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upon this poinc and amongíl: ocher rhings told him, that
in
cafe he would make
him his Depury bue for one month, he would fecure his life to him, whlch was
in
great danger, and free che Cíe~ from che _fears of an Infurreétion, which thefe
Gentlemen Souldiers were contnvmg to
raife :
bue che Governour repofed that
confidence in his Wealth and in che power of his Office, and in che Reputation
which he had formerly gained, that
he
made no account of what they faid, nor
of
whac he
faw
with his own eyes.
CH A P. XXII.
The
General receives informations of the Plot
by
divers othe~
ways and means. His bravery and courage, and negleél
to prevent
it.
The Souldiers confpire to
kj,U
him.
T
HE Souldiers, proceeding in rheir rebellious defigns, difperfed many Libels
abroad ; fome whereof were intirnations to
Don Sebaftian
de
Cajfilla,
and
other Sonldiers of note, to be carefull of rheir own perfons, and to be wary of
the Governour, who defigned to kill them : other Libels on che other fide were
call: out againíl:. che Governour himfelf thre~cning his life : all which were fpread
abroad by the arts of malitious men, whofe bufmefs it was to raife jealoufies, and
infl.arrie-the mincls of men 'with anger againíl: each ocher; as
Palentino
frequently
expreífes upon chis occafion, in divers places ofhis Hiíl:ory, Chapter eleven, Book
theJecond, as followerh.
At chis time
Polo
the Lawyer did ofcen acquaint
Pedro de Hinojofa
with thefe mac-·
ters, perfuading him very much to cake che exarninacions and puniíh the Offen–
ders: but ali he could fay availing little, one Sacurday afcer Mafs, being the fourth
of
M arch,
he took occafion to declare his mind to che Guardian of che Convenc
of St.
Francü,
perfuading him
to
fignifie the maccer to che Governour, and
to
tell
hirn, chat ic was intimated co him in Confeffion: which che Guardian according–
ly
día, ·chough it made liccle impreffion on
Pedro de Hinojofa.
In
like manner on
the fame day after dinner
Martin
de
Robles
fpoke it publickly before much compa- ,
1
ny, and cold hirn plainly chat che Souldiers defigned
to
kill him: bue
Pedro de Hi-·
nojofa,
who had rejeded che reafons which were formerly given him for driving
out t~e Sou¡diers frorn within the lirnirs of bis
J
urifdiétion, did not well relifh
chis difcourfe, and t-herefore told
de Robles,
thac he fpake chefe words defignedly to
have wimefs of whac he had alledged before him; to which
Polo
the Lawyer,
wh0 wa~ t-here prefent, made anfwer with fome heac and anger, that he íhould
lodk
wéU
to himfelf, and that in cafe
Martin de Robles
did offer to give bis lnfor–
rnation 1he could noc refufe co cake it; and if he rnade not good his Teíl:imony,
and proveo what he alledged, he was liable to puniíhrnent and forfeitures for de–
fault thereof; but che lnformation is
fo
plain, faid he, chac it needs no ocher 'evi–
denc-e, being not carried on in che c,iark, bue
fo
openly in che íl:reets
tlm
che very
ftones were ready to cry out and bear cefürnony ~hereof; and therefore it is your
ducy ·immediately to cake the Examinacions, and ufe che diligence required in a
cafe fo
imporcant and difficulc as chis; and chac he would be contented to
lofe
his
life.if>he made noc good every fyllable of che allegations.
In
íhorc,
Pedro de Hi–
nojofa,who was of án humour never
to
recede frorn his own fancy, replied, in a
haughty, proud manner, that che Souldiers íl:ood in fuch awe of hirn, rhat if once
he
out
lifted ·up his hand they would ali tremble, and have no power to hure or
offend him ; and with thache broke off che difcourfe, charging every one noc to
urge it farcher. The nexc day, being Sunday, after Dinner,
Pedro de Hinojofa,
being
in
cornpany with
Martinde Robles,
and
PedroHernandez. de Paniagua,
and ocher per–
fons, difcourftng pleafantly of indifferenc marcers,
'/ohn de H,iarte
and ocher Soul–
diers carne towards che Evening to rnake hirn aVifit, fuppofing that by his cóun–
tenance and manner of receiving them chey rnighc make a judgment of whac
thoughts he conceived in his mind ; for he had
che
charaéter of a plain man, and
wichout