Whilst _Salsaigni_ was thus persuading the high Court of Justice to adhere to the Duke of _Braganza_'s Interest, Don _Gaston Coutingno_ was taking out of Prison those who had been thrown into it by the Cruelty of the _Spanish_ Minister. These unhappy Wretches, who had all along been persuaded, that they should end their Lives in their dismal Dungeons, unless taken out to be led to a cruel Death; seeing themselves now at liberty, and their Country in a fair way of being freed, and resolving to suffer any thing, rather than to return to their dark Prisons, form'd a Body no less formidable than that of the Conspirators, and who were as fully resolv'd to set the Duke of _Braganza_ on the Throne. But in the midst of this general Joy, _Pinto_, with the rest of the Leaders, were under great Apprehensions: The _Spaniards_ were yet Masters of the Citadel, from whence they could easily burn and destroy the Town; besides which, the Port was open to the _Spanish_ Fleet: therefore thinking that they had done nothing till they had taken that Place, they went up to the Vice-Queen, and desir'd her to sign a Warrant to the Governour, by virtue of which he should be oblig'd to give them possession of the Citadel. She, far from granting what they ask'd, upbraided them as Rebels and Traitors, and with Indignation ask'd them, Whether they had a mind to make her an Accomplice? But _d'Almada_, who knew how dangerous it was to leave the Enemies any longer in that Fort, and being provok'd at the Vice-Queen's Denial, his Eyes sparkling with Rage, swore violently, that if she did not sign the Warrant, he would forthwith put every one of the _Spaniards_ to death, whom they had taken in the Palace. The poor Princess, frightened with these Threats, and unwilling to be the Occasion of the Death of so many Persons of Quality, was obliged to comply, thinking at the same time that the Governour knew his Duty too well, to obey an Order, which he might be assur'd was sign'd by Compulsion; but she was very much mistaken in her Conjecture, for Don _Lewis del Campo_, the _Spanish_ Governour, was a Man of no Resolution at all, and seeing the Conspirators coming arm'd towards the Citadel, and all the People of the Town following them, who threaten'd to cut him and his Garison in pieces, unless he immediately surrender'd, was glad to see the Warrant, and have so fair an Excuse for his Cowardice; wherefore he immediately obey'd the Order, and gave up the Fort. Proud of having dispatch'd their Business so happily, the Conspirators forthwith deputed _Mendoza_ and the Lord _Ranger_ to the Duke of _Braganza_, to acquaint him with their Success, and assure him, that nothing was now wanting but the Presence of their King, to compleat the Happiness of his Subjects.