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Royal
Commentarie1'.
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VII.
C H A P. III.
Francifco Hernandez
difcovers the Governoz1.r, and
ta~es
hinz
and goes into the Markgt-place
;
he opens the Prifon
doors
and
fets
the
Prifoners
at Liberty: he
caufes
Don ,
Baltafar de Cafiillia,
and
the Accountant
John de
Car–
ceres
to be k._iOed.
A
LL this time
Francifco Hernandez Giron
and
his
Affociares remained in the
HGufe
of
Alonfa
ae
Loayfa
purpofely
~o
take
the
Governour' fuppofiog chat
if
they had him in their
hands,
all the City would yield and furrender to chem..
And being informed chat
he
was concealed
in
the room with the Women,
they
ran a Bench againfi the firfl: door , and broke
it
open , and coming co che
fecond
thofe within parlied with them, defiring
them
to
pafs
their words, not
co kill
th~
Governour, nor do
him
other hurt; which
H~rnande~
having given accordingly,
the doors were opened ;
and
the Governour bemg taken ,
Hernandez
carried him
to
his
own Houfe, where he
left
him under
a
fecure
Guard; and then he
wenc
into
the
Market·
place ,
with all
his
Companions , who
were
not above twelve or
thirteen in number.
·
But this Imprifonment of the Governonr,
that is,
the
taking
of
him and car–
rying him to his Houfe,
and
committing him into
fafe
cullody, was not perfor..
med in
lefs
than three hours and a half's time:
by
which
it
plainly appears, chat
in cafe the Governour had gone forth, as
my
Father and other friends advifed him,
and had made good the Market-place , and founded an Alarm, fummoning all his
Majefiy's
loyal
Subjeets
to
his
Affifience, no
doubt
but the Rebels would have
been
afrighred, and foon abfconded themfelves
in
places
where
they could have
found rl:ie bell: refuge: the which every one confefled after the macter was over.
And now having
che
curiofity to fee what was atting, I went out into the Mar-
. ket
place,
where I found a
few
of
chofe
poor rafcally
fellows,
who were ready to
run a
way in
cafe they had feen any co
oppofe
them : but the darknefs ofche nighr,
and the boldnefs of thofe Confpiratours to enter into a Houfe fa full of people, ·
affrighted the Governour and all the Company with a furprizing fear, and·chafed
all the Citizens and Souldiers out of the Town; who
j
yning together might ea–
fily
and 'without
rhe
leafi difficulcy have confounded the Rebels. About half an
hour
after
midnight, when I was in the
Markee-place>
came
ThomtU
P11fq11ez
pran–
cing on Horfe-back, and another following him
wich
their Lances in their hands,
and
asked
Hernandez
what fervice he had to
command
them
? to
which he an-
f
wered ,
chat all he had
to
defire at prefent was, that they would goe the rounds,
and advife all people that tney met, not robe afraid ; and in cafe of trouble, or
danaer, that
chey
fhould
apply
themfelves co him, who was in the
Markee-place,
ready to fuccour and ferve all his
Friends.
and Mailers.
In
like manner foon afcer
this, came another Citizen called
Alonfa
Di1t<:-,
mounted on Horfe.back
~
ith his
Lance in his hand;
to
whom
Hernande~
ordered the fame thing as he had done
to
Paz..quez:
fo
that all the
Citizens
who were engaged in this Confpiracy were
onely three, namely,
ThontJM
Vazquez,
{oh-ti
de Pedrahita,
and
Alonfo
Diaz,
for
he
that was with
Vaz:..quez
was a
{hanger , and
no
Citizen;
though foon afcerwards
feveral mhers came
and
joyned
with chem, more out of fear than affeetion, ac;
plainly
appears:
for chey
all left and deferred them ith the firfi occafion which
prefented.
Thefe poor Rebel , finding themfelve few in number, and that none
G!.me
i.n
to their
affiflence ;
went
directly
to
the Prifons, and opened the doors, co
recruit their numbers; and marched direCbJy wich them to the Market-place,
"'here
they remained umill break of day ,
and
then they found that all rhe For–
ces
they
could make, · did not amount to above
f<
rty
men. And though
Palmtino
make a long and formal
H:ory
f
this
buftnefs, and tells u , chat chey
rat
about
the
Streets
nying
out Liberty, Liberty , and that they produced great fiores of
Pikes
and Mufquets, and fet up a Standard ;
and
chat
E-lenrande~
made Proclama-
tion