Complex sentence: At the gallows Espinosa refuses to have ever pretended to be a king, but after being hanged, they find a note where he confesses that he is the true king, Sebastian of Portugal.
Split into simpler sentences: At the gallows, Espinosa refuses to have ever pretended to be a king. But after being hanged, they find a note where he confesses that he is the true king, Sebastian of Portugal.