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mred to fupply wich Provifions
for
his money , which much pleaíed che PreG–
dent when he tho~ght how good a ~hoice he had made of aknowing and faichfull
perfon, for forwe1ghty a truíl: as th1s of the Gally-ílaves.
CH A
P.
IX.
A.!J
the Gally-flaves ma~e their efcape from
Rodrigo Ninno;
,
excepting one who remained with him, and hím he drove
away with Cuffs and Boxes with his Fift upon his Faée.
1
The Sentence which was pa!fed on him in this cafe. The
Favour which the Prince
Ma.x:imilian
/hewed to him.
R
odrigo Ninno
haviog got ~ut of che hands·of che Pyrate by his Scracege~ of..
_ MuGck, proceeded on his Voyage, and carne
to
Ha'11ana
where moíl: of his
Gally-flaves, having.not had a fufficient Guar_d to fecure them, made their
eícapes: others
1
0[
chem Bed away at
Cartagena,
and others at che Iílands of
Ter–
ceras,
fo
tbat when they carne to pafs the Bar of Saint
Lucar,
chere were not above
eighceen remaining of che whole number of eighcy fix ; and between that and
che Porc of
Seville
feventeen found meaos to run away ;
fo
that when
Rodrigo Ninno
carne
to
difembark , he had onely a peor fimple fellow of all his company re–
maioing; whereas, according to concraét made wirh che Prefident at
Eos Reyes,
he
was to have delivered che whole number of eighty fix at this place : wherefore
Ninno
encered
into
Seville
wich his fingle Gally-ílave at a Backgace of che
City
called
Carbon,
which is little frequenced eicher by chofe who go in or come out. '
Rodrigo Ninno
finding himfelf in che middle of a Screet when no perfon appea–
re:d, cacched hold of his Gally-ílave by the Collar , and , with his Dagger in his
l1aod, fwore by che life of the Emperour, that he would give him cwemy Scabbs:
bue, faid he,
I
will not doe
ir,
becaufe I will not foul rny hands with the bloud of
fo
dirty
a
Villain as thou are, who having been a Souldier in
Peru,
haíl: yec che
baíe and poor fpirit to become a Slave in che Gallies. Why didíl: not thou
run
:i.way as the other eighty five have done
?
Gec chee gone in rhe Devil's name, for
i
had rather goe alone, than rhus ill-arcended ; aod having faid chus much, he gave ·
him three or four good Cuffs on che Ear, aod
fo
lec him goe: And cherewich
Ro–
drigo
went direétly to che Farmers of the Cuíl:oms , to give them an account of
the greac care he had taken of the Gally-ílaves; bue chat wancing meo
to
guard
and fecure chem, they were all efcaped ;,at1d indeed he was in greac apprehenfions
ánd fear of his own Life, lying ac the mefcy of
fo
many meo who hada power
over him greacer chan his. Tne Commiffiooers of che Cuíl:om-houíe were much
amazed
to
hear this Story, aod knew noc whac
to
fay to ic, uncill farcher Exami–
nacion.
In
che mean time, 'this Jaíl: Gally-ílave, according to his own bale fpiric, calked
át
large of chis matter in the firíl: Vitlualling-houfe he carne unto; and cold-
aH
che particula'rs which
Rodrigo Ninno
had either faid or done : chis Scory filled all che
Town with diícourfe, and 'came at lengch
ro
the heariog of the Commiffioners,
who thereupon íeized upon
Ninno;
and rhe King's Accorney accuíed himwich
high aggravacions of his fault, alledging chat he had given liberty
to
eigbcy fix of
the King's Slaves, for every one of which he ought to pay che value and price of
ranfome. The Suit againíl: him was profecuted, and
Rodrij!,o Ninno,
not being able
to
juílify himfelf, he was condemned to ferve the King wich his Horfe for che
[pace of fix years in
Oran,
aod wirh two ocher Companions ac bis own charge',
and chat in the mean time he was not
co
return to che
Jndies.
But
Ninno
appealed
Írom
chisfentence
to
the Prince
lvfaximilian
o[
Auftria
who chen governed
Spain
in
che abfence of his Imperial Majeíl:y who was bis Uocle: His Highnefs- indined
a favoorable Ear co tbe Advocaces of
Rodrigo Ninno,
,vho gave him a large accouné
of al! ¡,h_e Services which
Ninno
had
performed againíl: the Rebels, aad how
ill
he
had