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VII.
Pumps , afcer they had ended the Game at Balls : bue it was not time
now
tq
look afcer
ir
,
bue to mount che Ladder as
fafi
as we could, and I afrer him ;
when we were at the top,
we
drew it up , and paffed it over inco the Houfe of
¡ohn Fig11eroa,
and therewith
they
all defcended, and I among the refi. And
pa–
ving opencd che door of che Street, they fenc me out befare, as a Spy, to difcovei:
iftbe way were ~lear, fuppofing thac
1,
being a Boy, che lefs hoticewould be ta–
ken of me; and in cafe I found notbing
in
che way, I was
to
whiílle at the cor–
.ner of every Streec , which was the token for them to follow me.
In
chis man-
ner we went frorn Street to Street untill we carne to the Houre of
h10nio de
~in–
nane1,
who was Brother-iri-law to m}:'. Fac~er
G1t1'fil11J[o,
they havi_ng married two
Siílers. It was our good fortune
to
tind hun, and he was rnutJ-i Joyed to fee my
Farher , for he was in great Fear for him ,.and trouble of mina
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 che Confpira–
tours called
¡ohn de Gavilan,
who in remembrance. of fo111e good Offi<;es he had
done him in times pafi, opened che principal door of the Hall , at whi~h
h~
lec
him out ' togecher with
John de Sa¡¡vedra,
who was in
bis
com,pany ; and wMfp~~–
ring to
him,
faid,
Sir, Hafteyou away home,
wirh
Sei!!,_r1ior
John de Sa~vedra,
~nd
ftay there untill Jfee you in the mQrning;
by which accident it
W4S
ll1Y
Fath(;r'~
for–
cune ro meet him within doors; but notwichílanding chis ad~i,e,
bein~
riiet e~,
gether in che Houfe of
Anto~io de f2.!!_innone1,
they all agreed tQ leave:; che
TPW~
that night, and goe to the Ctcy of
Los Reyes.
.
'fohn de S,14vedra
was unwilling to ~oe , on pretence that
he
w¡¡nteq
aU thm.~
neceffary for
fo
long a journey, but when they took off thát e~<;ufe by prpvi-·
ding a Horfe, a Hat and Boots and a
Scarlet
Cloak for h1m; he then (aid, that
the cruth was, he was
ill ,
and wanted health for
fo
long a journey ; f9 th_at, 11ot
to importune him farther, they left him at home ; we !hall íhortly de(:lare
t~
true reafon and cau[e why he did not accompany them; whích co.fi.bim hi~
Lifi
and Efiace. All the ocher Citizens and Souldiers, who efca1,,1e;d to their owci
Houfes, did there immediately
.fic
and prepare themfelves for a journey tp ~ ;
Reyes.'
Garfilaf{o,
my Maíl:er; fent me home, whi<:h was .not
far
frorn his HoJJíe,
to bring him che beíl: of his Horfes which remained faddled éver GQce the a,iter~
noon when he returned from the fport of Bails. As_
J
wenc to fetch t-he }-Jor(eJ'
patfmg by che Houfe of
Thoma1
Vaz.quez,
I
faw
in the Streec two Horfes
faddle<Í¡
with chree or four Negrees with them, in difcourfo c,ogecber,
;ind
when
J
recur·
ned, I found them in the Streecs, where l left them :
?f
w~i~h
W:ben
J
acijµajo..:
ted my Father and the refi, they were much tro1:1bled, 1magimng
that
chofe
He.r–
íes and S1aves belonged to che Confpirators. At that very ipílant
Rodrigo de
(,~P!I.;·
Brother of
Pero Lopez de C11,falla
called to·me, and de.fued
me
to
g_O!'!
t9
his
B):o–
ther's Houfe, whicb was
in
che fame Srreet, but far
from
tbe ,place where
w-'
were; and to tell the Porter, who was an
Indian,
that he det1!:~q
hi.QltQ
hide
t~e
Coat of Male and Head-piece wbich he left in bis Chamber
5
beca1,1fe
it
,w
4
s
btlieved, that che Con[pirators would that night fack and pJander the wbole C,ity. ,
1
made arl the haíl:e
1
aould , but before I retumed , my F¡uher, and
'.hisr
t,wó
Kinfmen, wbo were
Diego
de Los Rios
and
.Antonio :f}p_inmnes,
were departe(!.,
'.ha–
Ving taken a large compaís throug4 l3ack-ways 1nd By-fue~
t9
_avoi,d Jbe
(!09.r
of7homM
:YafqHez.:
-but I returned to my Fathér s houfe,
w1údl
1s
Jufi:
pppofit~
.to
tbe two Squares
~
which wefe not .tben
fo
curiouíly adorned, as,theHoufes
are
now, which aFe fituare_ by the Séream ft~e; and
jn
the Square.s1of M~rket~places.
An~ there I remained full .of expeetation to
f
ee the itfue of
tb,at
fad
ano
aifm,áll
JU,ght.
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