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Royal
Commentaries.
Book
IV.
the Judges for bis fecurity aod difcharge; che which ·cbey readily granced, and
gave order
co
have ic drawn up and ,kept -as a Secret, untill che,deftgn was ready
ro be puc in execucion. And farther, chey forbad the Citizens,and lnhabirams- ro
' obey che Vice-king in any of bis Con:imands, or to deliver up their Wives and
_Children
to
be tranfported, or to leave and abandon their Houfes, requiring all
perfons of what quality or condicion foever, to be aiding and affiíl:ing to
M arti;,
de Rob~s
in feizing the perfon of the Vice-king, and deceining him prifoner; for
fo
his Majeíl:y's frrvice required ic, and che cornmon good and welfare of che
publick. Hut whilíl: thefe Maccers were concriving , the people were diíl:raéted
" and in confuGon, noc knowing wbich Gde or whac courfe
to
cake; che duty and
obedience whi_cl.1 chey owed
to
cheir Sovereign Lord che King inclined to take
pare ·with che Vtceiüng · but when chey conftdered cheir Imereíl:s and Eíl:aces
of whtch they !hoqld b&-9eprived in cafe tbe Vice-king fhould prevail, chey
then refolved
to
adHer~_umo che Judges wbo oppo[ed
Blafco
Nunnet
in execution
of che new Laws. Thus did che peoplerernajn a wbole day in fufpence : and che
Vice-king,
to
fecure himfelf againíl: che accempcs which che Judges might make
againíl: him, ordered bis Capcains and Souldiers
to
puc chem[elves in a poíl:ure of
defence, in which chey remained uncill mid-night. The Judges, on che ocher fida
underíl:anding thac che Vice-king hadordered bis Soukjiers
to
fiand to cheir Arms,
and chac he had above four hundred men wich him ; and fearing chac it was wich
intention to feize :rnd fecure them , they called rnany of cheir particular friends
to cheir affiíl:ence , bue fo few appeared, thac chey efieemed cheir force unable to
avail againíl: tbe Vice-king, and therefore they forcified chemfelves as well as
they co._uld in che Hou[e of Judge
Cepeda,
wich incencion
to
defend thernfelves
if
they wére aífaulced.
,
Arnidíl: chis fear
anal
conílernacion, a certain perfon whom
Gemara
calls
Franci–
fco de ,Efcobar ,
a Native of
SahagRn,
made a Speech
to
chern, and faid ,
what
makt we hére ? Lct
1-U
goe out in a body into the open StrcetJ, wherc we may dye fighting
likt men, (Jnd not
cooped up likf
hens,
&c.
,
To tliis bold Propofal they ali agreed, and the Judges in a de[perate manner
fa]lyedrforch inco che Markec-place, racher with defign
to
deliver up chernfelves,
tbani~ith mopes co prevail : howfoew:r matters fucceeded rnuch concrary to rheir
.expeiaation. For che '[ice-king who had for a long time, umill che nighc carne
on ; relnained in tbe Market-place, was perfuaded by bis Friends and Captaihs
to retire
to
bis Lcdgings: which he had no fooner done, but che Souldiers and
Cali>tains finding chemfelves freed from thac awe and re[peét which his preíence
obliged chem unto; revolced wich their Cornpanies
to
take pare wirh che Judges,
the firíl: of which, wbo led the way were
Martin
de
Robles
and
Pedro de 'JTergara
who were followed by ochers, and fo by orhers, uncill there was noc one perfon
remaining
to
keep guard at che gace of che Vice-king; unlefs about a hundred
Souldiers who remained wirhin che houfe and of whorn he had made choice for
the G~ard of his perfon.
CH
A
P.
XV.
The Imprifonment of the
Vice-kj.ng,ami
the variow., Succeffes
, .
which happened thereupon both
by
Sea a11d Land.''
_
T
Hough rhe Judges had che good forcune to have che people revele to d1eir
ftde , and that every hour more carne in to join wich chem : yec howfo–
ever chey wer.e fqmewhac wary how they made feizure of che perfon of che
Vice-king; for it was cold chern, chat he was aétually in che Market-place, wirh
a good force, :m~ rhat he refolved to aílail t}Jern. Nocwichíl:anding whieh they
fallied out imo che Market-place, chere to defeod cheir cau[e, and tpe bener to .
furnmon people
to
their affiíl:ence ; they cauf~d the Comm\ffion given to
Martin
de Rob/es
co be proclairned,-chough by reafon ófche noiíe and turnult of the people
little was underílood.
Carate
in the elevemh Chapeer ofbis fifch Book r~oorn, that
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· be