MILES PHILIPS A.D. 



1575-80. 

 although they stood in such feare of that divelish 

 Inquisition, that they durst not let the left hande know 

 what the right doth. Now after that the time was ex- 

 pired for which we were condemned to serve in those 

 religious houses, we were then brought againe before the 

 chiefe Inquisitor, and had all our fooles coates pulled off 

 and hanged up in the head church, called Ecclesia Major, 

 and every mans name and judgement written thereupon 

 with this addition. An heretike Lutheran reconciled. 

 And there are also all their coates hanged up, which were 

 condemned to the gallies, with their names and judge- 

 ments, and underneath his coat, Heretike Lutheran 

 reconciled. And also the coats and names of the three 

 that were burned, whereupon were written. An obstinate 

 heretike Lutheran burnt. Then were we suffered to goe 

 up and downe the countrey, and to place our selves as we 

 could, and yet not so free, but that we very well knew 

 that there was good espiall alwayes attending us and all 

 our actions, so that we durst not once speake or looke 

 awry. David Alexander & Robert Cooke returned to 

 serve the Inquisitor, who shortly after maried them both 

 to two of his Negro women : Richard Williams maried 

 a rich widow of Biskay with 4000 Pezos : Paul Horse- 

 well is maried to a Mestisa, as they name those whose 

 fathers were Spaniards, and their mothers Indians, and 

 this woman which Paul Horsewell hath maried, is sayd 

 to be the daughter of one that came in with Hernando 

 Cortes the Conquerour, who had with her in marriage 

 foure thousand Pezos, and a faire house : John Storie is 

 maried to a Negro woman : William Lowe had leave and 

 licence to goe into Spaine where he is now married : for 

 mine owne part I could never throughly settle my selfe 

 to marry in that countrey, although many faire offers 

 were made unto me of such as were of great abilitie 

 and wealth, but I could have no liking to live in 

 that place, where I must every where see and know 

 such horrible idolatrie committed, and durst not 

 once for my life speake against it : and therefore 



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