repertitiö of the cöquered Indiäs, and other some not according to deserte. Contrariwyse _Iames Velasques_ gaue credit to his talebearers, bicause _Cortez_ refused to marrie w^t _Cathelina Xuarez_, & vsed vncourteous words vnto him in y^e presëce of many that stoode by, and also commaunded him to warde. And when _Cortez_ sawe himselfe in the stockes, he feared some proces of false witnesse, as many times dothe happen in those parties. At time conueniente he brake the locke off the stockes, and layde hand vpon the Sword and Target of the kéeper, and brake vp a windowe, escaping thereby into the stréete, and tooke the Church for Sanctuary. But when _Iaymes Velasques_ had notice thereof, he was greatlye offended with _Christopher Lagos_ the Iayler, saying, that for money he had losed him: wherefore he procured by al meanes to plucke him out of the Sanctuary. But _Cortez_ hauing intelligence of his dealing, did resiste and withstand his force. Yet notwithstanding one daye _Cortez_ walking before the Churche dore, and being carelesse of his businesse, was caught by the backe with a Serieant called _Iohn Esquier_ and others, and then was put aboorde a Shyppe vnder hatches. _Cortez_ was welbeloued among his neighboures, who did well consider the euill will that the Gouernour bare vnto him. But nowe _Cortez_ séeing himselfe vnder hatches, despaired of his libertie, and did verily thinke, that he shoulde be sent prisoner to the Chancerie of _Santo Domingo_, or else to _Spayne_, who being in this extremitie, soughte all meanes to get hys foote out of the chayne, and at length he gote it out, and the same nighte he changed his apparell with a ladde that serued him, and by the Pump of the Shippe he gote out, not heard of any his kéepers, climbing softly along the Shippe syde, he entred the Skiffe and went hys way therewith, and bycause they shoulde not pursue after him, he losed the Boate of another Shippe that roade by them. The Currant of _Macaguanigua_ a riuer of _Barucoa_, was so fierce, that he could not gette in with his Skiffe, bicause he had no help to row, & was also very werie, fearing to be drowned if he should put himselfe to the land, wherefore he stripped himselfe naked, and tyed a nyghtkerchiefe aboute hys head, with certayne wrytings apperteyning to his office of Notarie and Clearkshippe to the Treasourer, and other things that were agaynst the Gouernoure _Iames Velasques_, and in this sorte swamme to lande, and wente home to hys owne house, and spake with _Iohn Xuarez_ hys brother in law, and tooke Sanctuarie agayne with Armour. Then the Gouernoure _Iames Velasques_ sente hym worde, that all matters shoulde bée forgotten, and that they shoulde remayne friendes, as in tyme past they hadde bin, and to goe with hym to the Warres agaynste certayne Indians that hadde rebelled. _Cortez_ made hym no aunswere, but incontinent married with mistresse _Catalina Xuarez_ according to his promise, and to lyue in peace.