The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 14: America, Part IIIHakluyt, Richard
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The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 14: America, Part III
Hakluyt, Richard
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also see the same put in execution. Which being done, and the time
approching of this cruell judgement, the night before they came to the
prison where we were, with certaine officers of that holy hellish house,
bringing with them certaine fooles coats which they had prepared for vs,
being called in their language S. Benitos, which coats were made, of
yellow cotton and red crosses vpon them, both before and behind: they
were so busied in putting on their coats about vs, and bringing vs out
into a large yard, and placing and pointing vs in what order we should
go to the scaffold or place of iudgment vpon the morrow, that they did
not once suffer vs to sleepe all that night long. The next morning being
come, there was giuen to every one of vs for our breakfast a cup of
wine, and a slice of bread fried in honie, and so about eight of the
clocke in the morning, we set foorth of the prison, euery man alone in
his yellow coat, and a rope about his necke, and a great greene Waxe
candle in his hand vnlighted, hauing a Spaniard appointed to goe vpon
either side of euery one of vs: and so marching in this order and maner
toward the scaffold in the market place, which was a bow shoot distant
or thereabouts, we found a great assembly of people all the way, and
such a throng, that certain of the Inquisitors officers on horseback
were constrained to make way, and so comming to the scaffold, we went vp
by a pairs of stayres, and found seates readie made and prepared for vs
to sit downe on, euery man in order as he should be called to receiue
his iudgement. We being thus set downe as we were appointed, presently
the Inquisitors came vp another paire of staires, and the Viceroy and
all the chiefe Iustices with them. When they were set downe and placed
vnder the cloth of estate agreeing to their degrees and calling; then
came vp also a great number of Friers, white, blacke and gray, about the
number of 300 persons, they being set in the places for them appointed.
Then was there a solemne Oyes made, and silence commanded, and then
presently beganne their seuere and cruell iudgement.
[Sidenote: The cruell iudgements of the Spanish Inquisitors vpon our
poore countrey-men.] The first man that was called was one Roger the
chiefe Armourer of the Iesus, and hee had iudgement to haue three
hundred stripes on horsebacke, and after condemned to the gallies as a
slaue for 10 yeeres.
After him were called Iohn Gray, Iohn Brown, Iohn Moone, Iames Collier,
and one Thomas Browne: these were adiudged to haue 200 stripes on
horsebacke, and after to be committed to the gallies for the space of 8
yeeres.
Then was called Iohn Keyes, and was adiudged to have 100 stripes on
horsebacke, and condemned to serue in the gallies for the space of 6
yeeres.
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