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VII.
R.oyd.l
Commentaries.
Pumps, after they had ended the Game at
Balls:
but it was
QOt
time now
to
look after
it ,
but
to mount the Ladder as faft as we could, and
I
after him ;
when we were at the top, we drew
it
up , and
paffed
it
over into the Houfe of
'/ohn
FigHeroa
,
and therewith they
all
defcended , and
I
among the reft. And ha–
ving opened the door of the Street, they fenc
me
out before,
as
a Spy, to difcover
if the
way
were clear, fuppoling that 1, being
a
Boy, the lefs
notice would
be
ta–
ken of me ; and
in
cafe
I
found nothing
in
the way,
I
was to
whiflle-.atthe cor–
ner of every Street , which was the token for them
fo
follow me.
In this man–
ner we went fr m Street ro Street untill we came to the
Hou~
of
Antonio tie
~in-npnes
who was Brother-in-law to
my
Father
G1t~fila.f{o,
they having married
two
sm:rs.
le was our good fortune to find him, and he was much joyed
to
fee
my
Farber , for he was in great Fear for him , and trouble of mind
to
know
~
what
was become of him: But
Antonio
de
f2.!!_innones
himfelf had a narrow efcape,
and had certainly been killed, had he not been favoured by one of the Confpira–
tours called
John
det
G
avilan
,
who in remembrance of fome good Offices he had
done him in rimes pafi, opened the principal door of
the·Hall ,
at which he lee
him out , rogether with
{ohn
de
Sa;ivedra,
who was in his company ; and whifpe..
ring
to him'· faid,
Sir,
Hafleyou awttJ home, with
Seiy,_nior
John de Saavedra,
and
ftay
there
untill
I
fee
you ·
in the morning;
by which accident
it
was·my Fathers for–
tune co meet him within doors; but notwithfianding
this
adtrice, being met
r(}·
gecher in the Houfo of
Antonio
de
f2.!!_innones
,
they all agreed to leave the
j
own
that night, and goe
to
the
City
of
Los
Reyes.
7ohn
de
Saavedra
was unwilling to goe, on
pretenc~
that he wanted
all
thing~
neceffary for
fo
long a journey, bat when
they
took off
chat excufe
by
provi–
ding a Horfe, a Hat and Boots and a Scarlet Cloak for him;
he
then faid, that
the truth was , he was
ill ,
and wanted health for fo long a jqumey ;
fo
that, not
to importune him
f~rther,
they left him at home ; we
{hall
<hort1y declare the
true reafon and caufe why he did not accompany them; which
cofi
him his
Life
and Eftate.
All
the other Citizens and Souldiers,
who
efcaped to their own
Houfes, did there immediately
fit
and
prepar~
themfelves for a journey
t-o
Loi
Reye.1.
Garfilaj[o,
my Mafter, fent me home, which was not far from his
Honie~
to bring him the bell of his Horfes which remained faddled ever fmce the.after–
noon when he retarned from the fport of Balls.
As
I went to fetch the Rorie;
·
paffing b-y the Houfe of
ThomM
Vazque~,
I faw in the Streec
tw-0
Horfes faddled,
with three or four Newoes with them, in difcourfe together
1
and
when
I recur- ·
ned, I found them in the Streets, where I left them : of which when I acquain–
ted my Father and the refi, they were much troabled, imagining that rhofe
Hor–
fes and Slaves belonged to the Confpirators. At that very .infianc
Rodrigo
de
Leon
Brother of
Pero
Lop~
de
C112alla
called to me,
a~d
defired me to goe ro
his
Bro:
ther
1
s Houfe, which was in the fame Street, but far from the place wh¢re
W<f
were; and to tell the Porter, who was an
Indian,
that he defir-cd him to hide the
Coat of Male and Head-piece which he left
in
his Chamber; becaufe
it
was
believed, that. the Confpirators would that night fack and plnhder the whole City.
J
made
all
the hafte I could , but before I returned,
my
Fat9er,
and his two
Kinfmen, who were
Diego
de
Los
Rios
and
Alltonio
~inn.ones,
were
de~ted
ha–
ving taken a large compafs
through
Back-ways and By-fireets, to avoid the'door
Qf
ThomM
Pafque~
:
but I returned to my Father's houfe, which
is
juft
oppofice to
the two Squares, which were not then fo CUrioufiy adorned , as the
Roufes
are
riow
1
which are fituate by the Stream fide, CJnd in the Squares of Market-places..
And there I remained full
of
expeetation to fee the iffue of that
lad
ana
difmall
nlght;
.
Aaaaaa
t.
GHAP.