty in number, were saddling their horses while the arrieros were actively engaged in loading seven or eight mules.
For a few minutes the Campesinos, who had been watching the departure of the troop, looked after it along the winding road, then re-entered the venta one by one.
It is growing late, and it is probable that no traveller will arrive at the venta to-day.
On coming within twenty yards of the venta they stopped, dismounted, and seemed to be consulting for a moment.
Carmela watched for a long time the Jaguar's irregular ride across country, and when he at length disappeared in the distance, in a clump of pine trees, she sadly bowed her head and re-entered the venta slowly and pensively.
Nothing very extraordinary, my good man; everything in the venta is regular as usual.
Well, I will tell you; they attacked the Venta del Potrero, and burned it to the ground.
Carmela had grown an exquisite maiden, and the venta had increased the number of its customers.
He left Lanzi and Quoniam at theventa with Carmela.
The three men rushed on the maiden, and the latter, half wild with terror, sought in vain the door of the venta by which to escape.
After a few minutes, however, Carmela faintly opened her eyes, and was soon sufficiently recovered to explain the cause of her presence in the forest, instead of being quietly asleep in the Venta del Potrero.
These Spanish venta scenes vary every day and night, as a new set of actors make their first and last appearance before the traveller: of one thing there can be no mistake, he has got out of England, and the present year of our Lord.
In venta and court-yard, in spite of a long day's work and scanty fare, at the sound of the guitar and click of the castanet, a new life is breathed into their veins.
Roman roads from “Venta Belgarum” pierced it in several directions.
Owing to its position on the river Wentsum, or Wensum, it was called Caer Gwent by the Britons, and for the like reason it was named by the Romans Venta Icenorum.
The Coer Gwent (White City) of the Britons became the Venta Belgarum of the Romans.
From the ruins of Venta Icenorum gradually arose Norwich.
At nine miles from Saucejo is the lone venta of Granadal, and beyond it the mountains rise to a yet greater height, but their slopes are less abrupt, and are covered with forests of oak and cork.
A venta is situated on the right bank of the stream, whereat a bevy of custom-house people generally assemble to levy contributions on the passers-by.
About a mile beyond the Venta where we had fallen in with our new attendant, the country again becomes very wild and broken, and the hills are covered with pine woods.
Soon after this little adventure we reached a solitary house, called the Venta de Montera, which is something more than half way between Ubrique and Ximena; i.
The more so," Fray Antonio confirmed him, "because the Apaches who made me prisoner are the same that attacked the Venta del Potrero.
Yes: but to whom can I trust her now that the venta is destroyed?
This is called venta con pacto de retro, 'sale subject to redemption.
So through little Venta de Tabilla, leaving the lake to plunge into an imposing gorge which was a doorway to the sea.
He was present at the siege of Badajoz, the battle of Salamanca, the cavalry affairs at Callada de Carino and Venta de Toso, the battles of Quatre Bras and Waterloo, and the capture of Paris.
I had heard of the pearl-fishery, and was e'en chasing you, supposing your craft was a merchant vessel out of Venta Cruz or Cartagena, to inquire somewhat of the defences of that same fort.
Almost immediately afterwards there came a fainter tinkle on the other side; the treasurer of Lima was on the road, but he would not reach the ambush until the train from Venta Cruz had passed.
The sound came from the direction of Venta Cruz: evidently a train was returning to Panama.
He gave strict orders that no man should stir from his post, but that all should maintain perfect quiet, and, if any travellers should come from the direction of Venta Cruz, that these were to be allowed to pass without molestation.
And, taking what comfort they could from their captain's explanation, they set off on mule back as soon as supper was over, and came in an hour to the woods a mile out of Venta Cruz.
He had learnt from Pedro that the first stage of the journey, from Panama to Venta Cruz, was always performed by night, because by day the open plain was scorched by the sun.
The Venta Cruz party was to be allowed to pass; it would meet the other travellers, and give them the word that all was well.
Within an hour of the receipt of this news, Drake and his men were afoot on the road for Venta Cruz, some twelve miles away.
But at length, a little before dawn, they heard a faint tinkle of bells afar in the woods, and soon the maroon scouts came in with the news that three trains, numbering nearly two hundred mules in all, were approaching from Venta Cruz.
But the second stage, from Venta Cruz to Nombre de Dios, was accomplished by day, the road lying among cool shaded woods.
Some forty men lay in the scrub overlooking Nombre de Dios, awaiting the clang of mule-bells that would announce the approach of a treasure train from Venta Cruz.
It was clear that the first stage offered the best chances of a successful ambush, and Drake had resolved to intercept the treasure-train between Panama and Venta Cruz.
True, the town of Venta Cruz stands in the way, but 'tis better, methinks, to encounter our enemies while we have strength remaining than to be encountered and chased when we be worn out with weariness.
In about an hour's time they heard the clanging of many mule bells, making a loud music, in the direction of Venta Cruz.
The mule trains were coming in from Venta Cruz--three mule trains according to the Cimmeroons, laden with "more gold and silver than all of us could bear away.
Drake's plan was to waylay one of the treasure trains on the night journey towards Venta Cruz.
At midday they sighted Venta Cruz, the village, or little town, which Drake had taken.
A day's hard marching brought them to the ruins of Venta Cruz, on the banks of the river, where the canoas lay waiting for them under a merry boat guard.
Wonderful tales were told of the journey across the isthmus, of the South Sea, with its lovely city, and of the rush through the grass in the darkness, when the mule bells came clanging past, that night near Venta Cruz.
Many merchants, therefore, sent their goods toVenta Cruz in flat-bottomed boats of about fifteen tons.
Thus did they cheer the march and the heavy labour at the oars as far as the Venta Cruz jetty.
It was navigable to within six leagues of Panama, and at the point to which it was navigable there stood "a little town called Venta Cruz.
He was in the pay of the King's treasurer, who had hired him, with others, to guard the treasure train upon its march from Venta Cruz.
On the 5th of March the plunder was safely shipped, the army went aboard the canoas, the prisoners (including some fromVenta Cruz) were thrust into the bottoms of the boats, and the homeward voyage began.
Drake had a mind to look into Venta Cruz to surprise some of the treasure on its way.
The Roman masters of Lucius called his capital, rebuilt under their tuition, "Venta Belgarum.
Gustave Dore makes it an elaborate fountain such as no arriero ever watered his mules at in the corral of any venta in Spain, and thereby entirely misses the point aimed at by Cervantes.
Calleva and Venta Silurum were small places and of no special importance.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "venta" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
