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A62158	The civil wars of Spain in the beginning of the reign of Charls [sic] the 5t, Emperor of Germanie and King of that nation written originally in the Spanish-tongue by Prudencio de Sandoval ... ; never yet translated, now put into English by Captain J.W.; Historia de la vida y hechos del Emperador Carlos V. English. Selections	Sandoval, Prudencio de, ca. 1560-1620.; Wadsworth, James, 1604-1656?; Howell, James, 1594?-1666.	1652 (1652)	Wing S664; ESTC R30544	277,685	398

Simancas vvhere hee continued a good while During which time with a brick which hee had cunningly put into a bag wherein hee used to carrie his Breviary hee knockt out the Governors brains that had charge of him beeing in discours with him by the fire side So leaving the father dead hee had made his escape but that his Son discovered him and having brought him back lock'd him into his Chamber without doing any thing els to him for murthering his father which was held and commended for a peice of great wisdom and patience in the yong man The Emperor upon notice hereof commanded the Alcalde Ronquillo to go thither who having too much Justice on his side and bearing no great affection to the Bishop by vertue of a licence the Emperor had from Pope Adrian to punish the said Bishop and other Priests and Friers for their exorbitances bearing date the 7th of March 1523. Hee c●used him to bee strangled within the said Fort And some report that hee hung him upon one of the Pinacles of the Tower to the end hee might bee a spectacle to all that passed that waie This was done contrarie to the Emperor's knowledg and it grieved him very much although hee had reason and power enough to do it This was done An● 1526. SECT XXVIII THe end whereunto Don Pedro de Ayala Earl of Salvatierra was brought may serv for an example of the various vicissitudes of Fortune in this life After hee was taken hee was carried to Burgos where hee was kept prisoner in the Earl of Salinas his hous where hee was let blood to death Anno 1524 the Emperor then beeing at Burgos after which hee was carried to his grave his feet hanging bare over the Bier with irons upon them exposed to the publick view of all This unfo●tunate Earl was reduced to so much povertie beeing forsaken of all his friends in his imprisonment that hee had nothing to eat but a poor mess of pottage which Leon Picardo a domestick servant and Painter to the Lord High Constable somtimes brought him His son Don Athanasio de Ayala then Page to the Emperor out of compassion and pietie which a childe oweth to his father sold a hors which hee had to buie the Earl victuals for which the Master of the Pages would have him punished and complained of him to the Emperor whereupon the Emperor calling Don Athanasio to him and asking him for his hors hee presently answered That hee had sold him to buie Victuals for his father The Emperor was so far from beeing displeased at so pio●● an act that hee forthwith commanded fortie thousand Maravediz to bee given him Thus this great Earl who as hee said of himself was lineally descended from the mightie Gothes ended his daies by an untimely death SECT XXIX THe Emperor beeing desirous to express the Contentment which hee received by the Pacification of his Kingdoms and that hee might shew himself a gracious Prince to those that had offended his Majestie in so high a measure hee commanded that two daies after the general pardon was proclaimed there should bee great Feasts celebrated in Valladolid with great solemnitie with Tiltings fighting on hors-back with Bulls and a Turnament or Just-Royal And the Emperor himself beeing in compleat Armor and so disguised that no bodie could know him entered the List and brake several Lances with those that had gotten the greatest honor that daie behaving himself with such dexteritie courage and gallantrie that hee drew the eies of all the Spectators upon him and kindled a curiositie in their brests to know who hee was which beeing discovered their gusts increased with their admirations Light-winged Fame having filled the World with the Emperor 's good success many Princes and Embassadors from all parts thereupon came flocking to his Court The King of England sent his Embassadors and Don Luis de Silva in the King of Portugal his Master's name came to congratulate his Majestie 's return his reception of the Imperial Crown and the pacification of the troubles in Spain desiring moreover that hee would give order that the Castillians might go no more into the Moluccas which his Majestie remitted to bee determined by judicious and experienced men SECT XXX HIs Majestie 's goodness and clemencie to his Subjects had it been in the antient Greek's or Latine's ages should have been celebrated with a never dying memorie since of so many offendors so few were excepted in the general Pardon and well near all those too obteined an exemption from all punishments aswel of Persons as Estate And the Nobles were restored to the same height of honor and esteem as they possessed formerly the Emperor shewing as much favor and liberalitie towards them and their children as if they never had committed any offence against him Whosoever take's the pains to peruse the historie of these fore-related Commotions will finde that Hernando de Avalos a Gentleman of Toledo was one of the greatest sticklers for the Commonalties one of the chief Ring-leaders of these disorders and one that persevered in them with as great obstinacie and perversness as might bee for which hee was excepted yet nothing was done to him But whether out of fear or otherwise hee privately slunk away out of the Kingdom for which the Emperor as hee had reason was the more displeased at him And having continued in this voluntarie exile some time at last having disguised himself as hee thought sufficiently hee took the boldness to return to the Court and endeavor to procure his pardon which coming to the knowledg of one that was neer his Majesties person hee thinking to do an acceptable piece of service went presently and told the Emperor that Hernando de Avalos was in the Court and that if his Majestie was so pleased hee would apprehend him for hee knew where to finde him The Emperor took no great notice hereof at the first time Two or three daies after the Gentleman thinking his Majestie had not well understood him or els had forgotten what hee had told him gave him a second advice of Hernando's beeing there Whereunto the Emperor with a countenance that express'd no great pleasure in any such like actions answered Thou should'st have done better to have advised Hernando de Avalos to leav the Court then to press mee to give command to have him apprehended So the pick-thank remained ashamed and confounded as all those which delight in such base unworthie offices for the most part are when their malicious practises do not take effect It is moreover reported the testimonie of the goodness of this Emperor that beeing told hovv fevv had been executed of those offendors hee replyed It is enough let there bee no more blood spilt Which vvas a saying indeed becoming the Dignitie of so great a Prince SECT XXXI THe general pardon beeing known through all Spain the hearts of all the people were filled with no less rejoycing then affection to their Prince having such

