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brought from that Combat, for he was
fo
9ifabled in _both his Arms , that
he
could fcarce make ufe of his hands co feed h1mfel£
TblS
d~el
was
b~tween
twG>
famous Souldiers, one
was
called
Pero Nu11nez.,
who
was the
perfon
w
cb
whom
I
was acquainted called by
P~!cntino,
D iego
Num:re~;
and the other was
Bal!ttfar Pe-
. ,
r~
both of
th~m
Gentlemen of good extraction , and of equal bravery and
a!fu-
ran'ce.
Their difpute arofe upon fame points of honourable fatisfattion given
and received between two Duellifis who had fought
Come
fe¥J
days before, to
whom they
had
been Seconds.
Baltafar
Pere~ ~ade choi~e
of a .certain Gentle-
man for his Second called
Egas de Gu:l:,man,
a Nauve of
Seville,
who was one ofthe
greateff: Bullies and' Hetl:ors of that time ; tlie other Second was
Hern-a-a Mexia;
born
al[o
at
Seviile,
who
hearing of the duel which was to fucceed between the
aforefaid Principals, prevailed
wit~
Pero
N1mne~
with much importunity co take
him·for his Second, that
fo
he might fight wuh
Egas de Gu:t..man;
who prefu-
ming on his own firength and skill at his weapon, had defamed and fpoken !light-
ly
of
this
Hernan de Mexia.
When
Egas de
Gu~man
underftood that_
Hernan
Jt;,
MexiA.
was the perfon with whom he was to engage, he fent a me{fage co
Pero
-
Nunne:l:,,
letting him knbw
~
that
fince the Principals were Gentlemen of good
Fa–
milies
and Noble extratl:ion,
he
fhould not debafe himfe]f and chem fo
far
as
ro
bring a man for his Second who was of a mean and poor birth, and the Son of a
/vfolara
or
Mori/ca
woman, who[e Trade it was to fell broyled Pikhers
in
the
Markee-place of St.
Sal'Vakl'
in
Sroille;
and that he might chufe what other Se–
cond he pleafed, though not
a
Gentleman·, provided he
~ere
not of that
vile
and
ba[e
extrattion, as was this
Hernan.
Pero Nunnez.
confidering that
Ega.t de
Gm:,man
had reafon, ertdeavoured to acquit himfelf of the word and promi[e
he
had
given
to
Hernan
Mexia
to make him his Second , but was not able
to
prevail
ppon him, nor would he upon any terms releafe
him,
when amongfi other things he
heard that
Egas de
Gu~man
fhould fay,
that
he knew himfelf
to
have that advantage
over
him
in the ufe of his
'N
eapon, that it was
a
difparagement to him to con–
tend with fuch an Adverfary. When
EgM
de
Guz man
underff:ood that
Mexia
wquld not releafe
Perp
Nunne~
of his word ; he feilt
to
\Varn
him to come
well
provided into the fieltJ., for that
he
fhould find him armed with a Coat of Male,
find a
Head-piece, although the
Principals
4
were
to
fight
naked
from
the wa!te
upwards.
In this manner both Principals and Seconds went out to
fight
in a Field at a
good difiance from
Potocft:
and at the
firfr
encounter
Pero Nunnez.,
who was the
firongeff: man known in tbofe days, firoak his Adverfary's Sword afide, and pre–
fently clofing
with
him, threw him on the ground, and being upon him, call:
handfuls of duff: into his eyes, cuffed him with his
fill:
on the face ; but did not
ufe his dagger
co
fiabb him therewith.
In another part of the field, at fome di–
fiance from the Principals, the Seconds were engaged ;
Heman
Me:~ia
wa£
afraid
to clofe with
Egas de
Gu~man,
becaufe he knew him to be of greater fuength of
body , and more corpulent than he, but entertained him with the nimblenefs and
agility of his Sword; in which he bad the advantage, leaping and skipping from
one fide
to
the other, without coming fo near as
co
wound him.
Ega1
de
G11.2:.,man
o?ferving the
ill
condit_ion his Principal was
i~,
and that he could not catch hold of
his Enemy, he took
hlS
own Sword by the hilt, and darted
it
with the point
for–
wards at the
fac~
of
M<exi-a
;
wh?
lo~kmg
on
t~e
Sword to avoid
it,
G
UZJnan
in that
moment leaped m, and dofed wuh him, and with the dagger in his hand wounded
him _in the_ fore:head two fingers deep, and there it broke in his
skull.
Mexi
4
franuck with his
vvoun~,
_ran about the
fi~ld
like a Mad-man, and came to the
place
whe~e
the two Pnnc1pals
~ere firu~gll!lg;
and not minding where he firuck
o:. dealt his blows , he _gave
~1s
own Pnnc1pal a
flafh .
with his Sword, and ran
\\_ildly away '· not knowmg whither.
Ega1 de
Gu~man
gomg haCl:ily to rhe relief
0 (
fos
Co~npamon ,
heard
Pero
Nunne~
fay, that the wound he had received was
from his on n Second , and
there~irh h~
redoubled his
blo~
s on the face of his
~.dverfary
, and call: more du(l: mto his eyes. Theo
G
u~man,
coming
co
them ,
fa
d , A curfe be upon
f~ch
a Gentleman
~s
Pero
Nunne~:
Did not I defire you .,
and warn
y~:m,
not t_o brmg
fu~h
a
~afcal
mto the field, for your Second, as this.
and therevvuh lenc hun a cut with his Sword, whi<::h he fended off wirh his
Arm'
as he did feveral
mh~rs,
rill he was fo hacked and hewed, that he lay all raw:
an full of
~
ounds m
th~
field: but
Ega1
de
Gu~man
helped up his Companion
fi om rhe ground, and havmg gatherea up all the four
S~ords,
he clapt them under
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