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her mother also feared and hated Juan &c
Garcia, her nephew by marriage, and
would have seen her daughter clear of him
If possible. The end of it was that 1 told
nv love, and plot was made between us
that we should fly to England But all
this had not escaped the cars of Juan'
who had spies in tho household and was
Jealous and revengeful as only a Spanlard
can be. First he tried to DO rid OF mo by
challenging mo to duel, but we were
parted before we could draw swords. Then
he hired braves to murder me Us walked
the streets at night, but I woro q chain
shirt beneath my doublct, and their dag
gers broke upon it, and in place Of being
slain I slew ono of them. Twice batllcd,
De Garcia was not defeated. Fight and
murder had failed, but another and surcr
means remained I know not how, but
he had won some clcw to the history OF
my life and of how had broken out from
the monastery. 1t was left to him, there
fore, to denounce me to the holy office as
renegade and an infidcl, and this he did
one night. 1t was the night before the day
when we should have taken ship. was
sitting with your mother and her mother
in their house ut Seville when six cowlcd
mon entered and seized me without IL word.
When prayed to know their purpose, they
gave no other answer than to hold cru
cifix before my eyes Then knew why l
was taken, and the women ceased cling
inc to me and foil back sobbing. Secretly
and silently was hurried away to the
dungeons Of the holy office, but OF all that
bcfell me there I will not stop to tell.
"Twico was racked once 1 was scared
with hot irons, thrice I was 1oggcd with
wire whips, and all this while 1 was fed
on food such as we should scarcely offer q
dog here in England. At length, my Of
fense of having escaped from monastery
and sundry blasphcmics, so called, being
proved against me, was condemned to
death by fire.
Then at last, when after 4 long year OF
torment and Of horror had abandoned
hope and resigned myself to die, help came.
Upon The eve of the day upon which was
to be consumed by flame the chief of my
tormentors entered the dungeon where
lay on straw, md embracing mo bade me
be of good cheer, for tho -hurch had TAX
en- pity on my outh and given mo my
freedom. At first laughed wildly, for
thought that this was but another tor
mcnt, and not till was freed of my fct'
tiers, clothed in decent garments and set
at midnight without the prison gates
would I believe that so good thing had
befallcn me through the hand of God. ]
stood, weak and wondering, outside the
gates, not knowing where to fly, and as
stood woman glidcd up to me wrapped
in dark cloak, who whispered Come.
That woman was your mother. She had
learned of my fate from the boastlnS OF
Dc Garcia and set herself to save me.
Thrice her plans failed, but at length,
through the help of some cunning agent,
gold won what was denied to justice and
to mercy, and my life and liberty were
bought with very great sum.
THAT same night we were married and
fled for Cadiz, your mother and l, but
not her mother, who was bcdriddcn with
O sickness. For my sake, your beloved
mother abandoned her people, what re-
mained to her of her fortune after paying
the price of my life, and her country, so
strong is the love of woman. All had been
mado ready, for at Cadiz lay an English
ship-the Mary Of Bristol-in which pas
sage was taken for us. But.thc Mary was
delayed in port by q contrary wind, which
blew so strongly that Notwithstanding his
desire to save us, her master dared not
take the sea. Two days and night we
lay in tho harbor, fearing all things, not
without cause, and yet most happy in each
others love. Now, those who had charge
of me in the dungeon had given out that
I had escaped by the help of my master
the devil, and was searched for through
out tho countryside. Dc Garcia also, find
ing that his cousin and atlianccd wife was
missing, guessed that VIC two were not far
apart. 1t was his cunning, sharpcncd by
jealousy and hate, that dogged us down
step by step till at length he found US.
'.On the morning Of the third day, the
gale having abatcd, the anchor Of the Mary
was got home, and she swung out into
the tidcway. AS she came round and while
tho scamcn were making ready to hoist
the sails boat carrying some 90 soldiers
and followed by two other boats shot
alongside and summoned tho captain to
heave to- that his ship might be boarded
and searched under a warrant from the
holy office. 1t Glanced that was on deck
at the time and suddenly, as prepared to
hide myself below, q man, in whom knew
De Garcia himself, stood up and called out
that was tho escaped hereto whom they
sought. Fearing lest his ship should be
boarded and no himself thrown into prison
with tho rest of his crew, the captain
would then have surrendered mo. But I,
desperate with fear, tore my clothes from
my body and showed the cruel scars that
marked 1t.
"'You are On English1nan,' / cried to
tho sailor, and will you deliver mo to
those foreign devils who am of your blood?
Look at their handiwork. And pointed
to the half healed scars left by the redhot
pinchers. If you givo 1noup, you send mo
back to moro Of this torment and to death
by burning. Pity my wife if you will not
pity me, or If you will pity neither then
lend me O sword that by death / may save
myself from torture.
''Then one of tho seaInen, u Southwold
man who had known my father, called
out: BY God, for ono will stand by you
Thomas Wingfeldl If they want you and
your sweet lady, they must kill mo first. ;
Ard selling bow from the rack hc drew
it out Of its case and strung it, and setting
an arrow on the string he pointed it at the
Spaniards in the boat.
''Then the others broke into shouts OF:
{" If you want any man from among u.s.
come aboard and take him, you tortur1ng
devils, and the like.
"Sccing where the heart of his crew lay,
the captain found courage in his turn Hc
mado no answer to the Spaniards, but badc
half of the men hoist the sails with all
specd and the rest make ready to keep oil
tho soldiers should they seek to board us.
''By now tho other two boats had come
up and fastened onto us with their hooks.
Ono man climbed into the chains and
thence to the deck, and knew him for a
priest Of the holy Office, one of those who
had stood BY while 1 was tormcntcd. Then
I grow mad at the thought of all that
had suffered, while that devil watched,
bidding them lay on for the love nj God.
Snatching the bow from the hand of the
Southwold seaman, l drew the arrow to
its head and looscd 1t did not miss It's
mark, for like you, Thomas, was skilled
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