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which
he was going to alt. Having done this) he remrned to ·the houfe and
in
his way thither he met with
Go-mez:.. Hernandez:..,
to whom in a few words he
(:ommunicated his Defign, which he faid, tended to the publick good,
and which
would undoubtedly be
well
accepted by his Majefiy
as a
piece of great and
glori–
ous fervice ; and that therefore
he
fhould call
fuch
to his affifl:ence as
he
knew
would favour this enterpri1e
:
Gomez. Hernandez:..
went accordingly into the
Market–
plac~,
and called fome of them by
thoo
names, but
men wee timorous and fear–
full
to
engage in the Defign..
Whereupon
Gomez:.. Hernandez:..
returned alone and entered with
Bafco
Godine~
in–
to the room where
Don
Sebaf!ian
remained, and both immediately clofed
in
with
him, and gave him many Stabbs with their Daggers ; and though he wore a
Coac ofMail, yet they made a
fhift
to
wound him through
it.
Baltafar
Ve!azque~
who was prefent at the beginning of the Scuffle,
g~ve
a Screek, and retired back
upon the fudden furprize ; but perceiving that their intent was to
kill him, he
came alfo ro their affifience , and gave him feveral Stabbs, that he might gain a
fuare with them in the merit
of
that aet:ion: another alfo ihoke him
with
a
Hal–
bert, which he wielded about, without refpelt to any, by which fome of
his
Friends fianding by were wounded; as
Palentino
affirms, Chap.
16.
but notwith–
fianding all this ,
Don
Sebaftian
got from amongfi: them with many Wounds,
and
crept into a dark room, and endeavoured to efcape out at the back door into the
Market-place, which
if
he had done, it had caufed great flaughter and effufion
of
bloud.
Baltafar
Vela~quez
and
four
or five others followed him into che
dark
room, but
durll:
not fearch after him with their
Wea
pons,
for fear
of wounding
one another: and in the mean
time
Vela~que~
advifed them to carry the News into
the
Market-place, and
to
declare his
Death ,
that
fo
his Friends mighc not at–
tempt co fuccour him; and told ·them,
that
he would fi:ay behind co difpacch and
make a
final
end of him : thus
whilfi
every one did
his
part
Pel11~que~
had found
Don Sehaftian,
and gave him many more Wounds both in his Head and Neck ;
and then the poor Gentleman cried out
for a
Confeffour, untill his voice
failed
him :
then
Yel~uez:..
left
him,
and went to feek
for
help
to
drag him out
to
the
Souldiers, and to that purpofe he called
Diego
de
Analos
and
Gome~ HC'mande~
;
but
when they came to the place where he
was,
they found he had crept co
the door
of
his
Chamber, where he lay extended and
panciog;
and then they redoubled
their
ftroaks untill
he expired
his
lafr breach, which was about
cen
a Clock
at
night :
in
this buftle
Viifco Godinez
received a flight wound in
his
right hand.
Then they drew out the dead Body of
Don
Sebaftian
amongft the Souldiers,
cry–
ing out before
it,
God fave the King, the Tyrant is dead ;
Yafco Godinez
was che
moil: forward of any co pro laim this aetion, God fave the King, faid he, che
Tyrant is dead, and
I
killed him : though
it
is mofi certain
that
there
was
not
one
of thefe Affaffinates who was not a greater Rebel, Tyrant and Traitour than this
Gentleman; which rhey il1ewed and evidenced to the world when they became
Minillers of Jull:ice and under that name perpetrated the mofi bloudy and
horrid
Villanies
in
the world. Thus
far
Diego
Hernande~
in
the Chapter aforefaid.
C .H AP.
XXVI.
~
The choice of Officers both civil and military.
Vafco
Go-
dinez
u
declared General.
The death
of
Don Garcia
and others,
without
admitting them time to
confefs.
rr.'
HUS this. poor Gentleman,
Don
Seb11ftian
de
Cafti//11,
being affaffinated
by
?
..L
chofe
who
had perfuaded
him,
and
as
it
were forced him to
kill
the General
Pedro
de
Hinojof~
then
Governour
5
thefe good and godly men now made
them–
felves Judges, and erelted a Court of Jufiice to cry thofe who had been the Mur..
therers of the Governour, fuppofing thereby to gain favour and a·edir, and
ren–
der
themfelves
faithfull
and
loyal
Subjeets to his Majefty. And
though chefe
fel-
·
l-0ws