through all the streets and walls to the great hinderance of Commerce and destruction of the Citie In the same manner rose Siguenca Guadalaxara Salamanca Murcia and manie other places of importance where were divers things committed not unlike those which I have already declared which would bee an endless business for mee to describe particularly The seventh of Iune in this present year 1520 the Citie of Leon was verie quiet and stood much for the King's service for it seemed that Valladolid had written to them to know whether they had received anie Letter from Toledo concerning their business or not Whereto Leon made Answer That as yet they had received nothing in particular from Toledo touching that matter and that the Citie of Leon was fully determined not to do or consent to anie thing for the whole world that might bee anie disservice to his Cesarean Majestie or contrarie to the fidelitie they owed him especially the most Reverend Cardinal remaining Governor with the Lord President and the rest of the Council to whom that Citie was so much obliged ●t had been well for that Citie if they had continued in that minde SECT XLII THe 24 of Iune 1520 the Emperor beeing at Bruxels received information of all the passages in Toledo and other places and of the Letter which Toledo sent to Valladolid and their Answer Whereupon hee wrote to Valladolid giving them a full relation of his Voiage by Sea how hee was entertained by his Uncle and Aunt in England and that they had confirmed a most sure League of Peace and Amitie together That thence hee intended about the middle of September to bee at Aquisgran to receiv his Imperial Crown with manie other circumstances and at last That he resolved God willing to return into that Kingdom much sooner then hee had promised at the Parlament mean time hee incharged them Peace quietness and obedience to the Commands of the Cardinal his Governor President and Council c. and if there should arise anie mutinies or Commotion in anie other Towns that they out of their antient and well approved fidelitie would indeavor to pacifie and suppress them for they knew the love and affection which hee bore that Citie which might sufficiently appear by the favors hee had granted them in former Parlaments according to the Copie which hee sent with that Letter There was also a General Letter to all the Cities and Towns of that Kingdom who had Votes in Parlament but passion had gained such a transscendence over the hearts of the major part that they would not believ those Letters to bee from the Emperor but said openly that they were counterfeited neither did they anie waie abate their resentment of his so sudden departure out of that Kingdom leaving them by the counsel of his Favorites involved in so great a fire and with so much povertie and pain SECT XLIII AFter this came news to the Cardinal how the Citie of Guadalaxara was revolted in the same manner and taking up Arms like the other Cities of the Kingdom They chose for their Captain the Earl of Saldania eldest son to Don Diego de Vega y Mendoça Duke del Infantado and making use of his horses they pursued Diego de Guzman and Luis de Guzman their Commissioners in the late Parlament who for fear of their lives were fled from the Citie but not being able to overtake them they went to their houses which they razed and having plowed up the ground they sowed it with Salt saying That in regard they were Traitor's houses they must bee salted lest they should infect the rest with their infidelitie Thence they went to the Duke beseeching him to favor and assist them if not they would have him to know that no Grandee must staie within that Citie which hee and his son were enforced to grant to satisfie them but the Duke seeing the Citie in so great disorder and the Kingdoms all over inflamed with such Combustions sent an Express to the Cardinal desiring him since God and the King had constituted him in that Office to use all possible diligence and care to stop the current of those exorbitances and that without passion or affection hee would grant a general pardon for if hee suffered the sore to fester hee would not bee able to cure it when hee pleased That hee would take off the Subsidie That all Tallages and Impositions should bee reduced to the same estate as they were twentie five years past That Offices and benefices should be taken from strangers and conferred upon the Natives of the Countrie And that all this should suddenly bee performed The Cardinal was well contented with his Letter but durst not do otherwise then was ordered by the Council until hee received further Commission from the Emperor SECT XLIV THe Order from the Council was that Ronquillo a famous Judg in those times should presently march to Segovia with all the men hee could make and punish the Delinquents They sent with him a thousand Hors-men most of which were of the Guards under the Command of Don Luis de la Cueua and Ruy Diaz de Rojas who had Orders in case the Judg was not received into the Citie to batter and beat it down But when his coming was known in Segovia those that were quiet and peaceable before jealousies and fears distracting their ill-tempered mindes rose and associated themselvs with the others and in particular one principal Gentleman of the Citie called Don Hernando who had written to the Cardinal that hee kept the Citie the Fort and the great Church for the King and that hee had driven the Commonaltie into the Suburbs and moreover that there was great partialitie and difference amongst them upon whose advice and intimation the Judg was sent directly thither but when they heard in what manner hee came Don Fernando the Common-people agreed so together that the Gates were shut against him and the towns-men all up in Arms. Ronquillo perceiving their strength and resistance to bee great retired himself to the Town of Arevalo and the Cardinal sent to him to return to Valladolid until the Council should take further order therein But the Judg did otherwise and from thence went to Santa Maria de Nieva five Leagues from Segovia where hee made his Requests and Protests to those of the Citie began by Criers to publish Acts and Writs against them requiring them to submit to Justice or to appear and give a reason why they would not Whereunto those of Segovia 'mongst whom at first there was no person of credit or respect but onely a furious and indiscreet Rabble not onely not obeied nor answered but after som daies spent in par●ying and treating without fear or wit they sallied out to the number of four thousand men almost all on foot on purpose to meet Ronquillo and fight with him and in this manner they marched towards the place where hee was quartered Hee with his Captains came presently